January, 1992: Makes ODI debut against Australia, scores just 3 beforebeing dropped.
June, 1996: Scores century against England at the Lord's in his Testdebut and follows it up with another century in the very next Test at TrentBridge.
October, 1996: Opens the innings for the first time in an ODI atJaipur against South Africa, marking the beginning of what would be the greatestopening combination in ODI history, with Sachin Tendulkar. He scores 54,Tendulkar 64, in a 126-run stand.
August, 1997: Scores his first ODI century in Colombo against Sri Lankain his 32nd match. This comes in the wake of 147 in the second Test, an inningsresponsible for drawing the Test.
September, 1997: Leading scorer and wicket-taker in the Sahara Cup asIndia thrash Pakistan 4-1. He scored 222 runs at 55.5 and 15 wickets at 10.66.Wins four Man-of-the-Match awards in five matches and Man of the Series.
November-December, 1997: Top scorer and Man of the Series in thethree-Test home series against Sri Lanka with 392 runs at an average of 98.
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January, 1998: Scores 124 against Pakistan as India score 316 in47.5 overs to win the Independence Cup in Dhaka. It is at that time the highestsuccessful run-chase in ODI history,
July, 1998: Scores 109 against Sri Lanka in Colombo, in the thenhighest opening stand in ODIs. He and Tendulkar (128) put together 252 runs asIndia win the Singer-Akai-Nidahas Trophy final by six runs.
May, 1999: Scores 183 in Taunton against Sri Lanka in the World Cup, thenhighest ODI score by an Indian. His 318-run partnership with Rahul Dravid (145)is the then highest partnership ever. India's 373 for 6 is the thensecond-highest ODI total ever.
September, 1999: Captains India for the first time in the Coca-ColaSingapore Challenge tournament, against West Indies after Tendulkar pulled outdue to sore back.
February, 2000: Joins Lancashire.
February, 2000: Named captain for the five-ODI home series against SouthAfrica after Tendulkar resigned as captain
March, 2001: Led India to 2-1 win against Australia at home in thehistoric Test series, after being one down and following on with the victory inCalcutta after following-on setting the benchmark for India's most successfulcaptain ever.
November, 2001: Ganguly and five other Indian players are warned forexcessive appealing during the Port Elizabeth Test by match-referee Mike Denness.Handed a suspended ban for one Test match and two one-day international matches.
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July, 2002: In what would be remembered as an iconic moment of hisaggressive captaincy, he took off his shirt and waved it defiantly at the Lord'sbalcony after an improbable win in the NatWest Series final to round offimpressive back-to-back tours of West Indies and England. Before this, India hadlost as many as last nine finals it played in a row, six of which were underGanguly. He also scored a century in the Test series that followed as India drawthe series 1-1.
March, 2003: Scores a century in the World Cup semi-final asIndia make it to the final, for the first time since 1983, under his captaincy
December, 2003: Scores a brilliant counter-attacking century in atricky situation in the first Test at Brisbane to set the tone for Indianbatsmen on the Australian tour.
April, 2004: Becomes the first Indian captain to win a Test series inPakistan. Also with 15 Test wins, he becomes India's most successful captain.India also win the five-ODI series too by a margin of 3-2.
October, 2004: India lose the first Test against Australia inBangalore by 217 runs. He struggles both as batsman and as captain, andwithdraws from the last two Tests due to injury. Australia finally capture thefinal frontier, a victory against India in India that they were denied in 2001,with a 2-1 series win -- first time in 35 years that India lost a home seriesagainst Australia.
March, 2005: The bad patch begins in real earnest. Scores 48 runs in theseries against Pakistan at 9.60. Pakistan wins the decider at Bangalore, drawingthe series and virtually signalling the end of the successful Ganguly-Wrightrelationship.
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April, 2005: Banned for six matches for slow-over rate during the ODIseries in Pakistan. Has to sit out the fiftth and sixth match as India go downto lose series 2-4 to Pakistan.
September, 2005: Scores an excruciatingly slow hundred against a depletedZimbabwe and goes public at the award ceremony that Indian coach Greg Chappellhad suggested during the match that he should step down from the captaincy.Chappell says he was asked for his honest opinion on his form and leadership ina private meeting between the two. India beat Zimbabwe 2-0.
September 2005: The Captainvs Coach is out in the open. Greg Chappell e-mail to BCCI is leaked: 'ItIs Time For Him To Move On'
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November, 2005: End of five-year reign as Test captain as Rahul Dravidtakes over the reins against Sri Lanka.
January 2006: Amidst major controversy, is picked for the Test series inPakistan. Does not bat in the first Test, dropped for the second, and scores 34and 37 in the third in Karachi. Not selected for the ODI series that followed.Is not picked for the home Tests against England or for the ODI series againstSouth Africa.
December, 2006: Picked for Test series against South Africa, after Indialoses all the ODIs. Scores a half-century with the tail in the JohannesburgTest, as India reach a crucial 249 and win by 123 runs. He is the leadingrun-getter for India in the series.
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January, 2007: Scores 98 in his ODI comeback in Nagpur against WestIndies.
May, 2007: Scores an even 100 in Chittagong, his third century inthree-and-a-half years -- Bulawayo, 2005 and Brisbane, 2003.
July-August, 2007: Scores 249 runs at 49.80 in India's series win inEngland to cement his place in both Test and ODI squads.
November-December, 2007: Top scorer (534) and man of the series in thethree-Test series against Pakistan with first Test century at his home ground atEden Gardens. Slams his first double-century in Bangalore.
December 2007-January 2008: A mixed Test series in Australia (235 runs at29.37, two half-centuries). Axed from ODI squad.
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April, 2008: Scores a serene 87 to help India level the three-Testseries against South Africa on an under-prepared, dual-paced pitch in Kanpur
7 October, 2008: In what seemed like a routine press-conference, hefirst denied speculation that the BCCI is trying to force the 'fab five' toretire. But as the press-conference was winding up, he came out with what was acarefully scripted announcement, made to sound almost like a by-the-way: "Just one last thing before I leave. I just want to say that this is goingto be my last series. I've decided to quit. I told my team-mates before cominghere. These four Test matches are going to be my last and hopefully we'll go ona winning note."
