Sourav Ganguly's 10 year international cricket career could be easily bisected into 2 halves, the pre and the post Y2K eras. The significance of the year
2000 lies not only in the fact that he became the captain of the Indian team but also in the fact that the ICC introduced the one bouncer per over rule in
ODIs starting from that year. This introduction of the rule by the ICC had a negative impact on Sourav Ganguly's batting average, which plunged from a high
45.5 before the year 2000 to a low 34.9 between the 5 year period of 2001-2005[2]. Also, against Test playing nations(which included Zimbabwe and Bangladesh), his overall average plunged further down to 30.66, as did his 'away' average which fell to 29. He managed to score only (6) centuries between 2001-2005, of which 3 centuries were against Kenya & 1 was against Namibia.[3] This sudden drop in his batting average against Test playing nations after 2001 was clearly a result of the short pitch stuff he had to encounter from opposition bowlers. As S.Rajesh, the assistant editor of Cricinfo analyzes, Sourav Ganguly has been dismissed numerous times fending off the short ball[4] since 2001 and his average of 11.92 against the short ball has been the lowest among contemporary Indian batsman who played more than 80 ODI matches. The former captain has also been ncomfortable while attempting the 'pull' and the 'hook' shots when bowlers have dug it in short
Re: gangu yedzava
by indiafriend on Oct 08, 2008 07:22 AM Permalink
ha ha ha ha......i am luffing at u! U ate so much time and network bandwidth and came up with such a dumb post?
Re: gangu yedzava
by HateLoveMyTeam on Oct 08, 2008 04:29 AM Permalink
Your post is a dumb one. He played many times better than ur Sachin. Go & check the last year series how he played some games against Australia while Ganguly was at the other end. It was a miserable day for Sachin. Statistics never show the day of the game mostly.
Do not disrespect one great Indian player by ur stupid statistics. He was the first real MAN in the indian cricket team boys.
The cricket duel between Australia & India was materilized by his century in the great 2001/2002 Aussie tour.There are many great feathers in his cap. Please stop writing any more rubbish comments.
True lovers of cricket love him. FYI: I am not a Bengali.
