- Born
- Birth nameSourav Chandidas Ganguly
- Nicknames
- Dada
- God of the Off Side
- The prince of Kolkata
- The Bengal Tiger
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Sourav Ganguly was born on July 8, 1972 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is an actor, known for Joy Joy Durga Maa (2018), Magik Lighting (2022) and Border-Gavaskar Trophy (1996). He has been married to Dona Roy since 1997. They have one child.
- SpouseDona Roy(1997 - present) (1 child)
- Lofty drives through the off side.
- Witty but logical responses to criticisms of India.
- Wore a jersey with the number 99 on the back in One Day Internationals.
- He led India into the 2003 World Cup final, where they were defeated by Australia.
- He was the fastest batsman to reach 9,000 ODI runs which was broke by AB De Villiers of South Africa in 2017.
- India's most successful Test captain overseas, winning 11 out of 28 matches that he led.
- He has the highest individual score by an Indian batsman (183) in the Cricket World Cup.
- Sourav Ganguly is the only batsman to score a century on debut and to be dismissed first ball in his final Test innings.
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