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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 Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Calcutta, and is the youngest son of Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly. [14] [15] Chandidas ran a flourishing print business and was one of the richest men in the city. [16] Ganguly had a luxurious childhood and was nicknamed the 'Maharaj', meaning the Great King. Ganguly's father Chandidas Ganguly died at ...
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 ...
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).
2003 Cricket World Cup statistics lists all the major statistics and records for the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from 9 February to 24 March 2003. Talha Jubair became the youngest player to participate in Cricket World Cup. [ 1 ]
Sourav Ganguly India: 183: 158 17 7 Sri Lanka: County Ground, Taunton, England: Rahul Dravid India: 145: 129 17 1 Sri Lanka: County Ground, Taunton, England: Sachin Tendulkar India: 140* 101 16 3 Kenya: County Ground, Bristol, England: Neil Johnson Zimbabwe: 132* 144 14 2 Australia: Lord's, England: Steve Waugh Australia: 120* 110 10 2 South Africa
Sourav Ganguly had captained Pune Warriors India in the highest number of matches: 15. [1] Pune Warriors India (PWI) was a Pune-based franchise cricket team that participated in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They played their first Twenty20 match in the 2011 season of the IPL against Kings XI Punjab. [2]
Sourav Ganguly (Ind) played his last test. This game see-sawed throughout and going into the final day Australia were chasing a large target for victory, however in spite of some good early batting from Matthew Hayden amongst others, the target and the fifth day pitch proved too much for the Australians.