Sourav Chandidas Ganguly; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay;
born on 8 July 1972, also known as Dada (meaning "elder
brother" in Bengali), is an Indian cricket commentator and
former cricketer. He is popularly called the Maharaja of Indian
Cricket. He was captain of the Indian national cricket team and is regarded as
one of India's most successful cricket captains. As captain, he led Indian
national team to win the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy and reach the final of
the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2004
Asia Cup.
Ganguly
scored 11363 runs in his ODI career which stands at ninth position in the world
for most runs scored in ODI matches. He was the third batsman to cross the
10,000 runs in One day cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq.
He holds the record for highest score in an innings (183) by an Indian batsman
in the ODI Cricket World Cup. In 2002, the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
ranked him the sixth greatest ODI batsman of all time. He announced his
retirement from international cricket in 2008 and from all forms of cricket in
2012.
Ganguly was
awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award, Padma Shri in 2004. He
was elected as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in
2019.
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