ALL AWARDS & RECORDS of Sourav Ganguly [DADA] * Sport Star Person of the Year - 1998 * Arjuna Award -1998 * CEAT Cricketer of the Year(1999 - 2000) * CEAT Indian Captain of the Year(2001 - 2002) * Award for Cricketing Excellence - 2003 * Padma Shri - 2004 [4th Highest Civilian award in India] * Rammohan Roy Award - 2004 Sourav Ganguly in WISDEN * Sourav has 4 of his Innings in Top-100 ODI Innings declared by Wisden Cricket and 3 in Top 25. SC Ganguly 141* Ind v/s SA , 2000 at Nairobi. SC Ganguly 141 Ind v/s Pak , 2000 at Adelaide. SC Ganguly 183 Ind v/s SL , 1999 at Taunton. SC Ganguly 153* Ind vs NZ , 1999 at Captain Roop Singh Stadium. * Sourav has 3 of his Innings in Top 5 ODI innings played by Indian Batsman as Declared by Wisden Cricket. SC Ganguly 141* Ind v/s SA , 2000 at Nairobi. SC Ganguly 141 Ind v/s Pakistan , 2000 at Adelaide Oval. SC Ganguly 183 Ind v/s SL , 1999 at Taunton. Sourav Ganguly in ODIs * 2nd Fastest Player to Reach 10,000 ODI Runs * Fastest to Reach 7000 , 8000 and 9000 ODI Runs. * 2nd Fastest after Vivian Richards to reach 6,000 ODI Runs in 147 Innings & Sachin Tendulkar to 10000 in 263 Innings. * In the Sahara Cup 1997, Saurav Ganguly set a World Record for 4 consecutive Man Of the Match Awards and later He was declared as the Man of The Series. * Sourav is the Highest Run Scorer in the World in the Calendar Year of 1997 - with 1338 Runs 1999 - with 1767 Runs 2000 - with 1579 Runs. * In 1998, he was the 2nd Highest Total Run Scorer in the World after Sachin Tendulkar . Sachin Scored 1894 Runs while Sourav scored 1328 Runs, which means he Ruled the world Cricket in Batting for 4 years. * He Scored 1114 Runs in year 2002 also. * He holds the Record, shared with MSD & VK , for the 4th Highest Score by an Indian Cricketer in an ODI ; 183 runs against Sri Lanka in 1999. * He held the world Record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the Highest 1st Wicket Partnership in a ODI Match, 258 against Kenya in 2001. This Record was Bettered by Sri Lankan Opening Pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingly. *He was Involved in the 1st 300 Run ODI Partnership with Rahul Dravid. * Sourav with Sachin tops the list of Highest Overall Partnership Runs by Openers with 5799 Runs [17times 100+ Runs Partnership which too is a Record]. * Sourav with Sachin tops the List of Highest Overall Partnership Runs by a Pair Playing at any Position with Total 7417 Runs [22times 100+ Runs Partnership which too is a Record] till Date and while his Partnership with Rahul Dravid is on the 5th spot in this list with a Total of 4245 Runs. * He is on the 6th place of All Time List with 30 Man of the Match Awards. * 1st Indian to Score an ODI Century against Australia in Australia [Who says he is afraid of Fast Tracks]. * Sourav is among those 9Cricketers of the World who Scored a Century and took 4 Wickets in the same Match . He First Scored 130* & Later took 4/21 against SL in 1999 at Nagpur. * Sourav is among those 12 Cricketers of the World who Scored a 50+ & took 5 Wickets in the same Match. He Scored 71* & took 5/ 34 against Zim in 2000 at Kanpur. * Sourav Ganguly in ICC World Cup 2003 Scored a Total of 465 Runs and this Performance is on 5th Spot in the list of Most Runs in an Series by a Captain[Unfortu nately Greg Chappell is Topping the List]. * On Feb 2005 Climbed to the number 3 Spot in the List of most 6s hit by a Batsman in ODI with 168 sixes in 247 Matches. Sourav Ganguly in WORLD CUP * Sourav jointly holds the Record of Scoring 2nd Maximum Number of Centuries [4] in World Cup. * Sourav holds the Record of Scoring Maximum Number of Centuries in a Single WC [3 centuries in WC 2003] jointly with Mark Waugh and Mathew Hayden. * Sourav holds the Record of Scoring most Runs through Boundaries in an Innings in any World Cup match. He Scored 110 Runs by Boundaries in his Mammoth 183. Sourav Ganguly in TESTS * One of th 3batsman who made 100+ in their 1st 2 Tests innings. * Sourav was only the 3rd Batsman in the World to Score a 100+ on debut at Lords. His 131runs still remains the Highest by any Batsman on the debut at Lords. * He was Declared as the All Time 6th Gretest Batsman in ODI by Wisden Cricket.