12 Interesting Facts About the Former Indian Captain As He Turns 48

Former Indian captain and present BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly celebrates his 48th birthday on July 08, 2020 (Wednesday). Ganguly, born in Kolkata on at the present time in 1972, is extensively celebrated as one among India’s most profitable captains and amongst the best left-handed batsman cricket has witnessed. His elegant strokes via the covers earned him the nickname “God of the Offside”. Ganguly’s former India teammate Rahul Dravid, whereas describing Ganguly’s prowess in the discovering the boundary with a easy stroke sq. of the wicket, as soon as famously quoted “On the offside, there’s God after which there’s Sourav Ganguly.” Sourav Ganguly Says Life Will Be Regular As soon as the COVID-19 Vaccine Is Out.

Initially, written off after a catastrophe ODI debut in opposition to the West Indies, Ganguly made most of a second call-up to the nationwide staff and smashed a century on Check debut in opposition to England at the iconic Lord’s Cricket Floor. He went on and scored a second consecutive hundred in the very subsequent Check and didn’t have look again from there.

Simply 4 years inside his maiden Check look, Ganguly was handed the captaincy, after then skipper Sachin Tendulkar resigned from the function, at a time when Indian cricket was rocked by huge spot-fixing allegations. However Ganguly lifted the nation and helped India take first steps in the direction of greatness but once more. As the ‘Maharaj’ of Indian cricket turns 48, check out some attention-grabbing information about Sourav Ganguly.

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1. Sourav Ganguly was born to Shri Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly in Behala, Kolkata on July 8, 1972
2. Ganguly was initially a right-handed batsman however it’s believed he shifted to a left-handed batsman in order that he may use his elder brother’s (who was left-handed) cricket package
3. He was nicknamed ‘Maharaj’ (best king) by his father. Later famend cricket commentator Geoffrey Boycott gave him the title ‘Prince of Calcutta’
4. Ganguly is one among solely 5 batsmen to attain a century on Check debut at Lord’s Cricket Floor. Harry Graham (1893), John Hampshire (1969), Andrew Strauss (2004) and Matt Prior (2007) are the different cricketers to realize the feat
5. His rating of 131 on debut in 1996 stays the highest rating by any worldwide debutant cricketer at Lord’s
6. Sourav Ganguly was the first Indian cricketer to attain a century in a World Cup knockout match. Solely Rohit Sharma (137 vs Bangladesh in 2015) has managed to equal that document
7. He is the solely cricketer to win 4 successive Man of the Match award in ODIs. He received it in opposition to Pakistan between September 14 and September 21, 1997
8. Ganguly can also be solely third cricketer to attain 100 in World Cup semi-finals and lead his staff to the last. Aravinda de Silva and Mahela Jayawardene are the others
9. Sourav Ganguly is one among solely 5 cricketers to have accomplished the treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODI cricket
10. He holds a novel document of dealing with the first-ever supply in the Indian Premier League’s historical past. In the inaugural IPL match in 2008, Ganguly confronted the opening supply of the match and the bowler was Praveen Kumar
11. An condo advanced in Kolkata was renamed after Ganguly and is named the ‘Sourav Housing Complicated’
12. Ganguly additionally has a street named after him in the Metropolis of Pleasure. It’s referred to as the ‘Sourav Ganguly Avenue’ and is a 1.5 km street in Rajarhat

One in every of India’s most profitable captain, Ganguly loved an illustrious profession of 16 years earlier than calling it quits in 2008. He performed his final worldwide match on November 6, 2008, in opposition to Australia. He scored a first-ball duck in his last innings and set the uncommon document of scoring a century on debut and a duck in final innings. Ganguly represented India in 113 Check matches and scored 7212runs whereas he additionally performed 311 ODIs and amassed 11,363 runs for the nationwide staff. Joyful Birthday Maharaj!

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