Saurav Chandidas Ganguly
Saurav Ganguly was born in a affluent family on 8 July 1972, in Kolkata, West Bengal. He is also know by “prince of Calcutta”, the name given by his fan following. Ganguly is one of the richest Indian cricketers of recent times. Sourav's first interest was to become football player and he played in the school football team for four years. But later he shifted to cricket and joined a cricket. Sourav Ganguly the former Captain of the Indian Cricket team. Ganguly is a left-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-pace bowler. he is the most successful captain of Indian team even he holds a record of most test victories. He is married to Dona, who was a next-door neighbour to the Ganguly family.
Nationality	Indian
Birth Date	July 8, 1972
Birth Place	Kolkata, Bangal
Test Debut	India v England at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1996
ODI Debut	India v West Indies at Brisbane, World Series, 1991/92
Batting Style	Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style	Right Arm Medium Fast

	TEST	ODI
Matches	92	289
Runs scored	5548	10632
Batting average	41.09	41.36
100s/50s	13/27	22/66
Top score	173	183
Balls bowled	2540	4195
Wickets	26	95
Bowling average	55.42	37.21
5 wickets in innings	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/37	5/16
Catches/stumpings	63/0	98/0
Man of the match	4	30
Man of the series	2	7
As of May 18, 2007