5 great captains who never won a World Cup

#2 Sourav Ganguly

Ganguly scored a scintillating century against Kenya to lead India into the final of the 2003 World Cup

With his bold leadership skills, Sourav Ganguly re-invented Indian cricket at the turn of the millennium. A team, who turned from royal lions at home to lambs for slaughter outside their comfort zone, learned to adapt to myriad conditions away from the subcontinent under the left-hander's captaincy.

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While the euphoric 2001 Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph was the high point of Ganguly's leadership stint in Tests, the 2002 NatWest Series victory exemplified the team's burgeoning prowess in ODIs. In 2003, the 'Prince of Calcutta' came close to a conquest which could have surpassed them all.

A dire tour of New Zealand had stymied expectations from the Indian players when they embarked on an African safari for the grandest prize in cricket. After an embarrassing performance against the menacing Australian team, the 'Men in Blue' bounced back in stirring fashion to notch a sequence of emphatic victories. However, things fell apart for India in the final as the Aussies ruthlessly battered them into submission. Ganguly had to make do with a creditable runners-up medal in his only World Cup as captain.