* Sourav Ganguly one of Indias Most successful ODI Player as a player and captain * His Stats and Performance speaks for him Sourav Ganguly in won matches matches : 149 , Runs :6938 , average : 55.06 , 18 tons and 41 fifties sourav ganguly as captain matches : 147 , Runs : 5104 , average : 38.66 , 11 tons and 30 fifties sourav ganguly as a big match player tournament final : matches - 31 , runs : 1000 , average 37.03 , 3 tons and 4 fifties tournament semi final : matches -4 , runs : 348 , average : 174 , 2 tons and 1 50 sourav gangulys icc tournament records worldcup : 21 matches , runs 1006 , average : 55.88 asia cup :13 matches , runs 518 , average : 51 .80 icc champions trophy : 13 matches , runs 655 , average :73.88 his stats outside india matches : 233 , runs :9253 , tons 18 and 48 He played 75% of his career as an opening batsman with an avg of 41.57 ,whooping 9146 runs and 14 hundreds against all good teams excluding zimbabwe,kenya and West indies and minnows., his average outside sub continent in austrailia :32.82 in England :38.29 in south africa : 49.90 in new zealand :22.16 in west indies : 52.50 his runs and average every year 1996 - runs : 269 , average : 33.62 1997 - runs :1338, average : 41.81 1998 -runs : 1328 , average : 41.50 1999-runs :1767 , average :46.50 2000-runs : 1579 , average :56.39 2001 -runs : 813, average : 36.95 2002-runs : 1114 , average : 38.41 2003-runs : 756 , average : 42.00 2004-runs 947 , average : 32.65 2005-runs 209,average : 17.49(failed and dropped) 2006-didnt play 2007- runs : runs : 1240 , average : 44.28 (cameback like warrior prince ) Sourav Gangulys Great ODI Knocks In semi Finals and Finals - 83 vs west Indies at Dhaka , 1998 (Semi Final) -141* vs south Africa at Nairobi , 2000 (Semi Final) -111* vs Kenya at Durban , 2003(Semi Final) -68 vs Pakistan At DHAKA , 1998 (Final) -124 vs Pakistan AT Dhaka , 1998 (Final) -109 vs sri lanka At Colombo , 1998 (Final) -63 * vs zimbabwe at sharjah ,1998 (Final) -50 vs Pakistan at sharjah , 1999 (Final) -117 * vs New Zealand at Nairobi , 2000 (Final) -60 vs England At lords , 2002 (Final) Overall average : 41.02 ( his career full of ups and downs overall he stood tall ) he has won 32 man of the matches which is second most by and india Gangulys Records : Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 Test matches. He is currently the 4th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests. He is the fourth Indian to have played in more than 300 One Day Internationals. Ganguly is the second among Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the highest ODI runs in the world) and the fourth in the world in overall runs scored in ODIs. Ganguly has 22 centuries in ODIs and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Ricky Ponting. Sourav, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed by far the most successful opening pair in One Day Cricket, having amassed the highest number of century partnerships (26) for the first wicket. Together, they have scored more than 7000 runs at an average of 48.98. He is a world record holder for creating most no. of 50 run partnership in the first wicket (44 fifties). Captained India in a record 49 Test matches. Led India to a record 21 Test wins. His Test average has never been less than 40. 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 an 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. He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs. India’s second most successful ODI captain after Mohammed Azharuddin. First Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia. Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997,1999,2000. 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. AWARDS He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004 one of India’s highest awards. 3 Man of the Series Awards in Test Cricket. 7 Man of the Series Award in ODI Cricket. 6 Man of the Match Awards in Test Cricket. 31 Man of the Match Awards in ODI Cricket.. About sourav ganguly :If You ask a sensible cricket freak who is the great captain of India ? They will mention Dhoni , Sourav ,azar,kapil dev etc Who is The great batsman of India ? They will mention sachin ,DRavid ,Sourav \m/ Sourav comes in both the category and one Of the best ever Indias most successful captain in test cricket and Odi Under Him India has improved a lot .... King of come Backs PpL loves to criticise Sourav GanGuly always , Even Sourav GanGuly loves answerIng the critics again and again , u cant predict or judge Sourav GanGuly .... Above all , a Fan Went on to the field during Ipl to workship Sourav GanGuly thAt shows the Greatness of the man
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