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It was a memorable day for BCCI President Sourav Ganguly as the former India captain was felicitated by the British Parliament on Wednesday.
“I was felicitated by the British Parliament as a Bengali so it was nice. It was in the Parliament. They contacted me six months ago. They do this award every year and I got it,” said BCCI President Sourav Ganguly while speaking exclusively to ANI.
The Indian cricket legend was felicitated on the same date July 13 when he led India to Natwest final win in 2002 and exactly 20 years later on the same day he was honoured in the same city.
“Oh! yeah I saw that on instagram. It has been a long time isn’t it? 20 years ago. Yeah great moments in sport beating England in England is nothing better than that. The current team is doing it. They won the T20 series. They are 1 up in the one day series,” told Sourav Ganguly.
On the much debated topic of Virat Kohli’s form, Ganguly told ANI, Look at the numbers he (Virat Kolhi) has got in international cricket, that doesn’t happen without ability and quality. Yes, he has had a tough time and he knows that, he has been a great player himself. He himself knows by his own standards it has not been good and I see him coming back and doing well. But he has got to find a way which makes him successful as he has been for the last 12-13 years or maybe even more and only Virat Kohli can do that.
Elaborating further, Ganguly stated, These things will happen in sport. It happened to everybody including Sachin, Rahul and me. It’s going to happen to future players. That’s part and parcel of sport and as a sportsman you just need to go and play your game.
