Sourav Ganguly

Name : Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born: 8 July 1972, Calcutta

Major Teams: Bengal, India, Lancashire.

Known As: Sourav Ganguly

Batting Style: Left Hand Bat

Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium

Family Dad's Name : Chandi Das Ganguly

Wife's Name : Dona Ganguly

His first love : You all will be surprised to know that 'Football' is Saurav's first love. He played for his school football team for four years. But since there were not many opportunities in football, he shifted to cricket. This shift of game was because of his father, who made him join a cricket coaching club. His father Mr. Chandi Ganguly had also played for the state.

Achievements

Ganguly was appointed the Captain of the Indian cricket team in February, 2000. Ganguly was the Man of the Series in the New Zealand-India 5 match ODI series in November 1999. Ganguly made a mammoth 183 against Sri Lanka in World Cup 1999, which, at that time, was the Highest ODI Score by an Indian, beating Kapil Dev's Record of 175.