Saurav Ganguly has emerged as one of the key components of both the one day and test sides for India. He is an aggressive left-handed batsman in the middle order and also bowls right - handed military medium pace. He had a disastrous start to his international career as a 19 year old to the tour to Australia in 1991-92 where both his ability and attitude was questioned. Still he was considered fit for only test matches, his inability to play onside strokes being exploited by bowlers to slow down his scoring. He worked on the problem and has given India several dynamic starts while opening the innings.He became a household name in India after the Sahara Cup in Toronto where he won several matches for India vs Pakistan. Besides several superlative batting performance (including 75* in 75 balls), he exploited the conditions to return some excellent bowling figures (including 5-16). If he works on some of his other drawbacks (running between the wickets and fielding being the greatest concerns), he has the potential to become one of the superstars of world cricket in the near future.