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Was standing at Lord's balcony hoping Dravid would get a hundred: Ganguly

Ganguly played a superb knock of 131 for which he consumed 301 deliveries

BCCI President-designate Sourav Ganguly addresses the media, at the office of Cricket Association of Bengal in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019
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BCCI President-designate Sourav Ganguly addresses the media, at the office of Cricket Association of Bengal in Kolkata, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 | Photo: PTI

IANS Kolkata

It was on June 20, 1996 that Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid, two of India's best batsmen, made their Test debuts against England at the Home of Cricket -- the Lord's Cricket Ground in London.

While Ganguly went on to score a 100, Dravid was not so lucky and got out just 5 runs short of the landmark.

"He (Ganguly) batted at 3, I came in at 7 in that game. So I had a long time to watch him bat and bat very well actually. I did feel really nice for him that he got that hundred," said Dravid in a