Ganguly's Cricket records

Batting Record

           Very early in his ODI career in 1997, Ganguly created a world record by winning four consecutive Man-of-the-Match awards against Pakistan in Toronto. It is still a world record 18 years since.
It was in the ODI format that Ganguly really came into his own as a batsman and dominated many bowling attacks. At his peak, he was a dangerous batsman at the top of the order, who could tear apart any bowling line-up on his day.
His trademark waltz down the track to take on fast bowlers was a thing of beauty. His timing on the off side was second to none, and he could tear apart left arm spin bowling at will.
Ganguly was the highest run scorer in ODI cricket in the world in 1997, 1999 and 2000. At that time, he was at the peak of his powers as an ODI batsman.
Ganguly used to hit a lot of sixes too, meeting the ball halfway down the track to dispatch both fast bowlers and spinners. He is currently placed sixth on the list of maximum number of sixes hit in ODI cricket with 190 sixes, although Mahendra Singh Dhoni (188*) and AB de Villiers (170*) are hot on his heels.
‘Dada’ also holds the record for the maximum number of double century partnerships (6) in ODI cricket, a record he shares with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
He is the proud holder of a mind-boggling 30 Man-of-the-Match awards in ODI cricket, which is sixth in the all-time list.
Ganguly has 22 centuries in ODI cricket and is placed sixth in the list of highest century scorers in ODI cricket. Only Tendulkar, Ponting, Kumara Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya and most recently Virat Kohli are above him in this list while Dilshan, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers are currently level with the former Indian batsman.

specific records:

1. Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 Test matches.
2. He is currently the 6th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests.
3. Ganguly is the second among Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the highest ODI runs in the world) and the eighth in the world in terms of overall runs scored in ODIs.
4. Ganguly has 22 centuries in ODIs and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Ricky Ponting in that list.
5. Sourav, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed by far the most successful opening pair in one-day international cricket, having amassed the highest number of century partnerships (26) for the first wicket. Together, they scored nearly 7,000 runs at an average of 49.32.
6. Ganguly is a world record holder for creating most number of 50-run partnerships for the first wicket (44 fifties).
7. He captained India in 49 Test matches and led India to 21 Test wins, both of which were Indian records until MS Dhoni bettered them.
8. His Test average never went below 40.
9. Ganguly holds the record for most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.
10. He holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most first wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).
11. He holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the fifth highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI – 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.
12. He held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket partnership in an ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by the Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.
13. He was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.
14. Ganguly is also the only player to win four consecutive man-of-the-match awards in ODIs.
15. He’s India’s second most successful ODI captain after Mohammed Azharuddin.
16. He was the first Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia.
17. He was the highest ODI run-scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997, 1999 and 2000.
18. He’s placed fifth on the list of maximum number of sixes hit in ODIs.
19. He’s on the second spot in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever – 7 centuries in 2000.