Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the India national cricket team. From his international debut in 1992 to his retirement in 2008, he scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 16 occasions in Test cricket and in 22 One Day International (ODI) matches.
Ganguly scored a century on Test debut, against England in Lord's in June 1996. He became the 10th Indian player to perform the feat, and the third player to score a century on debut at the ground. In the next match at Trent Bridge, he made 136 and became the third batsman to make a century in each of his first two innings. He is eighth in the list of leading Test century makers for India. His highest score of 239his only double centurywas made against Pakistan in 2007 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. He made centuries against all Test-cricket playing nations except South Africa and West Indies. His centuries have been scored in fourteen cricket grounds, including eight outside India. He ended up in the nineties on four occasionsincluding two scores of 99.
In ODIs, Ganguly scored centuries against ten opponentsagainst all the cricketing nations that have permanent One Day International status except the West Indies. His first ODI century came against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in August 1997. He made his highest score in the format when he scored 183 against the same team during the 1999 World Cup. As of January 2019, he is joint-eighth in the list of leading century makers in ODIs. Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Herschelle Gibbs, and Chris Gayle, Ganguly holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three. Four out of his 22 centuries were scored at home grounds and eighteen were at away (opposition's home) or neutral venues. He was dismissed six times between 90 and 100.
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Symbol Meaning* Remained not out Captained the team Man of the matchTest The number of the Test matches played in that seriesPos. Position in the batting orderInn. The innings of the matchS/R Strike rate during the inningsH/A/N The venue was at home (India), away or neutral.Lost The match was lost by India.Won The match was won by India.Drawn The match was drawn.
Test centuries
+ Centuries in Test cricket No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result Ref 1 3 2 2/3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away Drawn 2 3 1 3/3 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away Drawn 3 6 2 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Away Drawn 4 6 2 1/3 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home Drawn 5 4 1 3/3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home Drawn 6 4 4 3/3 Seddon Park, Hamilton Away Drawn 7 5 1 3/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 8 3 2 2/2 Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi Home Won 9 5 1 3/4 Headingley, Leeds Away Won 10 * 6 1 1/2 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Drawn 11 5 2 1/4 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away Drawn 12 5 2 1/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 13 5 1 1/2 Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong Away Drawn 14 5 1 2/3 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home Drawn 15 4 1 3/3 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home Drawn 16 6 1 2/4 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home Won
ODI centuries + Centuries in One Day Internationals No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 2 1 89.68 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away Lost 2 1 2 89.85 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Neutral Won 3 2 1 75.00 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 4 1 1 80.14 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away Won 5 * 2 2 82.94 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Won 6 * 1 1 81.25 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Home Won 7 2 1 115.82 County Ground, Taunton Neutral Won 8 2 1 94.55 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral Won 9 * 1 1 102.00 Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Home Won 10 2 2 78.74 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away Lost 11 2 1 97.91 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral Won 12 * 1 2 75.53 Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur Home Won 13 * 1 2 108.87 Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka Away Won 14 * 1 1 99.29 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral Won 15 1 1 90.00 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral Lost 16 2 1 94.73 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Home Won 17 1 1 100.79 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away Lost 18 1 1 89.51 Boland Park, Paarl Neutral Won 19 * 2 2 107.33 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral Won 20 * 3 1 94.11 City Oval, Pietermaritzburg Neutral Won 21 * 3 2 89.16 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Neutral Won 22 * 3 1 97.36 Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban Neutral Won
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