Sourav Ganguly - The Only Bengal Tiger of Indian Cricket

Celebrating his 22nd Century

News and Articles About Ganguly
  • Should we Blame Ganguly for choosing to Field ? - No way ! (WORLD CUP FINAL)- Contributed by Pratim Guha Biswas
  • Statistics Involing Poor bowling at WC 2003 Final -Source: Wisden.com
  • POOR OR INTENTIONAL UMPIRING DECISIONS - Ashoka De Silva - Contributed by Sheuli Bose
  • DO NOT SHY AWAY FROM THE FACTS - Indian Selectors - Contributed by Indranil Mukherji
  • V. Srivatsa of Times Of India and his venom against ganguly
  • Times of India's Anti Ganguly Campaign
  • Ganguly Equals World Record in SA
  • A Letter to all Ganguly Fans
  • Ganguly being FRAMED

  • Ganguly Da Congrats for Reaching the World Cup Finals
    India for the second time in history reach the finals
    India Runners Up in WC Cup 2003
    Thank you Ganguly da, you and the boys did a awesome job

    India-BAN-SA ODI series
    April 2003  


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    Sourav Chandidas Ganguly


    Born: 08 July 1972, Calcutta
    Major Teams: India, Bengal.
    Known As: Sourav Ganguly
    Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
    Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium

     


    Test Debut: India v England at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1996
    Latest Test: India v New Zealand at Hamilton, 2nd Test, 2002/03

    ODI Debut: India v West Indies at Brisbane, World Series, 1991/92
    Latest ODI: India v Australia at Johannesburg, World Cup, 2002/03

    Career Statistics:

    TESTS (including 19/12/2002) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 67 112 11 4100 173 40.59 48.18 9 20 51 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 343.2 72 1154 23 50.17 3-28 0 0 89.5 3.36 ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (including 23/03/2003) M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 229 221 18 8720 183 42.95 74.68 22 50 81 0 O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 600 28 2988 85 35.15 5-16 1 2 42.3 4.98 FIRST-CLASS (1989/90 - 2002/03; last updated 21/03/2003) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 166 262 33 9900 200* 43.23 17 61 127 0 O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ Bowling 1301 207 4485 117 38.33 6-46 3 0 66.7 3.44 LIST A LIMITED OVERS (1989/90 - 2002/03; last updated 23/03/2003) M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Batting & Fielding 317 304 35 11839 183 44.01 31 65 105 0 O R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ Bowling 1039.3 4978 145 34.33 5-16 4 2 43.0 4.78

    Batting Achievements

    The Highest Indian Run-getter in the WORLD CUP against Srilanka at World Cup '99 at Taunton , England.

    S.Ganguly 183 India vs Sri Lanka

    He put on a stand on 318 with Rahul Dravid against the same opposition for any wicket.

    Before this the record was that of Kapil Dev's 175 against Zimbabwe.


    Captaincy Record

  • Won 13 Tests. Won 4 Tests for the country abroad

  • First Captain after 20 years to make us reach the World Cup Finals. TAKE a bow Sourav

  • India bags the NATWEST SERIES TROPHY!

  • India bags the ICC Champions Trophy


    Something About Ganguly:

    Profile:

    Saurav Ganguly has emerged as one of the key components of both the one day and test sides for India. He is an aggressive left-handed middle order batsman who opens in One-Dayers and also bowls right-handed military medium pace. He had a disastrous start to his international career as a 19 year old, touring Australia in 1991-92 where both his ability and attitude was questioned. He was recalled for the 1996 tour of England. He answered in style to those who questioned his game playing and attitude by scoring centuries in his first two test matches as well as capturing vital wickets to bag the Man of the series award. Still he was considered fit for only test matches, his inability to play onside strokes being exploited by bowlers to slow down his scoring and was constantly criticized . He soon worked on the problem and since then has given India several dynamic starts while opening the innings. He became a household name in India after the Sahara Cup in Toronto where he won several matches for India vs Pakistan. Besides several superlative batting performance (including 75* in 75 balls), he exploited the conditions to return some excellent bowling figures (including 5-16). He also became the fourth all-rounder to score a century (130*) and take 4 wickets (4/22). Ganguly was brought in as an opener for the limited over games. He compiled some useful opening partnerships in the company of Sachin Tendulkar, including a world record stand of 252 vs. Sri Lanka. He put on a stand on 318 with Rahul Dravid against the same opposition , a record for any wicket, at Taunton in a preliminary match in the last World Cup . In the same tournament, Ganguly was in great touch with a highest individual score of 183 vs. Sri Lanka , a national record and a 97 vs. the South Africans. His innings of 138 against Zimbabwe in the LG Cup at Nairobi was the highest score of the whole tournament against instrumental in India beating Zimbabwe by a very big Margin adding another line to the Resume of this stylish & classy Left Hander Batsman. His performance both in the one day and test arena has tightlipped his hardened critics but still they find ways to bring him down. As expected these guys fail over and again.


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