Sourav Ganguly called 'Dada' or 'Prince of Kolkata' is widely regarded as one of the greatest Indian captains of all time as well as batsmen. His career began against West Indies in 1992 but he couldn't make it count on debut and had to wait for four years for next chance.
In 1996 he made his Test debut against England and scored a brilliant hundred on debut and since then he never looked back and later in 2000 he became captain of the Indian team. He built a strong Indian team and in his leadership, India registered many great victories at home as well as away from home. And here is a list of records held by former Indian captain and current BCCI President Sourav Ganguly.
List of Records held by Sourav Ganguly in International Cricket -
6 - Sourav Ganguly is one of the six cricketers who have scored 10,000 or more runs and have also taken 100 or more wickets in ODI cricket.
10,000 or more runs and 100 or more wickets by a cricketer in ODI cricket -
Sachin Tendulkar (18426 runs & 154 wickets)
Sanath Jayasuriya (13430 runs & 323 wickets)
Sourav Ganguly (11363 runs & 100 wickets)
Jacques Kallis (11579 runs & 273 wickets)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (10290 runs & 106 wickets)
Chris Gayle (10480 runs & 167 wickets)
11 - Sourav Ganguly won 11 Tests as Indian captain away from home - the second most Test wins for an Indian captain away from home.
Most Test wins as Indian Captain away from home -
13 - Virat Kohli (29 Tests)
11 - Sourav Ganguly (28 Tests)
6 - MS Dhoni (30 Tests)
5 - Rahul Dravid (17 Tests)
11 - Sourav Ganguly scored 11 ODI hundreds as captain of India team - the fourth most ODI hundreds as captain in the world.
Most ODI hundreds as captain -
22 - Ricky Ponting (230 Matches)
21 - Virat Kohli (89 Matches)
13 - AB de Villiers (103 Matches)
11 - Sourav Ganguly (146 Matches)
10 - Sanath Jayasuriya (118 Matches)
76 - Sourav Ganguly has 76 wins as captain of Indian team in ODI cricket - the third most ODI wins for an Indian captain.
Most ODI wins for Indian Captains -
110 - MS Dhoni (200 ODIs)
90 - Mohammed Azharuddin (174 ODIs)
76 - Sourav Ganguly (146 ODIs)
62 - Virat Kohli (89 ODIs)
183 - Sourav Ganguly holds the record of the highest individual score (183) by an Indian batsman in ICC ODI Cricket World Cups.
Highest Individual Scores by Indian batsmen in ODI World Cups -
183 - Sourav Ganguly vs Sri Lanka at Taunton, 1999
175* - Kapil Dev vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells, 1983
175 - Virender Sehwag vs Bangladesh at Mirpur, 2011
152 - Sachin Tendulkar vs Namibia at Pietermaritzburg, 2003
145 - Rahul Dravid vs Sri Lanka at Taunton, 1999
1006 - Runs Sourav Ganguly scored in ODI World Cups - the third most for India.
Most Runs for India in ODI World Cups -
2278 - Sachin Tendulkar
1030 - Virat Kohli
1006 - Sourav Ganguly
978 - Rohit Sharma
860 - Rahul Dravid
6609 - Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar scored 6609 runs as opening pair in ODI cricket - the most runs by an opening pair in ODI cricket. They also hold the record of most hundreds runs opening stands in this format.
Most Runs as an Opening Pair in ODI cricket -
6609 - Sourav Ganguly / Sachin Tendulkar (India)
5372 - Adam Gilchrist / Matthew Hayden (Australia)
5150 - Desmond Haynes / Gordon Greenidge (West Indies)
4802 - Shikhar Dhawan / Rohit Sharma (India)
4198 - Hashim Amla / Quinton de Kock (South Africa)
Most Hundreds Runs Opening Stands in ODI cricket -
21 - Sourav Ganguly / Sachin Tendulkar (India)
16 - Adam Gilchrist / Matthew Hayden (Australia)
16 - Shikhar Dhawan / Rohit Sharma (India)
15 - Desmond Haynes / Gordon Greenidge (West Indies)
12 - Virender Sehwag / Sachin Tendulkar (India)
18433 - Sourav Ganguly scored 18433 runs for India in international cricket - the fourth most runs for India in international cricket.
Most Runs for India in International Cricket -
34357 - Sachin Tendulkar
24064 - Rahul Dravid
21901 - Virat Kohli
18433 - Sourav Ganguly
17092 - MS Dhoni
