Sourav Ganguly

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One of the Most Greatest Cricket Players Ever.

Here's a time line of Sourav Ganguly


  1. He is popularly honoured as Maharaja of Indian Cricket. During his playing career, Ganguly established himself as one of the world's leading batsmen and also one of the most successful captains of the Indian national cricket team


  2. As a cricketer he played as a left-handed opening batsman and was captain of the Indian national team.


  3. 1990–96: Career beginning and debut success

    Ganguly scored three runs in his One Day International (ODI) debut for India against the West Indies in 1992.


  4. 1997–99: Marriage, Opening in ODIs and World Cup '99

    Weeks after his successful tour of England, Ganguly eloped with childhood sweetheart Dona Roy. The bride and groom's family were sworn enemies at that point and this news caused an uproar between them , During the third final of the Independence Cup at Dhaka in January 1998, India successfully chased down 315 off 48 overs, and Ganguly won the Man of the Match award


  5. 2000–05: Ascension to captaincy and accolades

    In 2000, after the match fixing scandal by some of the players of the team,Ganguly was named the captain of the Indian cricket team. The decision was spurred due to Tendulkar stepping down from the position for his health, and Ganguly being the vice-captain at that time


  6. He began well as a captain, leading India to a series win over South Africa in the five-match one day series and led the Indian team to the finals of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.He scored two centuries, including one in the final; however, New Zealand still won by four wickets


  7. 2008–present: International retirement and IPL

    In February 2008, Ganguly joined as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team, owned by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, as part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Ganguly himself did not deny the reports and did not rule out any such move. The same year in October, Ganguly announced that the Test series against Australia starting in October 2008 would be his last and stated


  8. By August, he was appointed the chairman of CAB's Cricket Development Committee


  9. After that, Bengali television channel Zee Bangla roped him as the host of the reality quiz show titled Dadagiri Unlimited till now. It presented participants from the 19 districts of West Bengal, who had to answer questions posed by Ganguly.


  10. He is 39th President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) since 2019 and President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India. Before being elected as the President of BCCI, he was the President of Cricket Association of Bengal,governing body for cricket in West Bengal, India.


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