Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, who is lovingly called Dada, is an ex-Indian cricketer, commentator, and administrator. He was the left-handed opening batsman and led the Indian national team.. He is the face who turned around Indian Cricket Team into a World-beater. Ganguly was an exceptional batsman with a unique record of receiving four consecutive Man of the Match awards in One Day International matches.

Having played 113 matches, Ganguly scored 7,212 runs with a healthy average of 42.18.
At 24, ‘Dada’ scored a century in his debut against England at Lord’s. Later, he added another 17 tons to his name in the format. Ganguly’s highest test score of 239 came against India’s arch-rivals Pakistan in Bangalore in 2006. Sourav Ganguly scored an average of 40.73, making a total of runs more than 11k in ODIs. He was murderous on the offside and could quickly make the ball reach the boundary. And not just the attack; he was really good in defense too. Ganguly could pierce the ground on the offside even with 15 fielders in the space.

With the flow of technicalities and statistics, it is obvious that the best left-handed batsman that India has ever produced is Sourav Ganguly.