Daren Ganga West Indies (WI)
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling type	Right arm off break
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	34	33
Runs scored	1421	802
Batting average	24.08	25.87
100s/50s	2/6	-/9
Top score	117	71
Balls bowled	162	1
Wickets	-	-
Bowling average	-	-
5 wickets in innings	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	n/a
Best bowling	-	-
Catches/stumpings	21/-	11/-
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Daren Ganga (born January 14, 1979 in Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. He has captained the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, the West Indies A team and the West Indies Under-23 team. January 14 is the 14th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... In cricket, the captain is the most important member of the team. ... Trinidad & Tobago The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago. ...

Ganga got lucky when a scout from Georgetown recognized him and recruited him for the under-16 world tournament

Having had a steady, but unspectacular tour of Australia in 2000/01, he didn't manage to really make his mark until a set of back-to-back centuries against Australia.

In July 2005, he was voted Trinidad and Tobago's Cricketer of the Year following a successful Carib Beer competition, during which, in a match against the Leeward Islands, he scored 265 runs in a single innings. In April 2006 he was one of six players shortlisted for the captaincy of the West Indies cricket team. The other candidates were Denesh Ramdin, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Sylvester Joseph, and Brian Lara. In April 2006, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) chose veteran batsman Brian Lara as captain. Ongoing events • 2005 Atlantic and Pacific hurricanes • 2005 Maharashtra floods • 2005 Gujarat Flood • Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan • Fuel prices • Gomery Comm. ... Carib Beer is a line of beers brewed by the Carib Brewing Company, Ltd. ... The Leeward Islands are the northern islands of the Lesser Antilles. ... Denesh Ramdin (born March 13, 1985 in Couva) is a West Indian cricketer. ... Christopher (Chris) Henry Gayle (born September 21, 1979 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a West Indian cricketer. ... Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (born June 23, 1980, Guyana) is a West Indian cricketer. ... Sylvester Cleofoster Joseph (b. ... Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) was a record-breaking cricketer who was regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all-time. ...

Despite being a player who is in and out of the side, Ganga impressed in the recent Test series against India, scoring a career best 135 in the third Test in St Kitts and Nevis.

Appointment as West Indies Vice Captain

Ganga was not selected for the World Cup which was held in the Caribbean in March/April 2007. He was however selected to tour England with the West Indies in May 2007. In the first series in the post Lara era of West Indian cricker, Ganga was appointed West Indies vice captain.

The West Indies cricket board's confidence in Ganga was most likely due to his leadership of the Trinidad and Tobgao team in 2006 and 2007.

Appointment as West Indies Captain

Following an injury to Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan that ruled him out of the 2007 tour of England, Ganga was appointed by the West Indies Board as Captain of the West Indies team for the remainder of the tour. Cricket analyst see this as an opportunity for Ganga to bring his leadership skills to bear on a deflated West Indian outfit.