Veteran Rajasthan Royals (RR) batter Nitish Rana recalled the divide within his family (between himself, his father, and his brother) over three Indian legends during his childhood days as well. Rana also revealed that he was a huge fan of Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain whereas his father and brother were huge fans of Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid, respectively as well.

Recalling the fights within his family over the legends, Rana said on the FanCode podcast (via Hindustan Times): “Dad was a huge Sachin Tendulkar fan. I loved Sourav Ganguly and my brother liked Rahul Dravid sir. So, in our house, whenever India played, fights were inevitable. Someone or the other out of the three of us had to get upset or angry. Because it was very rare that all three of them scored together.”

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“What used to happen with me was because Rahul sir was going through a career peak, I and my brother had a lot of fights. We could obviously say nothing to our father. Things like ‘Your player did not score runs, mine did’. I would get very agitated and cry in my room thinking ‘How did Sourav Ganguly get. Not today, I needed to show my brother’. On the other hand, Rahul Dravid would score 100s after 100s,” he added.

“So my childhood memories are these. My first Indian tour was with Rahul sir. If I look at this connecting it to my childhood, it’s a great achievement. Where I would be fighting regarding him as a child to playing under him. These things are very close to my heart,” Nitish Rana concluded.

However, Team India achieved great success in the 2000s, where they held Australia to a 1-1 draw in Australia in the BGT 2003-04 and won in the 2002 Champions Trophy as well.