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Sourav Ganguly, the most determined cricketer you could ever across and his passion for the game made up for everything he lacked as a batsman or a fielder. You love him or hate him, but you cannot ignore Sourav Ganguly.

After a top-notch performance in his final series and he had re-enacted his famous Lord's shirt rip-off drama yet again. Responding to a fan's demand the former India captain or Dada as he is fondly called removed his practice jersey and flung it into the crowd into the stands below the dressing room.

Ganguly said: "I have had my time. There is a time for everyone to leave and this is my time to leave. I am happy with the way things have gone. I had a good series and we have beaten the best team in the world 2-0. There were a lot of doubts after we came back from Sri Lanka so coming back and winning 2-0 is probably the best thing that could have happened. I have played well, the team played well and the way this Test match has finished I am ready to sacrifice a year of Test cricket for it," he said after the fourth Test against Australia, which India won by 172 runs to win the four-match series 2-0.

"My first Test match at Lord's, the hundred against Australia at Brisbane and also the hundred in this series in Chandigarh. It was an important hundred in my last series so it was important to get runs before I finish. There were a lot of knocks, ODI hundreds. It is difficult for me to pick which one was special, My best series will be the 2001 series against Australia and the 2003 series in Australia. I think that definitely would be the two best series in my tenure as a player. We won in other places as well, we won in Pakistan, we won in West Indies in India of course, in England but those two series will always remain special," the left-hander added.

Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni certainly made Ganguly's last match memorable when he asked the veteran to captain the team for a few overs.

"I enjoyed it. They were not many emotions because we had a Test match to play. I felt very happy with the way this Test match finished and the last one hour on the field was special, I will remember that my entire life. I didn't expect MS to ask me to captain the side for five overs, I managed to do it for three and I told him it is his job and not mine anymore. I am very happy with the way it finished. I have still not realized what it means not playing the game anymore at the present moment. It has been fantastic."

Ganguly also added: "I think I am two different personalities, off the field and on the field I am two different persons. Me as a person they have picked up what they saw on the cricket field which is not the right Sourav Ganguly people know. I am very quite and a soft-spoken person. Hopefully I will remain that in the future.