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November 27, 2006

Comparing Dravid and Ganguly

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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is universally lauded for his aggressive nature, and for his ability to get youngsters to perform as a unit.

His successor Rahul Dravid, and coach Greg Chappell, are under the hammer for the perceived dip in India's cricketing standards.

Against that backdrop, Rajneesh Gupta examines the records of Ganguly and Dravid as captains, and as players.

Ganguly vis-a-vis Dravid as captain in ODIs

Captaincy record

Mts Won Lost NR Won% Lost%

Ganguly 146 76 65 5 52.05 44.52

Dravid 53 27 23 3 50.94 43.39

Ganguly after 53 matches 53 27 26 0 50.94 49.06

Performance with the bat:

Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg SR 100 50 0

Ganguly 146 142 11 5082 144 38.79 76.59 11 30 9

Dravid 53 52 7 1823 105 40.51 72.97 2 16 3

Ganguly after 53 matches 53 52 5 2199 144 46.79 77.78 7 12 2

Dravid's performance as captain:

# Opp Venue Date Runs Balls SR Result

1 Zim Rajkot 14 Dec 2000 6 16 37.50 Won

2 SL Colombo (RPS) 28 Jul 2001 43 79 54.43 Won

3 WI Jodhpur 21 Nov 2002 58 82 70.73 Won

4 WI Vijayawada 24 Nov 2002 3 8 37.50 Lost

5 NZ Chennai 23 Oct 2003 4 6 66.67 No result

6 Aus Gwalior 26 Oct 2003 DNB 0 - Won

7 Aus Mumbai (WS) 01 Nov 2003 59 70 84.29 Lost

8 NZ Cuttack 06 Nov 2003 31 41 75.61 Lost

9 Aus Kolkata 18 Nov 2003 49 69 71.01 Lost

10 Zim Perth 03 Feb 2004 10 24 41.67 Won

11 Pak Kanpur 15 Apr 2005 86 115 74.78 Lost

12 Pak Delhi (FSK) 17 Apr 2005 19 29 65.52 Lost

13 SL Dambulla 30 Jul 2005 54 96 56.25 Lost

14 WI Dambulla 31 Jul 2005 52* 65 80.00 Won

15 SL Dambulla 03 Aug 2005 0 1 0.00 Lost

16 WI Colombo (RPS) 07 Aug 2005 10 26 38.46 Won

17 SL Colombo (RPS) 09 Aug 2005 69 99 69.70 Lost

18 SL Nagpur 25 Oct 2005 85* 63 134.92 Won

19 SL Mohali 28 Oct 2005 2* 5 40.00 Won

20 SL Jaipur 31 Oct 2005 28 34 82.35 Won

21 SL Pune 03 Nov 2005 63 72 87.50 Won

22 SL Ahmedabad (GS) 06 Nov 2005 103* 120 85.83 Lost

23 SL Baroda (IPCL) 12 Nov 2005 31* 48 64.58 Won

24 SA Hyderabad (RGS) 16 Nov 2005 8 24 33.33 Lost

25 SA Bangalore 19 Nov 2005 10 17 58.82 Won

26 SA Kolkata 25 Nov 2005 6 31 19.35 Lost

27 SA Mumbai (WS) 28 Nov 2005 78* 106 73.58 Won

28 Pak Peshawar (AN) 06 Feb 2006 18 14 128.57 Lost

29 Pak Rawalpindi (CS) 11 Feb 2006 56 61 91.80 Won

30 Pak Lahore 13 Feb 2006 22 42 52.38 Won

31 Pak Multan (CS) 16 Feb 2006 59 72 81.94 Won

32 Pak Karachi (NS) 19 Feb 2006 50 82 60.98 Won

33 Eng Delhi (FSK) 28 Mar 2006 34 50 68.00 Won

34 Eng Faridabad 31 Mar 2006 5 23 21.74 Won

35 Eng Margao 03 Apr 2006 46 59 77.97 Won

36 Eng Kochi 06 Apr 2006 65 73 89.04 Won

37 Eng Indore(MUT) 15 Apr 2006 69 79 87.34 Won

38 Pak Abu Dhabi 18 Apr 2006 20 29 68.97 Lost

39 Pak Abu Dhabi 19 Apr 2006 92 116 79.31 Won

40 WI Kingston 18 May 2006 105 102 102.94 Won

41 WI Kingston 20 May 2006 11 22 50.00 Lost

42 WI Basseterre 23 May 2006 0 4 0.00 Lost

43 WI Port-of-Spain 26 May 2006 15 38 39.47 Lost

44 WI Port-of-Spain 28 May 2006 18 25 72.00 Lost

45 SL Colombo (SSC) 18 Aug 2006 9* 19 47.37 No result

46 WI Kuala Lumpur 14 Sep 2006 26 38 68.42 Lost

47 Aus Kuala Lumpur 16 Sep 2006 6 22 27.27 No result

48 WI Kuala Lumpur 20 Sep 2006 0 3 0.00 Won

49 Aus Kuala Lumpur 22 Sep 2006 7 21 33.33 Lost

50 Eng Jaipur 15 Oct 2006 4 3 133.33 Won

51 WI Ahmedabad (GS) 26 Oct 2006 49 67 73.13 Lost

52 Aus Mohali 29 Oct 2006 52 63 82.54 Lost

53 SA Durban 22 Nov 2006 18 25 72.00 Lost

DNB= Did not bat

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Statistics: Rajneesh Gupta
Photographs: Getty Images