After talking about Rahul Dravid and his best innings in both test and ODI cricket it is time to talk about all time legend in Indian cricket and this time we will be talking about Sourav Ganguly and we will dedicate 2 articles like in the case for Rahul Dravid because he has also done very well in both the formats of the game. Sourav Ganguly has done wonders in test cricket and we will talk about his Top 5 Best test innings in this article.
Sourav Ganguly played test cricket from 1996-2008 and in these 12 years he became the Dada of cricket and he played 113 Test Matches and he batted for 188 innings for India. He made 7212 test runs at an average of 42.18 and he has made 16 hundreds and 1 Double Hundred in test cricket. He has had a great career and now it’s Time to celebrate it by looking at his Top 5.
131 vs England (1996)
The first test innings and that too at Lord’s and he makes a brilliant hundred so this is a performance worthy of this list. Sourav Ganguly came to bat at number 3 in this match and from the first ball he showed that he was made for test match cricket and he took on the England bowling and he faced 301 balls and he hit 20 fours in this innings and he had a strike rate of 43.52 and after this knock he was a mainstay in this team. This was a special moment for a great player.
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136 vs England (1996)
This was the second test match in the career of Sourav Ganguly and he followed up the first test hundred by hitting his second in his second test match. This was simply incredible and in this match he again came at number 3 and this time he was batting more aggressive than in the previous match and he batted for 268 balls and he hit 17 fours and 2 sixes In this innings meaning a total of 80 runs in boundaries. He had a strike rate of 50.75 in this innings and made sure that India did not lose this match.
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101* vs New Zealand (1999)
This was one of the best 4th innings hundred by an Indian batter and that is the reason this is in this list. Sourav Ganguly made sure that India did not lose this match. India needed 415 runs in the 4th innings and Sourav Ganguly was in attack mode as he only took 111 balls to make 101* and he hit 15 fours and 2 sixes meaning a total of 72 runs in boundaries and he showed that he can bludgeon the bowling even in test cricket. This was an outstanding hundred in difficult conditions.
128 vs England (2002)
The 4th away hundred In this list and this one resulted in a famous win for India as in 2002 Dada made one of his best test hundreds and this time he came at number 5 and in this innings almost all of the Top 5 for India got hundreds and Sourav only took 167 balls to make 128 runs in this innings and he hit 14 fours and 3 sixes in this innings meaning a total of 74 runs in boundaries and his strike rate was an impressive 76.65 and aa a result India won this test match by an innings and 46 runs.
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239 and 91 vs Pakistan (2007)
This was the best test match in the career of Sourav Ganguly and it came at the end of his career vs Pakistani in 2007. While batting first Dada came to bat and he started going after the bowling and he batted for 361 balls and he hit 30 fours and 2 sixes meaning a total of 132 runs in boundaries. Then in the second batting innings again Sourav Ganguly was the star as he hit a quick 91 runs in 134 balls hitting 12 fours and 1 six at a strike rate of 67.91. He hit a total of 330 runs in this test match which is mind boggling.
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