Ganguly

I am no big or rather no fan of cricket. I thought this information might cool downa few souls, Of late we all have been hearing stories about ganguly.... here is what my friend Shyam prasad has to say about Ganguly.... the statistics speak for themselves. I would like to share some of his Records now,Just to tell you how good he is.Total Test MatchesIndiaPlayed 385 (from 1932 - Till Date) Won 82 Lost 127 Drawn 175 Tie 1 Win % 39.04% Matches won under Ganguly 18 Total Test Matches IndiaPlayedOutside India(Away) 184 won 23 Lost 81 Win % 22.11% matches won Under Ganguly's captaincy(outside India) 9

So all other 27 captains (!!!!!!!!!!) managed only 14 wins outside Indiain 72 Years, surprisingly. Herez India's captains & results & their records:(complete up to and including 2nd Test v Bangladesh, Dec 2004) Tenure Tests Won Lost Dra

C.K. Nayudu 1932-34 4 0 3 1

*Dr Vijay Anand 1936 3 0 2 1

I.A.K. Pataudi 1946 3 0 1 2

L. Amarnath 1947-53 15 2 6 7

V.S. Hazare 1951-53 14 1 5 8

M.H. Mankad 1953-59 6 0 1 5

Ghulam Ahmad 1955-59 3 0 2 1

P.R. Umrigar 1955-59 8 2 2 4

H.R. Adhikari 1958-59 1 0 0 1

D.K. Gaekwad 1959 4 0 4 0

Pankaj Roy 1959 1 0 1 0

G.S. Ramchand 1959-60 5 1 2 2

N.J. Contractor 1960-62 12 2 2 8

M.A.K. Pataudi 1961-75 40 9 19 12

C.G. Borde 1967-68 1 0 1 0

A.L. Wadekar 1970-74 16 4 4 8

S. Venkataraghavan 1975-79 5 0 2 3

S.M. Gavaskar 1975-85 47 9 8 30

B.S. Bedi 1975-78 22 6 11 5

G.R. Viswanath 1979-80 2 0 1 1

KapilDev 1982-87 34 4 7 22

D.B. Vengsarkar 1987-89 10 2 5 3

R.J. Shastri 1987-88 1 1 0 0

K. Srikkanth 1989-90 4 0 0 4

M. Azharuddin 1989-99 47 14 14 19

S.R. Tendulkar 1996-2000 25 4 9 12

S.C. Ganguly 2000-date 44 18 12 14

R. Dravid 2003-04 5 2 2 1

Despite his current poor bating performance, He just need 55 runs to reach 10000 runs milestone.Only two other batsmen's in the world managed to cross this milestone, Little Master Sachin and Inzi. Sachin took 15 years to reach this landmark(10000 runs), but ganguly just in 9 years is on the edge of crossing this landmark.(just 55 to go)He's the best captain India Ever had. He changed the Way we use to play cricket. Tried many youngsters like Shewag, yuvaraj, Bhaji kaif and succeeded with them. Anger, Aggressiveness, Combativeness, Guts to try new things... its all ganguly's chic. So guyz and girls please know the fact b4 criticizing some one. It's easy to forget things but hard to remember the past. Stop criticizing some one when they're in Bad times. Instead try encouraging them. After all National team is not just a FUN. It's our pride. And Ganguly is leading our pride. He's is our Only hope left. And captaincy is a lot more than about getting batting orders, field placings and bowling changes right......... and scoring. "There's a battle he must win, and it's in his mind and HE WILL WIN " Sorry for the crapy alignment! hey guys i am once again giving you the link to the guest map just follow it up.... thanks http://wonderlife.blogspot.com/2005/04/guest-map.html