IPL playerIndia2008 to 2012
Sourav Ganguly
On scorecards: SC Ganguly · Right-hand bat
Sourav Ganguly, a batter, played five IPL seasons for two franchises.
The arrival
Sourav Ganguly was there from the start, in the league's first season, 2008, signed by Kolkata Knight Riders outside the auction.
That first season brought 13 matches, 349 runs and 6 wickets at 6.40 an over.
The peak
The high point with the bat was 2010, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 493 runs at an average of 37.9, striking at 117.7 in a season when the league as a whole struck at 127.0, with 4 fifties, and a highest score of 88. It came in a season as captain.
With the ball, the best season was 2008, for Kolkata Knight Riders: 6 wickets at 6.40 runs an over, while the league's bowlers went for 8.05, with best figures of 2 for 21.
Franchise by franchise
2008 to 2010, Kolkata Knight Riders. 40 matches, 1,031 runs and 8 wickets; captain in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
2011 to 2012, Pune Warriors. Arrived outside the auction. 19 matches, 318 runs and 2 wickets; captain in 2012.
2 spells with two franchises in all. The longest was with Kolkata Knight Riders, 2008 to 2010.
Bat, ball and method
Across the career, Sourav Ganguly struck at 106.8. The league around those same seasons, weighted by how much batting each one involved, struck at 124.8, so Sourav Ganguly scored about 18 runs per hundred balls slower than the typical batter of the time, a trade usually made for longer innings. 59% of the runs came in fours and sixes: 137 fours and 42 sixes.
The ball-by-ball record adds the detail. 47% of the balls Sourav Ganguly faced were dot balls, a higher share than 99% of the 140 batters who have faced 500 balls or more in the IPL. A six came every 30.1 balls, and a four every 9.2.
With the ball, 10 wickets in 277 deliveries, at 7.86 runs an over against a league rate of 7.75 for the same seasons, right on the going rate.
The fielding record: 22 catches and 1 run-out.
At the auction
Sourav Ganguly went under the hammer once and was never bought.
Seasons without an auction entry were played under a retention, a trade or a signing made outside the auction.
The legacy
Sourav Ganguly made 59 IPL appearances, the last for Pune Warriors in 2012, and won 5 player-of-the-match awards.
Season by season
| Season | Team | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 50/100 | Wkts | Econ | Best | Ct | POTM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 349 | 91 | 29.1 | 113.7 | 3/0 | 6 | 6.40 | 2/21 | 5 | 2 | Captain |
| 2009 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 13 | 189 | 46 | 17.2 | 91.3 | 0/0 | 2 | 8.08 | 2/24 | 3 | Captain | |
| 2010 | Kolkata Knight Riders | 14 | 493 | 88 | 37.9 | 117.7 | 4/0 | 0 | 10.75 | - | 7 | 2 | Captain |
| 2011 | Pune Warriors | 4 | 50 | 32* | 25.0 | 84.8 | 0/0 | – | – | – | 1 | ||
| 2012 | Pune Warriors | 15 | 268 | 45 | 17.9 | 98.9 | 0/0 | 2 | 9.34 | 2/27 | 6 | 1 | Captain |
Franchise journey
- Kolkata Knight Riders: 2008 to 2010
- Pune Warriors: 2011 to 2012
Ball-by-ball detail
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Dot balls faced | 47% |
| Balls per four | 9.2 |
| Balls per six | 30.1 |
| Dot balls bowled | 27.2% |
| Balls per wicket | 27.6 |
| Catches | 22 |
| Run-outs | 1 |
| Stumpings | 0 |
At the auction
| Auction | Set | Base price | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Marquee | ₹1.80 cr | Unsold |
Sources
- CricArcade IPL season statistics
- CricArcade IPL auction archive
- Kaggle IPL Complete Match Dataset 2008-2026, ball-by-ball, cross-checked against Cricsheet