Sourav Ganguly went on to have a successful 16-year career in Indian cricket. He appeared in 113 Tests and 311 One-Day Internationals for his country. His record of 100 Test matches and another 101 ODI's makes him the second most prolific run scorer in history after Ricky Ponting. Ganguly started his career in 1995 when India played their first Test match against Australia at Melbourne. He was selected as captain for the first time that same year, when India took on New Zealand in Chennai. The match ended in a draw with each side scoring 250 runs. In 1996, he led the team out in both the Tests against New Zealand, winning one and drawing the other. This made him only the third captain to do so after Vijay Merchant and Rahul Dravid. In 1997, Ganguly led the team out in all three formats of the game during India's tour of England. The first two Tests were drawn but India won the final match by an innings and 128 runs to take the series 1-0. It was also during this tour that he scored his maiden century in Test cricket. Playing against Mike Atherton's men, he brought up the milestone off just 143 balls with four sixes and 13 fours. This record is still intact today.