Sourav Ganguly is one of the most legendary cricketers that India has ever seen. He is the player that a lot of Indian fans are thankful for that he made several young players at that time into Superstars. The likes of Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, MS Dhoni. All of these players have become some of the biggest players in the last 20 years. Sourav Ganguly was also someone who played over 420 international matches for India. He played 113 Test Matches for India and in those Matches he made 7212 runs at an average of 42.18 with 16 centuries.

He also played 311 ODIs for India and he has scored 11363 runs and he has also made 22 centuries in ODI Cricket. He made 38 Hundreds for India in international cricket.

Let’s look at the records held by Sourav Ganguly.

Sourav Ganguly Records List

• Sourav Ganguly is one of only 6 players to have scored over 10,000 runs and taken 100 wickets in ODI Cricket

• Sourav Ganguly has the second most wins as an Indian captain in Test Matches away from home. He has 11 wins in 28 Test Matches

• He has made the highest individual score by an Indian player in the history of ODI World Cup with 183 runs vs Sri Lanka

• Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have made 6609 runs as an opening pair in ODI Cricket. This is the most runs by a pair in history

• Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar also have the record for the most century opening partnerships in ODI Cricket with 21 stands over 100

• He made 2 consecutive Hundreds in Test Cricket after his debut which is the second most by a cricketer in Test Cricket history

• He has made the second most runs by a batter in ODI Cricket as he made 1767 runs in 1999

• He has also made the second most number of ODI hundreds in a calendar year with 7 Hundreds in 2000

• He has the 3rd highest partnership for the second wicket in the history of ODI Cricket as he and Rahul Dravid made 318 runs together vs Sri Lanka