SOURAV GANGULY

INTERNATIONAL CARREER Sourav Chandidas ganguly is an indian and is the most successfull Test captain of the Indian national cricket team. Born 8th july 1972,Ganguly lives at Barisha in kolkata.He is currently 5th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests and 2nd highest overall run scorer in one day international. He is also the 2nd highest century scorer for india in One day international and is one only seven batsman to score morethan 10,000 runs in one day international in the history of the game. Ganguly is a left-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-pace bowler. Ganguly is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother, Snehasish's equipment. Ganguly has been nicknamed Bengal Tiger, Prince of Calcutta, Lord Snooty by his opponents, and affectionately Dada (which means elder brother in bengali) by his team-mates.Ganguly was the captain of the Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He led India to the 2003 world cup final, and holds the Indian captaincy record for the most Test victories (21). Records Test Scored a century on Test debut Scored a century in each of his first two Tests Captained India in a record 49 Test matches Led India to a record 21 Test wins ODIs Second fastest player to reach 10,000, 11,000 ODI runs Fastest to reach multiples of 7,000, 8,000, 9,000 ODI Runs Hold the record of most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. Holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most 1st wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times). Holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the second highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999. Held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket partnership for India in a ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley. Was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid. Sixth on the all time list with 31 man of the match awards. He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs. India's most successful ODI captain. First Indian to score a ODI century against Australia in Australia. Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997. Second highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1998. Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1999. Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 2000. Second highest ODI runs scorer for India (in a calendar year) in 2001. Second highest ODI runs scorer for India (in a calendar year) in 2002. Third highest ODI runs scorer for India (in a calendar year) in 2003. Third highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 2004. Third in the list of hitting maximum number of sixes in ODIs. Second in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever. 7 centuries in 2000.