Born July 8 1972, in Calcutta, West Bengal.
Ganguly's Living With big joint family of over 50 people, though they all do not live in the same house. There are 22 bedrooms in his house, and the family possesses over 20 cars. Ganguly born With luxury and comfort as he was the son of an affluent printer. Ganguly is perhaps one of the richest Indian cricketer of recent times.
As a person
As the current captain of the team, Ganguly's aggressive batting and big scores testify to the fact that he has learnt to deal with pressure and the burden of leading the country does not constraint him Sourav Ganguly is a quiet, unassuming, undemonstrative man with nerves of steel. . In fact, the responsibility seems to have had an encouraging effect; he is beginning to emerge from the shadow of Sachin Tendulkar. Sourav is a deeply religious person and observes a fast every Tuesday.
step towards cricket
In 1992 Ganguly scored three runs in his One Day International debut for India against the West Indies
tour of England when he scored centuries in both innings of his debut test match 1996
He Is the only the third cricketer to score a century in his first two innings after Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharan. In 1999 cricket World Cup He scored 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton , the highest by an Indian in World Cup cricket.
I n the year Of 2000 He scored 7 ODI centuries .
After the match fixing scandal by some of the players of the team, Ganguly was named the Captain of the Indian cricket team.In 2000
In 2000 He began well as a captain, leading India to a series win over South Africa in the five-match one day series and led the Indian team to the finals ICC KnockOut Trophy
in 2001 India won the Test series 2–1, ending Australia's run of 16 consecutive Test match victories in the Second Test..
In 2003 India reached the World Cup Final for the first time since 1983,
In 2003 World Cup Ganguly had a successful tournament personally, scoring 465 runs at an average of 58.12, including three centuries.
In 2004, he achieved successful captain and was deemed as India's most successful cricket captain by sections of the media. However, his individual performance deteriorated during
In 2005 he was dropped from the team in October.
Ganguly made his comeback In 2006 At ICC Champions Trophy
in 2007 World cup He was the leading scorer for India in their first round defeat against Bangladesh
In 2007 Dec He scored his maiden double century of his career while playing against Pakistan. He scored 239 runs in the first innings of the third and final Test match of the series
In 2007 ODIs He Is the Fifth Higest run-scorer.
Ganguly's record as captain
Ganguly is the only Indian Captian to win both the One Day and Test Series in Pakistan Soil His record's as captain is outstanding. Numerically, he has more test wins to his credit than any other Indian captain. . More importantly, he has been credited with transforming the Indian players into a vibrant team with an excellent team spirit.
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