Sourav Ganguly

India·Batsman

The Prince of Kolkata and the captain who made India aggressive overseas. His shirt-waving celebration at Lord's and clashes with Greg Chappell are legendary.

7 incidents documented

Controversies & Incidents

⭐Mild

Vaibhav Suryavanshi Leads IPL 2026's Impact Charts at 15 — Year of the Sequel

Rajasthan Royals

5 May 2026

A year after becoming the youngest centurion in IPL history at 14, Vaibhav Suryavanshi spent the IPL 2026 league phase doing something even harder: leading the tournament's batting impact charts as a 15-year-old. By the end of the league stage, Suryavanshi sat on 499.91 batting impact points and 404 actual runs — the highest impact score of the season, ahead of established internationals — and Rajasthan Royals had built a top-four campaign almost entirely around him.

#IPL 2026#Vaibhav Suryavanshi#Rajasthan Royals

🔥Serious

Virat Kohli Removed as ODI Captain — BCCI Power Play

India (internal)

8 December 2021

Virat Kohli was stripped of the ODI captaincy and replaced by Rohit Sharma in a move he claimed was made without prior consultation, exposing rifts within the BCCI and Indian cricket's power structure.

#virat kohli#captaincy#bcci

🔥Moderate

Kumble vs Kohli — The Coach-Captain Rift

India (internal)

20 June 2017

Anil Kumble resigned as India head coach citing an 'untenable' relationship with captain Virat Kohli, in one of the most public coach-captain breakdowns in cricket history.

#anil kumble#virat kohli#coach

🏏Explosive

Sydney Test 2008 — Monkeygate & Umpiring Disaster

Australia vs India

2-6 January 2008

One of the most controversial Tests ever — terrible umpiring decisions, racial abuse allegations, and India threatening to abandon the tour.

#monkeygate#symonds#harbhajan

🔥Serious

Greg Chappell Drops Sourav Ganguly as India Captain

India (internal)

6 October 2005

India coach Greg Chappell's leaked email to the BCCI recommending Ganguly's removal as captain created a massive controversy that split Indian cricket and eventually led to Ganguly being dropped entirely.

#greg chappell#sourav ganguly#dropped

🥊Moderate

Sourav Ganguly Waves Shirt at Lord's Balcony

India vs England

13 July 2002

Sourav Ganguly removed his shirt and waved it from the Lord's balcony after India's dramatic NatWest Trophy victory, in response to Andrew Flintoff's similar act in Mumbai.

#ganguly#lord's#shirt off

⭐Serious

Ganguly's 131 and Dravid's 95 — Twin Debuts at Lord's, 1996

England vs India

1996-06-22

On June 22, 1996, Sourav Ganguly (131) became only the third batter to score a Test hundred on debut at Lord's, while Rahul Dravid fell five short of a debut century with 95. The pair added 94 for the fifth wicket — the first chapter in a partnership that would underpin Indian cricket for the next 15 years.

#sourav-ganguly#rahul-dravid#india