IPL 2010 : SC Ganguly registers his seventh fifty as captain
SC Ganguly’s 75 not out in the game between Kolkata and Jaipur at Kolkata on 18.04.10 provides the 42nd occasion of a captain scoring fifty in IPL.
SC Ganguly registered his seventh fifty while leading Kolkata when he scored 75 not out in this game. He is on par with AC Gilchrist who has scored seven fifties. Only SR Tendulkar with eight fifties has scored more fifties than SC Ganguly and AC Gilchrist at the end of the game
AC Gilchrist’s fifties read thus – 54 vs Chennai at Chennai on 06.05.08, 61 vs Jaipur at Jaipur on 09.05.08, 50 vs Mohali at Mohali on 23.05.08, 71 vs Bangalore at Cape Town on 22.04.09, 64 vs Delhi at Durban on 13.05.09, 85 vs Delhi at Centurion on 22.05.09 and 54 vs Kolkata at Mumbai on 12.03.10
SC Ganguly’s fifties read thus – 51 vs Kolkata at Jaipur on 01.05.08, 91 vs Hyderabad at Hyderabad on 11.05.08, 86* vs Mohali at Kolkata on 25.05.08, 50 vs Mohali at Kolkata on 27.03.10, 88 vs Hyderabad at Kolkata on 01.04.10, 56 vs Delhi at Kolkata on 07.04.10 and 75* vs Jaipur at Kolkata on 17.04.10
SR Tendulkar’s eight fifties read thus – 65 vs Mohali at Mumbai on 21.05.08, 59* vs Chennai at Cape Town on 18.04.09, 68 vs Kolkata at P Elizabeth on 27.04.10, 63 vs Delhi at Delhi on 17.03.10, 71* vs Kolkata at Mumbai {BS} on 22.03.10, 72 vs Chennai at Mumbai {BS} on 25.03.10, 55 vs Hyderabad at Mumbai on 28.03.10 and 89* vs Jaipur at Jaipur on 11.04.10