Sourav Ganguly Biography

Prince of Kolkata

Sourav Ganguly Profile

• Full Name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly.• Date of Birth (Birthday): 8th July, 1972.• Birth Place:   Kolkata, India• Nickname: Dada, Prince of Kolkata• Height: 5ft 11 inch• Zodiac Sign: Cancer• Religion: Hindu• Marital Status:   Married• Batting Style: Left-hand Bat• Bowling Style: Right-arm medium• Major Teams: India, Asia XI, Bengal, East Zone, Glamorgan,

India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire, Northampton shire

• Test Debut: 20th June 1996 v England• ODI Debut: 11th January 1992 v West Indies

Family Background

• Father's Name:  Mr. Chandidas Ganguly

• Mother's Name:  Nirupa Ganguly

• Brother:  Snehasish Ganguly

• Wife:  Dona

• Daughter:  Sana.

Batting and Fielding Averages                       Mat    Inns   NO   Runs     HS    Ave    100   50

Tests             104    170     14  6605     239    42.33    15   32

ODIs              311     300     23   11363   183    41.02   22  72

First-class    231     362     40   14237    239    44.21   30  81

List A           423     407    42   15161    183    41.53   31  93 

Twenty20       18       17       1      377       73     23.56     0    1

Bowling Averages                     Mat      Inns     Balls      Runs     Wkts      Ave

Tests               104     95       3032      1630       32        50.93     

ODIs                311   171      4561       3849     100        38.49

First-class       231              10823       5953     164        36.29     

List A              423                7949       6454     168        38.41     

Twenty20         18     17         297         393       19        20.68

Sourav Ganguly Cricket StatisticsBatting Records Tests ODI’s

Matches 113 311

Innings 188 300

Runs Scored 7212 11363

Battings Averages 42.17 41.02

Strike Rate 51.25 73.70

100s 16 22

50s 35 72

Highest Scored 239 183

Bowling Records

Balls Overs Bowled 3117 4556

Wickets 32 100

Bowling Average 52.53 38.49

Economy Rate 3.23 5.06

Best Bowling 3/28 5/16

Catches 71 100

Sourav Ganguly and his international career

As Ganguly’s form was stupendous in the domestic tournaments in 1991, he made his one day international debut against West Indies but scored only three runs in that match, later he was dropped, but after that from 1993 to 1995 he has scored heavily in domestic matches like Duleep Trophy where he scored a brilliant 171, he was again selected for the tour of England, but even in that series he played in only one match, he was not picked for first test match, later in place of Sidhu he made his debut at Lords along with another great cricketer Rahul Dravid and incidentally this test was the last for the most famous umpire Dickie Bird, in that match Ganguly scored a century and through this he got distinction as he was the only third player to make a century in debut at Lords other two players were Harry Graham and John Hampshire, though two other England players Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior has made century here but Ganguly’s 131 was the best as it was the highest on debut at Lords, in the very next match he made 136 and became the only player after Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharran to make two consecutive centuries in first two matches of his career apart from that he shared a record partnership with another legend Sachin Tendulkar, they scored 255 runs which was also highest partnership for India against any cricket playing country for any wicket outside India.

Sourav Ganguly and his recordsHe is the seventh Indian cricketer to have represented India in 100 test matches and he is fourth overall highest run scorer for India in test matches, fourth Indian to play over 400 one day internationals, he is next Sachin Tendulkar in terms of total runs scored in one day internationals and fifth in the world, he has scored 16 centuries in test matches and 22 in one day internationals, he is one among the eight players who have scored over 10,000 runs in one day internationals, he was not only the successful captain but a successful opener too, he is having the record of highest number of centuries along with Sachin Tendulkar, their partnership have brought over 7000 runs in one day matches. Ganguly is also slow right arm bowler he has taken 31 wickets in 99 test matches and over 100 wickets in one day internationals, he shares a record with Tendular and Jayasuriya that only these three players has taken 100 wickets, 100 catches and scored over 10,000 runs in one day internationals. Ganguly has lead India in 49 test matches winning 21 out of them, his average in test matches never came down less than 40 in his career, he is the top scorer till now in one day internationals by scoring 183 against Sri Lanka in the year 1999, and he shares this record with the present captain Dhoni, Ganguly till now holds the record of hitting highest number of sixes in one day internationals, first Indian to score a century against Australia in Australia, he was the only player to win man of the match in 4 consecutive matches, till now sixth player to win man of the match awards for a record 31 times, he was the second in the list to score 7 centuries in a calendar year.

Sourav Ganguly and fee of his achievements

Ganguly was appointed the Captain of the Indian cricket team in February, 2000.Ganguly was the Man of the Series in the New Zealand-India 5 match ODI series in November 1999.   Ganguly made a mammoth 183 against Sri Lanka in World Cup 1999, which, at that time, was the Highest ODI Score by an Indian, beating Kapil Dev's Record of 175*.Ganguly was the Man of the Series in the Pepsi Cup 1999 (March-April) for scoring 278 runs and taking 6 wickets in total.Saurav Ganguly has the distinction of being one of the few players in the World to Score a century and takes 4 wickets in the same match. (ODIs)Saurav Ganguly along with Tendulkar forms the 4th Best Opening Pair in the History of One-day cricket.Saurav Ganguly and Tendulkar were involved in a World Record Opening Partnership of 252.Saurav Ganguly scored a Century on Debut at Lords in 1996, and went on to score a century in the very next match as well.Saurav Ganguly was named Sport star Person of the Year 1998. He also won the Arjuna Award in 1998.Saurav Ganguly was the Highest Run-Scorer for India in ODIs in 1997.In the Sahara Cup 1997, Saurav Ganguly set a new World Record for 5 consecutive Man of the Match Awards. He was also the Man of the Series.