Sourav Ganguly’s bio and net worth 2021: The versatile Cricketer

Sourav Ganguly holds a very important position in the history of Indian cricket. He had been hated and loved equally by his team members once upon a time. The period he maintained his team and the games through his captaincy had been remembered proudly by the game lovers. He is mainly considered to put a name to his captaincy tenure for giving a shape to a young team. His run-in with Greg chapel and a rich partnership with Sachin in the ODIs etc made him the most remembered and respected team captain.

He took the crown of captaincy at the most crucial time of the match fixing scandal. With the support and partnership of Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, Ganguly created a team which was alarming nationally but equally stirring abroad. He had been called by the referee many times because of his overconfident attitude but that did not make Ganguly silent. He expressed the need to be fearless by putting forward himself as an example. He believed that his attitude along with his performance was one of the reasons to move India forward on the cricket field. In 2003, under his leadership, India was able to enter the world Cup final. No other captain in India was as successful as Sourav Ganguly in the history of Indian cricket.

His dispute with Greg Chapelle in 2005, brought the both in many headlines. Ganguly is ranked by Wisden as the sixth greatest ODI batsman.

As the all rounder

The left handed batsman received much attention during his playing days when waving his shirt at the Lord’s balcony or coming late for the toss. Nevertheless he has also involved himself in television and Commentary but did  not neglect playing even after retirement. Till 2012, he played for Ranji trophy and Indian people league with no less enthusiasm and energy.

Recognitions

In 2004, he was honored with the Padma Shri award which is regarded as the highest civilian award in Indian. On 20th May, 2013, he was awarded the banga bibhushan from the government of West Bengal.

As the highest runs scorer

In 2007 ODIs, Ganguly was regarded as the highest run scorer after Jacques Kalis. To restore his reputation after coming back to the game after a while, he was hungry for runs. This hunger made him become one of the highest run scorers in the series. He was awarded the man of the series too in the odi chapter where he played against Sri Lanka. However, all the success and reputations could not put him to the CB series of Australia in 2008. The selectors had an eye for the younger players as they were regarded as the future of Indian cricket.

He retired after the Australian series with MS Dhoni as the new captain .

Net worth

Ganguly, as a former member of the Indian National Team and also as the captain of the Indian National team, has acquired a net worth of 80 billion dollars.