Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Full name Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born July 8, 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal

Current age 41 years 95 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Bengal, East Zone, Glamorgan,India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire,Marylebone Cricket Club, Northamptonshire, Pune Warriors

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 5 ft 11 in

Education St Xavier's College

Relation Brother - Snehasish C GangulyBatting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	113	188	17	7212	239	42.17	14070	51.25	16	35	900	57	71	0
ODIs	311	300	23	11363	183	41.02	15416	73.70	22	72	1122	190	100	0
First-class	254	399	44	15687	239	44.18			33	89			168	0
List A	437	421	43	15622	183	41.32			31	97			131	0
Twenty20	77	73	4	1726	91	25.01	1613	107.00	0	8	184	51	28	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	113	99	3117	1681	32	3/28	3/37	52.53	3.23	97.4	0	0	0
ODIs	311	171	4561	3849	100	5/16	5/16	38.49	5.06	45.6	1	2	0
First-class	254		11108	6099	167	6/46		36.52	3.29	66.5		4	0
List A	437		8199	6646	171	5/16	5/16	38.86	4.86	47.9	4	2	0
Twenty20	77	37	573	756	29	3/27	3/27	26.06	7.91	19.7	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England v India at Lord's, Jun 20-24, 1996 scorecard
Last Test	India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008 scorecard
Test statistics	- Statsguru Test analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  Test match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Bowling match list  Best innings bowling  Best match bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
ODI debut	India v West Indies at Brisbane, Jan 11, 1992 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Pakistan at Gwalior, Nov 15, 2007 scorecard
ODI statistics	- Statsguru ODI analysis -  Player analysis menu/filter  ODI match list  ---------------------------------  Batting career summary  Batting innings list  High scores  Batting series averages  ---------------------------------  Bowling career summary  Bowling innings list  Best innings bowling  Bowling series averages  ---------------------------------  Fielding career summary  Fielding innings list  Most catches in an innings  Fielding series statistics
First-class debut	1989/90
Last First-class	Baroda v Bengal at Vadodara, Dec 21-24, 2011 scorecard
List A debut	1989/90
Last List A	Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Glamorgan v Somerset at Cardiff, Jun 22, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders at Pune, May 19, 2012 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
0/17, 5	Warriors	v KKR	Pune	19 May 2012	T20
2	Warriors	v Royals	Jaipur	13 May 2012	T20
14	Warriors	v Royals	Pune	8 May 2012	T20
36	Warriors	v KKR	Kolkata	5 May 2012	T20
16	Warriors	v Mum Indians	Pune	3 May 2012	T20
0/39, 45	Warriors	v Chargers	Cuttack	1 May 2012	T20
23	Warriors	v Chargers	Pune	26 Apr 2012	T20
1, 0/12	Warriors	v Daredevils	Pune	24 Apr 2012	T20
41, 2/27	Warriors	v Daredevils	Delhi	21 Apr 2012	T20
24	Warriors	v Super Kings	Chennai	19 Apr 2012	T20

Profile

Some felt he couldn't play the bouncer, others swore that he was God on the off-side; some laughed at his lack of athleticism, others took immense pride in his ability to galvanise a side. Sourav Ganguly's ability to polarise opinion led to one of the most fascinating dramas in Indian cricket. Yet, nobody can dispute that he was India's most successful Test captain - forging a winning unit from a bunch of talented, but directionless, individuals - and nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of all time. Despite being a batsman who combined grace with surgical precision in his strokeplay, his career had spluttered to a standstill before being resurrected by a scintillating hundred on debut at Lord's in 1996. Later that year, he was promoted to the top of the order in ODIs and, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed one of the most destructive opening pairs in history.

When he took over the captaincy after the match-fixing exposes in 2000, he quickly proved to be a tough, intuitive and uncompromising leader. Under his stewardship India started winning Test matches away, and put together a splendid streak that took them all the way to the World Cup final in 2003. Later that year, in Australia, an unexpected and incandescent hundred at Brisbane set the tone for the series where India fought the world's best team to a standstill. Victory in Pakistan turned him into a cult figure but instead of being a springboard for greater things, it was the peak of a slippery slope.

The beginning of the end came in 2004 at Nagpur - when his last-minute withdrawal played a part in Australia clinching the series - and things went pear shaped when his loss of personal form coincided with India's insipid ODI performances. Breaking point was reached when his differences with Greg Chappell leaked into public domain and his career was in jeopardy when India began their remarkable revival under Rahul Dravid.

His gritty 30s at Karachi, when India succumbed to a humiliating defeat in early 2006, weren't enough for him to retain his spot and some felt he would never get another chance. Others, as always, thought otherwise and they were proved right when he was included in the Test squad for the away series in South Africa in 2006-2007. He ended as the highest Indian run-scorer in that series and capped his fairytale comeback with four half-centuries on his return to ODIs. He continued his fine run in England, where he finished as the second highest scorer in Tests, and went on to slam back-to-back hundreds against Pakistan at home, the second of which was a glorious 239 in Bangalore. Ganguly was surprisingly omitted from India's ODI squad for the CB Series in Australia and has been out of contention in the one-day squad since. After a poor Test series in Sri Lanka, there were reports of him considering retirement but he was given a lifeline in the Tests against Australia at home. Two days before the first Test, he said the series would be his last.