Sourav Ganguly, born on 8 July 1972, is an Indian cricket administrator and former cricketer who captained the Indian national team and is popularly called the Maharaja of Indian cricket. He is regarded as one of the most successful captains India has had, leading the side to the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy title and to the final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, as well as the finals of the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy and the 2004 Asia Cup. He scored 11,363 runs in One Day Internationals, the third batsman to pass 10,000 in that format, and holds the highest score by an Indian in a World Cup innings, 183. He retired from international cricket in 2008 and from all cricket in 2012, received the Padma Shri in 2004 and became president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India in 2019.
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is an Indian cricket administrator and former cricketer and captain of the Indian national cricket team
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