Sourav Ganguly Trivia Quiz

Answer: Chandidas

He is India's most successful test captain, having won 21 out of 49 tests as captain. He also led India to the 2003 World Cup finals. His brother's name is Snehasish Ganguly, who also played in the Ranji Trophy for Kolkata.

Answer: False

He is a right arm medium bowler, but a left handed batsman. He was born on the 8th of July, 1972.

Answer: England

He made his test debut on the 20th of June 1996, against England. His father's name is Chandidas and his mother's name is Nirupa. He got married to a woman named Dona, and his daughter's name is Sana.

Answer: West Indies

He made his ODI debut on the 11th of January 1992, way before his test career began, against West Indies. He just scored 3 runs in his first game and was dropped immediately because he was an arrogant person.

Answer: 2000

He was made captain in October 2000. His very first ODI series as captain was against Australia. He scored 2 back-to-back centuries and in 2003, and led India to the World Cup final, which they lost to Australia.

Answer: 10

Brendon McCullum scored 153 in this game, which is the highest score in an international T20 game. Ganguly scored 10, as captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders, team owned by Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood actor.

Answer: 51

This game was against the Proteas in a low scoring game, and was played in Johannesburg. His innings of 51 helped India win their first test match in South Africa.

Answer: Dada

Throughout his career, Dada has scored over 10,000 ODI runs, led Indian to 49 Test matches, and 21 wins.

Answer: False

Sourav Ganguly was the world's highest run scorer in the years - 1997, 1999 and 2000. He was also the first Indian to score an ODI century against Australia, in Australia.

Answer: True

He scored 7 ODI centuries in 2000, as a result of which he was the highest run scorer in the world in that year. He was also India's most successful captain at a time. After he was thrown out, Rahul Dravid took the post as captain.