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Sourav Ganguly

1972 - Today

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Sourav Chandidas Ganguly ( ; natively spelled as Gangopadhyay; born 8 July 1972), also known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Bengali), is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer. He is popularly called the Maharaja of Indian Cricket. He was captain of the Indian national cricket team and is regarded as one of India's most successful cricket captains. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sourav Ganguly has received more than 7,601,747 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sourav Ganguly is the 16th most popular cricketer (down from 13th in 2019), the 1,114th most popular biography from India (down from 959th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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  • 37.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Sourav Ganguly ranks 16 out of 136. Before him are Viv Richards, Shane Warne, Ravindra Jadeja, Muttiah Muralitharan, Garfield Sobers, and Rahul Dravid. After him are Montagu Toller, Jack Hobbs, Alfred Bowerman, Ian Chappell, Anil Kumble, and William Donne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Sourav Ganguly ranks 637. Before him are Tomasz Hajto, Ben Wheatley, Shinobu Terajima, Kim Do-keun, Sergei Gurenko, and Nino Katamadze. After him are Loek van Wely, Marianne Thieme, Corinne Rey-Bellet, Clara Hughes, Jimmy Carr, and Tatiana Turanskaya.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sourav Ganguly ranks 1,114 out of 1,861. Before him are Krishna Hutheesing (1907), Shreya Ghoshal (1984), Sushant Singh Rajput (1986), Bhanupriya (1967), Nalini Jaywant (1926), and Venkatesh (1960). After him are Shakti Samanta (1926), Savitri Jindal (1940), Mallika Sherawat (1976), Vikram (1966), Sonali Bendre (1975), and Ram Charan (1985).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Sourav Ganguly ranks 9. Before him are Kapil Dev (1959), Virat Kohli (1988), MS Dhoni (1981), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), and Rahul Dravid (1973). After him are Anil Kumble (1970), Harbhajan Singh (1980), Mithali Raj (1982), Syed Kirmani (1949), Virender Sehwag (1978), and Diana Edulji (1956).

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