Sourav Ganguly is an Indian cricketer and is the most successful Test captain of the Indian national cricket team. Born 8 July 1972, Ganguly lives at Barisha in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). He is currently the 5th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests and 2nd highest overall run scorer in One Day International. He is also the 2nd highest century scorer for India in One Day International (4th overall in the world) and is one of only 7 batsmen to score more than 10,000 runs in One Day International in the history of the game.
Ganguly is a left-handed batsman and a right-handed medium-pace bowler. Ganguly is naturally right-handed, but became a left-handed batsman at a young age so that he could use his brother, Snehasish's equipment.
Ganguly has been nicknamed Bengal Tiger, Prince of Calcutta, Lord Snooty by his opponents, and affectionately Dada (which means elder brother in Bengali) by his team-mates.
Ganguly was the captain of the Indian cricket team from 2000 to 2005. He led India to the 2003 World Cup final, and holds the Indian captaincy record for the most Test victories (21).
Following an exit from the national team in early 2006, Ganguly was recalled to the Indian test side in December, staging a successful comeback in the 2006 - 2007 Indian tour of South Africa.
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