Happy Birthday Dada: Sourav Ganguly celebrates 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar in London, see pics

Former India captain and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly turned 50 today.

The former stylish left-hand batsman celebrated his 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar, former IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla and others in London.

Sourav Ganguly celebrates 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar in London

The pictures of the birthday celebration have gone viral over various social media platforms.

Sourav Ganguly celebrates 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar and family in London

Going by the pictures it seems Dada and others had a blast on the special occasion.

Sourav Ganguly celebrates 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar and others in London

Shukla took to Twitter and shared pictures of the celebration. In its caption he wrote, “Celebrated the 50th birthday of Sourav Ganguli. Wishing him happy & healthy life ahead.”

Sourav Ganguly celebrates 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar and others in London

Notably, Sachin and Sourav are regarded as one of the finest to have opened the batting in white-ball cricket. Both the batting legends have enjoyed a lot of success in the UK and hence the special celebration would make their fans nostalgic.

Sourav Ganguly celebrates 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar and others in London

The duo scored a lot of runs in both Tests and ODIs on English soil, and was part of the team that won India’s last Test series in England in 2007 under the stewardship of current coach Rahul Dravid.

Sourav Ganguly celebrates 50th Birthday with Sachin Tendulkar and others in London

Both the openers were also part of the Indian team that sealed the Natwest Trophy's iconic win in England in 2002.

Both the Indian legends are the most successful partners in ODI cricket with the overall highest aggregate partnership of 8227 runs.