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Two Decades of Amazing Cricket

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                'God of Cricket', ‘The Wall’, ‘God of the offside’, ‘God of the second innings'.. these titles are testimony to their unforgettable and ineradicable contribution to the game . Anil Kumble and Saurav Ganguly retired in 2008, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman retired this year. These four members along with Sachin Tendulkar have been the pillars of the team for a long time. Pillars that stood tall and compelling when the ‘invincible’ Aussies ruled the world but India. Back then, having nightmares in India was a common thing for legends like Warne, Akhtar, Lee, Mcgrath, and others.                           Ganguly and Dravid, after a not-so-successful ODI debut, got a chance to play in a test match after a couple of senior players got injured. Little did the world know, that the match they were about to witness was going to change the future of Indian Cricket. That match created the legends we know as Rahul Dravid and Saurav Ganguly. Ganguly scored a