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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly was adjudged 'Asian Cricketer' and 'Asian Batsman of the Year' at the Castrol Asian Cricket Awards in Karachi on Friday. Sachin Tendulkar was named 'Best ODI Batsman' while Gautam Gambhir grabbed the honour in Twenty20. Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper batsman Kumar Sangakkara took away the 'Best Test Batsman of the Year' award while

Half-brothers Irfan and Yusuf Pathan are part of the squad for the tri-series and the Asia Cup in June.Yusuf Pathan, a right-hand batsman, and Pragyan Ojha, a left-arm spinner, have been called up to the 15-member squad for the tri-series in Bangladesh and the Asia Cup in Pakistan next month. Dinesh Karthik and Munaf Patel, who played in the CB Series, failed to make the cut.The inclusion of Yusuf

Saurav Ganguly (86* runs of just 53 balls) pulls of a thriller to beat Kings XI Punjab by three wickets to end the roads of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 2008 on high note. Saurav Ganguly and Umar Gul (24 runs of 11 balls) partnership of 48 runs of just 17 balls guide his team to a victory which was looking way behind their reach at the end of 15th over. Needing 72 runs to win in the last five

Ganguly has denied that there is a rift between him and team owner Shah Rukh Khan.   Reports suggest that differences emerged after their loss to Chennai Super Kings, where the team was dealt a crushing blow in their bid to reach the finals. While King Khan was upset because of this, another reason could be that [...]

Sourav Ganguly was at his aggressive best as he led the Kolkata Knight Riders to a 23-run victory over the Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League on Sunday. The former India captain fired 91 in 57 balls as the Knight Riders posted an imposing total of 204 for four. He then took two catches and two wickets as the Chargers managed 181 for seven in reply. Kolkata did not immediately get into

Kolkata Knight Riders captain Sourav Ganguly has been issued an official reprimand and fined him 10 per cent of his match-fee for showing dissent on the field during the Indian Premier League match against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur on Thursday. A statement from the Board of Control for Cricket in India said Match Referee Farookh Engineer reprimanded Ganguly and also fined him."Ganguly&#

Shane warne in the post match pres conference quenstioned ganguly's spirit towards the game.He was unhappy with the way ganguly has behaved because he disagreed to walk of the field and asked the umpire to ask for the third umpire

Eden Gardens had quite a few high-profile visitors on Monday as the IPL Chairman Lalit Modi visited Kolkata to discuss the upcoming bidding process for players.Modi, alongwith representatives from Shahrukh Khan's Red Chilly Entertainment inspected the Eden, before settling down to a long chat with CAB officials and Sourav Ganguly, who is the captain of the Kolkata team.The bidding for the players is slated for February 20th, and each team will be allowed a maximum budget of 5 million dollars to purchase their players.Modi also said that teams can have a maximum of 4 foreign internationals playing at the same time, and each team must also have a minimum of 4 local players.He also added that each venue will get Rs. 10 crores to host the matches as well as clarified that disputes with Cricket

Rupa Ganguly is one of the most talented actress from Kolkata who first become extremely popular for her role in Mahabharata as “Doupradi”. The bold and beautiful Rupa has been in Tollywood Movies for more than a decade now. She was married to Dhruba Mukherjee for 16 years. She was living separately for last two years. Her son will be living with with Druba Mukherjee while she can visit her son if she wishes.

Ganguly was dropped from the one day side despite his excellent form in the one day internationals last year.His average in the one dayers last year is 44.Dilip vengsarkar said the reason that they are looking for a younger side to prepare for the world cup.Vengsarkar forgot that sachin is not an youngster

Today Saurav Ganguly is playing in his 100th test. Not many gave him a chance to do so, atleast I never thought that he will play again. But there he is at MCG, standing tall amongst equals, getting ready to prove yet another point. A few years back (during the time when he was dropped) he [...]

Indian team started their super power series with three day tour match against Victoria. They were struggling at 38/3 before Rahul Dravid (33 runs) and Saurav Ganguly (51 runs) put on 72* for the fourth wicket and still going strongly. Earlier acting captain M.S. Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat first in a rain interrupted days of play. India got up to disastrous start when they loss

Saurav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh impose a record partnership of 300 runs for the fifth wicket to help India to reach 365/5 at the end of 1st days play against Pakistan at Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore. AT one stage Indians are struggling at 61/4 when both joined the crease together and played some mixed cricket with aggression and caution in the partnership of 300 runs in 393 balls which lasted

Pakistani all rounder Yasir Arafat who is playing in his first test match bowled a magical first spell to dismiss Dravid, Laxman and Jaffer to leave India tattering on 61/4 of 24 overs at Lunch. Coming as first change Yasir Arafat get rid of Rahul Dravid (19 runs) as his first test victim then he remove double-century maker in the Kolkata Test Wasim Jaffer (17 runs) and VVS Laxman (5 runs) in

December 1, 2007Pakistan 50 for 1 (Butt 26*, Younis 3*) trail India 616 for 5 dec (Jaffer 202, Laxman 112* Ganguly 102, Dhoni 50*) by 566 runsScorecard Sourav Ganguly got his first hundred at Eden Gardens, his home ground Had India asked the Gods of cricket to script a perfect day, they would not have been able to better this. Wasim Jaffer completed a double-hundred, VVS Laxman added a dainty hundred and above all, the prince of Kolkata, Sourav Ganguly hit his first hundred in front of a rapt home crowd as India declared on 616 for 5. Then, in the hour available to their bowlers, they picked off an opener; Pakistan ended on 50 for 1, still a whole galaxy of runs behind. Escape is possible, but with every ball, every run, every over, every boundary that has passed over two days, their spirits have sapped further. No such problems for Ganguly, to whom this day belonged. His hundred was a significant one: his first against Pakistan, his first at Eden Gardens, and most importantly his f

SAURAV Ganguly will miss the second limited-overs international between India and Australia, in Kochi tomorrow, due to a hamstring strain. Ganguly, 34, pulled up while fielding in the rain-abandoned match in Bangalore yesterday, but a scan showed no serious injury, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said in a statement issued today. The left-handed batsman will undergo vigorous rehabilitation to be fit for the third match in Hyderabad on Friday. Agence France-Presse

This is a fight Saurav Ganguly never thought he will face, a successful Test captain with 19 wins. But as luck would have, the International Cricke Council (ICC)-imposed ban for slow over-rates throws out this 33 years old, 10000-run garland holder superb cricketer. Not that 32 years old Rahul Dravid has a bad record, the reigning ICC cricketer of the year, is India’s batting star with 2,082 runs in the last 20 Tests at an average of 74.35 which has brought up his team to third position in the ICC’s Test rankings. Ganguly has scored 4,949 runs in 82 Tests at an average of 40.90 with 11 centuries. In 274 one-dayers, he has 10,046 runs with 22 hundreds. Ganguly’s one-day captaincy record is 73-63 in 141 matches with five no results.In contrast, Dravid aggregates 7,696 runs in 89 Tests at 57.86 with 20 centuries. In 257 one-dayers, he has 8,319 runs with 10 hundreds. Dravid has 7-9 from 17 games with one no-result. Five selectors now have to spent sleepless nights before taking th

Full Name: Sourav Chandidas GangulyBorn: July 8, 1972 in Kolkata, India Batting Style Left-handed batsmanBowling Style Right-arm medium Test Debut England vs. India at Lord’s – June 20-24, 1996 ODI Debut West Indies vs. India at Brisbane – January 11, 1992 Sourav Ganguly, the name which memorise us the World Cup 2003, a man who enter our Cricket team into word Cup final 2003 for the second time in the history of cricket. He is also famous by Prince of Kolkata. He has been India’s most aggressive and successful captain till date. ‘Dada’ for his dear ones, Ganguly is also the country’s most controversial cricketer. Invariably, one of the greatest batsmen of all time, he was termed as the ‘God on the off-side’ by none other than his peer Rahul Dravid. Ever since his debut in 1992, Sourav Ganguly has been in the eye of the storm on numerous occasions. His assertiveness both as a skipper and player has often earned him flak from other players and administrators.

Chittagong, May 19 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly scored fine centuries as India took a firm grip on the first Test against Bangladesh on a rain-affected second day here Saturday. Tendulkar notched his 36th ton (101, 169 balls, 9×4s) and Ganguly his 13th (100, 165 balls, 13×4s, 2×6s) to take India to 384 for six wickets in the first innings on a day when rains and unplayable ground conditions allowed only 20 overs. When play was stopped three overs short of the day’s quota due to poor visibility at the Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was batting on 36 (35 balls, 6×4s) and Anil Kumble was on one. After overnight and Saturday morning rains, the umpires inspected the ground thrice before play started at 4.30 p.m. and 23 overs were supposed be bowled. In all, 83 overs have been lost in two days. With inclement weather forecast for this port city near the Bay of Bengal, the five-day match looks like ending in a tame dra

Chittagong, May 19 (IANS) Twin centuries from Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar guided India to 384 runs for six wickets at the end of rain affected second day’s play of the first Test match here Saturday. Tendulkar made 101 while Ganguly hit 100. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was unbeaten on 36. Indo-Asian News Service

Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly have been omitted from the Indian one-day team for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh. Still feeling the pinch of World Cup debacle, selectors this time around opted for the youngsters instead of big names. Off spinner Harbhajan Singh, pace bowler Ajit Agarkar and so-called all rounder Irfan Pathan are missing from [...]

VALSAD: Contrasting deadlocks on the top five boards gave Surya Shekhar Ganguly his fourth straight National crown and brought in four new faces in the Indian team as the final day of the Atul National 'A' chess championship served another reminder of the changing order.Runner-up Deepan Chakkravarthy was the only other Grandmaster in the six-member National squad after S. Arun Prasad, G. Rohit, Suvrajit Saha and G.N. Gopal made the grade. Interestingly, the average age of the team members is 21!The magnitude of achievements of these players could be gauged from the fact that seasoned Grandmasters and former National champions Abhijit Kunte, Dibyendu Barua and Pravin Thipsay failed well short of expectations after running into much younger rivals on this day.The 23-year-old Ganguly overcame the early aggression of fellow Grandmaster Neelotpal Das to come out undefeated in 27 moves. Neelotpal needed a win to join the Indian team, but Ganguly defended well. The result raised Ganguly's

Kolkata, Feb 19 Having proved his batting prowess with a brilliant performance in just concluded one-day series against Sri Lanka, Sourav Ganguly now wants to show his mettle with the ball during the World Cup."I would like to bowl during the World Cup, I have bowled a lot in one-day matches. But it depends on skipper Rahul Dravid how he utlises me," Ganguly told newsmen here today. Ganguly, who returned here on Sunday after a dream comeback by emerging as the highest run-getter against the Lankans and winning the man-of-the-series award, said that after a few days rest he would start his World Cup preparation. "I want to rest for a few days and then will start my practice session in which I will be focussing on all areas of batting, bowling and fielding," Ganguly, who was at his cricket academy at Salt Lake, said. Asked whether the convincing win against Sri Lanka made India favourites in the World Cup, he said that everything matte

Star cricketer Sourav Ganguly could soon become the first non-film personality to be having “Koffee with Karan”, a popular chat show hosted by filmmaker Karan Johar. The episode featuring former India captain Ganguly, who is on a much talked about comeback trail, could be recorded before he leaves with the team to the West Indies for [...]