| Daren Ganga is a fringe Test player for the West | | | | runs per innings, while his ODI average is 25.54. |
| Indies cricket team and the captain of Trinidad and | | | | Ganga's figures up to the end of 2008 tell his story |
| Tobago's senior cricket team. Born on January 14th | | | | well. |
| 1979, Ganga made his First-class debut in 1997 at the | | | | When Daren Ganga goes out to bat in a Test match, |
| age of 18. He possessed a solid defensive technique | | | | you can expect him to last for 66 balls, after having |
| and classic stroke play that saw him elevated to the | | | | scored about 25 runs. This is a really low strike rate |
| West Indies Test team at the age of 19 on the advice | | | | and is part of the reason for his average being as low |
| of the now-retired Brian Lara. | | | | as it is. He hangs around, but doesn't score many runs. |
| Ganga's Test debut came in the third Test match of | | | | While the regional level has been kind to his stroke |
| the ill-fated series against South Africa in the 1998/1999 | | | | play, Ganga was hardly able to play with the same |
| season. He had an average series but showed | | | | confidence and authority at Test level. |
| immense potential. Even the late Bob Woolmer-then | | | | Despite his relative underachievement, Daren Ganga |
| coach of South Africa- suggested that Ganga would | | | | and Chris Gayle have been one of the more |
| be one of the best batsmen in the world on the basis | | | | successful opening partnerships for the West Indies in |
| of his classic technique. | | | | recent years. Gayle's aggressive stroke play offsets |
| Ganga is a right-handed middle-order batsman for | | | | the studied defence of Ganga's bat. Several times the |
| Trinidad and Tobago. However, he usually opened the | | | | pair has posted half-century and century partnerships. |
| batting when he played for the West Indies at Test | | | | During the 2003 home series against Australia, Daren |
| level. No one would argue about the redoubtable | | | | Ganga scored his maiden Test century. He followed |
| technique of the player, but Daren Ganga's inability to | | | | this with another century in his next Test and innings. In |
| "get the ball off the square" at the highest level has | | | | all, Ganga has three Test centuries. However, he |
| hampered him. | | | | seems unable or unwilling to play positively or dominate |
| Up to 2008, Ganga has played 48 Test matches. His | | | | bowling attacks. |
| Test average at the end of 2008 is a mediocre 25.71 | | | | |