By Afiur
July 22, 2026
He made his first-class debut for Bengal in 1989 by surprisingly replacing his elder brother, Snehasish, in the squad.
Though naturally right-handed, Sourav learned to bat left-handed just so he could borrow and use his elder brother’s cricket gear.
Ganguly scored 16 centuries in Test cricket, and remarkably, India never lost a match when he reached the hundred-run mark.
In classic Bollywood style, he secretly eloped with his childhood sweetheart, Dona, because their families were initially bitter rivals.
Sourav remains the only cricketer to win four successive Man of the Match awards in ODIs, achieving this incredible feat in 1997.