Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly welcomed Sourav Ganguly (now 48) into the world on July 8, 1972 in Calcutta (modern-day Kolkata), India. His father had a successful print company and was one of the wealthiest men in the city. His father, who was 73 years old, passed away on February 21, 2013, following a protracted illness. Football was Sourav Ganguly’s first sport of choice because it is the city of Kolkata’s favorite, but he eventually became interested in cricket. His mother, however, was not a big fan of him choosing sports as a vocation.
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| Full Name | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly |
| Nickname | Bengal Tiger, Maharaja, Dada, The God of the Off Side, The Warrior Prince |
| Profession | Former Indian Cricketer |
Snehasish Ganguly, Sourav’s older brother and a seasoned cricketer at the time, encouraged Sourav to pursue his passion of playing the game and convinced their father to enroll Sourav in a summer coaching camp. He enrolled in a cricket academy, where his batting prowess was discovered. Despite being right-handed, he learned to bat left-handed when playing cricket with his brother in order to use his brother’s equipment. After hitting a century against Orissa Under-15, he went on to lead the cricket team at St. Xavier’s School.
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| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 8 July 1972 |
| Age (as of 2022) | 50 Years |
| Birthplace | Behala, Calcutta (presently Kolkata), West Bengal, India |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| School | St. Xavier’s Collegiate School. Kolkata, West Bengal |
He played his first match for his country against the West Indies in 1992. At No. 6 in an ODI at the Gabba in Brisbane, he only managed to score 3 runs, so it wasn’t the best start. He was promptly benched since his attitude toward the game was openly criticized and he was thought to be “arrogant.” Additionally, it was reported that Sourav Ganguly said it was not his responsibility to carry beverages for his teammates and later rejected the claims. He was thus kicked from the team.
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| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height | in centimeters- 180 cm in meters- 1.80 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 11” |
| Eye Colour | Black |
| Hair Colour | Black |
He subsequently returned to playing domestic cricket and put forth a lot of effort. He was a fantastic run maker in the Ranji seasons of 1993, 1994, and 1995 in succession. He scored 171 and was invited back to the Indian team in the 1995–1996 Duleep Trophy. He participated in a 1996 tour of England with the National Team. He participated in the lone ODI but was left off the roster for the opening Test. Later, Navjot Singh Siddhu abandoned the England trip as a result of Mohammad Azharuddin, the team’s captain at the time, mistreating him.
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| Cricket | |
| International Debut | Test– 20 June 1996 vs England at Lord’s ODI– 11 January 1992 vs West Indies at Brisbane |
| International Retirement | Test– 6 November 2008 vs Australia at Nagpur ODI– 15 November 2007 vs Pakistan at Gwalior |
| Coach/Mentor | BD Desai, VS “Marshall” Patil, Hemu Adhikari |
| Domestic/State Team | West Bengal, Glamorgan, Lancashire |
| Nature on field | Aggressive |
| Likes to play against | Australia |
following a match-fixing controversy involving some of the team’s players in 2000. Indian cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly was chosen. The decision was made as a result of Tendulkar resigning from the post owing to health reasons, and Sourav Ganguly serving as vice captain at the time. His first series as captain against South Africa in a five-match one-day series was successful, and he also took India to the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy finals where New Zealand upset the Men in Blue.
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| amily | Father– Chandidas Ganguly Mother– Nirupa GangulyBrother– Snehasish Ganguly (former cricket player) |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Hobbies | Listening Music, Playing Soccer |
Then a series started, which turned out to be Sourav Ganguly’s and Indian cricket’s turning point. Australia was the current world champion at the time, therefore any team’s chances of beating them seemed remote. Sourav Ganguly led India in 2001 when they ended Australia’s string of 16 straight test match victories. Another highlight of Sourav Ganguly’s career was during the Natwest Series, when India defeated England in an ODI at Lord’s and he waved his T-shirt from the Lord’s balcony. It was a reaction to Andrew Flintoff’s swaying of his T-shirt at Mumbai’s Wankhede stadium.
