Birthday Special: These records of Sourav Ganguly

Records of Sourav Ganguly in his cricket Career

Former India captain and famous BCCI president Sourav Ganguly is celebrating his 48th birthday today. Sourav, who came from Kolkata city famous for football, made his mark in the field of cricket with his strong leadership and vigorous sports and made many achievements from one to the other. In such a situation, let's have a look at some achievements and records of Sourav Ganguly.

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Sourav Ganguly is one of the five batsmen in the world to score a century while debuting at Lord's iconic cricket ground. Apart from him, this feat is recorded in the names of Harry Graham, John Hampshire, Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior.

Sourav Ganguly was the first Indian cricketer to score a century in the knockout match of the World Cup, although in 2015, Rohit Sharma equaled 137 runs against Bangladesh.

He is the only cricketer to have won consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODI cricket, a feat he achieved against Pakistan in 1997.

Ganguly is the third cricketer to score a century in the semi-finals of the World Cup, leading his team to the final.

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Sourav Ganguly is one of the five cricketers who have taken 10000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODI cricket.

Ganguly has a unique record in the IPL, he is the batsman to face the first ball of this famous T20 league. During that time in 2008, he faced Praveen Kumar's ball.

While Sourav Ganguly played a century in his debut match, he was dismissed for zero in the last innings of the last match of his career.