5) Sourav Ganguly
He was and is still affectionately called as Dada(aka Elder Brother). He most definitely worked like an Elder Brother by protecting and saving Indian cricket from the clutches of corruption that rocked the cricketing world in the early 2000's
It was during his time there was an overhaul of the culture in Indian Cricket going about there business from surviving to actually winning the test matches, especially in overseas conditions.
He was a taskmaster but also a more than capable southpaw especially in England where he made back to back centuries with a name on Lord's honours board in his debut test by scoring 131 and followed it up 136 runs in the third test. He went on to score 3 centuries against England in England
RECORD:
9 TESTS/ 15 INNINGS /915 RUNS/ AVG:65.36/ 3 100's
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