sourav ganguly made his odi debut in 1992.
sourav ganguly made his odi debut in 1992.
when did sourav ganguly made his odi debut?
1992
following a prolific ranji season in 1990–91, ganguly scored three runs in his one day international (odi) debut for india against the west indies in 1992. he was dropped immediately since he was perceived to be "arrogant" and his attitude towards the game was openly questioned. it was rumoured that ganguly refused to carry drinks for his teammates, commenting that it was not his job to do so, later denied by him. consequently, he was removed from the team. he toiled away in domestic cricket, scoring heavily in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 ranji seasons. following an innings of 171 in the 1995–96 duleep trophy, he was recalled to the national team for a tour of england in 1996, in the middle of intense media scrutiny. he played in a single odi, but was omitted from the team for the first test. however, after teammate navjot singh sidhu left the touring, citing ill-treatment by then captain mohammad azharuddin, ganguly made his test debut against england in the second test of a three-match series at lord's cricket ground alongside rahul dravid. england had won the first test of the three-match series; however, ganguly scored a century, becoming only the third cricketer to achieve such a feat on debut at lord's, after harry graham and john hampshire. andrew strauss and matt prior have since accomplished this feat, but ganguly's 131 still remains the highest by any batsman on his debut at the ground. india was not required to bat in the second innings due to the match ending in a draw. in the next test match at trent bridge he made 136, thus becoming only the third batsman to make a century in each of his first two innings (after lawrence rowe and alvin kallicharran). he shared a 255 run stand with sachin tendulkar, which became at that time the highest partnership for india against any country for any wicket outside india. the test again ended in a draw, handing england a 1–0 series victory; ganguly scored 48 in the second innings.
sourav ganguly
following india's poor batting display in the 2006 icc champions trophy and the odi series in south africa, in which they were whitewashed 4–0, ganguly made his comeback to the test team. wasim jaffer, zaheer khan and anil kumble had earlier been selected for the one-day squad, despite their recent poor performances. many saw this as an indictment of coach greg chappell's youth-first policy. coming in at 37/4, ganguly scored 83 in a tour match against the rest of south africa, modifying his original batting style and taking a middle-stump guard, resulting in india winning the match. during his first test innings since his comeback, against south africa in johannesburg his score of 51 helped india to victory, marking the first test match win for the team in south africa. though india lost the series, ganguly accumulated the most runs on the scoring chart. after his successful test comeback he was recalled for the odi team, as india played host to west indies and sri lanka in back to back odi tournaments. in his first odi innings in almost two years, he scored a matchwinning 98. he performed well in both series, averaging almost 70 and won the man of the series award against sri lanka.
sourav ganguly