When did Sourav Ganguly became captain?

Author Pradeep Mandhani commented that in his tenure between 2000 and 2005, Ganguly became India’s most successful Test captain.

Who is the richest cricketer of all time?

Here’s take a look at top 5 richest cricketers in the world.

• Sachin Tendulkar. Legendary India opener Sachin Tendulkar is the richest cricketer in the world.
• MS Dhoni. Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the most popular crickters in the world.
• Virat Kohli.
• Ricky Ponting.
• Brian Lara.

Why did Sourav Ganguly retire from Test cricket?

Ganguly answered the questions by choosing to retire immediately after the Australia series. He was given an emotional farewell with the captain MS Dhoni handing him over the reins for a while in the fag end of his last Test in Nagpur in 2008.

When did Sourav Ganguly make his Test debut?

Sourav Ganguly National side India (1992–2008) Test debut (cap 206) 20 June 1996 v England Last Test 6 November 2008 v Australia ODI debut (cap 84) 11 January 1992 v West Indies

Is Sourav Ganguly the greatest one-day batsman of all time?

Sourav Ganguly’s ability to polarise opinion led to one of the most fascinating dramas in Indian cricket. Yet, nobody can dispute that he was India’s most successful Test captain – forging a winning unit from a bunch of talented, but directionless, individuals – and nobody can argue about him being one of the greatest one-day batsmen of all time.

How good was Sourav Ganguly as an India captain?

He finished his career as India’s most successful captain and led India to a World Cup final too in 2003. For all his success as captain his batting form took a turn for the worse during his time as captain. Ganguly burst into collective memory in 1996 with back-to-back Test hundreds in England.