#4 S Gungly (Sourav Ganguly) – 88
Saurav Ganguly took over reins of the Indian cricket team at a time when match-fixing allegations had marred the game of cricket in India. He is credited with bringing out class performances from young players while infusing aggression and passion in the Indian team.
The left-handed batsman is also known for his damaging partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar. Regarded as one of the greatest ODI batsmen, and India’s most successful Test captain in modern times, Saurav Ganguly has made a vast contribution to Indian cricket.
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‘Dada’, as Sourav Ganguly is affectionately called, has a batting skill of 88 in EA Cricket 07. Critics say Ganguly has problems facing bouncers and Cricket 07 too puts his batting weaknesses on ‘short pitched bowling’.
The Maharaja of Cricket, as author Debashish Dutta terms Ganguly, has an innate skill for playing offside shots. His batting strengths in the game include- cover drive, square drive, straight drive, on drive, square cut, and back foot cover drive. He has a single special batting skill, ‘Slogger’.
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