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The Roaring Tiger - Proud 2B Indian |
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Our Most Ever Successful Captain …. www.proud2bindian.in
This is a wake up call for every Indian cricket fans who truly respect their heroes. Ganguly has undoubtedly been one of the greatest players ever produced by India.
He has scored in aggregate more than 15000 international runs in both form of the game, nor can we disagree with the comment that Rahul once made about him: "In the offside first there is GOD, then there is GANGULY". But apart from his exploits with the bat, he will be remembered more as a leader, who took over in an era of utter disbelieve among the people of this country towards their cricket team generated for the match fixing scandal and also for some miserable performances on the field; and slowly molded them into a respectable unit worldwide, which could even challenge the mighty Australians in their own territory.
He was the First Indian captain to break away from the shackles of regional politics and had the guts to fight with the selectors for the young talented players, no matter from which part of the country they belong to. Almost all of Team India's stars, e.g. Dhoni, Pathan, Sehwag, Harbhajan, kaif, Yuvraj are his discoveries. He supported every player in his bad patches, but he himself was left to fight his lone battle at the end. He took the challenge whole-heartedly and tried his level best.
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A fact is a fact
Sourav Ganguly : Data never lie !
- More than 15000 runs in international cricket
- 22 centuries in one day international – the second-highest number of centuries by any ODI player next to Sachin Only.
- He has captained India in the highest number of Tests (49).
- Most successful Indian captain –21 tests win in 49test captaincy –next to him is far behind, Azharuddin -14 win in 47 matches. .
- Under Sourav's stewardship, splendid eight-match winning streak took Indian team all the way to the World Cup final in 2003 after a long hiatus of 20 odd years
- He is the only Indian Captain to win both the One-Day and Test Series on Pakistani soil- Victory in Pakistan - India's first away from home in 11 years
- First Indian captain to win a one-day series in the West Indies
- First Indian captain to win a series in Zimbabwe tour
- Ganguly was named Sport Star Person of the Year 1998 and won the Arjuna Award in the same year.
- He became only the third cricketer ever to score a century on debut at Lord's after Harry Graham and John Hampshire
- He scored 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 cricket World Cup, the highest by an Indian in World Cup cricket.
- 18 of the ODI centuries have been in winning causes.
- Sachin –Sourav combo: His opening partnership with Tendulkar is the most successful ever in one-day cricket. This pair has the highest number of century partnership (16) for the first wicket. They together have scored 5308 runs at an average of 45.37
Ganguly – The Real Match Winner
Sourav Ganguly made his One Day International debut in early 1992 and then was dumped into wilderness before regaining his place in mid-1996 during India's England tour. Since then, in One Day Internationals, the following list indicates that there have been hardly a player or two better than Sourav who could be termed as a real match-winner.
Man of the Match award winners with 15 or more awards throughout the career
He was 30 times man of the match and 6 times man of the series .By any cricketing standard it is quite brilliant feat! Almost in every 10 matches he became man of the match!
Ganguly - In the League of Successful ODI Captains – in Foreign Soil
| Sl. No
| Player
| Team
| ODI
| Won
| Lost
| No Result
| Tied
| Span started
| Span ended
| Win %
| Lost %
|
| 1
| WJ Cronje
| SAf
| 87
| 60
| 24
| 2
| 1
| 08 Jan 1994
| 31 Mar 2000
| 68.97
| 27.59
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| 2
| CH Lloyd
| WI
| 76
| 58
| 16
| 1
| 1
| 07 Jun 1975
| 06 Mar 1985
| 76.32
| 21.05
|
| 3
| Sourav Ganguly
| Ind
| 111
| 58
| 48
| 5
| 0
| 05 Sep 1999
| 06 Sep 2005
| 52.25
| 43.24
|
| 4
| A Ranatunga
| SL
| 145
| 57
| 84
| 3
| 1
| 29 Oct 1988
| 30 May 1999
| 39.31
| 57.93
|
| 5
| Imran Khan
| Pak
| 103
| 54
| 47
| 2
| 0
| 17 Jul 1982
| 25 Mar 1992
| 52.43
| 45.63
|
| 6
| RT Ponting
| Aus
| 70
| 53
| 12
| 3
| 2
| 22 Mar 2002
| 10 Dec 2005
| 75.71
| 17.14
|
| 7
| Wasim Akram
| Pak
| 92
| 53
| 37
| 0
| 2
| 01 Feb 1993
| 04 Feb 2000
| 57.61
| 40.22
|
| 8
| M Azharuddin
| Ind
| 116
| 50
| 59
| 6
| 1
| 01 Mar 1990
| 12 Jun 1999
| 43.10
| 50.86 |
Ganguly - In the League of Successful Test Captains in Foreign Soil
| Sl. No.
| Player
| Team
| Test
| Won
| Lost
| Drawn
| Tied
| Span started
| Span ended
| Win %
| Lost %
|
| 1
| CH Lloyd
| WI
| 50
| 23
| 10
| 17
| 0
| 22 Nov 1974
| 02 Jan 1985
| 46.00
| 20.00
|
| 2
| SR Waugh
| Aus
| 28
| 19
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 05 Mar 1999
| 13 May 2003
| 67.86
| 25.00
|
| 3
| AR Border
| Aus
| 42
| 13
| 11
| 17
| 1
| 13 Jun 1985
| 29 Mar 1994
| 30.95
| 26.19
|
| 4
| IVA Richards
| WI
| 26
| 12
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 07 Aug 1980
| 12 Aug 1991
| 46.15
| 23.08
|
| 5
| *Sourav Ganguly
| Ind
| 28
| 11
| 10
| 7
| 0
| 10 Nov 2000
| 22 Sep 2005
| 39.29
| 35.71
|
| 6
| *SP Fleming
| NZ
| 39
| 10
| 14
| 15
| 0
| 18 Sep 1997
| 17 Aug 2005
| 25.64
| 35.90 |
Ganguly - In the League of Successful Test Captains Overall Record
| Sl. No.
| Player
| Team
| Test
| Won
| Lost
| Drawn
| Tied
| Span started
| Span ended
| Win %
| Loss %
|
| 1
| Waugh, SR
| Aus
| 57
| 41
| 9
| 7
| 0
| 05 Mar 1999
| 06 Jan 2004
| 71.93
| 15.79
|
| 2
| Lloyd, CH
| WI
| 74
| 36
| 12
| 26
| 0
| 22 Nov 1974
| 02 Jan 1985
| 48.65
| 16.22
|
| 3
| Border, AR
| Aus
| 93
| 32
| 22
| 38
| 1
| 07 Dec 1984
| 29 Mar 1994
| 34.41
| 23.66
|
| 4
| Richards, IVA
| WI
| 50
| 27
| 8
| 15
| 0
| 07 Aug 1980
| 12 Aug 1991
| 54.00
| 16.00
|
| 5
| Cronje, WJ
| SAf
| 53
| 27
| 11
| 15
| 0
| 28 Jan 1994
| 06 Mar 2000
| 50.94
| 20.75
|
| 6
| Taylor, MA
| Aus
| 50
| 26
| 13
| 11
| 0
| 28 Sep 1994
| 05 Jan 1999
| 52.00
| 26.00
|
| 7
| Fleming, SP
| NZ
| 72
| 25
| 24
| 23
| 0
| 14 Feb 1997
| 17 Aug 2005
| 34.72
| 33.33
|
| 8
| Ganguly, SC
| Ind
| 49
| 21
| 13
| 15
| 0
| 10 Nov 2000
| 22 Sep 2005
| 42.86
| 26.53
|
| 9
| Chappell, GS
| Aus
| 48
| 21
| 13
| 14
| 0
| 28 Nov 1975
| 26 Apr 1983
| 43.75
| 27.08
|
| 10
| May, PBH
| Eng
| 41
| 20
| 10
| 11
| 0
| 09 Jun 1955
| 22 Aug 1961
| 48.78
| 24.39
|
| 11
| Vaughan, MP
| Eng
| 33
| 19
| 6
| 8
| 0
| 31 Jul 2003
| 03 Dec 2005
| 57.58
| 18.18
|
| 12
| Jayasuriya, ST
| SL
| 38
| 18
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 09 Sep 1999
| 10 Nov 2002
| 47.37
| 31.58
|
| 13
| Brearley, JM
| Eng
| 31
| 18
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 16 Jun 1977
| 01 Sep 1981
| 58.06
| 12.90
|
| 14
| Hussain, N
| Eng
| 45
| 17
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 01 Jul 1999
| 28 Jul 2003
| 37.78
| 33.33
|
| 15
| Bradman, DG
| Aus
| 24
| 15
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 04 Dec 1936
| 18 Aug 1948
| 62.50
| 12.50
|
| 16
| Ponting, RT
| Aus
| 22
| 15
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 08 Mar 2004
| 29 Nov 2005
| 68.18
| 13.64
|
| 17
| Chappell, IM
| Aus
| 30
| 15
| 5
| 10
| 0
| 12 Feb 1971
| 03 Sep 1975
| 50.00
| 16.67 |
We Salute Our Most Daring Captain in Indian Cricket History…. 
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Posted by : VANDEMAATRAM @ 5:09:00 AM |
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