Under Sourav Ganguly's firm leadership, Indian cricket reached new heights over a period of five years (2000-2005).
From qualifying to the finals of 2003 World Cup, sharing the 2002 Champions Trophy with Sri Lanka, winning the 2004 Test series in Pakistan and drawing Test series’ in England and Australia – Team India achieved it all and a lot more with Ganguly at the helm of affairs.
Despite boasting such a fabulous record as captain, the current BCCI President takes more pride in the fact that he left behind a team that believed it could win games in any part of the world.
"My biggest legacy is that we left a unit that believed it could win away," Ganguly quoted as saying by IANS.
"We won in England in 2007 when I was a player and (Rahul) Dravid was captain. The leader was different but the team believed in England that we could beat them. No other side had beaten England in England apart from Australia in 25 years."
Ganguly further said he was overjoyed to watch the Indian team under MS Dhoni, which consisted of a number of players he played with, lift the 2011 World Cup.
"For me the biggest day was when India won the World Cup in 2011. The great MS Dhoni... that shot, that six off the last ball will remain in Indian cricket history forever and what a moment it was," he said.
"I remember I was at the Wankhede Stadium that night and I came down from the commentary box to watch Dhoni and the team go around the ground.
"In 2003 the team which I was the captain lost the final to Australia so I was so happy to see Dhoni have the opportunity to win that trophy.
"That team had seven or eight players who started their careers under me. The likes of (Virender) Sehwag, Dhoni himself, Yuvraj (Singh), Zaheer (Khan), Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra. So I think that's a legacy which I was extremely happy to leave behind as a captain. And that was my biggest legacy that I left a side which had the ability of winning at home and away from home," the BCCI chief added.
