The Bat, The Ball and Some Cricketing Romance

2. Sourav and Dona Ganguly:

The Romeo Juliet, childhood love story of Dada is more like a movie script. Sourav fell in love with best friend and the girl next door Dona. Their house shared the same boundary, he played and grew up together. Sourav, waited around her school to get a glimpse of her, he was head over heels foe Dona. But their story was not a cake walk. Their families drifted apart and were not in talking terms and connection over some issues, but that didn’t distance the love birds. She went to be a spectator for his matches and he watched her perform Odissi recitals. Their families wouldn’t accept any relation amongst them it was a hard time for both of them but, love is bigger than hate and they proved it.

The cute couple kept their secret to themselves as the situation demanded. Sourav’s family was inflexible about a non- Brahmin girl being their daughter-in-law Dada had his plans and was sure about spending his life with his love. After his awesome performance in his test debut at Lords he came back with a decision of getting married. His house was celebrating his success, when he called Moloy Banerjee a highly respected cricketer in Bengal and poured down his secret. Moloy agreed to help Sourav and on 12^th August 1996 they got hitched in Banerjee’s home by the registrar. After they broke the news to their families everything went to being chaotic but gradually they accepted their decision and they got married with all the rituals and blessings on 21^st February 1997. Its been 18 years that they are together and the couple is blessed with a daughter and are living their fairy tale.