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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 7,159,768 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sourav Ganguly is the 13th most popular cricketer (down from 11th in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from India (down from 861st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Sourav Ganguly ranks 13 out of 68Before him are Willie Watson, Alfred Bowerman, Virat Kohli, Garfield Sobers, Viv Richards, and Rahul Dravid. After him are Anil Kumble, Bishan Singh Bedi, Brian Lara, Mithali Raj, Shane Warne, and Muttiah Muralitharan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Sourav Ganguly ranks 636Before him are Vyacheslav Kozlov, Peder Fredricson, Filiberto Azcuy, Daniele Nardello, Wayne Brady, and Grit Breuer. After him are Sigurd Rushfeldt, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Selenis Leyva, Silvia Farina Elia, Lloy Ball, and Tomasz Hajto.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sourav Ganguly ranks 963 out of 1,493Before him are Shobhaa De (1948), Devi Shetty (1953), Rahul Dravid (1973), Dina Pathak (1922), Simi Garewal (1947), and Rabri Devi (1956). After him are Gita Gopinath (1971), Bhama Srinivasan (1935), Mahesh Babu (1975), Sushma Seth (1936), Manik Sarkar (1949), and Alok Nath (1956).

Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Sourav Ganguly ranks 7Before him are Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Sunil Gavaskar (1949), MS Dhoni (1981), Kapil Dev (1959), Virat Kohli (1988), and Rahul Dravid (1973). After him are Anil Kumble (1970), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Mithali Raj (1982), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Diana Edulji (1956), and Virender Sehwag (1978).

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