Sourav Ganguly: To the one who shaped a young Indian cricket team, as Dada turns 51

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Having represented India in as many as 424 matches with a total of 18,575 runs, Sourav Ganguly is easily one of the greats of Indian cricket...

In 1998, when India managed to reach the semi-finals of the ICC knockout, Ganguly scored a good 84 runs in two innings at an average of 47.00...

When the ICC Knockout was renamed as ICC Champions Trophy in 2002, Ganguly managed to score 143 runs in three innings and India reached the finals..

The 2003 World Cup when India reached the finals but lost to the Aussies, Ganguly was at his peak as a batsman and scored a good 465 runs in 11 matches...

However, in 2004 and 2007 tournaments, that is the Champions trophy and the World Cup respectively, India did not yield results as it would have hoped for. Nonetheless, Ganguly scored 90 runs and 162 in the two tournaments...

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