Incredible records of Sourav Ganguly

1. Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 Test matches.

2. He is currently the 6th 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 eighth in the world in 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 in that list.

5. Sourav, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed by far the most successful opening pair in one-day international cricket, having amassed the highest number of century partnerships (26) for the first wicket. Together, they scored nearly 7,000 runs at an average of 49.32.

6. Ganguly is a world record holder for creating most number of 50-run partnerships for the first wicket (44 fifties).

7. He captained India in 49 Test matches and led India to 21 Test wins, both of which were Indian records until MS Dhoni bettered them.

8. His Test average never went below 40.

9. Ganguly holds the record for most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.

10. He holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most first wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).

11. He holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the fifth highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI – 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.

12. He held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket partnership in an ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by the Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.

13. He was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.

14. Ganguly is also the only player to win four consecutive man-of-the-match awards in ODIs.

15. He’s India’s second most successful ODI captain after Mohammed Azharuddin.

16. He was the first Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia.

17. He was the highest ODI run-scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997, 1999 and 2000.

18. He’s placed fifth on the list of maximum number of sixes hit in ODIs.

19. He’s on the second spot in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever – 7 centuries in 2000.

His famous quote, when his captaincy was criticized – “I know what I’m. People can label me as they like but it upsets me to hear the word “arrogant” being used against me. I’m not arrogant, not at all”.

Note: Stats updated up to 2nd December 2013.