Sourav Ganguly Test record against Sri Lanka
1997-08-02 – 2008-08-08 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 14 Test matches against Sri Lanka with recorded batting or bowling figures: 24 batting innings and 14 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 24 | 1,064 | 23 | 46.26 | 45.02 |
| Bowling | 14 | 302 | 5 | 60.40 | 92.00 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 3.93 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 460.
Batting milestones in this sample: 3 centuries and 4 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 2,363.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 1997584 runs
- 1999134 runs
- 2001166 runs
- 200584 runs
- 200896 runs
Exact yearly figures · 5 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 6 | 96 | 35 | 16.00 | 42.47 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 226 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 3.49 | N/A |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 84 | 40 | 28.00 | 31.34 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 268 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8.00 | N/A |
| 2001 | 3 | 6 | 166 | 98 | 33.20 | 47.02 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 353 | 3 | 2 | 67.00 | 3.39 | 118.50 |
| 1999 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 78 | 67.00 | 45.57 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 294 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 0.00 | N/A |
| 1997 | 5 | 7 | 584 | 173 | 83.42 | 47.79 | 3 | 1 | 76 | 6 | 1,222 | 6 | 3 | 37.66 | 4.91 | 46.00 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 5 | 7 | 476 | 68.00 | 44.52 | 4 | 0 | N/A |
| Away | 9 | 17 | 588 | 36.75 | 45.44 | 10 | 5 | 53.40 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- Best recorded bowling · 2/53
Test v Sri Lanka · R Premadasa Stadium
- First available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · R Premadasa Stadium
- First century in this archive · 147 runs
Test v Sri Lanka · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
- Highest recorded innings · 173 runs
Test v Sri Lanka · Wankhede Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · P Sara Oval
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 4 | - | - | 0 | 4 |
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 3 | 18 | 50 | - | - |
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 2 | - | - | 0 | 11 |
| 2008-08-08 | P Sara Oval | 1 | 35 | 57 | - | - |
| 2008-07-31 | Galle International Stadium | 3 | 16 | 45 | - | - |
| 2008-07-31 | Galle International Stadium | 1 | 0 | 5 | - | - |
| 2008-07-23 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 3 | 4 | 12 | - | - |
| 2008-07-23 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2 | 23 | 57 | - | - |
| 2008-07-23 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1 | - | - | 0 | 24 |
| 2005-12-10 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 3 | 39 | 115 | - | - |
| 2005-12-10 | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 1 | 40 | 129 | - | - |
| 2005-12-02 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 2 | - | - | 0 | 16 |
| 2005-12-02 | MA Chidambaram Stadium | 1 | 5 | 24 | - | - |
| 2001-08-29 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 3 | 30 | 103 | - | - |
| 2001-08-29 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 2 | - | - | 0 | 44 |
| 2001-08-29 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground | 1 | 1 | 9 | - | - |
| 2001-08-22 | Asgiriya Stadium | 4 | 98 | 152 | - | - |
| 2001-08-22 | Asgiriya Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 21 |
| 2001-08-22 | Asgiriya Stadium | 2 | 18 | 18 | - | - |
| 2001-08-22 | Asgiriya Stadium | 1 | - | - | 2 | 69 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Crickrida’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.