5 cricketers who did well in both Champions Trophy and World Cup

#2 Sourav Ganguly

‘Dada’ was one o the most explosive opening batsman who ruled ICC events

BATTING	Innings	Runs	Avg.	S.R.	50s	100s	Best
CT Record	11	665	73.88	83.12	3	3	141*
World Cup Record	21	1006	55.89	77.5	3	4	183*

Sourav Ganguly was in charge of a team during an uncertain time post a fixing scandal and ‘Dada’ did well to build his team and instil in them a self-belief and fearless attitude of beating any opposition under any given circumstance and situation. Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh and Zaheer Khan all got their reckoning moments in the Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Ganguly.

‘Lord of the off-side’, Sourav was at his punishing best when it came to ICC events. He remains India’s most successful batsman till date with 665 runs to his name. He also shares the record for the most number of centuries in the event’s history. Under him India won the 2002 edition after he was the highest scorer at the 2000 edition which India lost narrowly in the final. With 12 catches in 13 matches, the ‘Prince of Kolkata’ also holds the record for most catches.

Ganguly replicated his success in the World Cup as well. In 1999, he finished third on the list of highest aggregators with 379 runs that included a knock of 183 against Sri Lanka which also remains the highest individual score by an Indian in World Cup history.

In 2003 when he was skipper, he led from the front as he was the second highest run-scorer of the tournament next only to teammate Sachin Tendulkar. Scoring 465 runs at 58.12, his only blemish remains that he could not take India over the line in the final as they were blown away by the mighty Aussies.