Sourav Ganguly Age, Wife, Children, Family, Biography and more

Sourav Ganguly

Bio Profile

Real Name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Nickname: Bengal Tiger, Maharaja, Dada, The God of the Side, Prince of Kolkata, The Warrior Prince

Profession: Former Indian Cricketer

Physical Status & More

Height

In centimeters - 180 cm

In meters - 1.80 m

Feet Inches - 5 '11'

Eye color: black

Hair Color: Black

Personal Life

Date of Birth: 8 July 1972

Age (in 2020): 48 years

Birthplace: Behala, Calcutta (present-day Kolkata), West Bengal, India

Zodiac: Cancer zodiac

Nationality: Indian

Hometown: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

School: St. Xavier's Collegiate School.  Kolkata, West Bengal

College: not known

Educational Qualification: Not Known

Family

Father- Chandidas Ganguly

Mother- Nirupa Ganguly

Brother- Snehasish Ganguly (Former Cricketer)

Sister- N / A

Religion: Hindu

Hobbies: listening to music, playing soccer

Girls, Family and More

Marital Status: Married

Affairs / Girlfriends: Not Known

Wife: Donna Ganguly, Odyssey Dancer (married in 1997)

Children

Daughter- Sana Ganguly (born November 2001)

Son- N / A

Cricket Career

International Debut

Test - 20 June 1996 v England Lords

ODI - 11 January 1992 vs West Indies in Brisbane

International Retirement

Test - 6 November 2008 vs Australia in Nagpur

ODI - 15 November 2007 vs Pakistan Gwalior

Coach / Mentor: BD Desai, VS "Marshall" Patil, Hemu Adhikari

Home / State Teams: West Bengal, Glamorgan, Lancashire

Nature on the field: Aggressive

Like to play against: Australia

Favorite Shot: Upper Cut

Records (main ones)

• At One Day International, he is the only cricketer to win the Man of the Match award four times in a row.

• With 11363 runs, he is the second highest run-scorer in India and the 8th highest run-scorer in the world in ODI history.

• He is the fastest batsman to reach 9000 runs in One Day International.

• After taking 10000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODIs, he is one of only five cricketers to achieve this unique triple.

• His score of 183 is the highest in a World Cup match by an Indian batsman.

• He is the most successful Indian captain overseas, winning 11 out of 28 matches.

Career turning point: In the 1996 England tour (which was his first Test), when he scored two consecutive centuries in two innings.

Controversy

• During his period in county cricket, he was often criticized for being arrogant and tagged with "majestic behavior".

• In the 2001 India-Australia series, he reported late for the toss for almost every game.

• In order to show dissatisfaction with the umpire, he was banned for three matches in his career.

• He was criticized for taking off his shirt at Lord's during the 2002 NatWest Series.

• In 2005, he was involved in a feud with the then coach of the Indian cricket team, Greg Chappell, and was later sacked as captain.

Favorite things

Favorite Cricketer: David Gover

Favorite Food: Allu Posto, Chingri Macher Malakari, Biryani

Money factor

Net worth: $ 55.5 million

Sourav Ganguly

Some lesser known facts about Sourav Ganguly

Does Sourav Ganguly smoke ?: No

Does Sourav Ganguly drink alcohol ?: Yes

His surname "The Prince of Calcutta" was given by Goeffre Boycott.

His family is one of the richest families in Kolkata.

Everything under the sun happens with his right hand except his batting.

As a child, he was a huge football fan but due to his brother's insistence, he was enrolled in a cricket academy.

He was often dropped from the team due to his attitude problem and was told that he once refused to carry drinks for a senior cricketer.

In the late 90s, after his successful tour to England, he moved in with his childhood friend Donna Roy because his family was hostile.

He is considered one of the most successful captains in the history of Indian cricket and was first appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in the year 2000 when Sachin Tendulkar stepped down for his health.

NatWest Tri-Series Finals 2002: Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif played a heroic role to overcome the middle-order collapse of India to achieve the most memorable win in the history of the game.  Sourav Ganguly takes off his shirt and celebrates in the Lord's balcony and is still fresh in the memories of many.

Dada also lead Kolkata Knight Riders. Ganguly, which was rolled out by Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), owned by Shah Rukh Khan, did not stay in the franchise long.  After being removed as KKR's captain in 2009, Ganguly was soon shown the exit by the management.

After not being retained by KKR for the IPL 2011 season, Ganguly played for Pune Warriors India for a few more seasons in the IPL before calling his career time in the T20 League.

He has an apartment complex in Kolkata named after him, "Sourav Housing Complex".

Following in the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar, he opened a three-storey restaurant, "Sourav - The Food Pavilion" in Kolkata.

He currently has a member of the IPL Governing Council and a member of the Justice Mudgal Committee Investigation Panel for IPL Spot Fixing in a part of the Supreme Court of India.

On 23 October 2019, he took over as the 39th president of the BCCI.

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