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Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the India national cricket team. From his international debut in 1992 to his retirement in 2008, he scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 16 occasions in Test cricket and in 22 One Day International (ODI) matches. [1] Ganguly scored a century on Test debut, against England in Lord's in
Alistair Campbell of Zimbabwe was the first to score a century in the tournament, when he made 100 against New Zealand during the inaugural edition. [5] Four players—Sourav Ganguly (India), Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Chris Gayle (West Indies) and Shikhar Dhawan (India
Has the highest individual score by an Indian batsman (183) in the Cricket World Cup. [161] One of the 14 cricketers in the world to have played 100 or more Tests and 300 or more ODIs. Sourav Ganguly is the only batsman to score a century on debut and to be dismissed first ball in his final Test innings. [162]
6.7 Highest individual score at each position. ... Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is the highest ODI wicket-taker with a total of ... Sourav Ganguly: 1999 3 ...
In terms of innings, India's Virat Kohli—the fifth Indian to reach the milestone after Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and MS Dhoni—is the fastest (205) to reach the 10,000 run mark, [a] while Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene is the slowest to achieve the feat (333). Kohli also holds the record of highest number of centuries (51).
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 127 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 83 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries, 44 have scored 30 or more centuries, and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries.
To summarize the events that happened on that day, India closed at 362/6 from 105 overs, with VVS Laxman and the Indian Captain Sourav Ganguly helping themselves to some runs. Laxman scored 75 runs from 113 balls with 11 boundaries, while Sourav Ganguly played the innings that defined the test match and made the day memorable for one and all.
Rohit Sharma's score of 264 against Sri Lanka in November 2014 is the highest number of runs scored by any player in an ODI. [12] Sourav Ganguly's 183 against Sri Lanka is the highest number of runs scored by an Indian Cricketer in a Cricket World Cup match.