Sourav Ganguly was a left handed top order batsman and a former captain of Indian Cricket team. “God of Off Side” he would be known as for his prowess to find gaps in even the most guarded offside. The Dada of Indian Cricket, Sourav Ganguly would have some very important wins for India in International cricket, like the NatWest Trophy and ICC Champions Trophy 2002 (jointly with Sri Lanka) and the Indian Cricket team under him would finish runners up in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.

Post his active career, Sourav Ganguly would turn to Cricket Administration and after a stint with Cricket Association of Bengal, he would be chose the 39th President of BCCI.

Personal

FULL NAME	Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
COUNTRY	India
GENDER	Male
DATE OF BIRTH	July 8, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH	Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal
PLACE OF RESIDENCE	Kolkata
NICKNAME	Dada, Prince of Calcutta, Maharaj
FATHER’S NAME	Chandidas Ganguly
MOTHER’S NAME	Nirupa Ganguly
NAME OF SIBLING	Snehasish Ganguly
SPOUSE’S NAME	Dona Roy Ganguly
CHILDREN NAME	Sana Ganguly
PROFILE TYPE	Former Cricketer, Cricket Administrator

Social

Sport Profile

SPORT	Cricket
DISCIPLINE	Men’s Cricket
ACTIVE/RETIRED	Retired
ROLE	Top Order Batsman, Former Captain
LEVEL	National, International
COACH	Greg Chappell, Anshuman Gaekwad, John Wright
TEAMS	India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Bengal, Lancashire, Glamorgan, Northamptonshire, Pune Warriors, MCC, Asia XI, East Zone, and India Under-19

Career

Debut Test Match: at Lord’s cricket ground Vs England on June 20, 1996

Last Test Match: at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Vs Australia on November 6, 2008

Debut ODI Match: at Brisbane Cricket Ground Vs West Indies on January 11, 1992

Last ODI: at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Indore Vs Pakistan on November 15, 2007

Debut IPL Match: at M Chinnaswamy Stadium Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 18, 2008

Last IPL Match: at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Vs Kolkata Knight Riders on May 19, 2012

Sourav Ganguly has scored 7212 runs in 113 matches in 12 years of Test career at an average of 42.18 and strike rate of 51.26 including 16 hundreds and 35 fifties. He has taken 32 wickets in 113 matches in 12 years of Test career at an average of 52.53

Ganguly has scored 11363 runs in 311 matches in 15 years of ODI career at an average of 40.73 and strike rate of 73.71 including 22 hundreds and 72 fifties. He has taken 100 wickets in 311 matches in 15 years of ODI career at an average of 38.49 including 2 five-wicket hauls

Sourav has scored 1349 runs in 59 matches in 5 years of IPL career at an average of 25.45 and strike rate of 106.81. He has taken 10 wickets in 59 matches in 5 years of IPL career at an average of 36.3

Achievements/Records

1. Sourav Ganguly was the first cricketer to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODI Cricket.

2. Sourav Ganguly recorded the highest individual score by any batsman in an ICC Champions Trophy final.

3. Ganguly was honored with Arjuna Award in 1997

4. Sourav Ganguly was honored with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honor in India, in 2004

5. Sourav was honored with Banga Bibhushan Award by the Government of West Bengal in 2013.

6. Ganguly has scored century on debut and golden duck in his last test innings.

7. Sourav got his name in the Lord’s honor board in his debut match when he scored a century. Teammate Rahul Dravid, also debuting, missed this by 5 runs.

Business/Education

OCCUPATION	Sportsperson, Sports Administrator
ORGANIZATION	Board of Control for Cricket in India
DESIGNATION	President
HIGHEST EDUCATION	Graduation in Commerce- St. Xavier’s College, Honorary PhD