Flashback Oct 1, 1999: Start of Ganguly's golden run in ODIs

This day, ten years back Sourav Ganguly scored a hundred against the Zimbabweans in the LG Cup in Nairobi. The innings of 139 runs was a watershed one; as the elegant and explosive left hander went on to score nine hundreds within the space of just 37 ODIs.

It was the sixth game in the LG Cup and Zimbabwe after winning the toss asked India to bat first. Openers S Ramesh and Sourav Ganguly took the field, and gave India a steady start. The Zimbabwe bowling attack was not lethal but had decent bowlers like Neil Johnson and Henry Olonga.

Ganguly was soon off the blocks and scored freely on his favourite off side. The opening partnership added 70 runs before Ramesh fell for 31. Ganguly kept the pressure on at the other end and continued to prosper at the crease. he reached his fifty in 73 balls. Robin Singh walked in at number three and both the batsmen combined to produce the highest partnership of the game, a total of 107 runs.

With five overs remaining in the game, Ganguly started to explode and dished out boundaries at will. Very soon his 100 came up in 125 balls. The lefty added 39 more runs to his score before he was dismissed by Henry Olonga.

153* vs New Zealand in Gwalior on 11 Nov 1999
100 vs Australia in Melboure on 12 Jan 2000
141 vs Pakistan in Adelaide on 25 Jan 2000
105* vs South Africa in Jamshedpur on 12 March 2000
135* vs Bangladesh in Dhaka on 30 May 2000
141* vs South Africa in Nairobi on 13 Oct 2000
144 vs Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad on 5 Dec 2000
127 vs South Africa in Johannesburg on 5 Oct 2001
111 vs Kenya in Paarl on 24 Oct 2001

Source: India Syndicate

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