Pankaj Roy
Profile
An enigma of an opening batsman, he scored a century on his first-class debut in 1946-47, and twice reached three figures in his maiden Test series against England in 1951-52. He also scored runs against the West Indies at home, and in New Zealand in 1954-55, soon after, he partnered Vinoo Mankad in a world-record opening stand of 413. Pankaj Roy was a careful player, better known for his solid defense, though he could attack at his will. He captained India in one Test, in England in 1959. While he was honored with the Padma Shri, he played domestic cricket in India for Bengal cricket team and went on to score 33 hundreds, scoring a total of 11868 first class runs at 42.38.
Full name
Born
Died
Major teams
Batting style
Bowling style
Height
Pankaj Roy
May 31, 1928, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal.
February 4, 2001, Kolkata, Bengal (aged 72 years 249 days)
India, Bengal
Right-hand bat
Right-arm medium
5 ft 11 in
Batting and fielding averages
Tests
First-class
Mat
43
185
Inns
79
298
NO
4
18
Runs
2442
11868
HS
173
202*
Ave
32.56
42.38
100
5
33
50
9
50
Ct
16
74
St
0
0
Bowling averages
Tests
First-class
Mat
43
185
Inns
7
Balls
104
1146
Runs
66
648
Wkts
1
21
BBI
1/6
5/53
BBM
1/6
Ave
66.00
30.85
Econ
3.80
3.39
SR
104.0
54.5
4w
0
5w
0
1
10
0
0
Sourav Ganguly
Profile
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, commonly known as Sourav Ganguly, has been a member of the Indian Cricket team and is regarded as one of the most successful Captains ever of the Indian Cricket team. He made his Test Cricket debut at Lord's Cricket Ground, in which he scored a century with 131 runs. This has been the highest score a batsman has achieved at Lord's in his debut Test match. Ganguly, fondly known as Dada by his fans and Maharaj by his teammates, has to his credit the feat of having nurtured a number of efficient players who played under his Captaincy. These include Virender Sehwag, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh amongst others. Like Pankaj Roy, Ganguly was also conferred upon with the Padma Shri award.
Full name
Born
Major teams
Batting style
Bowling style
Height
Education
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
July 8, 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal.
India, Asia XI, Bengal, East Zone, Glamorgan,
India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire, Marylebone Cricket Club,
Northamptonshire, Pune Warriors
Left-hand bat
Right-arm medium
5 ft 11 in
St Xavier's College
Batting and fielding averages
Tests
ODIs
First-class
List A
Twenty20
Mat
113
311
254
437
77
Inns
188
300
399
421
73
NO
17
23
44
43
4
Runs
7212
11363
15687
15622
1726
HS
239
183
239
183
91
Ave
42.17
41.02
44.18
41.32
25.01
BF
14070
15416
1613
SR
51.25
73.70
107.00
100
16
22
33
31
0
50
35
72
89
97
8
4s
900
1122
184
6s
57
190
51
Ct
71
100
168
131
28
St
0
0
0
<0
0
Bowling averages
Tests
ODIs
First-class
List A
Twenty20
Mat
113
311
254
437
77
Inns
99
171
37
Balls
3117
4561
11108
8199
573
Runs
1681
3849
6099
6646
756
Wkts
32
100
167
171
29
BBI
3/28
5/16
6/46
5/16
3/27
BBM
3/37
5/16
5/16
3/27
Ave
52.53
38.49
36.52
38.86
26.06
Econ
3.23
5.06
3.29
4.86
7.91
SR
97.4
45.6
66.5
47.9
19.7
4w
0
1
4
0
5w
0
2
4
2
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
Test debut
Last Test
ODI debut
Last ODI
First-class debut
Last First-class
List A debut
Last List A
Twenty20 debut
Last Twenty20
England v India at Lord's, Jun 20-24, 1996
India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008
India v West Indies at Brisbane, Jan 11, 1992
India v Pakistan at Gwalior, Nov 15, 2007
1989/90
Baroda v Bengal at Vadodara, Dec 21-24, 2011
1989/90
Bengal v Mumbai at Delhi, Mar 12, 2012
Glamorgan v Somerset at Cardiff, Jun 22, 2005
Pune Warriors v Kolkata Knight Riders at Pune, May 19, 2012