Ganguly in facts and figures

Full name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Born: July 8, 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
Style: Left-handed batsman, right-arm medium-pace bowler
Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996

Test career highlights:

Scored a century on Test debut

Was only the third batsman in the world to score a century on debut at Lord's

His 131 still remains the highest by any batsman on his debut at Lord's

One of the three batsmen to have made tons in their first two Test innings

Became only the fifth Indian to start his captaincy stint with a win

Captained India in a record 49 Test matches

Led India to a record 21 Test wins

Is the only Indian to be dismissed twice on 99

His innings of 239 against Pakistan at Bangalore in 2007-08 is the highest ever by an Indian left-hander

Is only the second batsman in Test annals after Australia's Mark Taylor to score a double century in one innings and be a victim of nervous ninety in the second

His series aggregate of 534 runs in the 2007-08 series against Pakistan is the highest ever by any left-handed Indian batsman against any country (Previous best: 438 by Nari Contractor against Australia in 1959-60)

His career-aggregate of 6346 is the highest by a left-handed Indian batsman. No one else has even managed 3000!

Ganguly's 15 centuries are only three less than all centuries scored by other Indian left-handers put together!

In 2007 calendar Ganguly has scored 1023 runs in 9 matches - more than any other Indian

India has never lost a Test match in which Ganguly has scored a century. Only the second Indian after Gundappa Viswanath to achieve this distinction (considering batsmen who have scored at least 10 centuries in a career)

Ganguly against each country

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
v Australia	16	28	2	844	144	32.46	1	4	0
v Bangladesh	5	6	0	371	100	61.83	1	3	0
v England	12	19	2	983	136	57.82	3	5	2
v New Zealand	8	15	3	563	125	46.91	3	2	1
v Pakistan	12	20	1	902	239	47.47	2	4	0
v South Africa	14	26	2	736	73	30.66	0	5	3
v Sri Lanka	11	18	1	968	173	56.94	3	4	1
v West Indies	12	16	2	449	75*	32.07	0	2	1
v Zimbabwe	9	13	1	530	136	44.16	2	1	1
TOTAL	99	161	14	6346	239	43.17	15	30	9

Ganguly in each country

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
in Australia	7	12	0	461	144	38.41	1	2	0
in Bangladesh	5	6	0	371	100	61.83	1	3	0
in England	9	15	1	915	136	65.35	3	5	1
in India	43	71	7	2645	239	41.32	7	10	4
in New Zealand	4	8	1	194	101*	27.71	1	0	0
in Pakistan	3	3	0	148	77	49.33	0	1	0
in South Africa	8	16	2	506	73	36.14	0	4	2
in Sri Lanka	6	11	1	492	147	49.20	1	3	1
in West Indies	9	12	2	400	75*	40.00	0	2	0
in Zimbabwe	5	7	0	214	101	30.57	1	0	1
HOME	43	71	7	2645	239	41.32	7	10	4
ABROAD	56	90	7	3701	147	44.59	8	20	5
TOTAL	99	161	14	6346	239	43.17	15	30	9

Ganguly in each calendar year

Year	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
1996	6	11	1	504	136	50.40	2	1	2
1997	11	15	0	848	173	56.53	3	3	1
1998	5	9	1	267	65	33.37	0	1	0
1999	10	19	3	813	125	50.81	2	7	1
2000	6	10	1	279	84	31.00	0	2	0
2001	13	23	3	444	98*	22.20	0	1	2
2002	16	25	2	945	136	41.08	2	5	2
2003	4	7	1	393	144	65.50	2	1	0
2004	8	9	0	408	88	45.33	0	4	0
2005	7	10	0	249	101	24.90	1	0	0
2006	4	6	1	173	51*	34.60	0	1	1
2007	9	17	1	1023	239	63.93	3	4	0
TOTAL	99	161	14	6346	239	43.17	15	30	9

Ganguly as a captain and as a player

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
As a captain	49	75	7	2561	144	37.66	5	13	4
As a player	50	86	7	3785	239	47.91	10	17	5

Ganguly under each captain

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
M Azharuddin	12	22	3	1000	136	52.63	3	5	0
SR Tendulkar	23	38	2	1505	173	41.80	4	7	4
SC Ganguly	49	75	7	2561	144	37.66	5	13	4
R Dravid	12	20	2	746	100	41.44	1	4	1
A Kumble	3	6	0	534	239	89.00	2	1	0

Ganguly in each innings of the match

	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
1st match innings	45	2	2099	239	48.81	8	7	1
2nd match innings	52	0	2136	147	41.07	6	10	4
3rd match innings	36	5	1377	99	44.41	0	11	1
4th match innings	28	7	734	101*	34.95	1	2	3

Ganguly's performance in WON / DRAWN / LOST matches

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
in WON matches	32	48	8	1945	136	48.62	3	12	2
in DRAWN matches	37	53	5	3116	239	64.91	12	13	2
in LOST matches	30	60	1	1285	73	21.77	0	5	5

Ganguly at each batting position

	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0
# 1	1	0	11	11	11.00	0	0	0
# 3	17	1	739	136	46.18	3	2	2
# 4	18	2	1143	239	71.43	3	4	0
# 5	84	7	2933	144	38.09	6	14	3
# 6	39	4	1456	147	41.60	3	10	4
# 7	2	0	64	47	32.00	0	0	0

Ganguly's scoring pattern

	0	0-9	10-49	50-89	90-99	100+	TOTAL
v Australia	0	8	15	4	0	1	28
v Bangladesh	0	0	2	3	0	1	6
v England	2	3	6	4	1	3	19
v New Zealand	1	5	4	2	0	3	15
v Pakistan	0	4	10	3	1	2	20
v South Africa	3	4	14	5	0	0	26
v Sri Lanka	1	3	7	2	2	3	18
v West Indies	1	4	9	2	0	0	16
v Zimbabwe	1	2	7	1	0	2	13
TOTAL	9	33	74	26	4	15	161

Ganguly's mode of dismissals

	B	CW	CF	C&B	LBW	RO	St	NO
v Australia	4	5	11	0	2	3	1	2
v Bangladesh	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
v England	5	3	6	0	3	0	0	2
v New Zealand	3	3	5	1	0	0	0	3
v Pakistan	4	2	8	1	2	1	1	1
v South Africa	4	3	13	0	4	0	0	2
v Sri Lanka	2	3	9	0	2	0	1	1
v West Indies	1	3	7	0	3	0	0	2
v Zimbabwe	0	3	5	0	4	0	0	1
TOTAL	24	26	68	2	20	4	3	14
%	15%	16%	42%	1%	12%	2%	2%	9%

B = Bowled, CW= Caught by keeper, CF = Caught in the field, C&B= Caught & bowled, LBW = Leg before wicket, RO= Run-out, St= Stumped, NO= not out

Centuries

Runs	Opponent	Venue	Year	Result
131	England	Lord's	1996	Drawn
136	England	Nottingham	1996	Drawn
147	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	1997-98	Drawn
109	Sri Lanka	Mohali	1997-98	Drawn
173	Sri Lanka	Mumbai	1997-98	Drawn
101*	New Zealand	Hamilton	1998-99	Drawn
101	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	1999-00	Drawn
136	Zimbabwe	Delhi	2001-02	India
128	England	Leeds	2002	India
100*	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	2003-04	Drawn
144	Australia	Brisbane	2003-04	Drawn
101	Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	2005	India
100	Bangladesh	Chittagong	2007-08	Drawn
102	Pakistan	Kolkata	2007-08	Drawn
239	Pakistan	Bangalore	2007-08	Drawn

Man of the Series awards
v England in England, 1996 (debut series)
v Sri Lanka in India, 1997-98
v Pakistan in India, 2007-08

Man of the Match awards

v England	Nottingham	1996	1st Innings: 136 & 3-71 2nd Innings: 48
v Sri Lanka	Mumbai WS	1997-98	1st Innings: 173 & 0-19 2nd Innings: 11
v Sri Lanka	Kandy	2001	1st Innings: 18 & 2-69 2nd Innings: 98 & 0-21
v Australia	Brisbane	2003-04	1st Innings: 144 & 0-8
v Pakistan	Bengalore	2007-08	1st Innings: 239 & 1-20 2nd Innings: 91

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