Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly is celebrating his 50th birthday today. The left-handed batter was known for bringing about a transformation in Indian cricket with his captaincy. His aggression, his batting and his bowling helped him build a massive fan-base in the world of cricket.
After retirement, Sourav Ganguly has worked as a commentator, coach and an administrator. He served as the BCCI President for some time before returning to the Delhi Capitals IPL team as a coach. On the occasion of his 50th birthday, here’s a list of three such records of Ganguly which no other cricketer achieved.
1. Sourav Ganguly scored 1300 ODI runs for 4 consecutive years
ODI format is the one where Ganguly achieved enormous success. From 1997 to 2000, Ganguly gave sleepless nights to his opponents with his batting. He scored more than 1300 ODI runs in each of the four years – 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000.
It is a record for any player. No other batter has even completed 1300 ODI runs in two consecutive years as well.
2. Sourav Ganguly has the most hundreds by captains in ICC tournaments
ICC tournaments often test the skills of the best players, and many of them have failed as well. However, Dada thrived under the double pressure of captaincy and ICC tournaments, having scored six centuries for India at different ICC tournaments.
3. Highest average in ICC knockout matches
As mentioned ahead, Ganguly stepped up and delivered the goods when it mattered the most. The left-handed batter has the highest average for a batter in knockout matches of ICC tournaments. He had an average of 85.66, which is highest among batters with minimum 500 runs in ICC tourneys.
Unfortunately, Ganguly could not lead the Indian cricket team to the World Cup trophy in 2003. Otherwise, his career would have been perfect as a captain.
