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An innings-by-innings breakdown of Ganguly's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of last ten innings (blue line). Test Match Career Performance By Opposition Batting Statistics [ 157 ]
In the first innings of the third test match in Delhi, Gautam Gambhir and V. V. S. Laxman became the first Indian players to both score a double century in a test innings. [6] This series also witnessed the last Tests of two Indian cricketers – Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly. [7]
Sourav Ganguly scored 16 centuries in Test matches and 22 in ODIs. 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]
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.
Sourav Ganguly (Ind) picked his 100th wicket in ODIs and became the third player to complete 10,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODIs. [26] Zaheer Khan (Ind) picked his 200th wicket in ODIs. [26] Sourav Ganguly played his last ODI match.
The first match, which was also Saurav Ganguly's 100th match, had led to media consternation about the appropriateness of India's batting strategy. Rahul Dravid had been promoted up the batting order from number three to open along with Wasim Jaffer, while regular opener Dinesh Karthik was dropped prior to the first Test.
Captain Ganguly stated that either of Singh or Chopra would open the innings for his team alongside Virender Sehwag. [5] Having not recovered in time, Tendulkar was ruled out of the First Test, a day prior of the match. This was the first time in his career that he missed a home Test match. [15] He also missed the second Test. [11]
It was a historic outing for Sourav Ganguly too, as he passed 7000 runs in Test cricket and scored a century in the process. The Third Test match was played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Anil Kumble declared his retirement from Test matches after suffering from torn fingers. He was the captain of the Indian side in this game.