Sourav Ganguly
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| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly | |||
| Born | 8 July 1972 Behala, Calcutta, West Bengal, India | |||
| Nickname | The Prince of Calcutta, The Maharaja, The God of the Off Side, Dada, The Warrior Prince | |||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Relations | Snehasish Ganguly (brother), Dona Ganguly (Wife) | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| Test debut(cap 207) | 20 June 1996 v England | |||
| Last Test | 6 November 2008 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut(cap 84) | 11 January 1992 v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 15 November 2007 v Pakistan | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1990–2010 | Bengal | |||
| 2000 | Lancashire | |||
| 2005 | Glamorgan | |||
| 2006 | Northamptonshire | |||
| 2008–10 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| 2011 | Pune Warriors India | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 113 | 311 | 242 | 426 |
| Runs scored | 7,212 | 11,363 | 14,933 | 15,278 |
| Batting average | 42.17 | 41.02 | 43.92 | 41.51 |
| 100s/50s | 16/35 | 22/72 | 31/85 | 31/94 |
| Top score | 239 | 183 | 239 | 183 |
| Balls bowled | 3,117 | 4,561 | 10,968 | 7,949 |
| Wickets | 32 | 100 | 164 | 168 |
| Bowling average | 52.53 | 38.49 | 36.82 | 38.41 |
| 5 wickets ininnings | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/28 | 5/16 | 6/46 | 5/16 |
| Catches/stumpings | 71/– | 100/– | 166/– | 129/– |
Source: CricketInfo, 28 February 2009Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (Hindi: सौरव गांगुली Bengali: সৌরভ গাঙ্গুলী Shourob Ganguli;  pronunciation (help·info); born 8 July 1972) is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times.[1] He started his career by playing in state and school teams. Currently, he is the 5th highest run scorer in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and was the 5th person in history to cross the 10,000 run landmark. He is only the 2nd Indian to cross that mark in ODIs, after Sachin Tendulkar. Wisden ranked him the sixth greatest one day international batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar,Brian Lara, Dean Jones and Michael Bevan.[2]After a series of playing in different Indian domestic tournaments such as the Ranji andDuleep trophies, Ganguly got his big-break while playing for India on their tour of England. He scored 131 runs and cemented his place in the Indian team. Ganguly's place in the team was assured after successful performances in series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia, winning the Man of the Match awards. In the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he was involved in a partnership of 318 runs with Rahul Dravid, which remains the highest overall partnership score in the World Cup tournament history. | ||||
Due to the match-fixing scandals in 2000 by other players of the team, and for his poor health, Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar resigned his position, and Ganguly was made the captain of the Indian cricket team. He was soon the subject of media criticism after an unsuccessful stint for county side Durham and for taking off his shirt in the final of the 2002 Natwest Trophy. He led India into the 2003 World Cup final, where they were defeated by Australia. Due to a decrease in individual performance, he was dropped from the team in the following year. Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004, one of India's highest civilian awards. He returned to the National team in 2006, and made successful batting displays. Around this time, he became involved in a dispute with Indian team coach Greg Chappell over several misunderstandings. Ganguly was again dropped from the team, however he was selected to play in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Ganguly joined the Kolkata Knight Riders team as captain for the Indian Premier LeagueTwenty20 cricket tournament in 2008. The same year, after a home Test series against Australia, he announced his retirement from international cricket. He continued to play for the Bengal team and was appointed the chairman of the Cricket Association of Bengal's Cricket Development Committee. The left-handed Ganguly was a prolific One Day International (ODI) batsman, with over 11,000 ODI runs to his credit. He is one of the most successful Indian Test captains to date, winning 21 out of 49 test matches. An aggressive captain, Ganguly is credited with having nurtured the careers of many young players who played under him, and transforming the Indian team into an aggressive fighting unit.
Biography of Sourav Ganguly
Early life in cricket
Sourav Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Calcutta, and is the youngest son of Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly.[3][4] Chandidas ran a flourishing print business and was one of the richest men in the city.[5] Ganguly had a luxurious childhood and was nicknamed the 'Maharaja', meaning the 'Great King'. Since the favourite sport for the people of Calcutta was the game of football, Ganguly was initially attracted to the game. However, academics came in-between his love for sports and Nirupa was not very supportive of Ganguly taking up cricket or any other sport as a career.[6][7] By then, his elder brother Snehasish was already an established cricketer for the Bengal cricket team. He supported Ganguly's dream to be a cricketer and asked their father to get Ganguly enrolled in a cricket coaching camp during his summer holidays. Ganguly was studying in tenth grade at that time.[8]
Despite being right-handed, Ganguly learnt to bat left-handed so he could use his brother's sporting equipment.[6] After he showed some promise as a batsman, he was enrolled in a cricket academy. An indoor multi-gym and concrete wicket was built at their home, so he and Snehasish could practice the game. They used to watch a number of old cricket match videos, especially the games played by David Gower, whom Ganguly admired.[5] After he scored a century against the Orissa Under–15 side, he was made captain of St Xavier's School's cricket team, where several of his teammates complained against what they perceived to be his arrogance.[6][9] While touring with a junior team, Ganguly refused his turn as the twelfth man, as he reportedly felt that the duties involved, which included organising equipment and drinks for the players, and delivering messages, were beneath his social status.[10] Ganguly purportedly refused to do such tasks as he considered it beneath his social status to assist his teammates in such a way.[11] However, his playmanship gave him a chance to make his first-class cricket debut for Bengal in 1989, the same year that his brother was dropped from the team.[6][12]
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