Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (About this sound pronunciation (helpinfo) natural 8 July 1972) is a former Indian player, and maitre dhotel of the Indian national police squad up. soon he is cricket commentator and professorship of Editorial Board with Wisden India1. Born into an overflowing Brahmin family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of Indias almost undefeated schoolmasters in modern times. 2 He started his career by contend in state and check teams.Currently, he is the 5th highest run scorekeeper in One Day outside(a)s (ODIs) and was the third person in history to impair the 10,000 run landmark, aft(prenominal)wards Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq. Wisden ranked him the one-sixth grea political campaign one day global batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, doyen Jones and Michael Bevan. 3 After a serial publication of take oning in different Indian interna l 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 home plate in the Indian team.Gangulys place in the team was assured after successful performances in series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia, taking the creation of the Match awards. In the 1999 Cricket demesne cupful, he was obscure in a league of 318 runs with Rahul Dravid, which remains the highest overall partnership score in the worldly concern Cup tournament history. repayable 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 do the captain of the Indian cricket team.He was soon the subject of media criticism after an unsuccessful stint for county side shorthorn and for taking off his shirt in the final of the 2002 Natwest Trophy. He led India into the 2003 World Cup final, where they were defeated by Australia. Due to a decrease in item-by-item performance, he was dropped from the team in the chase year. Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004, one of Indias highest civilian awards. He returned to the National team in 2006, and made successful batting displays.Around this time, he became involved in a dispute with Indian team coach Greg Chappell over several(prenominal) misunderstandings. Ganguly was again dropped from the team, however he was selected to play in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Ganguly fall in the Kolkata Knight Riders team as captain for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament in 2008. The same year, after a home Test series against Australia, he announced his retirement from worldwide cricket. He continued to play for the Bengal team and was appointed the chairman of the Cricket railroad tie of Bengals Cricket Development Committee.The left-handed Ganguly was a prolific One Day International (ODI) batsman, with over 11,000 O DI runs to his credit. He is one of the most successful Indian Test captains to date, winning 21 out of 49 footrace matches. Sourav Ganguly is the most successful Indian test captain in overseas with 11 wins. 4 An aggressive captain, Ganguly is credited with having nurtured the careers of many teenage players who played under him, and transforming the Indian team into an aggressive fighting unit.