These witty comments by Dada will make your day!

Known as the Prince of Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly, or Dada as he is popularly called wins like a boss off the field also with his wit!

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1. Nasser Hussain: “When can I see India playing in a football World Cup?”

Harsha Bhogle: “It’s better not to participate rather than getting knocked out in the first round.”

Sourav Ganguly: “If India had played World Cup football for 50 years, then they would have qualified one or two times for the finals — unlike England!”

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2. David Lloyd: “The beauty of Indian batting is when someone like Tendulkar fails, someone else does it and this time it was Rahul Dravid.”

Sourav Ganguly: “This time? He has done it time and again. He has done it day in and day out for 15 years!”

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3. Harsha Bhogle: “Have you seen the new 'Mauka, mauka' ad?”

Sourav Ganguly: “Yes I have seen that ad. And this ad will remain the same for next 10 to 12 years because Pakistan will never beat India in the World Cup!”

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4. Geoffrey Boycott: “You must mention your experience about taking your jersey off and flying it in the air at the Mecca of Cricket: Lord's! Oh, you naughty boy!”

Ganguly: “ One of your boys also took off his jersey here in Mumbai.”

Boycott: “Yeah, but Lord's is the Mecca of cricket.”

Ganguly: “Lord's is your Mecca, and Wankhede is ours!”

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5. Sachin Tendulkar played his penultimate Test in Kolkata and the entire city was captivated by the Master Blaster. Kolkata prepared itself to gift an ideal farewell to the country’s one of the most beloved sons.

Looking at the Tendulkar mania around, Harsha Bhogle asked Dada:

Harsha Bhogle: “Do you think Sachin will be more popular than you in that Kolkata Test match?”

Ganguly: “Yes, but only for those five days!”

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6. It was the do-or-die battle between India and England at Perth and Ganguly was with Harsha Bhogle and Sunil Gavaskar in the commentary box. As expected, it was low turn-out crowd.

Sunil Gavaskar: “The attendance today is 7653.”

Sourav Ganguly: “We have that attendance in Durga Puja!”

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7. During India’s tour of England in 2014, a friendly banter regarding Dravid under-bowling Dada in 2007 tour of England was going on between Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, with Harsha Bhogle playing the mediator. Defeated by Dada’s numbers, Dravid in order to justify his reasons made a remark on Ganguly’s stamina.

Rahul Dravid: “Sanjay Manjrekar made a really good point in the commentary box. If Ganguly had been a yard quicker and just a little bit fitter, he would have been a match-winner.”

Sourav Ganguly: “I wish I was Prime Minister of India. I could have done a whole lot of things.”

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8. Rajdeep Sardesai: “Does Greg Chappell owe an apology to Indian cricket? To Sachin Tendulkar, to Sourav Ganguly, to Dravid?”

Sourav Ganguly: “He can call up Tendulkar or Dravid. But he dare not dial my number. If he is hearing this on TV, he dare not call Sourav Ganguly.”

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9. Dada talks about VVS & Sachin having Stands respectively in Hyderabad & Mumbai. Ravi Shastri tried to pull his leg and and gets owned.

Ravi : “Now tell me, in Eden Gardens shouldn’t there be a Sourav Dada Ganguly Stand?”

Dada smiled and replied : “The Entire Ground Belongs to me Ravi!”

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