Sourav Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 test matches.
Sourav is currently the 4th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests – with 7212 runs.
Sourav scored a century on Test debut
Ganguly became only the third cricketer ever to score a century on debut at Lord's after Harry Graham and John Hampshire
His 131 still remains the highest by any batsman on his debut at Lord's
One of the three batsmen to have made tons in their first two Test innings
Became only the fifth Indian to start his captaincy stint with a win
Cumulative Test batting average never fell below 40 runs per innings
Is the only Indian to be dismissed twice on 99
Captained India in a record 49 Test matches
Led India to a record 21 Test wins
India's most successful Test captain
His innings of 239 against Pakistan at Bangalore in 2007-08 is the highest ever by an Indian left-hander
Is only the second batsman in Test annals after Australia's Mark Taylor to score a double century in one innings and be a victim of nervous ninety in the second
His series aggregate of 534 runs in the 2007-08 series against Pakistan is the highest ever by any left-handed Indian batsman against any country (Previous best: 438 by Nari Contractor against Australia in 1959-60)
His career-aggregate of 7212 is the highest by a left-handed Indian batsman. No one else has even managed 3000!
Sourav Ganguly's 16 centuries are only three less than all centuries scored by other Indian left-handers put together!
In 2007 calendar Sourav Ganguly has scored 1023 runs in 9 matches - more than any other Indian
India has never lost a Test match in which Sourav Ganguly has scored a century. Only the second Indian after Gundappa Viswanath to achieve this distinction (considering batsmen who have scored at least 10 centuries in a career)
Centuries
Runs
Opponent
Venue
Year
Result
131
England
Lord's
1996
Drawn
136
England
Nottingham
1996
Drawn
147
Sri Lanka
Colombo (SSC)
1997-98
Drawn
109
Sri Lanka
Mohali
1997-98
Drawn
173
Sri Lanka
Mumbai
1997-98
Drawn
101*
New Zealand
Hamilton
1998-99
Drawn
101
New Zealand
Ahmedabad
1999-00
Drawn
136
Zimbabwe
Delhi
2001-02
India
128
England
Leeds
2002
India
100*
New Zealand
Ahmedabad
2003-04
Drawn
144
Australia
Brisbane
2003-04
Drawn
101
Zimbabwe
Bulawayo
2005
India
100
Bangladesh
Chittagong
2007-08
Drawn
102
Pakistan
Kolkata
2007-08
Drawn
239
Pakistan
Bangalore
2007-08
Drawn
102
Australia
Mohali
2008
Drawn
Last-innings survivor
His Test stats are less impressive, but there's one area where he has topped Tendulkar, Gundappa Viswanath, VVS Laxman and Mohammad Azharuddin. In the fourth innings, Ganguly averages 36.43 - not a particularly remarkable stat in itself, but quite notable when compared to the figures that the other Indians have posted. Tendulkar only averages 33.12 in the last innings, and Laxman 30.04. Among Indian batsmen, Ganguly's numbers are bettered only by Sunil Gavaskar and Dravid.
India's batsmen in fourth innings of Tests (Qual: at least 20 innings)
Batsman
Innings
Runs
Average
100s/ 50s
Sunil Gavaskar
33
1398
58.25
4/ 8
Rahul Dravid
42
1288
47.70
1/ 9
Sourav Ganguly
31
838
36.43
1/ 3
Gundappa Viswanath
24
668
33.40
1/ 4
Sachin Tendulkar
44
1060
33.12
2/ 3
Mohammad Azharuddin
22
610
32.10
2/ 1
VVS Laxman
26
631
30.04
0/ 4
Dilip Vengsarkar
25
613
29.19
1/ 3
Rare feat for Sourav Ganguly - 1000 runs in a calendar year 2007 - Test matches
Sourav – Missed it by a whisker
Sourav got out at 91 in the second innings and denied himself from achieving a very rare feat in test cricket of having a double ton and a ton in both the innings.
Double hundred and hundred in a match
