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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
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly [1] [2] (/ s ʃ uː r ə v ɡ ɛ n ɡ uː l j / ⓘ; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), also known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Bengali), is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer.
Four players—Sourav Ganguly (India), Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa), Chris Gayle (West Indies) and Shikhar Dhawan (India)—hold the record for the most number of centuries, with three each. A further four players— Saeed Anwar ( Pakistan ), Marcus Trescothick ( England ), Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka) and Shane Watson ( Australia )—have each ...
Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sourav Ganguly, Mahela Jayawardene, AB de Villiers, Mark Waugh, and Quinton de Kock have four centuries each. [7] Rohit Sharma's five centuries in the 2019 tournament are the most by a player in a single tournament. Sangakkara scored four centuries in consecutive matches in the 2015 tournament. [8]
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.
List of Test centuries scored at the Eden Gardens No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opponents Date Result Ref. 1 162: Everton Weekes (1/2) West Indies — 1 India: 31 December 1948: Drawn [12] 2 101: Everton Weekes (2/2) West Indies — 3 India: Drawn 3 108: Clyde Walcott West Indies — 3 India: Drawn 4 106: Mushtaq Ali India — 4 West Indies ...
Sourav Ganguly won the toss and elected to bat first on a good, bouncy pitch. The Indian openers, Sehwag and Chopra added 98 runs for the first wicket before lunch. Sehwag and Chopra stitched the runs with a definite uncertainty, as they were troubled by the swing and seam movement generated by Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie, the latter coming ...
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 (50).