Why is today a special day for Ganguly-Kohli-Dravid

Today is an important day for three important characters of Indian cricket. Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and Virat Kohli made their Test debuts on June 20 itself. All three have been the backbone of Indian cricket in the last three decades.

The date of 20 June is very special for Indian cricket. Three such big players of this current era had made their debut in the cricket world and raised the flag of Indian cricket. The special thing is that all three are active with Team India in some way or the other at this time. The names are Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, and Virat Kohli.

Sourav Ganguly is currently the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and Rahul Dravid is the head coach of Team India. And Virat Kohli is currently one of the best batsmen not only in India but in the whole world So today a special day.

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When did who made his debut

Sourav Ganguly – The Maharaja of Indian cricket, Sourav Ganguly made his debut against England at Lord’s. In the historic Test match from June 20 to June 24, Sourav Ganguly scored a century in his debut and played an innings of 131 runs.

The career of Sourav Ganguly

• Total Tests – 113, Runs – 7212, Centuries – 16
• • Total ODI – 311, Runs – 11363, Centuries – 22

Rahul Dravid- Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid is called the wall of Indian cricket. Rahul Dravid also made his debut in the same Test, in which Sourav Ganguly made his debut. Rahul Dravid had scored 95 runs in his first innings, Ganguly had scored a century but Dravid missed.

Rahul Dravid’s career

• Total Tests – 164, Runs – 13288, Centuries – 36
• Total ODI – 344, Runs – 10889, Centuries – 12
• Total T20 – 1, Runs – 31

Virat Kohli- Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli also made his Test debut on June 20. Virat Kohli made his debut against the West Indies in the 2011 Test match at Kingston. Virat Kohli was able to score only 4 runs in his first innings. But since then he is one of the all-time great batsmen.

The career of Virat Kohli- (till June 20, 2022)

• Total Tests- 101, Runs- 8043, Centuries- 27
• Total ODI – 260, Runs – 12311, Centuries – 43
• Total T20 – 97, Run – 3296