
Sourav Ganguly celebrates 52nd birthday today. The former Indian skipper has tons of batting and captaincy records to his name but his dancing sixes down the ground and jersey celebration at Lord's balcony are highlights of his prestigious career which fans relate to the most. Let's look at some of the lesser known records of Dada.
Unparallaled Peak: Cricketers are said to hit peak between age 25 and 29 and no other ODI batter in the world scored more runs than Ganguly at his peak age.
7014 - Sourav Ganguly
5697 - Sachin Tendulkar
5313 - Virat Kohli
4958 - Mohammad Yousuf
4722 - Rahul Dravid
Going Big in the KO: Ganguly is among the 4 ODI captains with a century in the World Cup knockouts. His ton against Kenya in 2003 semis is fresh in the mind of each cricket fan courtesy scintillating sixes in a crunch situation.
2 tons - Ricky Ponting
1 ton - Sourav Ganguly
1 ton - Clive Lloyd
1 ton - M Jayawardene
POTM galore: Sourav Ganguly holds a unique record of winning 4 player of the match awards for India in ODIs. All the awards came against Pakistan in 1997 and its a record that stands to this day.
Underrated bowler: Kapil has only one more 3-wicket haul than Ganguly as Captain in ODIs.
7 - Kapil Dev
6 - Sourav Ganguly
1 - Ravi Shastri
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