From childhood friends to life partners: The fairytale love story of Sourav Ganguly and wife Dona Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly and his wife Dona Ganguly were neighbours during their childhood. The relationship between both the families was not as good, however, that did not stop Ganguly and Dona from getting close to one another. It was this friendship between the two that eventually turned into love.

Many are not aware but Sourav Ganguly's Dona Ganguly is an Indian Odissi dancer. In 1997 she eloped with and married her childhood friend and former Indian skipper Ganguly, currently the 39th president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). According to a report in Zee News, Ganguly had proposed to Dona before going on England tour in the year 1996. The two later got married in court on August 12, 1996. The marriage was not known to their families initially. 

A year after their court marriage, Sourav Ganguly and Dona were once again married, following proper rituals and with the blessings of their families. Ganguly and Dona are parents to a beautiful daughter born in the year 2001.

Apart from his love life, Sourav Ganguly proved to be very successful in cricket as well. Ganguly, who started his international career with Lord's Test in 1996, scored a century in his debut Test match. 

Sourav Ganguly is the first captain to lead team India to victory in more than 20 Test matches. India won 21 Tests under his captaincy. This record of Ganguly was broken by former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Under Dhoni's captaincy, the team won 27 Test matches. 

Sourav Ganguly is at number five in terms of the fastest to complete 6,000 runs in ODI cricket. Ganguly completed 6,000 runs in 147 ODI innings. Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar hold the world record for sharing the most runs in ODI cricket. Both of them shared a partnership of 8227 runs in 176 ODI innings. During this, there were 26 century and 29 half-century partnerships between the two.