Daren Ganga
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Born | Batsman | 14 January 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut | 26 December 1998 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 10 January 2008 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut | 2 February 1999 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 10 December 2006 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 26 February 2023 |
Daren Ganga (born 14 January 1979) is a former Trinidadian cricketer. He was a right-handed top order batsman and part-time right-arm off spinner. He was named the 2006 West Indies Players' Association 'Test player of the year',[1] Ganga captained the Windies' youth, A and senior teams together with Trinidad and Tobago.[2][3] Ganga is also the most successful captain ever, with four titles, in West Indian List A tournaments. [4]
Cricket career
Debut season for Trinidad
Ganga made his
In August 1998, Ganga was named in the West Indies squad for their tour of South Africa. At the age of 19 he was the youngest Trinidad and Tobago player in 35 years to make the Test side.[7]
Early international career
Ganga was named in the side for the 3rd Test at Durban and batted at 6, behind established players like Lara, Hooper and Chanderpaul. In the first innings he made 28 from 94 balls before being bowled by Shaun Pollock. He had a dismal tour thereafter, and was dismissed by Pollock on several occasions.[8]
In November 1999 Ganga represented the West Indies A against India A before touring New Zealand. He toured New Zealand with the West Indies in December and made a hundred against Auckland.[9] Ganga though didn't play in the test series.
He later appeared for the West Indies A in their 2000 series against Pakistan, where he made a pair of 50's, and then against South Africa A. Ganga soon earn a recall for the Windies' 2000/01 tour of
2001 to 2003
In July 2001 Ganga toured Zimbabwe with the West Indies. He had been in good form in domestic cricket for Trinidad and Tobago, scoring a century in his opening game against Barbados and making 80 against South Africa for the Busta Cup XI. The Zimbabwean tour was a success for Ganga, he started with 79 against Zimbabwe A and in the 1st Test at Bulawayo he passed 50 for the first time in Test cricket, finishing with 89. The tour concluded with a stop over in Kenya where they played a sum of ODI and first-class fixtures. Ganga made a century in the second of the two first-class games.
Later in the year the West Indies
In May 2002 he was named captain of the Windies A squad for a summer tour of England.
Breakthrough against Australia
Australia
The next Test was at his home ground, Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad. In good batting conditions the Australians had put on 576 runs in their first innings and the West Indies, having lost opener Devon Smith for a duck were staring down the barrel when Ganga came to the crease. In an innings which took 326 minutes, Ganga scored 117 and completed his second Test century in two innings against the Australians.
Captaincy
Ganga returned to the African continent in 2003/04 for a Test series against both
During the 2004/05 regional first class season Ganga compiled 610 runs, which included 265 against the Leeward Islands. He also captained T&T, whilst scoring 273 runs, to eventually win the 2004–05 Regional One-Day Competition. In July 2005, he was voted Trinidad and Tobago's Cricketer of the Year.[12][13][14] Ganga also captained the Windies A team in an away series against Sri Lanka A.[15] During that series he scored both a century and a 99.
As T&T's captain he later made 3 hundreds in the 2007 Carib Beer Cup, where in the final game he scored 120 and 44 to share the Man of the Match award with
Ganga later skippered Trinidad and Tobago to a KFC Cup title, defeating the Windward Islands by 5 runs in the cup final at the Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.[19] With Brian Lara having retired, and after steering T&T to two regional one day titles in three years, Ganga was appointed West Indies vice captain to Ramnaresh Sarwan for the upcoming 2007 summer tour to England. He went on to skipper Trinidad and Tobago to the 2008 Stanford 20/20 title and later romp to a seven wicket victory, over Barbados in the final, to lift the 2008–09 WICB Cup.[20] With that win, T&T qualified for the 2009 Champions League Twenty20 where as captain Ganga steered them to the tournament's runners up spot.[21][22][23]
Personal life
Ganga is of South Asian descent, his family migrating in
Ganga has attained a Bsc in Law and Management and an
References
- Cricinfo. 13 February 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
- ^ Cricinfo. 13 May 2002. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "GANGA REPLACES INJURED SARWAN AS WINDIES CAPTAIN". kaieteurnewsonline.com. Kaieteur News. 6 June 2007.
- ^ "Daren Ganga is the most successful Regional one day captain". kaieteurnewsonline.com. Kaieteur News. 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Scorecard: Trinidad and Tobago v Guyana". CricketArchive. 21 February 1997. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
- ^ "Scorecard: Trinidad and Tobago v Barbados". CricketArchive. 11 April 1998. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
- ^ "Daren Ganga – Batting for his place in history". The Trinidad Express. 16 August 1998. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
- ^ "West Indies in South Africa 1998/99". CricketArchive. 4 November 1998. Archived from the original on 24 February 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2007.
- ^ "Matches". Wisden. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Cricinfo. 26 July 2005.
- ^ "Guyana v Trinidad and Tobago at Bridgetown, Regional One Day Tournament, Final, 31 Oct 2004". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Jamaica Gleaner. 2 October 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Cricinfo. 15 June 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ De Freitas, Kim (26 February 2007). "Rampaul swings Trinidad to triumph". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Ganga: T&T victory for the country". ESPNcricinfo. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Gayle force blows Kiwis to victory". hindustantimes.com. Hindustan Times. 12 March 2006. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Gill, Haydn (18 February 2007). "Trinidad & Tobago take the title". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Staff (26 November 2008). "Trinis take one-day title as Barbados collapse". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Regional T20 champions for Champions League". Stabroek News. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ Gollapudi, Nagraj (19 October 2009). "Daren and Sherwin come home". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Praise for T&T from the Caribbean Community". Stabroek News. 28 October 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Rediff. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ Baksh, Vaneisa. "Daren Ganga gets going". caribbean-beat.com. Caribbean Beat.
- ^ "Daren Ganga". sbcs.edu.tt. School of Business and Computer Science.
- ^ "A Great Leader is Global Be One of the Greats! MBA and MSc Programmes @SBCS". youtube.com. School of Business and Computer Science.
- ^ Allen-Agostini, Lisa. "Daren Ganga: Coaching for cricketing talent". caribbean-beat.com. Caribbean Beat.
- ^ "Daren Ganga Receives the Alexander Chapman Award". teamto.org. Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. 21 August 2010.
External links
- Daren Ganga at ESPNcricinfo
- Daren Ganga on X