Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the India national cricket team. From his international debut in 1992 to his retirement in 2008, he scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 16 occasions in Test cricket and in 22 One Day International (ODI) matches.[1]
Ganguly scored a century on Test debut, against England in Lord's in June 1996. He became the 10th Indian player to perform the feat,[2] and the third player to score a century on debut at the ground.[3] In the next match at Trent Bridge, he made 136 and became the third batsman to make a century in each of his first two innings.[4] He is eighth in the list of leading Test century makers for India.[5] His highest score of 239—his only double century—was made against Pakistan in 2007 at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. He made centuries against all Test-cricket playing nations except South Africa and West Indies. His centuries have been scored in fourteen cricket grounds, including eight outside India. He ended up in the nineties on four occasions—including two scores of 99.[6]
In ODIs, Ganguly scored centuries against ten opponents—against all the cricketing nations that have permanent One Day International status except the West Indies. His first ODI century came against Sri Lanka at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo in August 1997. He made his highest score in the format when he scored 183 against the same team during the 1999 World Cup. As of January 2019, he is joint-eighth in the list of leading century makers in ODIs.[a] Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Herschelle Gibbs, and Chris Gayle, Ganguly holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three.[8] Four out of his 22 centuries were scored at home grounds and eighteen were at away (opposition's home) or neutral venues. He was dismissed six times between 90 and 100.[9]
Symbol | Meaning |
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* | Remained not out |
† | Captained the team |
‡ | Man of the match |
Test | The number of the Test matches played in that series |
Pos. | Position in the batting order |
Inn. | The innings of the match |
S/R | Strike rate during the innings |
H/A/N | The venue was at home (India), away or neutral. |
Lost | The match was lost by India. |
Won | The match was won by India. |
Drawn | The match was drawn. |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A | Date | Result | Ref |
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1 | 131 | England | 3 | 2 | 2/3 | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | Away | 20 June 1996 | Drawn | [2] |
2 | 136 ‡ | England | 3 | 1 | 3/3 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Away | 4 July 1996 | Drawn | [4] |
3 | 147 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo | Away | 9 August 1997 | Drawn | [11] |
4 | 109 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2 | 1/3 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | Home | 19 November 1997 | Drawn | [12] |
5 | 173 ‡ | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3/3 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | Home | 3 December 1997 | Drawn | [13] |
6 | 101* | New Zealand | 4 | 4 | 3/3 | Seddon Park, Hamilton | Away | 2 January 1999 | Drawn | [14] |
7 | 125 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 3/3 | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | Home | 29 October 1999 | Drawn | [15] |
8 | 136 † | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 2/2 | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | Home | 28 February 2002 | Won | [16] |
9 | 128 † | England | 5 | 1 | 3/4 | Headingley, Leeds | Away | 22 August 2002 | Won | [17] |
10 | 100* † | New Zealand | 6 | 1 | 1/2 | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | Home | 8 October 2003 | Drawn | [18] |
11 | 144 † ‡ | Australia | 5 | 2 | 1/4 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Away | 4 December 2003 | Drawn | [19] |
12 | 101 † | Zimbabwe | 5 | 2 | 1/2 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Away | 13 September 2005 | Won | [20] |
13 | 100 | Bangladesh | 5 | 1 | 1/2 | Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong | Away | 18 May 2007 | Drawn | [21] |
14 | 102 | Pakistan | 5 | 1 | 2/3 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Home | 30 November 2007 | Drawn | [22] |
15 | 239 ‡ | Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 3/3 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Home | 8 December 2007 | Drawn | [23] |
16 | 102 | Australia | 6 | 1 | 2/4 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | Home | 17 October 2008 | Won | [24] |
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result | Ref |
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1 | 113 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 89.68 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 20 August 1997 | Lost | [26] |
2 | 124 ‡ | Pakistan | 1 | 2 | 89.85 | Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka | Neutral | 18 January 1998 | Won | [27] |
3 | 105 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 75.00 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 17 April 1998 | Won | [28] |
4 | 109 | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 80.14 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Away | 7 July 1998 | Won | [29] |
5 | 107* ‡ | Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 82.94 | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | Away | 27 September 1998 | Won | [30] |
6 | 130* ‡ | Sri Lanka | 1 | 1 | 81.25 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | Home | 22 March 1999 | Won | [31] |
7 | 183 ‡ | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 115.82 | County Ground, Taunton | Neutral | 26 May 1999 | Won | [32] |
8 | 139 ‡ | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 94.55 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 1 October 1999 | Won | [33] |
9 | 153* ‡ | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 102.00 | Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior | Home | 11 November 1999 | Won | [34] |
10 | 100 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 78.74 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Away | 12 January 2000 | Lost | [35] |
11 | 141 ‡ | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 97.91 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Neutral | 25 January 2000 | Won | [36] |
12 | 105* † ‡ | South Africa | 1 | 2 | 75.53 | Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur | Home | 12 March 2000 | Won | [37] |
13 | 135* † ‡ | Bangladesh | 1 | 2 | 108.87 | Bangabandhu Stadium, Dhaka | Away | 30 May 2000 | Won | [38] |
14 | 141* † ‡ | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 99.29 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 13 October 2000 | Won | [39] |
15 | 117 † | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 90.00 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 15 October 2000 | Lost | [40] |
16 | 144 † ‡ | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 94.73 | Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad | Home | 5 December 2000 | Won | [41] |
17 | 127 † | South Africa | 1 | 1 | 100.79 | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Away | 5 October 2001 | Lost | [42] |
18 | 111 † | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 89.51 | Boland Park, Paarl | Neutral | 24 October 2001 | Won | [43] |
19 | 117* † | England | 2 | 2 | 107.33 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Neutral | 22 September 2002 | Won | [44] |
20 | 112* † | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 94.11 | City Oval, Pietermaritzburg | Neutral | 23 February 2003 | Won | [45] |
21 | 107* † ‡ | Kenya | 3 | 2 | 89.16 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Neutral | 7 March 2003 | Won | [46] |
22 | 111* † ‡ | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 97.36 | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban | Neutral | 20 March 2003 | Won | [47] |