As Sourav Ganguly turns 50 today, we are here to look back at his incredible journey with a half-century of milestones and memories.

Hailing from a Bengali family basically implied learning three names prior to anything more. A certain poet with a fascinating beard, a tall man who presumably had something to do with film, and a cricketer who detested running and cherished eating as much the next door neighbour, yet could likewise go shirtless and wave his Indian pullover defeating a strong English side, not exactly such a lot of like the next-door neighbour.

Sourav Ganguly has forever been a mystifying emotion. Presumably, because of the fact that the Bangali in him proudly found a way, and was generally the ‘barir chhele’ everybody placed their faith in, with an attractive capacity to draw in individuals who were not even keen on the sport. 

Following his journey from a beguiling debutant at Lord’s, to an Indian captain, lastly the BCCI president has been quite a joyride home for us. Curiously, Dada was never a polished presence, however in every case unfailingly, a family symbol. He characterised a brand of cricket with an primary quintessence of hurling hostility back, and never cowering, carrying with him the consolidated expectations, desires and drive of innumerable Indians who needed to watch the standard bigshots dreading an Indian team. 

Furthermore, he was right there, waving jerseys, keeping captains waiting, trudging it around the park, with such a huge amount to demonstrate, and incalculable hurdles to skirt past. As our beloved Dada turns 50 years young,

The internet glances back at 50 notable feats, achievements and exhibitions which characterised the player and the legend:

1. Scored consecutive centuries in his debut Test and following match— with scores of 131 and 136, in Lord’s and Trent Bridge, respectively

2. Was positioned 6th on the rundown all-time greatest ODI batsmen by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack

3. Holds the record for the highest individual score by an Indian at the World Cup with a 183 against Sri Lanka, in Taunton

4. Holds the record for the most runs by an Indian left-handed batter

5. Has the fourth most runs for India in international cricket

6. Has the third most ODI runs for India and ninth among all-time leading ODI run getters

7. Shared the very first 300 run partnership in ODIs with Rahul Dravid at 1999 World Cup, against Sri Lanka

8. Was the highest ODI run scorer in 1997, 1999 and 2000

9. Holds the record with Sachin Tendulkar for the opening pair with maximum runs (6,609 runs)

10. Remains as the Indian captain with the third most Test wins

11. He is the only Indian captain to win a series in Pakistan (2003-4)

12. Led India to the only Test win subsequent to being compelled to follow on at the notorious 2001 match, in Eden Gardens, Calcutta

13. Made headlines with the memorable NatWest win marking India’s highest ever ODI run chase, which was broken later

14. Only Indian skipper with three centuries in a single World Cup (2003)

15. Stays one of the main six cricketers throughout the history of cricket with in excess of 10,000 runs and 100 wickets

16. Holds the record for the third most ODI wins as captain with 76 successes

17. Has the fourth most ODI hundreds of years as a skipper with 11 in his possession

18. Turned into the first Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia

19. Promoted as one of the best and richest rebounds ever, was the most noteworthy run-getter in the series against South Africa in 2006

20. His instrumental knock of 51 assisted India with winning its very first Test match in South Africa

21. Scored his career best shot of 239 against Pakistan in 2007

22. Was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004

23. Was the third batter in history to cross 10,000 runs in worldwide cricket

24. Left a mark on the world by sacking four successive Man of the Match awards in 1997

25. Holds the record for most noteworthy individual score for India in an ICC final

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26. Was the first winning captain of an IPL game

27. Only third cricketer to score a presentation century in Tests at Lord’s, and score two sequential hundreds of years in his initial two innings.

28. First player to score three centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy

29. Turned into the fastest player to reach 9,000 ODI runs, which was subsequently broken by AB de Villiers in 2017

30. One of the 14 cricketers on the planet to have played at least 300 ODIs and at least 100 Tests

31. Only cricketer with 100 years on debut and a brilliant duck in his last Test innings

32. Remains as the third best Indian Test captain, everything being equal,

33. Became the first player in quite a while to turn into the BCCI president after Maharaja Vizianagaram

34. Was instrumental in coordinating two IPL releases through Covid, which was hailed for its administration and quick choices

35. Considered one of the best skippers ever, he took the charge of a sinking boat of an Indian group defaced by match-fixing embarrassments

36. Was the second captain to lead India to a World Cup last in 2003

37. India was delegated the joint victor of the ICC Champions Trophy 2002, under his captaincy

38. Scored century in his last Test series, versus Australia in Mohali

39. Dropped one of the significant statement in international cricket by turning up late for the throw against Australia, in 2001, to remain standing for a colleague disgraced by the then Aussie mentor, John Buchanan

40. Sacked the most runs in ICC Knockout Trophy 2000, driving India to last. The competition denoted the presentation of Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan.

41. Scored a great 124 against Pakistan in the third last of the Silver Jubilee Independence Cup, prompting the then most noteworthy effective ODI run pursue of 316

42. Opening everything around the park, scored an unbeaten knock of 141 against South Africa in the ICC Knockout Trophy 2000, fixing a last ball for India. It was evaluated one of the top ODI thumps by Wisden

43. India ailing at 62-3, Ganguly came to bat and scored an imperious 144 versus Australia in 2003-4 to draw the downpour hit Test

44. Confronting a bowling attack from Wasim Akram and Shoaib Akhtar, Ganguly scored a lavish 141* against Pakistan, guiding India to a much-looked for win in Adelaide in 2000

45. Scored 128 versus England at Headingley, directing India to one of the most ruling successes against England, with tons from Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, also

46. Scored a quickfire 60 versus England in the 2002 NatWest last, supporting the mammoth run chase

47. With India moping at 56-4, Ganguly left to score an unbeaten 75 versus West Indies in 2002, driving them to limit win

48. Was the first Indian with a World Cup knockout 100 years (against Kenya in 2003)

49. Riding on a splendid comeback, he wound up as the second most noteworthy run scorer in Tests in 2007

50. Was a part of ATK, which won the debut version of the Indian Super League.