Story about the combination of faith and cricket!!!
Today is ganesh chaturthi and today there is an Asia Cup match between india and hong kong in Dubai. Incidentally, today is also Ganesh Chaturthi. According to the Hindu religion, this deity with the trunk of an elephant is called Vighnaharta and it is believed that due to the presence of Ganesh, and considering Ganesha as the foremost god in all the works leads to success. Not only the common people, but the indian cricket team also believes this. Actually, the incident is from 1971. india was on a tour of England. The team, who returned after winning their first Test series in the West Indies, was in great excitement. cricket analysts believed that the victory of India's team has come from just a few strokes. In the first two Tests, the team forced the match to be drawn. The third test was the last and decisive one and it was going to fall during Ganesh Chaturthi. Then what happened, know the full story...
This happened in a nearly out-of-hand match
This third Test was to be held at the Oval. The england team decided to bat after winning the toss and India's entire team was reduced to 71 runs in the first innings. After the first innings lasted for three days, england came out for the second innings batting on the fourth day. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, who was almost dropped that day, bowled brilliantly. Chandra took 6 wickets for 38 runs. Even now india had a figure of 174 runs and india had scored 76 runs for the loss of two wickets.
The blessings of Ganesh
India was batting on the fifth day as well. This day was of Ganesh Chaturthi. That day Captain Wadekar noticed an elephant that was circling the stadium and a woman controlling him intelligently. It was the day of Ganesh ji and the elephant was his symbol. Wadekar considered it an auspicious time. He went to the pavilion, prayed to Lord Ganesha and that day the pair of Farooq and Abid ali together made India's attempt to win successfully. india won this series 1-0.
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