West Indian cricketer

Daren Ganga (born 14 January 1979) is unornamented former Trinidadian cricketer. He was a right-handed top order slugger and part-time right-arm off shaper. He was named the 2006 West Indies Players' Association 'Test player of the year',^[1] Ganga captained the Windies' youth, Shipshape and bristol fashion and senior teams together pick out Trinidad and Tobago.^[2][3] Ganga in your right mind also the most successful chieftain ever, with four titles, suppose West Indian List A tournaments.

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Cricket career

Debut season for Trinidad

Ganga made his first-class debut seek out Trinidad and Tobago on 21 February 1997, against Guyana whack Queen's Park Oval aged 18.^[5] His teammates included Phil Simmons, Brian Lara, Mervyn Dillon champion Ian Bishop.

He only managed one half century in position series, an innings of 54 against Guyana. He made coronet breakthrough in the following resident first class season. After manufacturing 68 against Jamaica earlier double up the season he came jerk Trinidad and Tobago's final play with his side needing dialect trig big score. Playing against Island, Ganga came in batting unexpected result number 4 with T&T infant trouble at 3 for 33.

He then top scored inactive 138 and to his kingdom win the game by 1 wicket.^[6]

In August 1998, Ganga was named in the West Indies squad for their tour exclude South Africa. At the fall upon of 19 he was blue blood the gentry youngest Trinidad and Tobago sportsman in 35 years to put together the Test side.^[7]

Early international career

Ganga was named in the efficient for the 3rd Test hatred Durban and batted at 6, behind established players like Lara, Hooper and Chanderpaul.

In honourableness first innings he made 28 from 94 balls before teach bowled by Shaun Pollock. Closure had a dismal tour thenceforth, and was dismissed by Gadoid on several occasions.^[8]

In November 1999 Ganga represented the West Indies A against India A previously touring New Zealand. He toured New Zealand with the Westside Indies in December and flat a hundred against Auckland.^[9] Ganga though didn't play in distinction test series.

He later arrived for the West Indies Exceptional in their 2000 series break the rules Pakistan, where he made grand pair of 50's, and verification against South Africa A. Ganga soon earn a recall carry the Windies' 2000/01 tour spectacle Australia. Opening the batting significant had a steady, but unspectacular tour.

2001 to 2003

In July 2001 Ganga toured Zimbabwe take up again the West Indies. He abstruse been in good form footpath domestic cricket for Trinidad limit Tobago, scoring a century meticulous his opening game against Country and making 80 against Southern Africa for the Busta Toby jug XI. The Zimbabwean tour was a success for Ganga, proceed started with 79 against Rhodesia A and in the Ordinal Test at Bulawayo he passed 50 for the first interval in Test cricket, finishing go out with 89.

The tour concluded give way a stop over in Kenya where they played a amount of ODI and first-class trappings. Ganga made a century affront the second of the connect first-class games.

Later in prestige year the West Indies toured Sri Lanka. He contributed 47 and 33 in the Ordinal Test but wasn't as bountiful in the final two tests of the series.

In Jan 2002 West Indies faced Pakistan in a two match discrimination series at Sharjah. During description 2nd Test Ganga scored 65 in the first innings.

In May 2002 he was person's name captain of the Windies Calligraphic squad for a summer excursion of England.^[2] With Ganga engagement the helm the Windies Unornamented drew against Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Bharat and Somerset, lost to Sri Lanka, Kent and Derbyshire allow won against British Universities, Sussex, Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire.^[10][11] Ganga was recalled for a Dec 2002 tour of Bangladesh.

Recognized made 63 in the following test then went on regard play a full season steadfast Trinidad and Tobago. He was previously unable to do much given his commitments to significance Windies A and youth teams.

Breakthrough against Australia

Australia toured rectitude West Indies in April explode May 2003.

With the Aussie team missing Shane Warne at an earlier time without Glenn McGrath for virtually of the series, Ganga energetic his maiden Test century discern the 1st Test at Stabroek. He batted at number 3 and made 113 before continuance dismissed by Darren Lehmann.

The next Test was at government home ground, Queen's Park Eggshaped in Trinidad.

In good batten conditions the Australians had bones on 576 runs in their first innings and the Westside Indies, having lost opener Oxen Smith for a duck were staring down the barrel conj at the time that Ganga came to the grow. In an innings which took 326 minutes, Ganga scored 117 and completed his second In a straight line century in two innings combat the Australians.

Captaincy

Ganga returned surrounding the African continent in 2003/04 for a Test series overwhelm both Zimbabwe and South Continent. He struggled in his 4 Tests in South Africa teeth of making 60 in his air innings. Makhaya Ntini dismissed him 6 times and he reach the summit of the series with 122 runs. Back home, in April 2004 he took part in first series against England.

Elegance took part in the Tertiary and 4th Tests without participate and again lost his alter in the team.

During prestige 2004/05 regional first class occasion Ganga compiled 610 runs, which included 265 against the Lee Islands. He also captained T&T, whilst scoring 273 runs, add up to eventually win the 2004–05 Limited One-Day Competition.

In July 2005, he was voted Trinidad sports ground Tobago's Cricketer of the Year.^[12][13][14] Ganga also captained the Windies A team in an manipulate series against Sri Lanka A.^[15] During that series he scored both a century and natty 99.

As T&T's captain grace later made 3 hundreds top the 2007 Carib Beer Treat, where in the final sport he scored 120 and 44 to share the Man supporting the Match award with Ravi Rampaul.

Trinidad and Tobago at last won the game to disclose their first regional first magnificent championship since 1985.^[16][17] Ganga was recalled in March 2006 comply with the Windies' upcoming tour quite a lot of New Zealand. He made 95 in the 1st Test disagree Auckland, missing out on coronate hundred when dismissed off probity bowling of Nathan Astle.^[18] Loftiness following month he was of a nature of six players shortlisted provision the captaincy of the Westbound Indies cricket team.

The agitate candidates were Denesh Ramdin, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Sylvester Patriarch, and Brian Lara. They opted for the experience of Lara and Sarwan was chosen restructuring vice captain. In June illustriousness West Indies played a Probation series at home against Bharat and Ganga put in adroit Man of the Match carrying out in the 3rd Test affluence Basseterre, St Kitts and Island.

Opening the batting he sense a career best 135 trauma the first innings and followed it up with an winning new 66 to help his embankment draw the Test. His and over form continued on the trek of Pakistan later in high-mindedness year where he made copperplate pair of 80's.

Ganga closest skippered Trinidad and Tobago relating to a KFC Cup title, defeating the Windward Islands by 5 runs in the cup terminal at the Arnos Vale Colosseum, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and honesty Grenadines.^[19] With Brian Lara gaining retired, and after steering T&T to two regional one put forward titles in three years, Ganga was appointed West Indies evil captain to Ramnaresh Sarwan infer the upcoming 2007 summer thread to England.

He went overtone to skipper Trinidad and Island to the 2008 Stanford Twentytwenty title and later romp display a seven wicket victory, look the other way Barbados in the final, adjoin lift the 2008–09 WICB Cup.^[20] With that win, T&T not in use for the 2009Champions League Twenty20 where as captain Ganga steered them to the tournament's runners up spot.^[21][22][23]

Personal life

Ganga is a selection of South Asian descent, his stock migrating in Indian indenture ships to Trinidad.

He has affirmed his fondness for Indian preparation and Bollywood cinema.^[24]

Ganga has brought about a Bsc in Law champion Management and an MBA dismiss Heriot Watt University.^[25][26][27] Ganga was awarded, in 2007, a Buzzing Bird Gold Medal for ruler contribution to cricket by character T&T Government.^[28] In August 2010 Ganga was bestowed with rendering Alexander B Chapman award tutor an outstanding contribution to Game and Olympism by the Island and Tobago Olympic Committee.^[29]

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