#8 Sourav Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly was one of finest ODI opener for India in the 90s. The elegant southpaw looked majestic with his spectacular stroke play on the off side against seamers. Ganguly used his feet well against spinner and hit them for some towering sixes. Ganguly formed a deadly opening duo with Sachin Tendulkar, which formed the nucleus of the Indian batting lineup.
Ganguly played the cover drive to perfection and executed the leg glance as well as anybody Much like Tendulkar, Ganguly also had the knack of scoring big hundreds once he got his eye in. Some of Dada’s best knocks came at World Cups and Champions Trophy. His 183 against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup at Taunton was perhaps the best he ever played in the limited overs format.
The 'Prince of Kolkata' had arrived on the ODI scene and bloomed for India with his prolific run getting.
Sourav Ganguly ODI Record (1990-1999)
Matches: 126 | Runs: 4705 | Avg: 42.38 | SR: 71.39 | 100s: 9
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