India's 5 biggest defeats under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy

#2 Against Zimbabwe in Harare (2001 Test series)

Ganguly's final Test series as skipper was also against Zimbabwe

Ganguly is undoubtedly one of the greatest ODI players of all time, but it was in the Test format that he truly made his mark as a skipper.

He got off to the perfect start winning his first two Tests as skipper - against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. However, Ganguly got a rude awakening when the African nation got the better of his side in the second Test at Harare during India's tour of Zimbabwe in 2001.

It was Ganguly who won the toss but having elected to bat first, the Indian side failed to get enough runs on the board in both innings, scoring 237 and 234 runs. Ganguly himself had a struggle out in the middle being dismissed for 9&0.

Zimbabwe, who scored 315 runs in their first innings to take a 78-run lead, kept their calm to chase down the target of 158 runs with four wickets in hand to equalise the series 1-1.

Not a series Ganguly would love to look back at and though he got his maximum number of Test wins as skipper (6) against Zimbabwe, the African nation proved to be bad omen for Ganguly as it was during the now infamous India tour of Zimbabwe in 2005/06 that saw the rift between Ganguly and then head coach Greg Chappell become public leading to the skipper being forced to step down.