‘Aisa lag raha tha har ball par century ho rahi hai’: Sarfaraz Ahmed’s video on Sourav Ganguly’s stardom viral

In the video, the former Pakistan captain is talking about a Test match between India and Pakistan at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2007. Sarfaraz, who will soon be seen playing in Pakistan’s upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, has described the magnanimity of love and backing Ganguly gets in his home town in Bengal.

“Calcutta me match tha. Toh jo Sourav Ganguly has wo Calcutta k hi hai, unko dada kehte hai waha pe. To unhone waha par apni Test ki pehli century ki thi. Matlab centuriya unhone ki hui thi par Calcutta me nahi ki thi unhone. Toh aisa lag raha tha ki har run par century ho rahi hain unki. Toh public ka itna craze hai waha pe (The match was being played in Calcutta and Sourav Ganguly is from the same place. They call him ‘Dada’ there. He hit his first Test century there, I mean he had scored Test hundreds in the past but not one at Eden Gardens in Calcutta. The crowd celebrated each of his runs as a century. Such was his craze there in Calcutta),” Sarfaraz is saying in the viral video.

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In the match, the former southpaw batter scored 102 runs in the first innings and 46 in the second for India which was playing under Anil Kumble. However, the high-scoring match ended in a draw.

Overall, Ganguly played a total of 113 Test matches and scored 7212 runs at an average of 42.17. He hit 16 hundreds and 35 fifties in the format. Ganguly played his last Test match against Australia in November 2008.