SOURAV WE LUV U (ODI)

Name:	Ganguly, Sourav C  (India)
Matches:	311 (1992-2007)

Batting		Bowling		Fielding
Innings:	300	Overs:	762.1	Catches:	100
Not Outs:	23	Balls:	4573	Most Catches:	3
Aggregate:	11363	Maidens:	30	Wicket Keeping
Average:	41.02	Runs:	3849	Catches:	0
Highest Score:	183	Wickets:	100	Stumpings:	0
50s:	72	Average:	38.49	Most Catches:	0
100s:	22	4 Wicket Innings:	3	Most Dismissals:	0
Ducks:	16	Best:	5/16	Captaincy
Opened Batting:	236	Economy Rate:	5.05	Matches/Won/Lost:	147/76/66
Scoring Rate	73.71	Strike Rate:	45.73	Tosses Won:	74 (50.34%)
Left Handed Batsman		Right Arm Med Bowler

Most runs in ODI career

Player	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	0
SR Tendulkar (India)	1989-2008	417	407	38	16361	186*	44.33	85.50	41	87	19
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL)	1989-2007	421	409	18	12785	189	32.69	91.03	27	66	31
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak)	1991-2007	378	350	53	11739	137*	39.52	74.24	10	83	20
SC Ganguly (Asia/India)	1992-2007	311	300	23	11363	183	41.02	73.70	22	72	16
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC)	1995-2007	301	292	35	11113	164	43.24	80.43	26	64	17
R Dravid (Asia/ICC/India)	1996-2007	333	308	40	10585	153	39.49	71.22	12	81	13
Till  Sourav’s retirement from International cricket on 10th Nov 2008       Fact File Dada is the fourth Indian to have played in more than 300 One Day Internationals.   Sourav’s more than 2/3 runs in international cricket( scored nearly 19000 runs) came from ODI. In terms of overall runs scored in ODIs, Sourav Ganguly(11363) is the second among Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the highest ODI runs in the world) and the fourth in the world - bettered only by Sachin, Jaysuria and Inzamam –ul-Haque Ganguly has 22 centuries in ODIs, in terms of number of centuries in ODIs, he is only behind Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Ricky Ponting.  Sourav scored 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 cricket World Cup, the highest by an Indian in World Cup cricke.He holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the second highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183.  18 of  his 22 ODI centuries have been in winning causes Sourav is one of only seven batsmen to score more than 10,000 runs in ODIs.  Ganguly is the fourth player to cross 11,000 ODI runs and third player to cross 10,000 ODI runs and so far the fastest in ODI history, after Sachin Tendulkar.  Sourav is the sixth on the all time list with 32 man of the match awards.   He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.   India's most successful ODI captain.   First Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia.   Highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997, 1999, 2000.  He also reached 6000, 7000, 8000 and 9000 ODI runs milestones in the fewest number of matches.  Third in the list of hitting maximum number of sixes in ODIs.  Sourav holds the record of most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.  Dada holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most 1st wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).  Sourav held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket partnership for India in an ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001.  This record was bettered by Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.   Sourav was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.  Second in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever. 7 centuries in 2000                      The ODI match-winner  When Ganguly scored runs in ODIs, India usually ended up on the winning side. Batting at the top of the order was a huge advantage, and Ganguly made it count,  averaging more than 55 in ODIs that India won. Those are numbers that put him in elite company: among batsmen who scored at least 2500 runs in wins,  only five have a higher average. Eighteen of his 22 centuries came in victories, which converts into an impressive percentage of 81.82. Batsmen with highest averages in wins in ODIs since 1995 (Qual: at least 2500 runs in wins) Batsman ODIs Runs Average Strike rate 100s/ 50s Brian Lara 99 4701 66.21 90.84 12/ 29 Michael Bevan 144 4190 65.46 75.98 5/ 31 Sachin Tendulkar 159 8163 60.46 91.27 27/ 39 Shivnarine Chanderpaul 97 3575 57.66 76.70 5/ 27 Mohammad Yousuf 157 6218 57.57 78.57 14/ 40 Sourav Ganguly 149 6938 55.06 77.87 18/ 41 Nathan Astle 92 4254 54.53 77.41 14/ 26 Saeed Anwar 92 4308 54.53 84.57 9/ 30 Top three Sixers Player Team Sixes Matches Sixes/Match Sanath Jayasuriya SL 265 421 0.63 Shahid Afridi Pak 247 265 0.93 Sourav Ganguly  Ind 190 311 0.61 Sachin Tendulkar Ind 166 417 0.40 Chris Cairns Ind 153 215 0.71 Sourav Ganguly achieved a rare feat    Sourav Ganguly had become the fourth player to score a hundred and take four or more wickets in a LOI match.  He achieved this distinction against Sri Lanka at Nagpur on 22nd March, 1999 in the second match of the Triangular series being played in India.  The other Indian who has done this is Sachin Tendulkar.                 Ganguly carries his bat  Sourav Ganguly was only the third Indian to carry his bat through a (completed) LOI innings. The other two instances occurred almost a decade ago when Ravi Shastri batted through the Indian innings against the same opponent - Sri Lanka, at the same ground - VCA Ground, Nagpur. There have been many instances of Indian openers batting through an innings, but the following lists only those when India were batting first. When batting second, the only such remarkable instance was Sunil Gavaskar's 'famous' 36 not out against England in the 60 over innings of 1975 World Cup. Others are when India won without the stipulated number of overs being completed, and hence, would not qualify for this table.  Player Runs Vs  Ground  Date SM Gavaskar  76  WI Sharjah 22.11.1985 RJ Shastri 101 SL Nagpur 01.12.1990 SC Ganguly 130 SL Nagpur 22.03.1999 Captaincy Record Captaincy Record in Test Matches Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied Draw At Home Venues 2000-2005 21 10 3 0 8 [128] At Away Venues 2000-2005 28 11 10 0 7 [129] TOTAL 2000-2005 49 21 13 0 15[130] Captaincy Record in One Day Internationals Venue Span Matches Won Lost Tied N/R In India (At Home Venues) 2000-2005 36 18 18 0 0 [131] At Away Venues 2000-2005 51 24 24 0 3 [132] At Neutral Venues 1999-2005 59 34 23 0 2 [133] TOTAL 1999-2005 146 76 65 0 5 [134] Champions’ trophy Sourav Ganguly holds the record for most runs in the Champions Trophy. In 13 games he has scored 665 runs at 73.88 with three 50s and three 100s. Sourav Ganguly also holds the record of scoring most runs in a single edition of the tournament. His 348 runs he scored in the 2000 World Cup in Kenya is the highest. He did that at 116.00 with two hundreds. Sourav Ganguly holds the record of striking most sixes too in the Champions Trophy, so far belting 17.        Sourav Ganguly Mat Inn NO Runs HS Avg SR 100 50 0 4 6 Entire career 109 180 15 6888 239 41.74 51.36 15 34 12 873 55 After 2006 comeback 21 40 3 1667 239 45.05 61.51 3 9 4 203 14 Last One year 13 25 1 1076 239 44.83 62.99 2 5 3 129 8 In 2008 9 17 1 459 87 28.68 59.68 0 4 3 54 4 In 2007 10 19 1 1106 239 61.44 62.59 3 4 0 137 9