List of international cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly

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]

A man in the Indian test cricket uniform standing near the boundary line
Sourav Ganguly scored 16 centuries in Test matches and 22 in ODIs.

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]

Key

The pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground, where Ganguly scored a century on debut
SymbolMeaning
*Remained not out
Captained the team
Man of the match
TestThe number of the Test matches played in that series
Pos.Position in the batting order
Inn.The innings of the match
S/RStrike rate during the innings
H/A/NThe venue was at home (India), away or neutral.
LostThe match was lost by India.
WonThe match was won by India.
DrawnThe match was drawn.

Test centuries

Centuries in Test cricket[10]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResultRef
1131  England322/3Lord's Cricket Ground, LondonAway20 June 1996Drawn[2]
2136  England313/3Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway4 July 1996Drawn[4]
3147  Sri Lanka622/2Sinhalese Sports Club, ColomboAway9 August 1997Drawn[11]
4109  Sri Lanka621/3Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliHome19 November 1997Drawn[12]
5173  Sri Lanka413/3Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiHome3 December 1997Drawn[13]
6101*  New Zealand443/3Seddon Park, HamiltonAway2 January 1999Drawn[14]
7125  New Zealand513/3Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome29 October 1999Drawn[15]
8136  Zimbabwe322/2Feroz Shah Kotla, New DelhiHome28 February 2002Won[16]
9128  England513/4Headingley, LeedsAway22 August 2002Won[17]
10100* †  New Zealand611/2Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome8 October 2003Drawn[18]
11144 † ‡  Australia521/4Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneAway4 December 2003Drawn[19]
12101  Zimbabwe521/2Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway13 September 2005Won[20]
13100  Bangladesh511/2Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, ChittagongAway18 May 2007Drawn[21]
14102  Pakistan512/3Eden Gardens, KolkataHome30 November 2007Drawn[22]
15239  Pakistan413/3M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreHome8 December 2007Drawn[23]
16102  Australia612/4Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliHome17 October 2008Won[24]

ODI centuries

Centuries in One Day Internationals[25]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1113  Sri Lanka2189.68R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboAway20 August 1997Lost[26]
2124  Pakistan1289.85Bangabandhu Stadium, DhakaNeutral18 January 1998Won[27]
3105  New Zealand2175.00Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral17 April 1998Won[28]
4109  Sri Lanka1180.14R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboAway7 July 1998Won[29]
5107* ‡  Zimbabwe2282.94Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway27 September 1998Won[30]
6130* ‡  Sri Lanka1181.25Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, NagpurHome22 March 1999Won[31]
7183  Sri Lanka21115.82County Ground, TauntonNeutral26 May 1999Won[32]
8139  Zimbabwe2194.55Gymkhana Club Ground, NairobiNeutral1 October 1999Won[33]
9153* ‡  New Zealand11102.00Captain Roop Singh Stadium, GwaliorHome11 November 1999Won[34]
10100  Australia2278.74Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneAway12 January 2000Lost[35]
11141  Pakistan2197.91Adelaide Oval, AdelaideNeutral25 January 2000Won[36]
12105* † ‡  South Africa1275.53Keenan Stadium, JamshedpurHome12 March 2000Won[37]
13135* † ‡  Bangladesh12108.87Bangabandhu Stadium, DhakaAway30 May 2000Won[38]
14141* † ‡  South Africa1199.29Gymkhana Club Ground, NairobiNeutral13 October 2000Won[39]
15117  New Zealand1190.00Gymkhana Club Ground, NairobiNeutral15 October 2000Lost[40]
16144 † ‡  Zimbabwe2194.73Sardar Patel Stadium, AhmedabadHome5 December 2000Won[41]
17127  South Africa11100.79New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway5 October 2001Lost[42]
18111  Kenya1189.51Boland Park, PaarlNeutral24 October 2001Won[43]
19117* †  England22107.33R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboNeutral22 September 2002Won[44]
20112* †  Namibia3194.11City Oval, PietermaritzburgNeutral23 February 2003Won[45]
21107* † ‡  Kenya3289.16Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownNeutral7 March 2003Won[46]
22111* † ‡  Kenya3197.36Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, DurbanNeutral20 March 2003Won[47]

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