Saurav Ganguly : Maharaj

Saurav Ganguly, bengali's pride was born on 8th July in 1972. He was born in a renowned family. His father Mr. Chandi Ganguly is an affluent printer. Ganguly's first step towards cricket was a happy accident of fate: Ganguly was not encouraged to play cricket because his parents wanted him to focus on his studies as he was a very sharp and intellingent student but his elder brother Snehasish was an accomplished cricketer. Sourav started to follow his brother and started playing cricket. As a person Sourav Ganguly is very quiet, reserved, undemonstrative man with nerves of steel. Sourav is a deeply religious person and observes a fast every Tuesday. He is married to Dona, who is a famous odissi dancer. Achievements In February 2008, Ganguly joined as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team, owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, as part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Ganguly was appointed the Captain of the Indian cricket team in February, 2000. Ganguly was the Man of the Series in the New Zealand-India 5 match ODI series in November 1999. Ganguly made a mammoth 183 against Sri Lanka in World Cup 1999, which, at that time, was the Highest ODI Score by an Indian, beating Kapil Dev's Record of 175*. Ganguly was the Man of the Series in the Pepsi Cup 1999 (March-April) for scoring 278 runs and taking 6 wickets in total. Saurav Ganguly has the distinction of being one of the few players in the World to Score a century and take 4 wickets in the same match. (ODIs) Saurav Ganguly along with Tendulkar forms the 4th Best Opening Pair in the History of One-day cricket. Saurav Ganguly and Tendulkar were involved in a World Record Opening Partnership of 252. Saurav Ganguly scored a Century on Debut at Lords in 1996, and went on to score a century in the very next match as well. Saurav Ganguly was named Sport star Person of the Year 1998. He also won the Arjuna Award in 1998. Saurav Ganguly was the Highest Run-Scorer for India in ODIs in 1997. In the Sahara Cup 1997, Saurav Ganguly set a new World Record for 5 consecutive Man of the Match Awards. He was also the Man of the Series.

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