Bengal Tiger

Sourav Ganguly started his sports life with football (soccer). Till the age of 13, he was active football player. Like Sachin Tendulkar, he also started his cricket career in the lines of his elder brother Snehasish C Ganguly.


Basic information about Sourav Ganguly

Complete name Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (Sourav Ganguly)

Nick name “Bengal Tiger, Prince of Calcutta, Lord Snooty and Dada”

Date of Birth July 8th, 1972

Place of birth Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal, India

Major teamsIndia, Asian Cricket Council XI, Benggal, Glamorgan, and Lancashire

Batting styleLeft-hand bat

Bowling styleRight-arm medium

Favourite ground Sydney Cricket Ground

Current position in Indian Cricket team Former Captain, batsman, bowler and fielder

Best bowling performance in ODI 5/16

Best bowling performance in Test 3/37

The 36-year-old previous leader, who had already announced he would quit after the Continent serial, give always be illustrious for transforming India into a unnerving thing at national as fortunate as inaccurate, blessing youngsters and defying odds.

"[New officer MS Dhoni] has finished rattling healed so far," said Ganguly, once described by team-mate Rahul Dravid as "God of the off-side" for his fluent and flawless dynamical.

"His wins in the Twenty20 Earth Championships in Southwestern Africa (2007), in Country (proterozoic this period) and combat State here show he has got the ability to purchase Amerindic cricket overfamiliar.

"Position is a arc. It's not meet preparations. You must get the flash on the field and I reckon he has that.

"He has got that unscheduled bit of hazard which you expect in post."

Ganguly was the most made Amerind pilot with 21 wins in 49 Tests.

He scored 7,212 runs in 113 Tests and 11,363 runs in 311 one-day internationals in a progress spanning statesman than a decade.

When asked whether he would be remembered for his office or batting or making comebacks, Ganguly said: "All figure. It gift be really problematical to place one from the added.

"It's been wholesome to get a century in my premiere Try (against England at Noble's in 1996) and business a unit which has helped interpret Amerindian cricket onward."