Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, popularly known as Sourav Ganguly or Prince of Kolkata or Dada, has been rated by many as one of the most elegant left-handed batsmen the world has ever seen. The former Indian cricket team captain, though now retired, is presently the fifth highest run getter in one-day internationals and also the fifth person in cricketing history to score past 10,000 runs.

Born on 8 July 1972, Sourav Ganguly made his test debut on 20 June 1996 v England and ODI debut on 11 January 1992 v West Indies. In the 1999 Cricket World Cup, Ganguly and Rahul Dravid were involved in a record partnership of 318 runs, which is still an unchallenged record for the highest overall partnership score in the World Cup tournament history. Sourav Ganguly also holds the record for scoring the second highest individual score in the history of World Cup when he shattered 183 from 158 balls, including 17 fours and 7 sixes, against Sri Lanka at Taunton.

The style of Ganguly was best described by his former teammate, Rahul Dravid, who once said that Ganguly is next to God on the off-side. During his illustrious career, Ganguly scored 16 centuries in Test matches and 22 in ODIs and formed the most dominating and successful opening pair in ODIs with Sachin Tendulkar amassing 26 century partnerships for the first wicket. The list of records to Ganguly’s name does not end here - Sourav Ganguly is one of the only three players in ODI history to attain a treble of 10,000 runs, 100 catches, and 100 wickets besides Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya.

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Brian Charles Lara may have left the cricket ground to the delight of bowlers but his name is still rated very highly by all cricket lovers. The reasons - endless!

Brian Lara is the only player in the world ever to have scored a hundred, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century, and a quintuple century in the first class games. Not only this, Lara still holds the record for most runs in an over in test format when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003. Sir Donald Bradman, the legendary Australian batsman popularly known as the unstoppable run machine, rated Lara and Sachin Tendulkar (India) as two of the best he has ever seen in modern times, which is a great feat for this humble batsman.

The list of record associated with this stylish West Indian batsman goes on and on - he has the highest individual score in both first-class cricket and Test cricket (501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994 and 400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004, respectively). Born on 2 May 1969, this left-handed batsman was even good with the ball with his right-arm leg-break deliveries.

Awarded the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World awards in 1994 and 1995, Brian Lara rewrote cricket record books with his never-say-die approach, unmatched talent, and determination. Popularly nicknamed as “The Prince of Port of Spain” or simply “The Prince”, Lara announced his retirement on 19 April 2007. When retired, Lara had played 131 tests and 299 one-day internationals and scored 11, 953 runs and 10, 405 runs, respectively.

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