Records and achievements

• The only cricketer to win four consecutive man of the match awards in One Day Internationals.
• The eighth highest run-scorer in ODI history and second among the Indians, with 11,363 runs.
• He holds the record for registering the highest individual score by any batsman in a ICC Champions Trophy final (117)
• He was also the first player to score 3 centuries in the history of ICC Champions Trophy
• He was the fastest batsman to reach 6000 – 9,000 ODI runs while playing
• One of the only five cricketers to have achieved the unique treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets & 100 catches in ODI cricket.
• His Test batting average never went below 40.
• Has the highest individual score by an Indian batsman (183) in the Cricket World Cup.
• One of the 14 cricketers in the world to have played 100 or more Tests and 300 or more ODIs.
• India’s most successful Test captain overseas, winning 11 out of 28 matches that he led.
• Sourav Ganguly is the only batsman to score a century on debut and to be dismissed first ball in his final Test innings.
• Sourav Ganguly holds the record of highest individual score by Left Handed batsman in both Test and ODI forIndia.
• Highest individual score by Indian batsman in World Cup.
• Most centuries by an Indian batsman in a single world cup. ( 3 centuries in 2003 )