Rajkummar Rao to play Sourav Ganguly in biopic, confirms former Team India skipper

Former Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly opened up about his biopic and shared that Bollywood actor Rajkummar Rao will portray him in the film. While speaking to the media in West Bengal's Bardhaman on Thursday, he said, "From what I've heard, Rajkummar Rao will play the role (the titular role) ...but there are issues of dates...so it will take more than a year to hit the screens."

The former skipper played 113 Tests and 311 ODIs for India. The left-handed batter scored 18,575 runs across all formats in his international career. The Prince of Kolkata later went on to become the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and later was appointed as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in October last year.

He led India to 21 Test wins and the final of the 2003 World Cup. The southpaw also served on the BCCI's technical committee and the Cricket Advisory Committee along with Indian greats Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman. Ganguly called time on his international career in 2008, but he ended up with more than 18,000 international runs.