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The Bengali Indian Captain

Sourav Ganguly(The Bengal tiger/Dada orDadi)

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Sourav Ganguly(Prince of Kolkata)
Personal information
Full name	Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Born	8 July 1972 (age 39) Behala, Calcutta(Kolkata), 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) only daughter sana.
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 2012	Pune Warriors India Pune Warriors India(Cap)
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
Best bowling	3/28	5/16	6/46	5/16
Catches/stumpings	71/–	100/–	166/–	129/–
Source: CricketInfo, 28 February 2009

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (Bengali:সৌরভ গাঙ্গুলী Shourob Ganguli; pronunciation (help·info); born 8 July 1972) is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of theIndian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brotherSnehasish. 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 toViv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara,Dean Jones and Michael Bevan.^[2]

After a series of playing in different Indian domestic tournaments such as the Ranjiand Duleep 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 the1999 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 Tendulkarresigned 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 the2007 Cricket World Cup.

Ganguly joined the Kolkata Knight Ridersteam as captain for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 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..Also

he try to pull out the Indian Cricket team from dark side successfully.