Sourav Ganguly - The Prince of Indian Cricket turns 45

Kolkata: The Prince of Indian Cricket Sourav Ganguly turned 45 on Saturday. On the auspicious occasion, not only his former teammates but also his fans took to social platforms to send best wishes to the legendary batsman.

Widely regarded as 'God of Off Side' during his 16-year-long international career, Ganguly is today amongst the busiest administrator in Indian Cricket, serving as the President of Cricket Association of Bengal.

Hailing from Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly marked his Test debut against England back in 1996, where he slammed a brilliant hundred sending out a message that a 'great of the sport' has born.

Dada is much liked for his batting prowess, but is loved across the country for his excellent leadership skills. Arguably, he is the captain who taught India to show aggression on the ground and win the matches convincingly.

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Sourav Ganguly has a phenomenal record in both Test and ODI Cricket. He has aggregated a total of 7,212 runs in 113 Tests with 16 centuries and 35 half centuries. He averaged 42.17 with the highest score of 239.

In ODIs, he has scored 11,363 runs in 311 matches with the help of 22 centuries and 72 fifties. He averaged 41.02 with the highest score of 183.

Here are some of the tweets of his friends, former colleagues and national personalities:

Sachin Tendulkar

https://twitter.com/sachin_rt/status/883597149463875585

Yuvraj Singh

https://twitter.com/YUVSTRONG12/status/883496376142901248

Virendra Sehwag

https://twitter.com/virendersehwag/status/883577611250671616

BCCI

https://twitter.com/BCCI/status/883528192274960389

Cheteshwar Pujara

https://twitter.com/cheteshwar1/status/883554786762788864

Mamata Banerjee

https://twitter.com/MamataOfficial/status/883542512190619650

Harbhajan Singh

https://twitter.com/harbhajan_singh/status/883587315787902976

ICC

https://twitter.com/ICC/status/883536120138547201

Shikhar Dhawan

https://twitter.com/SDhawan25/status/883641718574391296

Rohit Sharma

https://twitter.com/ImRo45/status/883638038777262080

Mohommad Kaif

https://twitter.com/MohammadKaif/status/883562185573539840

VVS Laxman

https://twitter.com/VVSLaxman281/status/883577953040310274

Pragyan Ojha

https://twitter.com/pragyanojha/status/883470384921628672

Manoj Tiwary

https://twitter.com/tiwarymanoj/status/883572191152939008