Ganguly equalled Zimbabwe's Heath Streak's world record of losing to most countries as a captain.He went past Mohammad Azharuddin's Indian record. Azharuddin had lost to 9 countries (with the exception of Bangladesh and UAE) during his tenure. Fellow teammate Sachin Tendulkar faced defeat against 8 different countries.
The following table gives country-wise break-up of Ganguly's performance as a captain in shorter version of the game:
Opponent P W L NR Won % Lost % NR %
Australia 16 4 11 1 25.00 68.75 6.25
Bangladesh 5 4 1 - 80.00 20.00 -
England 14 7 6 1 50.00 42.86 7.14
Kenya 7 6 1 - 85.71 14.29 -
Namibia 1 1 - - 100.00 - -
Netherlands 1 1 - - 100.00 - -
New Zealand 13 5 8 - 38.46 61.54 -
Pakistan 13 5 8 - 38.46 61.54 -
S.Africa 16 7 8 1 43.75 50.00 6.25
Sri Lanka 16 6 8 2 37.50 50.00 12.50
UAE 1 1 - - 100.00 - -
West Indies 15 8 7 - 53.33 46.67 -
Zimbabwe 18 15 3 - 83.33 16.67 -
TOTAL 136 70 61 5 51.47 44.85 3.68
The following table details the first loss suffered by Ganguly
against each country:
Opp Venue Date Result Match
WI Singapore 05-09-1999 WI 42 runs 1st
SA Faridabad 15-03-2000 SA 2 wkts 3rd
Pak Sharjah 26-03-2000 Pak 98 runs 2nd
SL Dhaka 01-06-2000 SL 71 runs 1st
NZ Nairobi 15-10-2000 NZ 4 wkts 1st
Zim Jodhpur 08-12-2000 Zim 1 wkts 5th
Aus Pune 28-03-2001 Aus 8 wkts 3rd
Ken P.Eliza. 17-10-2001 Ken 70 runs 3rd
Eng Cuttack 22-01-2002 Eng 16 runs 2nd
BD Dhaka 26-12-2004 BD 15 runs 5th
Note: The last column pertains to Ganguly's match
as captain against that particular country
