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Tale of two captains
Sourav Ganguly


Sanath Jayasuriya

Debut   
 AKA   
 Debut Performance   
 No: of ODI   
 Runs in ODI   
 Highest score   
 Hundreds   
 Wkts in ODI   
 Best Bowling   
 Best shot   
 Biggest weakness   
 Best Moment   


 Captaincy check   


 As Captain   
 No of matches   
 First match   

 Age at first match   
 Captaincy record   
 Runs as Captain   
 Hundreds   
 Wkts as Captain   





   11th Jan,1992 vs WI at Brisbane

   Maharaj

   3 runs & did not bowl

   168

   6574, Avg: 44.12

   183 vs SL at Taunton ,1999 (WC)

   16

   62, Avg: 34.00

   5-16 vs Pak at Toronto, 1997

   Flowing extra cover drive.

   Short, lifting away-seamer around off.

   World Cup 1999:
   Made 183 off 158 balls, with 17 fours
   and 7 sixes.

   Quasi-dictatorial, proven to momentary fit of
   anger on the field; field setting and bowling
   changes marginally more innovative.

   39

   5th Sept, 99 vs WI at Singapore
   WI won by 42 runs

   27 yrs 59 days

   P39, W21, L18

   1634, Avg: 48.06

   5, HS: 144 vs Zim at Ahmedabad 2000

   15, Avg 26.60





Debut   
 AKA   
 Debut Performance   
 No: of ODI   
 Runs in ODI   
 Highest score   
 Hundreds   
 Wkts in ODI   
 Best Bowling   
 Best shot   
 Biggest weakness   
 Best Moment   


 Captaincy check   

 As Captain   
 No of matches   
 First match   

 Age at first match   
 Captaincy record   
 Runs as Captain   
 Hundreds   
 Wkts as Captain   





   26, Dec, 1989 vs Aus at Melbourne

   Matara Mauler

   3 runs & did not bowl

   235

   6601, Avg: 30.14

   189 vs Ind at Sharjah, 2000

   11

   200, Avg; 34.94

   3-29 vs Eng at Moratuwa, 1993

   Slashing cut over point.

   Full length angling in, on off

   World Cup 1996:
   The batting revelation of the World Cup
   1996 had amazed cricket fans.

   Loose on reins, leads by the book, sets
   fields by the book.

   53

   26th Jan ,1998 vs Zim at Colombo
   SL won y 4 wickets

   28 yrs 210 days

   P53, W32, L19, NR1, T1

   1949, Avg: 37.48

   5, HS: 189 vs Ind at Sharjah, 2000

   46, Avg: 33.39


  Remarkable achievements:
• Launched into Test cricket in 1996 in spectacular style with a century on
  debut at Lord's (131). He scored a second hundred (136) in the next Test at
  Birmingham
• His 183 vs SL at the 1999 World Cup is the highest score by an Indian in
  the World Cup.
• Has 8 scores of over 130 in One-day internationals.
• His 44-plus average places him among the top ten all-time batsman in ODIs
• Together with Sachin Tendulkar forms the most durable one-day opening
  pair of all time, having opened for India in 103 one-day internationals.

Against Sri Lanka
Ganguly Mtchs Runs HS Bat Ave 100 50 W BB
As Capt 4 34 17 8.50 0 0 1 1 / 15
Not as Capt 21 1001 183 52.68 4 4 6 4 / 21





  Remarkable achievements:
• Voted the most valuable player of the 1996 World Cup.
• Set the trend of quick-fire opening partnerships along with wicketkeeper
  Romesh Kaluwitharana
• Holds the record of scoring the fastest 50 (in 17 balls) in ODI.
• Along with Mike Gatting, Holds the record of hitting the maximum sixes (4) in
  an over. He hit 4 sixes of Aamer Sohail (Pak) at Singapore in 1996.
• Became the first Sri Lankan to score a triple century in Tests when he
  scored 340 against India at Colombo in August, 1997.

Against India
Jayasuriya Mtchs Runs HS Bat Ave 100 50 W BB
As Capt 6 485 189 80.83 2 2 3 1 / 26
Not as Capt 36 924 151* 29.80 2 5 32 4 / 18
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