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Ganguly an ‘icon’ of Indian cricket: Akhtar

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Posted: Oct 08, 2008 at 1357 hrs IST

Karachi, October 8:: Pakistan cricketers heaped rare praised on former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Wednesday, after the batsman announced he would retire following the Test series against Australia.

India's most successful Test captain stumped the cricket-crazy nation by announcing on Tuesday he would retire at the conclusion of the four-Test home series.

Ganguly, who led India to their first Test series win in Pakistan in 2004, was an ‘icon’ of Indian cricket, said Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar.

"It is a sad day for Indian cricket that he has decided to retire. But he has taken a brave decision and he will go as one of the 'icons' of Indian cricket," Akhtar said.

Senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf credited Ganguly with changing the mentality and attitude of Pakistan's fierce rivals.

"He took over the captaincy at a very difficult time when they had a leadership void in their cricket. And he was one of most inspirational captains," Yousuf said.

"He has taken the right decision because only he knows the situation he was facing. But his contribution to Indian cricket is immense."

Ganguly has played 109 Tests, following a memorable century on debut at Lord's in 1996, and scored 6,888 runs with 15 hundreds. He has played 311 ODIs, scoring 11,363 runs with 22 hundreds.

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Comments

cover drive
by v nayar on 2008-10-09 02:47:12.126309+05:30
The best cover drives I have ever seen any body playing,to watch him score the first Test century at Lords was fantastic,I was on my feet all the time he was batting.
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S G
by V nayar on 2008-10-09 02:39:28.809266+05:30
I would like to wish S Ganguly a happy retirment he has give a lot of pleasure to millions of his countrymen and women,on the other hand he has annoyed the opposition to the extent that they lost the game by getting worked up.I was at Lords when he took his shirt off,I personally loved it.Good Luck Sourav.
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good bye
by pankaj on 2008-10-08 15:47:45.803619+05:30
You are real kohinoor of indian cricket. We will miss ur batting always.
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Dada..Godd Bye....
by Lakkooran on 2008-10-08 13:57:07.888148+05:30
All the best Dada, the real Prince of Indian Cricket
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