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    Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains and one of the greatest ODI batsmen. Ganguly had a successful international career where he scored over 11,000 runs in ODIs and helped lead India to the 2003 World Cup final. After retiring from international cricket, he has held several administrative roles with cricket organizations in India.

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    Sourav Ganguly - Wikipedia

    Sourav Ganguly
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Sourav Chandidas Ganguly ( pronunciation ; born 8


    July 1972), affectionately known as Dada (meaning
    "elder brother" in Bengali), is a former Indian cricketer
    and captain of the Indian national team. Currently, he is
    appointed as the honourable President of the CAB[1] and
    President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India.[2]
    Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his
    elder brother, Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's
    most successful captains in modern times,[3] and one of
    the greatest ODI batsmen of all time.[4][5][6] He started his
    career by playing in state and school teams. Currently, he
    is the 8th highest run scorer in One Day Internationals
    (ODIs) and was the 3rd batsman in history to cross the
    10,000 run landmark, after Sachin Tendulkar and
    Inzamam Ul Haq. In 2002, the Wisden Cricketers'
    Almanack ranked him the sixth greatest ODI batsman of
    all time, next to Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian
    Lara, Dean Jones and Michael Bevan.[4]
    After playing in different Indian domestic tournaments,
    such as the Ranji and Duleep trophies, Ganguly got his
    big-break while playing for India on their tour of
    England. He scored 131 runs and cemented his place in
    the Indian team. Ganguly's place in the team was assured
    after successful performances in series against Sri Lanka,
    Pakistan and Australia, winning the Man of the Match
    awards. In the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he was involved
    in a partnership of 318 runs with Rahul Dravid, which
    remains the highest overall partnership score in the World
    Cup tournament history. Due to the match-fixing scandals
    in 2000 by other players of the team, and for his poor
    health, Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar resigned his
    position, and Ganguly was made the captain of the Indian
    cricket team. He was soon the subject of media criticism
    after an unsuccessful stint for county side Durham and for
    taking off his shirt in the final of the 2002 NatWest
    Series. He led India into the 2003 World Cup final, where
    they were defeated by Australia. Due to a decrease in
    individual performance, he was dropped from the team in
    the following year. Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri
    in 2004, one of India's highest civilian awards.[7] He
    returned to the National team in 2006, and made
    successful batting displays. Around this time, he became
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    Sourav Ganguly

    Personal information
    Full name

    Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

    Born

    8 July 1972
    Behala, Calcutta (presently Kolkata), West
    Bengal, India

    Nickname

    The Prince of Calcutta, The Maharaja, The


    God of the Off Side, Dada, The Warrior
    Prince

    Height

    5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

    Batting style Left-handed


    Bowling

    Right arm medium

    style
    Role

    Batsman
    Part-time all-rounder

    Relations

    Brother: Snehasish Ganguly


    Wife: Dona Ganguly (m. 1997)
    Daughter: Sana Ganguly (b. 2001)

    Website

    www.twitter.com/sganguly99 (http://www.t
    witter.com/sganguly99)
    International information

    National

    India

    side
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