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Sourav Ganguly stats

Data through 19 May 2012Last updated 19 May 2012

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 19 December 2001 to 19 May 2012. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Between 2001 and 2012, Sourav Ganguly appears in 35 Tests, 77 ODIs for India in the Cricsheet data. The most runs came in Tests: 2,577 at an average of 47.72 and a strike rate of 58.4, with a highest score of 239. Against Pakistan in Tests, Sourav Ganguly averaged 75.78 over 9 innings.

International matches

112

Tests 35 · ODIs 77

International runs

5,029

9 hundreds

International wickets

0 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

1,349 runs

Best batting average (Test)

47.72

59 innings

Highest score

239

Test

Teams played for

India 2001–2008 · 110Kolkata Knight Riders 2008–2010 · 40Pune Warriors 2011–2012 · 19Asia XI 2007 · 2

BattingBowling

Sourav Ganguly batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	35	59	5	2,577	239	47.72	4,415	58.4	6	13	6	311	16
ODI	77	74	7	2,452	112*	36.60	3,405	72.0	3	16	7	230	44
T20 (leagues & domestic)	59	56	3	1,349	91	25.45	1,263	106.8	0	7	4	137	42

Runs per year

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Sourav Ganguly: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2001	0
2002	43
2003	674
2004	940
2005	181
2006	173
2007	2,235
2008	1,132
2009	189
2010	493
2011	50
2012	268

Year-by-year batting (17 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2001	Test	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0
2002	ODI	2	43	21.50	61.4	43	0	0
2003	ODI	17	530	40.77	74.8	112	3	0
2003	Test	1	144	144.00	73.5	144	1	0
2004	ODI	22	670	31.90	72.2	90	0	5
2004	Test	6	270	45.00	56.8	77	0	3
2005	ODI	5	80	16.00	59.3	31	0	0
2005	Test	1	101	101.00	38.5	101	1	0
2006	Test	6	173	34.60	61.1	51	0	1
2007	ODI	28	1129	43.42	72.2	89	0	11
2007	Test	19	1106	61.44	62.6	239	3	4
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	349	29.08	113.7	91	0	3
2008	Test	25	783	35.59	54.8	102	1	5
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	11	189	17.18	91.3	46	0	0
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	14	493	37.92	117.7	88	0	4
2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	50	25.00	84.7	32	0	0
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	15	268	17.87	98.9	45	0	0

Sourav Ganguly bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	Mdns
Test	32	1,027	502	9	2/20	3/48	55.78	2.93	114.1	38
ODI	38	1,026	877	19	3/22	–	46.16	5.13	54.0	3
T20 (leagues & domestic)	20	276	363	10	2/21	–	36.30	7.89	27.6	0

Wickets per year

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Sourav Ganguly: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2001	0
2002	2
2003	4
2004	8
2005	0
2006	1
2007	13
2008	6
2009	2
2010	0
2011	0
2012	2

Year-by-year bowling (16 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2001	Test	2	0	–	3.19	0/12
2002	ODI	2	2	27.00	4.91	1/23
2003	ODI	7	4	31.00	4.43	3/22
2003	Test	1	0	–	8.00	0/8
2004	ODI	12	6	49.33	5.38	3/41
2004	Test	7	2	52.00	2.97	1/14
2005	ODI	1	0	–	6.00	0/24
2005	Test	1	0	–	0.00	0/0
2006	Test	4	1	99.00	4.50	1/68
2007	ODI	16	7	54.14	5.19	2/24
2007	Test	9	6	26.17	2.31	2/20
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	6	21.33	6.40	2/21
2008	Test	8	0	–	2.95	0/1
2009	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	2	48.50	8.08	2/24
2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	10.75	0/12
2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	2	47.50	9.50	2/27

Sourav Ganguly against each team

vs Australia vs Pakistan vs England vs South Africa vs Sri Lanka

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
Australia	Test	19	728	42.82	57.4	144	2	3
Pakistan	Test	9	682	75.78	66.9	239	2	2
South Africa	Test	13	522	47.45	61.5	87	0	5
England	Test	7	249	41.50	54.7	79	0	2
Bangladesh	Test	4	199	49.75	59.4	100	1	1
Sri Lanka	Test	6	96	16.00	42.5	35	0	0
England	ODI	12	432	36.00	71.5	90	0	4
Kenya	ODI	3	308	308.00	86.0	111	2	1
Sri Lanka	ODI	7	306	51.00	69.4	79	0	3
Australia	ODI	12	271	22.58	69.8	86	0	2
Pakistan	ODI	13	261	20.08	73.1	45	0	0
Bangladesh	ODI	3	121	40.33	57.3	66	0	2
Zimbabwe	ODI	5	111	27.75	78.7	33	0	0
New Zealand	ODI	8	88	11.00	54.7	33	0	0
South Africa	ODI	4	84	28.00	53.5	42	0	0
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	10	327	36.33	111.2	91	0	2
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	253	36.14	122.2	75	0	2
Punjab Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	235	39.17	134.3	86	0	2
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	6	154	25.67	106.9	56	0	1
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	145	18.12	94.8	42	0	0
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	97	13.86	88.2	33	0	0
Chennai Super Kings	T20 (leagues & domestic)	7	79	11.29	68.7	24	0	0
Kolkata Knight Riders	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	59	19.67	90.8	36	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Pakistan	Test	8	5	36.20	2.97	2/20
England	Test	6	2	58.00	2.64	1/11
South Africa	Test	7	2	53.00	3.21	1/14
Australia	Test	6	0	–	2.59	0/0
Sri Lanka	Test	3	0	–	3.49	0/4
Zimbabwe	ODI	3	6	16.83	5.32	3/22
Australia	ODI	7	3	44.00	7.33	3/41
England	ODI	7	3	61.67	5.00	2/26
New Zealand	ODI	4	2	31.50	4.20	1/23
Sri Lanka	ODI	3	2	32.50	5.42	1/22
Pakistan	ODI	6	1	173.00	5.24	1/29
Royal Challengers Bengaluru	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	3	21.00	5.73	2/21
Deccan Chargers	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	2	36.00	9.00	2/25
Delhi Capitals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	4	2	37.00	7.40	2/27
Rajasthan Royals	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	1	61.00	10.17	1/24
Mumbai Indians	T20 (leagues & domestic)	3	0	–	10.75	0/13

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Eden Gardens	18	720	45.00	102
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	9	484	60.50	239
Newlands	5	266	66.50	107
The Wanderers Stadium	6	225	45.00	51
Lord's	5	222	44.40	90
Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium	6	206	34.33	102
Green Park	4	196	65.33	87
The Gabba	3	195	65.00	144
Melbourne Cricket Ground	4	171	42.75	82
MA Chidambaram Stadium	6	167	27.83	88

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Arun Jaitley Stadium	3	5	15.00	2.78
Harare Sports Club	2	3	15.33	5.11
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	3	21.00	4.20
The Gabba	3	3	23.00	5.75
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	4	3	30.67	3.07
Eden Gardens	9	3	44.67	4.79
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	1	2	12.50	6.25
Headingley	1	2	13.00	3.71
Civil Service Cricket Club	3	2	32.50	4.06
Lord's	3	2	34.00	3.58

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	529	518	102.1	19	18	0	10.67
T20	Middle	630	642	98.1	25	246	10	7.29
T20	Death	190	103	184.5	9	12	0	16.00
ODI	Powerplay	669	1108	60.4	23	6	0	8.00
ODI	Middle	1570	2131	73.7	37	996	19	5.03
ODI	Death	213	166	128.3	7	24	0	8.50

How Sourav Ganguly was dismissed

Caught118 (68%)
Bowled27 (16%)
Lbw11 (6%)
Run out9 (5%)
Stumped6 (3%)
Caught and bowled3 (2%)

How Sourav Ganguly took wickets

Caught24
Bowled7
Lbw6
Stumped1

Last 20 innings

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Sourav Ganguly: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
17 Apr 2010	75
19 Apr 2010	42
10 May 2011	32
16 May 2011	0
19 May 2011	18
6 Apr 2012	3
8 Apr 2012	20
12 Apr 2012	16
14 Apr 2012	16
17 Apr 2012	6
19 Apr 2012	24
21 Apr 2012	41
24 Apr 2012	1
26 Apr 2012	23
1 May 2012	45
3 May 2012	16
5 May 2012	36
8 May 2012	14
13 May 2012	2
19 May 2012	5

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
19 May 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	5	8	lbw	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
13 May 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	2	4	stumped	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
8 May 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	14	18	caught	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
5 May 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	36	35	caught	Eden Gardens
3 May 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	16	24	bowled	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
1 May 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	45	40	caught	Barabati Stadium
26 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	23	20	caught	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
24 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	1	4	caught	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
21 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	41	35	caught	Arun Jaitley Stadium
19 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	24	26	caught	MA Chidambaram Stadium
17 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	6	8	caught	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
14 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	16	16	run out	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
12 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	16	9	caught	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
8 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	20	18	caught	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium
6 Apr 2012	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	3	6	stumped	Wankhede Stadium
19 May 2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	18	22	caught	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
16 May 2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	0	5	caught	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
10 May 2011	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	32*	32	not out	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium
19 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Mumbai Indians	42	36	caught	Eden Gardens
17 Apr 2010	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	75*	50	not out	Eden Gardens

Batter vs bowler matchups

Bowlers Sourav Ganguly faced most

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Sourav Ganguly scored in Tests?

2,577 runs in 59 innings (35 matches) at an average of 47.72 and a strike rate of 58.4, in the data from 2001 to 2008.

How many runs has Sourav Ganguly scored in ODIs?

2,452 runs in 74 innings (77 matches) at an average of 36.60 and a strike rate of 72.0, in the data from 2002 to 2007.

How many runs has Sourav Ganguly scored in T20 leagues?

1,349 runs in 56 innings (59 matches) at an average of 25.45 and a strike rate of 106.8, in the data from 2008 to 2012.

What is Sourav Ganguly's highest score?

239 in Tests, the highest score in the data.

How many centuries has Sourav Ganguly scored?

9 hundreds in the data: 6 in Tests, 3 in ODIs.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.