5 times Sourav Ganguly showed his 'Dadaness' on the field

4) Time for the toss? It can wait.

3rd Test Australia v India Day One

India vs Australia, 2001. It was a three-match Test series that established Sourav Ganguly as captain. The historic victory over Australia instilled an unmatched level of confidence in Team India, as Australia were clear favorites to take home the series, especially after their 10-wicket win in the first Test.

However, India stunned the visitors by taking the series 2-1. Ganguly’s mind games and tactics succeeded in getting under-the-skin of the opposition, particularly Steve Waugh.

On multiple occasions, Waugh has stated his annoyance at Ganguly’s lack of punctuality during toss-time.

Ganguly tested Waugh’s patience at the toss throughout the series, choosing to keep Waugh waiting out in the middle along with the umpires and implicitly needling his ego, which was riding high on a world-record equaling spree of consecutive Test victories.

No matter Ganguly’s explanation, it indeed worked very well. Kudos to you, Dada!

5) Who can forget that iconic Lord’s moment?

In 2002, Dada took his shirt off and swung it to glory from the Lord’s balcony, after India defeated England in the NatWest Trophy final. The celebration was in response to Andrew Flintoff, who hurt Indian sentiments and swung his shirt at Mumbai’s Wankhede thirteen months earlier, in the joy of having leveled the series with India.

Ganguly revealed that Flintoff’s antics were unacceptable, and “if Lord’s is their (England) mecca, Wankhede is ours.”

Truly, a Dada move.