In 1996, a lanky young left-handed batsman — Sourav Ganguly — announced himself to the cricketing world when he scored a scintillating debut century at Lord’s, the mecca of the sport. Even when he became the captain of the Indian cricket team, he took Indian cricket to new heights by becoming the first team to beat the likes of Pakistan and Australia on their own turf.
Ganguly even led a relatively young Indian side at the 2003 World Cup final, an achievement that many thought was not possible at that point of time. Individually, too, he has achieved a lot in the sport. In fact, he is only one of three Indians to play more than 300 ODIs and 100 Test matches, and only one of five Indians to have more than 10,000 ODI runs.
