Shaped the careers of some of the best players:
The Indian team had a transition after the turn of the century but Ganguly managed to make it so smooth that the Indian team is still reaping benefits from it.
Dada bought the likes of Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, and Zaheer Khan into the national team, trusted them, gave them chances, stuck with them and turned them into genuine match-winners. The 4 of them, on their own, have won India many matches even under MS Dhoni showing how important it was for the country to nurture young talents in his time.
Though Dhoni brought his own brand of players in his time, Ganguly was amazing in identifying the best of the lot and helped the Indian team for more than a decade.