Ganguly carries his bat (22 March 1999)
Saurav Ganguly has become only the third Indian to carry his bat through a (completed) LOI innings
22-Mar-1999
22 March 1999
Ganguly carries his bat
Atul Kahate
Saurav Ganguly has become only the third Indian to carry his bat
through a (completed) LOI innings. The previous instance occurred
almost a decade ago when Ravi Shastri batted through the Indian
innings against the same opponent - Sri Lanka, at the same ground -
VCA Ground, Nagpur.
There have been many instances of Indian openers batting through an
innings, but the following table lists only those when India were
batting first. When batting second, the only such remarkable instance
was Sunil Gavaskar's 'famous' 36 not out against England in the 60
over innings of 1975 World Cup. Others are when India won without the
stipulated number of overs being completed, and hence, would not
qualify for this table.
Player Runs vs Ground Date
SM Gavaskar 76 WI Sharjah 22.11.1985
RJ Shastri 101 SL Nagpur 01.12.1990
SC Ganguly 130 SL Nagpur 22.03.1999
Contributed by: Atul Kahate (AKahate@yahoo.com)
Source :: Atul Kahate