Sourav Ganguly

Personal information
Full name Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Nickname Dada, Prince of Kolkata, Bengal Tiger,

Maharaja
Born 8 July 1972 (age 36), Kolkata
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Rig ht arm medium
Role Batsman

International information
Test debut 20 June 1996: v England
ODI debut 11 January 1992: v West Indies

Domestic team information

Years Team
1989/90–2006/07 Bengal
2000 Lancashire
2005 Glamorgan
2006 Northamptonshire

2008–present Kolkata Knight Riders

 Career statistics
Tests ODI FC
Matches 109 311 236
Runs scored 7,212 11,363 14,520
Batting average 42.75 41.02 43.86
100s/50s 16/34 22/72 30/83
Top score 239 183 239
Balls bowled 3,117 4,561 10,908
Wickets 32 100 164
Bowling average 52.53 38.49 36.60
5 wickets in innings 0 2 4
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0
Best bowling 3/28 5/16 6/46
Catches/stumpings 71 100 166

India's most aggressive and successful captain Ganguly, affectionately called "Dada",
is a prolific batsman, with over 18,500 runs to his credit.

Comment on Ganguly’s Batting Style

"On the off-side, first there is God, then there is Ganguly”

Shirt take-off at Lords

The shirt that Ganguly took off during the celebrative mood after his team surprising
win in Natwest Series Final.

During the final match of the 2002 Natwest Trophy held in Lords after a stunning
performance by team mates Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif, Sourav Ganguly took off
his shirt in public and brandished it in the air to celebrate India's winning of the match.
Records
Ganguly led India in 49 Test Matches, winning 21 of those, including 12 of them
outside India. All three figures are records for Indian Test captains. He also led India to
their first series wins in both Tests and ODIs in Pakistan, a feat that had eluded India for
over 50 years. Ganguly also led India to more Test wins (12) outside India between 2000
and 2005 than all Indian captains had done between 1980 and 2000. He led India to victory
over Steve Waugh's Australia in the 2001 Border-Gavaskar trophy which is considered one
of the greatest in Indian cricket history.

In ODI Ganguly has scored 11363 runs in 311 matches with an average of 41.02, next
only to Tendulkar. But the 22 centuries that he has scored, India has won on 19 occasions,
giving him a success rate of 86.36 per cent compared to 70 per cent for Tendulkar, whose 29
centuries out of 41 have won the matches!

For all Indian players who have scored more than 10 centuries, Ganguly leads the
list with the highest success rate. In the cricketing world, of all players who have scored
more than 20 centuries, Ganguly comes second after Sanath Jayasuriya, who has a success
rate of 86.36 per cent with 19 wins from 22 centuries.

On 12 December 2007, Ganguly scored his maiden double century of his career (239)
while playing against Pakistan in the first innings of the third and final test match of the
series. He was involved in a 300 run partnership for the 5th wicket along with Yuvraj Singh
- a much needed partnership that saved India which was struggling at 61 for the fall of four
wickets.
Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 Test matches. He is
currently the 5th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests. He is the fourth Indian to
have played in more than 300 One Day Internationals. In terms of overall runs scored in
ODIs, Ganguly is the second among Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the highest
ODI runs in the world) and the fourth in the world. Ganguly has scored 16 centuries in Test
matches and 22 in ODIs. He is one of only seven batsmen to score more than 10,000 runs in
ODIs. Ganguly has 22 centuries in ODIs, in terms of number of centuries in ODIs, he is
only behind Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Ricky Ponting. Soura v, along with
Sachin Tendulkar, formed by far the most successful opening pair in One Day Cricket,
having amassed the highest number of century partnerships (26) for the first wicket.
Together, they have scored more than 7000 runs at an average of 48.98, now with Sachin he
is a world record holder for creating most no. of 50 run partnership in the first wicket (44
fifties).
 Ganguly is also one of the 3 players in the world to achieve amazing treble of 10,000
runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODI cricket history, the others being Sachin Tendulkar
and Sanath Jayasuriya.

In the 1999 World Cup Ganguly smashed 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton, the
innings took 158 balls and included 17 fours and 7 sixes. It is the second highest in World
Cup history and th e highest by an Indian in the tournament. His partnership of 318 with
Rahul Dravid is the highest ever in the World Cup and is the second highest in all ODI
cricket.

ODIs

?? Ganguly is the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.

?? Hold the record of most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin

Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid.

?? Holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most 1st wicket ODI

partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).

?? Holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the second highest

score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.

?? Held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket

partnership for India in an ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record

was bettered by Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006.

?? Was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.

?? Sixth on the all time list with 31 man of the match awards.

?? India's most successful ODI captain.

?? First Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia.

?? Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997,1999,2000.

?? Third in the list of hitting maximum number of sixes in ODIs.

?? Second in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever. 7

centuries in 2000.
Man of the Series awards
3 Awards in Test cricket

# Series Season Series Performance

315 Runs (2 Matches, 3 Innings, 2x100);
1 India in England 1996
37.5-4-125 -6

392 Runs (3 Matches, 4 Innings, 2x100, 1x50);

2 Sri Lanka in India 1997-98
7-4-19-0

534 Runs (3 Matches, 6 Innings, 1x200, 1x50);

3 Pakistan in India 2007
37-10-77-4

7 Awards in ODI cricket

# Series (Opponents) Season Series Performance

Sahara Friendship Series 222 Runs (5 Matches & 5 Innings, 2x50);

1 1997
(Pakistan v/s India in Toronto) 48.5-8-160-15 (1x5 Wicket); 3 Catches

Pepsi Cup 278 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 2x50);

2 1998/99
(Pakistan, Sri Lanka ) 20-0-101-6; 2 Catches

DMC Cup 89 Runs (3 Innings, 1x50); 10-1-53-3; 1

3 1999
(West Indies v/s India in Toronto) Catch

301 Runs (5 Innings, 1x100, 1x50);

4 New Zealand in India ODI Tour 1999/00
18-3-95-2; 1 Catch

264 Runs (4 Innings, 1x100, 1x50);

5 Zimbabwe in India ODI Tour 2000/01
12-1-51-5 (1x5 Wicket)

136 Runs (3 Innings, 1x50);

6 India in West Indies ODI Tour 2002
3-0-20-0; 2 Catches

168 Runs (3 Innings, 2x50);

7 Sri Lanka in India ODI Tour 2006/07
8-0-43-1; 2 Catches
Man of the Match awards
6 Awards in Test cricket

S No Opponent Venue Season Match Performance

1st Innings: 136 (17x4, 2x6);
1 England Trent Bridge, Nottingham 1996 19.5-2.71-3
2nd Innings: 48 (8x4)

1st Innings: 173 (25x4, 2x6);

2 Sri Lanka Wankhede, Mumbai 1997/98 3-0-19-0
2nd Innings: 11 (1x4)

1st Innings: 18 (2x4);

17-5-69-2
3 Sri Lanka Asgiriya, Kandy 2001
2nd Innings: 98* (15x4);
10-4-21-0

1st Innings: 144 (18x4);

4 Australia Gabba, Brisbane 2003/04
1-0-8-0

1st Innings: 239 (30x4);

5 Pakistan Chinnaswamy, Bengaluru 2007 10-2-20-1
2nd Innings: 91 (12x4)

1st Innings: 87 (9x4)

6 South Africa Green Park, Kanpur 2008
2nd Innings: 13* (2x4)

31 Awards in ODI

Dada,
India hasn't forgotten you…