Win a series and the whole country seems to be in your feet w. Virat kohli overtakes sourav ganguly in list of top runscorers in. Virat kohli hasnt been tested yet as captain, says sourav. Sourav ganguly holds the record of highest individual score. He nurtured and believed in young players, he told them to reply to. When was the last time you had a capacity crowd watching a test match. He was known as the god of off side due to his exemplary skill of playing. India skipper sourav ganguly produced a playerofthe match performance with a knock of 144 in the first test of the 200304 series against australia. May 22, 2018 sourav ganguly against toss abolition in test cricket updated.
Incidentally, it was also vvs laxmans 100th test match. When ms dhoni offered sourav ganguly the captains hat in. His statement, a moment of unscripted drama at the end of a routine press conference in bangalore, ends. Indian team was ranked at eighth position as per icc rankings before he became the captain and under his tenure the team rank went up to second position. Sourav ganguly discusses indian crickets roadmap with virat kohli, rohit sharma. Sourav gangulycricket player profile from india at ndtv sports. Sep 23, 2017 sourav ganguly and donas love began as puppy love.
As a result vicecaptain ganguly was ascended to the role of the captain. Media caption sourav ganguly on captaining india during match fixing scandal. Ganguly leads india for the first time in a test match, against. Its not captaincy that has affected gangulys test batting, its his batting which has turned into a hydraheaded monster that threatens whatever progress he may have made as leader. Sourav ganguly wikicricketmatchesagewifefamilyruns. Ganguly was initially attracted to the football game as it is very famous in kolkata at then. Sourav ganguly profile icc ranking, age, career info. When tendulkar announced that he was stepping down from captaincy at the end of the test series against south africa at home in 2000, ganguly was the only. When as captian, krishnamachari srikkanth went through a lean patch he would open team meetings with an apology. Batting at the top of the order was a huge advantage, and ganguly made it count, averaging more.
He sachin wants 2 points against pakistan, i want world cup sourav said. By sourav ganguly when i first became captain of the indian cricket team in 2000, many wellwishers and journalist friends gifted me the. The test series was also the last series of sourav ganguly. During the final match of the 2002 natwest series held in lords after a stunning performance by team mates yuvraj singh and mohammad kaif. Sourav ganguly discusses indian crickets roadmap with. Sourav gangulys epic response to question on ravi shastri. Sourav chandidas ganguly, sourav ganguly, captain of the.
Oct 10, 2008 the odi match winner when ganguly scored runs in odis, india usually ended up on the winning side. Former india captain sourav ganguly was unanimously. Sourav ganguly rejected ms dhonis offer to captain in his. Newlyelected bcci president sourav ganguly on wednesday brushed aside the need for dual captaincy in the indian team, saying virat kohli and co. Who is a better captain, sourav ganguly or ms dhoni. The final outcome of bangladesh cricket boards bcb meeting with. Sourav gangulys book reveals highs and lows of his. Sourav ganguly is the most successful indian test captain overseas with 11 wins. Reuters after the india win over sri lanka in the first test in galle, former captain sourav ganguly has said that india wont be challenged in these conditions but also felt that virat kohli has not been challenged as a captain yet. Ganguly, s c test cricket, profile, statistical overview, batting graphs, bowling graphs, performances by ground, performances by opponent, performances by year, performances by series, performances by batting position, analysis of dismissals, list of innings, partnership records, man of match awards. From his international debut in 1992 to his retirement in 2008, he scored centuries 100 or more runs on 16 occasions in test cricket and in 22 one day international odi matches. Mahendra singh dhoni will take charge for the fourth and final test at nagpur on thursday. Get all the latest news and updates on sourav ganguly final test only on.
As sourav ganguly turns a year older we pay tribute to this talented cricketer with a quiz on his achievements. Indias most successful test captain overseas, winning 11 out of 28 matches that he led. He had said sachin tendulkar had to survive the early part of his innings. In the commentary box, during the penultimate test match of sachin tendulkar at kolkata, harsha bhogle asked sourav ganguly. India also reached the 2000 icc knockout trophy finals. Download sourav ganguly images,photo, wallpaper in hd. Ganguly is in awfully out of form since last two years. Cricket, captaincy and controversy investigates the big events in dadas career. Sourav ganguly from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia sourav ganguly ganguly in 2010 personal information full name sourav ch. Sourav ganguly speaks to times now exclusive youtube.
This was the first match of sourav ganguly in 1991 1992 and no one knew in this match that he will be one of the greatest skippers of india in coming times. Sourav ganguly was born on 8 july 1972 in calcutta, and is the youngest son of chandidas and nirupa ganguly. Oct 07, 2008 sourav ganguly has said he will retire after the upcoming test series against australia. Poor performance in test matches continously by sourav ganguly puts a threat to his captaincy and leadership qualities. In 2000, after match fixing scandal of some indians, sachin tendulkar stepped down from captaincy. When sourav ganguly played his final test match cricket news eleven years ago on this day, sourav ganguly played his final test match in nagpur against australia. His captaincy career statistics might have lost its shine, but he was the actual leader of the wolf pack. The legendary left handers last test match was in 2008 when india beat australia by 172 runs in nagpur. Find gangulys records, biography, centuries, runs, wickets. It is said, in cricket playing nations, the captain of the national team has the second most important job after that of the prime minister. How sourav gangulys captaincy changed the face of indian. Sourav ganguly is a former indian cricket team captain, and the second highest rungetter from india in the odis. Sourav ganguly test batting performance innings by innings.
Its a well known controversy sourav had to deal with indian coach greg chappell, where sourav was dismissed from the. Sourav ganguly faces worst crisis of his career, poor. Sourav chandidas ganguly was born on 8 july 1972 is an ex indian cricketer, and captain of the indian national squad. Jul 30, 2017 virat kohli has won every test series he has captained india in. Sourav ganguly predicts, sachin tendulkar depicts rediff. How sourav gangulys captaincy changed the face of indian cricket team. Sourav ganguly, the prince who changed indias fortune.
Read about sourav ganguly s profile, latest news, articles, career updates only on. Sourav ganguly reveals future plans for daynight test matches in india eden gardens played the perfect host for the historic game with packed crowds on all three days, bringing back memories of. When ms dhoni offered sourav ganguly the captains hat in nagpur in his upcoming autobiography a century is not enough, former india captain sourav ganguly, who is known to not mince words has revealed that he had rejected an offer to lead the team in his final test match. Sourav ganguly provides update on proposed daynight test against bangladesh. Why did he demand that the grass be trimmed just before start of play at the nagpur pitch. He is considered as one of indias most thriving skippers in recent times. And the master batsman did, batting it out for 202 minutes in. Read cricket news, current affairs and news headlines online on sourav ganguly final test news today. It was the first time in my life that i was getting the opportunity to watch a cricket match live at the stadium. Sourav ganguly is a former indian cricketer and captain of the india national cricket team. Sourav ganguly is the most successful indian test captain in overseas with 11 wins. Sourav ganguly say no to dual captaincy after taking over. Sourav ganguly discusses indian crickets roadmap with virat kohli, rohit sharma bcci president sourav ganguly and secretary jay shah met captain virat kohli and rohit sharma on the sidelines of the selection committee meeting on thursday.
Sourav gangulys book reveals highs and lows of his tumultuous cricket career sourav ganguly, in his book titled a century is not enough has written about how guruturnedfoe greg chappell. The order was to go for the kill and fight till the last ball. Sourav ganguly revealed what ms dhoni told him during his. Sourav ganguly speaks after taking charge as bcci president. Ganguly, for a brief period took over the responsibility of setting the fields and changing the bowlers around after he couldnt refuse dhonis offer a second time. Gambhir added that he rates kohli as a better test captain than sourav ganguly, rahul dravid, and even ms dhoni, as under his leadership. Ganguly entered the series having not scored a test century for almost two.
And the master batsman did, batting it out for 202 minutes in sum as he scored 76 on day 1. His leadership against australia in australia was astonishing. Dada is undoubtedly one of indias most successful captains, one who moulded a new team when india was at its lowest ebb, reeling from the betting scandal. Ms dhoni had just taken over test captaincy after anil kumble retired in the midway through the border gavaskar trophy at home. Sourav ganguly profile cricket player,indiasourav ganguly. Mar 15, 2015 a recommended read for all diehard sourav ganguly fans. Sourav ganguly likely to make india embrace daynight test.
Sourav ganguly biography for students kids portal for parents. At his felicitation at eden gardens, ganguly said captain virat kohli. They knew each other right since their childhood days, as they would stay next door to each other. Former captain ganguly had scored 7,212 runs in 1 tests performed for india. And then coming back to the ipl last year for delhi capitals and winning. Former captain ganguly bids farewell in style reuters. Jul 26, 2018 he had just taken over test captaincy after anil kumble retired midway through the border gavaskar trophy at home.
He is one of the most successful indian test captains to date, winning 21 out of 49 test matches. List of international cricket centuries by sourav ganguly. If the rules provide for such a penalty, saurav ganguly should accept that and move on. If a board can not be with the captain through his bad patch, it does. The bangladesh pm has said she will turn up for the test in kolkata. Sourav ganguly and ravi shastri have not always seen eye to eye with the rift coming to the fore when anil kumble was made coach of the indian cricket team in.
The dispute resulted in the removal of ganguly as captain and his replacement by vicecaptain rahul dravid in november 2005, with ganguly being. Find ganguly s records, biography, centuries, runs, wickets. Born 8 july 1972, lives at barisha in kolkata, formerly calcutta, west bengal, he made his one day international debut against australia in 1992, and a test debut versus england in 1996. The match was held at nagpur against australia, where indian cricket team asked australia to chase 381 runs in fourth innings on the fifth day. Sourav ganguly reveals future plans for daynight test. It was the only time in this century, the indian team had drawn a test series in australia. The last test of that series was also sourav gangulys final test match. The last time ganguly was in australia he was the captain of a confident india side that drew 11 with. However, the 39th bcci president sourav ganguly is not at all convinced with the dual captaincy idea and completely supports virat as captain across all formats. Ahead of the release of his new autobiography, a century is not enough, ganguly revealed that ms dhoni had asked him to captain the side in his last test match.
Ganguly was made the indian captain in 2000 after cricket was rocked by the matchfixing scandal and under him india started to win tests abroad and under him. Sourav chandidas ganguly affectionately known as dada is an indian cricket administrator. The chappellganguly controversy was caused by a series of events in late 2005 and early 2006 which involved highly publicised infighting in the indian cricket team between the then newly appointed coach greg chappell and captain sourav ganguly. Ganguly famously scored a hundred in his first innings, and then got out for a duck in his last innings at nagpur. Former indian captain sourav ganguly retired, last test against australia in nagpur. Architect of indias firstever daynight test, bcci president sourav ganguly on sunday said fiveday cricket needed rejuvenation to revive interest in the games traditional format. Jan 16, 20 sourav ganguly is a former indian test cricketer, and captain of the indian national team sourav chandidas ganguly born 8 july 1972 is a former indian cricketer, and captain of the indian. Former indian cricket team captain sourav ganguly on saturday responded to teammate sachin tendulkars comment that india should not sacrifice two points in the world cup by not playing against pakistan. Among all the indian captains that he has played against, sourav ganguly is the favourite of west indian batting legend and former skipper brian lara as he feels his leadership against archrivals australia was astonishing. Post the world cup where india crashed out of the semifinals, losing to new zealand. Jan 25, 2018 india themselves went into the match with no specialist spinner in their ranks. Ganguly and chappell patch things up on eve of test. Sourav would pass by her household several times on his way to football practice or other activities and would inevitably spot her.
Cricket, captaincy and controversy investigates the big events in dadas interesting career. Born into a well heeled family, ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother snehasish. Sourav ganguly sourav chandidas ganguly also known as dada is an indian cricketer. Sourav ganguly provides update on proposed daynight test. Former captain sourav ganguly was unanimously elected on wednesday as president of. Sourav ganguly s life and controversies story of why dada. Under sourav gangulys captaincy, india won a test match in australia after a gap of 22 years. Ganguly, 36, who is the second person only to make a century in his first test and a duck in his last, was asked by new captain mahendra singh dhoni to lead the team towards the end of their 172. Sourav ganguly reaches 100 test milestone telegraph. He also mentioned that it is not at all easy to win world cups everytime.
Indian captain virat kohli, who is on the verge of becoming indias first ever captain to win a test series against australia in. Ganguly began his captaincy with a five match odi series win over south africa. The indian team was ranked eighth in the icc rankings before he became the captain, and under his tenure the team rank went up to second. Sourav ganguly holds the record of highest individual score by left handed batsman in both test and odi forindia. Willow tower 115a, raja rammohan roy road kolkata 700008. He was given an emotional farewell with the captain ms dhoni handing him over the reins for a while in the fag end of his last test in nagpur in 2008. Sourav ganguly against toss abolition in test cricket sports. Thus sourav ganguly is the only batsman to score a century in a debut test match and was dismissed on the first ball in his last test innings. Sourav ganguly 10 decisions that made him greatest captain.
The indian team was ranked eighth in the icc rankings before he became the captain. Sourav ganguly is the only batsman to score a century on debut and to be dismissed first ball in his final test innings. Sourav ganguly life history records and achievements. In zimbabwe, theywin every league match but go on tolose the final against west indies. India captain anil kumble retires from international cricket. Cricinfo provides a timeline of sourav gangulys captaincy saga. They even beat australia in australia to retain the border ashes trophy in 2003.
Bcci president sourav ganguly on wednesday recalled the historic test victory against australia at eden gardens in kolkata in 2001. Nasser hussain was making fun of india never playing the football worldcup. Twitter erupts as sourav ganguly all set to put an end to. Sourav ganguly captaincy record the complete stats. The metamorphosis of ganguly sourav ganguly greg chappell. Sourav ganguly odi batting performance innings by innings. He also said virat kohli is the most important man in indian cricket and the.
Aug 24, 2014 ms dhonis overseas test captaincy record conundrum ms dhonis overseas test captaincy record conundrum ms dhonis overseas test record has been a patch in his phenomenal career as the captain. Virat kohli equals sourav gangulys record of most overseas test. Interestingly, it was dhoni who, as a mark of respect, allowed sourav to captain the side in the closing stages of the latters last test in nagpur in 2008. Sourav ganguly 239 vs pakistan 3rd test 2007 bangalore. Sourav ganguly is a former indian test cricketer and captain. Ganguly was awarded with the banga bibhushan award from the government of west bengal on 20 may 20. Ganguly, s c one day internationals, profile, statistical overview, batting graphs, bowling graphs, performances by ground, performances by opponent, performances by year, performances by series, performances by batting position, analysis of dismissals, list of innings, partnership records, man of match awards. Latest sourav ganguly news, photos, blogposts, videos and wallpapers. Sourav ganguly paced inside with his face set and sat. Read about sourav gangulys profile, latest news, articles, career updates only on.
Being the captain of a cricket team is no ceremonial job. Be it a celebrity or a sportsperson every person has a rough patch in his her career however it is indeed admirable how the person reacts to it. Starting about life history, sourav chandidas ganguly was born on 8 th of july 1972 in kolkata he is also known as dada which means elder brother among his team mates. Sourav ganguly likely to make india embrace daynight test matches cricket news sourav ganguly feels that the daynight game has a good future ahead and this indian team under the leadership of virat kohli has the ability to do well in it. Ms dhonis overseas test captaincy record conundrum cricket. Get sourav gangulycricket rankings info, individual records, photos, videos, stats, and all about sourav ganguly.
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