Sourav Ganguly Prince of Calcutta 16 incredible records from dada...... 1. Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 Test matches.
2. He is currently the 4th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests.
3. Ganguly is the second among Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the highest ODI runs in the world) and the fourth in the worldin terms of overall runs scored in ODIs. 4. Ganguly has 22 centuries in ODIs and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Ricky Ponting. Sourav, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed by far the most successful opening pair in One Day Cricket, having amassed the highest number of century partnerships (26) for the first wicket. Together, they scored more than 7000 runs at an average of 48.98. He is a world record holder for creating most no. of 50-run partnerships in the first wicket (44 fifties).
5. He captained India in a record 49 Test matches and led India to a record 21 Test wins.
6. His Test average has never been less than 40.
7. He holds the record for most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
8. He holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most 1st wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).
9. He holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the fourth highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI — 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.
10. He 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.
11. He was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid. He is also the only player to win 4 consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.
12. He’s India’s second most successful ODI captain after Mohammed Azharuddin.
13. He was the first Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia.
14. He was the highest ODI runs scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997, 1999 and 2000.
15. He’s placed third on the list of maximum number of sixes hit in ODIs.
16. He’s on the second spot in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever. 7 centuries in 2000.

TOP HUNDRED BATSMEN IN ODIS

01 18426 SACHIN TENDULKAR
02 13704 RICKY PONTING
03 13430 SANATH JAYASURIYA
04 11739 INZAMAM UL HAQ
05 11498 JACK KALLIS
06 11363 SOURAV GANGULY
07 10915 KUMAR SANGAKKARA
08 10889 RAHUL DRAVID
09 10849 MAHELA JAYAWERDENE
10 10405 BRIAN LARA
11 9720 MOHAMMAD YOUSAF
12 9619 ADAM GILCHRIST
13 9378 MOHAMMAD AZHARUDDIN
14 9284 ARAVINDA DE SILVA
15 8823 SAEED ANWAR
16 8778 SHIVNARAINE CHANDERPAUL
17 8648 DESMOND HAYNES
18 8529 MARVAN ATAPATTU
19 8500 MARK WAUGH
20 8432 CHRIS GAYLE
21 8273 VIRENDER SEHWAG
22 8146 YUVRAJ SINGH
23 8094 HERSCHILLE GIBBS
24 8037 STEPHEN FLEMING
25 7569 STEVE WAUGH
26 7456 ARJUNA RANATUNGA
27 7381 JAVED MIANDAD
28 7278 MICHAEL CLARKE
29 7170 SALIM MALIK
30 7143 MAHENDRA SINGH DHONI
31 7090 NATHAN ASTLE
32 7075 SHAHID AFRIDI
33 6956 TILAKRATNE DILSHAN
34 6912 MICHAEL BEVAN
35 6898 YOUNIS KHAN
36 6798 GARY KIRSTEIN
37 6786 ANDY FLOWER
38 6721 VIVIAN RICHARDS
39 6698 GRAEME SMITH
40 6571 GRANT FLOWER 41 6564 IJAZ AHMED 42 6524 ALLAN BORDER 43 6248 RICHIE RICHARDSON 44 6133 MATTHEW HAYDEN 45 6068 DEAN JONES 46 5964 DAVID BOON 47 5935 JONTY RHODHES 48 5841 RAMEEJ RAJA 49 5761 CARL HOOPER 50 5644 RAMNARESH SARWAN 51 5565 HANSIE CRONJE 52 5442 MICHAEL HUSSEY 53 5359 AJAY JADEJA 54 5346 DAMYIN MARTIN 55 5316 SHOAIB MALIK 56 5185 ALISTAIR CAMPBELL 57 5168 AB DEVILLERS 58 5163 GAUTAM GAMBHIR 59 5162 ROSHAN MAHANAMA 60 5134 GORDON GREENIDGE 61 5092 PAUL COLLINWOOD 62 5088 ANDREW SYMONDS 63 5080 ABDUL RAZZAQ 64 4950 CHRIS CAIRNS 65 4942 UPUL THARANGA 66 4780 AAMIR SOHAIL 67 4707 CRAIG MCMILLAN 68 4704 MARTIN CROWE 69 4686 MARK BOUCHER 70 4677 ALEC STEWART 71 4597 BRENDON MCCULLUM 72 4563 SHANE WATSON 73 4483 SCOTT STYRIS 74 4413 NAVJOT SINGH SIDDHU 75 4379 CHRIS HARRIS 76 4357 GEOFF MARSH 77 4335 MARCUS TRESCOTHICK 78 4290 GRAHAM GOOCH 79 4228 KEVIN PIETERSEN 80 4205 ANDREW STRAUSS 81 4112 BRENDON TAYLOR 82 4091 KRISHNAMCHARI SRIKKANTH 83 4010 ALLAN LAMB 84 3950 RUSSEL ARNOLD 85 3914 VIRAT KOHLI 86 3902 ASANKA GURUSINHA 87 3891 JOHN WRIGHT 88 3868 IAN BELL 89 3860 DARRYL CULLINAN 90 3846 GRAEME HICK 91 3841 SURESH RAINA 92 3789 HASHAN TILAKRATNE 93 3783 KAPIL DEV 94 3717 WASIM AKRAM 95 3711 ROMESH KALUWITHRANA 96 3709 IMRAN KHAN 97 3675 PHIL SIMMONS 98 3637 NICK KNIGHT 99 3635 SHAKIB AL HASAN 100 3576 LANCE KLUSENER

He lived and lived like a king

He lived and lived like a king- On his terms! The day he felt he was not being treated properly and thought they were being unfair to him and also knowing it was not worth fighting the bunch of politicians conspiring against him, he decided to walk away. He took a decision that most of us regret but honestly I don't. I think of it sometimes and feel bad that he isn't playing for India anymore but on the other hand I feel that was the best decision considering the situation. Sourav Ganguly (DaDa) chose his own path and decided that enough is enough and that he will not bear any non-sense. He is perhaps one of the only cricketers to have retired when he was at his peak and when people said, "Why are you retiring", instead of "When will you retire". 

You may wonder why he had so many enemies in the BCCI. That's because when he was captain, he fought for selection of certain players like Harbhajan, Sehwag, Yuvraj and pushed for bringing in Dhoni when selectors preferred Dinesh Karthik and in the process went against selectors' wish. He was also sandwiched between Sharad Powar and Jagmohan Dalmiya for no fault of his. Yes, he made enemies while doing his best for India and in return had to bear the consequences all by himself and none of his players could do anything for him. Sehwag once said when Dada was dropped in 2006- "Ganguly is the best captain I have played under and I miss his presence and hoping Dada would make a comeback into the national team." After this, the BCCI warned Sehwag that he should mind his own business and not speak too much in the media. Harbhajan also showed his support many a times and these 2 are truly Dada's boys! Cheers to them.. 

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let the world know who the greatest captain is.....

This is for those of you who have forgotten/ignored Dada's
contribution to Indian Cricket. This stat clearly proves he was
instrumental in the growth of Indian cricket and brought about the much needed change after the match-fixing saga.
Imran Khan once said- "If you need to collect Rs.100, the first Rs.75 are the most difficult to collect. After that the Rs.25 will quickly follow.." Dada laid a perfect foundation for his successors and left Indian cricket on a high.. Unfortunately, he wasn't part of Indian cricket in it's best times but surely, he must be a happy man at heart that his contributions went on and made it big.