From Lords to IPL 2: Dada's wagon wheel

Dada--the mere mention of the name kicks hot debates in the group, splitting into two camps baying blood for each other :) Sandipan Bhattacharyjee, aka Dadu, tries to capture the sheer madness and why! A must read for every cricket lover! [written in Bong]

1991 e turiyanande prothom pithe naam lekha player dekhi. amader chena surname BANERJEE (subroto) dekhe besh pulikoto hoyechhilam. mone hoyechhilo je eden biswamaner stadium r bangali khelapagol loke bhorti sekhane bhartiyo team e Bengali thakbe na kano for a long time. er por 1 ta match e GANGULY (kichhu agei bangla 2nd time ranji jitechhe, tai cricket er craze ta aschhe dhire dhire. but we still did not forgot the ‘classy’ sourav, snehasis those days) naam dekhe aro pulok jaglo. ranji te 2nd season r daleep e 125 run er innings impressed the selectors east zone takhon chhilo elebele west zone ke hariye debe ke bhebechhilo.

Ta ganguly fire also from his first tour of down under ese rosalo galpo berolo media te. drink boite na chaoa niye takhon sportstar e srikkant er pashe saurav er hasimukhe ride e chora chhobi dekhechhilam eder relation kintu bhalo

Ganguly team theke baad porlo.firlo 1996 e. sidhu bhai revolt kore deshe fire na asle ba manjrekar er chot na lagle or lords e khelar kathai nay. India team e lefty der bhalo record chhilo na. Ganguly-r record amader or immediate aager lefty hero cricket er rajputro (media r deoa naam chhilo, boycott prince of calcutta debar por amra ganguly kei jani, ken a jane bidesher stamp na lagle sab jate othe na) vinod kambli ke bhuliye dite samay laglo na. athe debut korlo rahul for the same reason. rahul retire korle ei dujon destiny’s child ke niye 1 ta lekhar ichhe ache.

erpor sab itihas. Ganguly hoye galo star. sahara cup, best records as captain, aggressiveness, bileiving in juniors, creating new records, world cup 2003 sab golden itihas.


Ganguly as national hero:
Ganguly is very popular among gujaratis, UP basi, rajasthanis and tamils; ami jatodur dekhechhi. khub popular in bangladesh also. kintu 1997 (?) er Dhaka te MOM habar por seikh hasinar theke prize r banglay bolar request pabar por o ganguly kintu banglay boleni. er age Karachi te MOM hobar por prize team mate der sathe share korar katha bole je emotion toiri korechhilo seta Dhaka basi ra miss korechhilo

Bengali psyche and saurav ganguly
Bengali romanticism e amon 1 jon hero bose thake jake mone mone worship kore thaki amra. sei manushta anektai perfect.tai amader subconscious mind e special jayga kore nay.ganguly porasunay, khelay, leadership, arthik, prem, aggression. sab dik diyei bhalo.tai idol hoye uthte deri hayni.anekdin national level e bolar moto Bengali hero aseni..bengali are well known for their freedom struggle..swadhin bharote syamaprasad, JN chaudhury, subroto mukherjee er por serakam hero aschhilo na. pronob mukherjee kebal 2 nd man hoye thakay aneke birokto.jyoti basu hathat korei national media te jayga peleo thik Bengali hero hanni.football e baro besi hero r they are not popular with ladies.hockey was dying, swimmer der o mone rakhena besidin. bollywood eo mithun buriye jachhe.Bengali takhono everest eo otheni.sei samay ganguly filled the slot.
Leadership (read Dadagiri korar) er ekta supto basona sabar subconscious e thake.1 jon Bengali India captain dekhe amader moner sei supto ichhe ta reflected hoto. ganguly easily became an idol

Amader subconscious mind e 1 ta helpless victimized lok er photo thake jar proti sabar sympathy hok erokom chai. hero not victimized jano thik hero na. tai a sense of victimization around ganguly khub help korlo to grow our hero.ar hero cannot survive without villains.tai sei villains ero kami holo na.jar fole ganguly real filmy heror theke kom nay.[rakesh roshan uses this strong, yet vulnerable victimized character in kaho na pyaar hai, krish, koi mil gaya etcand see the results !! ] seshe amon abostha daralo dada bhaktoder kachhe je hero jano na hare. team here jak kichhu jay ase na

Ganguly and media
Samajer darpon holo media. media gauges and reflect people mind and media makes people’s mind at the same time.onnoder katha janina, akhono newspaper hate pelei ami pechhoner pata age pori. To survive in media business (sport here) u have to make balance between these two. media bahudin dhorei Bengali hero khujchhilo. cricket er mathe katodin pankaj, ambar roy ke diye chalano jabe. football e romroma komchhilo. subroto buro hochhe.rajiv mishra (hockey) untimely khela chharlo.sense of victimization e kendrer banchona diye cholchhilo media.

Bengal theke cricketer select holei tai apamor Bengali buk bendhe thakto. kintu saradindu, utpal, laxmi jayga peleo dhore rakhte parchhilona.media try korchhilo utpal ke hero bananor, sense of victimization o kaj korchhilo sei samay kar board er selection er against e, public utpal ke bad deoa niye captain azhar ke juto dekhiyechhilo. ABP selector ramakant (tiny) parkar er pechhone porlo.parkar asustho holen, ABP bollo natok.kintu parkar hospital theke ar firlo na.unfortunately ABP behaved insensibly.parkar er name obituary to durer katha, news tao bhalo bhabe dilo na.

Er modhye Australia theke bad pora ganguly news e chhilo na.jodio aajkaal er debasish dutta ganguly ke track r follow up korchhilo. seta snehasis r saourav 2 jon kei.public takhon ganguly r jol boite na chaoar galpo besh kheyechhilo. 1 ta story dichhi.
1 din kolkatar khola mathe (may be bhabanipur math, akhon sure noi) ami r bhai khela dekhchhiganguly sei yr ei mohan bagan e esechhe. takhon mohan bagan bhalo result korchhilo na. kalighat, east Bengal, sporting union er romroam takhon.ta mohan bagan field korchhe.saurav kebal ball korchhe r fielding na kore ese boschhe captain arun lal er bou rinar pashe.arun lal captain, tai field e acheloker saurav ke khistir bonya boiye dilo.patakhor, baroloker matha ghure jaoa adure chheler special asrabbo gali.

Jai hok, er pore elo 1996 er lords.
Saourav hoye galo super star. same in line with sachin. bangali hero peye galo. Aajkal er debasish dutta darun likhte laglo. rival ABP ke mathe namte holo. gautam bhattacharya, rupayan (anek senior), sabyasachi sarkar. sabai ganguly ke cash in korte neme porlo. Kintu ganguly nijer heart er chhe heroics bechte parlo na besidin. aajkaal dona r sathe biye r news chharlo. aajkaal went one up in rivalry. ganguly biye ta pore korle or fan aro barto bole amar dharona. ABP er reporter der promotion jano depend korte laglo on ganguly’s performance ba proximity er opore. 2003 er Australia series e popular but irresponsible quote bosalo ganguly r mukhe. ki kore match jitbo? Ponting er hate brett lee ar amader agarkar (incidentally agarkar was one of the successful bowlers there). ganguly r aggression (termed as dadagiri), backing of juniors, identifying players like zaheer, irfaan (pore chappel er close haoay ganguly r anti shibir e pathiye day media) shewag, parthiv (ranji na khelei sujog paoay anekei bolen je dhoni debuted late. sei jonno naki dhoni is anti ganguly) making players committee (players union jeta kapil, sunny bhebechhilo kintu korte pareni), payment gradation depending on performance (and endorsement may be ??). media te ganguly cheye galo. ganguly became the national hero.

Villain na thakle hero is not complete. media was searching villains. prothome vishwanath, pore srikkant, shastry, azhar, brinda. kintu serokom strong villain kothay??? Enter selectors more and pronob roy (team e chace peye kichhudin inio headlines e esechhilen). abhijit kale r paysa diye team e chance debar avijog e ganguly and players union backed kale.more r roy er raag kintu jayni.era samay er apekhkhay roilo.

John wright jabar pore ganguly niye elo ‘great’ tactician r coach chapel ke. media chapel ke niye uchchosito. www.chapelway.com. khule dekhun. cricket ke kon level e niye giye bhaben bhadrolok.kintu super rich and professionally managed BCCI er 1 ta e-mail media te berolo. Kathay bole nothing succeeds like success.performance I sesh katha. as a captain and player ganguly r record chhilo darun.kintu success ganguly r matha y chore boslo. nagpur er pitch e ghas dekhe chhatte bolay r seta shashank manohar na manay the most successful India captain para cricket er moto erokom korle khelbo na kore bose galo. naghmar sathe mandir e (reporters did not follow them to bedroom at least) jaoar khabar e kechha (hero r life e etao khub jaroori) r masalao pelam amra.

But nothing succeeds like success. kintu dada r bat e run komte laglo. komlo na arrogance. team member der sathe distance barte thaklo.domestic e akebarei na khela (eta sachin o kore) , match er age practice e na asa.onno hotel e thaka.kiran more knew his time of revenge has come. sathe pelo chapel ke. ganguly ke chhente felte era samay nilo na. Hero fell from grace. sabai manosik bhabe ahoto holo.media peye galo strongest villain r ahoto, vulnerable hero. sathe ektu regional sentiment o jure deoa holo.

Team member sathe barte thaka distance aro bere galo. media taderkeo villain banalo. ganguly ke loke bhulte laglo. alternate hero hisabe manoj tiwary ke media project korte laglo. kintu 1 ta aro psycho ache. A hero shall inspire a little ‘awe’. loke bhabbe amaderi lok kintu thik jano amader nay.a little arrogance, indifference esab khub jaroori hero r modhye. sei jonnoi uttamkumar hero, not soumitro.subahsh bose, rashbehari hero, not Gandhi. amitabh hero, not mithun. personality (ki rashbhari lok dekhechhis?), complexion (ki toktoke rong dekhli?), monetory possession (ki rakam romroma byapar dekhechhis?). esab er equation jante hay to be a hero.

Unfortunately local train chora utpal, howrah-r jute mill er karmacharir chhele laxmi ba bike niye ghora manoj lacked that X factor.
Tai media ke abar ganguly tei firte holo. they focused on ganguly’s comeback. now thats a real hero. je kina struggle korchhe. life is a hard game. when complacency comes (ami nijei dekhechhi amar profession e) u are gone. u evolve as a better human being.ganguly r manosik strength is much more than average Bengali. (6 ta match er pori dakh akhon kkR er mritughonta bajiye diyechhe janota) tai or struggle result anlono doubt that ganguly r footwork or career e best er thekeo bhalo holo. bat e run also. r team e wapsi.setao dileep vengsarkar er jamanay. je kina australiay or against e baje report diyechhilo bole kothito.

Er por abar natun itihaas. hero’s comeback. kintu gorbor holei abar natun villain r khoj. achhe MS dhoni.

Suru holo IPL. ICL er popularity (ICL ke bhulle cholbe na, subhas chandra khela gulo rekhechhe small town e. aar er vir na dekhle bojha jabe na katota successful) ke counter kortei suru holo IPL. Kolkata pelo nijosso team. SRK natun career e namlo. selection holo jakhon takhon saorav australiay. Coach elo ganguly nominated john bukanan. team e elo ishant, ponting, gayle, mccullam.first season e team reasonably safal.local player rao bhalo khello.wridhiman, dinda, laxmi, sourav nije.

Now IPL2. Expectation grew.
Buchanan janalo multiple captain theory. je kina cricket e anek udbhot jinish korechhe (jamon 1 batsman ke lefty right 2 bhabei practice korano and buchakan advocated that this should be legal that a batsman can choose which hand he can bat to different bowlers. ekjon off spinner ke right e khello, abar offie ke left e.seeing KP switch hit etao aste pare pore).Icon, captain, Hero r abasarer poreo samrajye hat? Bengali khepe galo. media was ready. karon jana galo na.ranji te laxmi captain, kintu ta bole akash chopra ? jodio seshe mccullam captain holo. single captain-ii thaklo, kintu hero kebal player hisabe thakbe mene enoa galo na.

IPL2 te kolkata result bhalo korte parlo na. r again old cliché. nothing succeeds like success. KKR tolani te. ABP er official media partner.abar ABP neme porlo mathe.banano holo new villain. team er energy, x factor, glamour SRK hoye galo new villain.buchkanan, mccullam holo villain, je mcccullam gatobar century kore sabar nayoner moni hoye gechhilo. Bangladesh e IPL e sabai KKR supporter. ICL e alada team o korechhe ebare.opar banglar chhele narail express mashraffi selected haoay KKR er goodwill aro barlo. kintu poribortito porishthite akhon street talk holo.SRK ekjon swadhormiyo ke paysa paoanor jonnoi oke select korechhe. akhon umar gul ke anar chesta korchhe team take Pakistani kore tolar jonno.sab holo chokranto. sei victimization.

Amader hero akhon nirobe haschhe. media (ABP ?) r bhasay , khamota chole jaoay samrajyer bhangon dekhe chokher udasin dristi. bhanga team dekhe aloofness. what’s next? abar 1 ta comeback? Abar 1 ta struggle? Abar villain (Buchanan, SRK) bodh? Abar samalochokder mukhe jhama ghoshe deoa?

Quoted from ABP: picture abhi baki hain mere dost naki picture khatam ho gaya mere dost (incidentally SRK dialogue).

Lets keep our finger crossed. SRK nachhe na. Korbo lorbo jitbo re. prothom 2 to holei kebal hobe na. karon kathay bole na. NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS !!!