Dressing Room - Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly made his international debut for India as a precocious 19-year-old in an ODI against the West Indies at the Gabba in Brisbane in January 1992. He had a pretty unremarkable debut scoring just 3 runs and that coupled with supposed rumors about his attitude led to him being consigned to the cricketing wilderness for more than 4 years. He made a dream debut to his Test career, scoring 131 on his Test debut at the home of cricket, Lords in 1996. Most players would give their right arm to have such a beginning to their Test career and to announce his entry on such a stage is the stuff that fairytales are made of and Ganguly silenced all his detractors with that innings. Ganguly’s 131 against England is the highest score by a debutant at Lords and he is one of just 105 players who have scored a Test century on debut. 

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