On January 11, 1992, the Indian team saw one of its brightest talents take the field in an ODI match against West Indies. Sourav Ganguly had arrived in a team filled with superstars like Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar. With dreams in his eyes, Ganguly must have envisioned himself to get a big score but it was not to be. He was dismissed by Anderson Cummins (West Indies) for a paltry 3, and was dropped from the side. Most cricketers would have been broken by such a disastrous debut. Not Ganguly. He kept scoring runs in domestic cricket and he got his chance once again on June 20 when he played his first Test match.

Making it count

This time, Ganguly didn’t let the occasion get the better of him. Coming in at the crucial No. 3 position, Ganguly scored a stylish 131 in a Test match against England. (For trivia enthusiasts, it was also Rahul Dravid’s debut and he scored 95). In the next match too, Ganguly scored a century and thus began a career filled with swashbuckling boundaries and imperious sixes.