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Sourav Ganguly's career highlights
Following are the career highlights of Sourav Ganguly who retires from international cricket on Monday (10th November 2008).
January, 1992: Makes ODI debut against Australia, scores just 3 before being dropped.
June, 1996: Scores century against England at the Lord's in his Test debut and follows it up with another century in the very next Test at Trent Bridge.
August, 1997: Scores his first ODI century in Colombo against Sri Lanka in his 32nd match.
September, 1997: Leading scorer and wicket-taker in the Sahara Cup as India thrash Pakistan 4-1. He scored 222 runs at 55.5 and 15 wickets at 10.66. Wins four Man-of-the-Match awards in five matches and Man of the Series.
November-December, 1997: Top scorer and Man of the Series in the three-Test home series against Sri Lanka with 392 runs at an average of 98.
May, 1999: Scores 183 in Taunton against Sri Lanka in the World Cup, then highest ODI score by an Indian.
September, 1999: Captains India for the first time in the Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge tournament, against West Indies after Tendulkar pulled out due to sore back.
February, 2000: Joins Lancashire.
February, 2000: Named captain for the five-ODI home series against South Africa after Tendulkar relinquished post.
March, 2001: Led India to 2-1 win against Australia at home in the historic Test series.
November, 2001: Ganguly and five other Indian players are warned for excessive appealing during the Port Elizabeth Test by match-referee Mike Denness. Handed a suspended ban for one Test match and two one-day international matches.
July, 2002: Takes off shirt at the Lord's balcony after win in the NatWest Series final.
April, 2004: Becomes the first Indian captain to win a Test series in Pakistan. Also with 15 Test wins, he becomes India's most successful captain.
October, 2004: India lose home series against Australia, first time after 35 years.
March, 2005: Draws home series against Pakistan.
September, 2005: Reveals in Zimbabwe that the then coach Greg Chappell had asked him to step down from captaincy.November, 2005: End of five-year reign as Test captain as Rahul Dravid takes over the reins against Sri Lanka.
January 2006: Picked for the Test series in Pakistan.
December, 2006: Picked for Test series against South Africa, returns as leading run-getter.
January, 2007: Scores 98 in his ODI comeback in Nagpur against West Indies.
July-August, 2007: Scores 249 runs at 49.80 in India's series win in England.
November-December, 2007: Top scorer (534) and man of the series in the three-Test series against Pakistan with. Scores first Test century at his home ground at Eden Gardens. Slams his first double-century in Bangalore.
December 2007-January 2008: A mixed Test series in Australia (235 runs at 29.37, two half-centuries). Axed from ODI squad.
October, 2008: Announces retirement after the Test series against Australia.
November 10, 2008: Plays his last match against Australia at Nagpur.
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sourav ganguly fanSaurav Chandidas Ganguly (first name also spelt Sourav) (born 8 July 1972, in Calcutta, West Bengal) is the captain of Indian national cricket team. He is ambidextrous, a left-handed batsman and a right-handed bowler.
He made his ODI debut in 1992 but his talent was noticed in India's 1996 tour of England when he scored centuries in both innings of his debut test match (an third test of the series). He became only the third cricketer ever to score a century in his first two innings after Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharan. He scored 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 cricket World Cup, the highest by an Indian in World Cup cricket.
His record is good both in test and one-day cricket: 11 centuries in tests and 22 in one-dayers at an average of around 42 in both. He has scored over 9,000 runs in one-dayers. At the first class level as well as in List A limited overs cricket, he has scored over 10,000 runs with 19 first class centuries. (He has scored more centuries at the international level than in domestic cricket.) He scored 7 ODI centuries in the year 2000.
With Sachin Tendulkar, he formed what was arguably the most successful opening pair ever in one-day cricket. This pair has the highest number of century partnership (16) for the first wicket. They together have scored 5621 runs at an average of 49.30. His position as opener has now been replaced by Virender Sehwag. He is known for hitting the "big sixes". He is also a useful extra bowler as a medium pacer.
Ganguly's record as captain is outstanding. Numerically, he has more test wins to his credit than any other Indian captain. He is the only Indian Captian to win both the One Day and Test Series in Pakistan Soil. More importantly, he has been credited with transforming the Indian players into a vibrant team with an excellent team spirit.
On the other hand, he is a temperamental player and has often attracted controversy. He is religious, and, some commentators have suggested, also superstitious. It appears that he makes various decisions — some trivial, such as the number on his jersey, and others important, such as batting position — based on numerological considerations.
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