Published 16:49 IST, July 8th 2020
Varun Dhawan wishes 'Dada' Sourav Ganguly on his 48th birthday; gushes 'No guts no glory'
Varun Dhawan reminisced India's 2002 Natwest series win against England and Sourav Ganguly iconic Lord's balcony moment to wish 'Dada' on his 48th birthday
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Popularly kwn as 'Dada', 'Prince of Calcutta', 'God of Off-Side' and 'King of Comebacks', Sourav Ganguly has turned 48 today, i.e. July 7, 2020. Thus, heartfelt birthday wishes from all across country started pouring in on social media for former Captain of Indian cricket team. One among many is Dishoom actor Varun Dhawan, who wished 'Dada' on his birthday by reminiscing India's 2002 Natwest series win against England and Ganguly's iconic Lord's balcony moment.
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Varun says ' guts glory' as he wishes 'Dada' on his birthday
Earlier today, Varun Dhawan took to Instagram to wish former captain of India, Sourav Ganguly on his 48th birthday by reminiscing good old Natwest series days. Judwaa 2 actor shared photograph of Ganguly's iconic Lord's balcony moment wherein he's seen shirtless, waving his T-shirt to celebrate glorious victory of Men In Blue against England in 2002. Sharing picture on his Instagram handle, a fanboy Varun Dhawan penned a heartfelt caption which read,
2002 Natwest series win in lords @souravganguly
This im is etched in my memory forever. Conquering on foreign soil. guts glory #happybirthdaydada
Can never forget that @mohammadkaif87 and @yuvisofficial partnership
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Check out IG post below:
In a media interaction, Sourav Ganguly had said that, according to him, 2002's Natwest tri-series triumph against England at 'Mecca of Cricket', Lord's cricket ground was one of greatest matches that he has been a part of. When all hopes had vanished in thin air for Men In Blue, Zaheer Khan had hit winning runs in final over. Later, a delighted Ganguly was on cloud 9 as he had started celebrating by waving his T-shirt at Lord's balcony.
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A lot of Indian cricketers also took to social media to wish 'Dada' on his birthday including Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman and Mohammed Kaif to name a few. While Tendulkar expressed writing, "Happy birthday Dadi! Hope our off-field partnership keeps going strong like our on-field ones. Wish you a blessed year ahead", Mohammad Kaif wrote, From a fine batsman to an outstanding captain & w leading Indian cricket on whole—here’s wishing my favourite captain & mentor @SGanguly99 a very happy birthday. But FAULADI SEENA dikha ke aise kaun chadhta hai, Dada #HappyBirthdayDada". Check out some of birthday wishes by Indian cricketers below:
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16:21 IST, July 8th 2020