1996, Sourav Ganguly Scored, His Test Debut Century
On this day June 22, 1996, Sourav Ganguly scored, his test debut century against England at Lord’s. Ganguly hit 131 off 301 balls. He became the 62nd player to score test debut century in test cricket history and the 10th player in India.
On this test match England scored 344 & 278/9d in their innings. Jack Russell, made his second Test hundred and became the first by an England wicket keeper at Lord’s for 44 years. India scored 429 runs.
In 20 June 1996, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid make their test test debut. Unfortunately Rahul Dravid miss his test debut century by 5 runs and he scored 95 off 267 balls. Ganguly played 113 test match and he scored 16 centuries.
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