Sourav Ganguly's 50th Birthday Bash With Sachin Tendulkar, Jay Shah. See Pic

07.07.2022 - 23:03 sports.ndtv.com

Former Indian cricket captain and current BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly turns 50 on July 8th. But the celebrations it seems have started already.

Former IPL chairman and veteran cricket administrator Rajeev Shukla on Thursday shared a photo of him alongside Ganguly, BCCI secretary Jay Shah and Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Twitter.

In its caption Shukla wrote, "Celebrated the 50th birthday of Sourav Ganguli (sic). Wishing him happy & healthy life ahead." Celebrated the 50th birthday of Sourav Ganguli.wishing him happy & healthy life ahead. ⁦@SGanguly99⁩ ⁦@sachin_rt⁩ ⁦@JayShah⁩ ⁦@BCCI⁩ pic.twitter.com/KBXbBajp3s Ganguly is currently in England as the Indian team is touring the country.

India lost the rescheduled 5th Test against England and will now be playing the hosts in ODIs and T20Is. Both Ganguly and Tendulkar have a lot of good memories of playing cricket in England.

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