Know about Sourav Ganguly’s Records and Achievements


Posted January 22, 2019 by CricketChat

Sourav Ganguly who is lovingly known as Dada is the former Indian National Cricket Team captain. Now, the 46-year old is the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal and also the President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India.

 
Sourav Ganguly who is lovingly known as Dada is the former Indian National Cricket Team captain. Now, the 46-year old is the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal and also the President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India.

Other than this, he is one of the four members of the Indian Premier League Governing Council. He is also a member of Technical Committee in IPL. Sourav Ganguly Biography tells everything about him and his career.

He is one of the greatest captains of Team India. He also established himself as the world's leading batsmen. He earned the name God of the Off Side. He holds many records to his name which are as follows:

Sourav Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer who has played 100 Test matches. Also, he is one of the 14 cricketers in the world who have played more than 100 Tests and more than 300 ODIs.

He is the only cricketer to win four consecutive ‘man of the match’ awards in One Day Internationals. He is the eighth highest run-scorer in ODIs and second highest among the Indians.

Ganguly has also registered the highest individual score i.e. 117 in an ICC Champions Trophy final. Other than this, he was also the first player to score 3 centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy.

He is the second fastest batsman who reached 9,000 ODI runs after South Africa National Cricket Team player AB De Villiers who surpassed his record in 2017. Another amazing record held by him is that he is the one among the five cricketers who have achieved 10,000 runs, 100 wickets & 100 catches in ODI.

The marvelous batsman test average never went below 40. In the Cricket World Cup, he has the highest individual score by an Indian batsman i.e. 183. He is also India’s most successful overseas test captain. Now Virat Kohli is also among the list of the best overseas captain after the India-Australia Test series.

Another unique record held by Sourav Ganguly is that he is the only batsman to score a hundred on debut and to be out on the first ball in his final Test innings.

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Last Updated January 22, 2019