Full name Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Born July 8, 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Current age 44 years 335 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Bengal, East Zone, Glamorgan, India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire, Marylebone Cricket Club, Northamptonshire, Pune Warriors
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 5 ft 11 in
Education St Xavier's College
Relation Brother - Snehasish C Ganguly
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 113 | 188 | 17 | 7212 | 239 | 42.17 | 14070 | 51.25 | 16 | 35 | 900 | 57 | 71 | 0 |
ODIs | 311 | 300 | 23 | 11363 | 183 | 41.02 | 15416 | 73.70 | 22 | 72 | 1122 | 190 | 100 | 0 |
First-class | 254 | 399 | 44 | 15687 | 239 | 44.18 | 33 | 89 | 168 | 0 | ||||
List A | 437 | 421 | 43 | 15622 | 183 | 41.32 | 31 | 97 | 131 | 0 | ||||
Twenty20 | 77 | 73 | 4 | 1726 | 91 | 25.01 | 1613 | 107.00 | 0 | 8 | 184 | 51 | 28 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 113 | 99 | 3117 | 1681 | 32 | 3/28 | 3/37 | 52.53 | 3.23 | 97.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 311 | 171 | 4561 | 3849 | 100 | 5/16 | 5/16 | 38.49 | 5.06 | 45.6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
First-class | 254 | 11108 | 6099 | 167 | 6/46 | 36.52 | 3.29 | 66.5 | 4 | 0 | |||
List A | 437 | 8199 | 6646 | 171 | 5/16 | 5/16 | 38.86 | 4.86 | 47.9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
Twenty20 | 77 | 37 | 573 | 756 | 29 | 3/27 | 3/27 | 26.06 | 7.91 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Test debut | England v India at Lord's, Jun 20-24, 1996 scorecard |
Last Test | India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v West Indies at Brisbane, Jan 11, 1992 scorecard |
Last ODI | India v Pakistan at Gwalior, Nov 15, 2007 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
First-class debut | 1989/90 |
Last First-class | Baroda v Bengal at Vadodara, Dec 21-24, 2011 scorecard |
List A debut | 1989/90 |
Last List A | Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 scorecard |
Twenty20 debut | Glamorgan v Somerset at Cardiff, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard |
Last Twenty20 | Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders at Pune, May 19, 2012 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
50, 0/16 | SRT Blasters | v Warne’s Warr | Los Angeles | 14 Nov 2015 | Other T20 |
12 | SRT Blasters | v Warne’s Warr | Houston | 11 Nov 2015 | Other T20 |
0/17, 5 | Warriors | v KKR | Pune | 19 May 2012 | T20 |
2 | Warriors | v Royals | Jaipur | 13 May 2012 | T20 |
14 | Warriors | v Royals | Pune | 8 May 2012 | T20 |
36 | Warriors | v KKR | Kolkata | 5 May 2012 | T20 |
16 | Warriors | v Mum Indians | Pune | 3 May 2012 | T20 |
0/39, 45 | Warriors | v Chargers | Cuttack | 1 May 2012 | T20 |
23 | Warriors | v Chargers | Pune | 26 Apr 2012 | T20 |
1, 0/12 | Warriors | v Daredevils | Pune | 24 Apr 2012 | T20 |
Some felt he couldn't play the bouncer, others swore that he was God on the off-side; some laughed at his lack of athleticism, others took immense pride in his ability to galvanise a side. Sourav Ganguly's ability to polarise opinion led to one of the most fascinating dramas in Indian cricket. Yet, nobody can dispute that he was India's most successful Test captain - forging a winning unit from a bunch of talented, but directionless, individuals - and nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of all time. Despite being a batsman who combined grace with surgical precision in his strokeplay, his career had spluttered to a standstill before being resurrected by a scintillating hundred on debut at Lord's in 1996. Later that year, he was promoted to the top of the order in ODIs and, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed one of the most destructive opening pairs in history.