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 Rahul
Dravid Profile
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Batsman, Captain
Born January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
The 'Wall' and Captain
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm offbreak |
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Test Debut - England v India
at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI Debut - India v Sri Lanka at Singapore - Apr 3,
1996
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
ICC Test Player of the Year 2004
ICC Player of the Year 2004
Best Test batting score of 270 was made against Pakistan,
Rawalpindi, 2003-2004
Best Test bowling figures of 1 for 18 came against
West Indies, St. John's, 2001-2002
Best ODI batting score of 153 was made against New
Zealand, Hyderabad, 1999-2000
Best ODI bowling figures of 2 for 43 came against South
Africa, Kochi, 1999-2000
Appointed Captain of the Indian national cricket team
in November 2005.
In 2004, Dravid was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government
of India.
He has been nicknamed "The Wall".
After a whole total of eight wins under Dravid, the
cricket team tied the previous record of most consecutive
wins for an Indian team
Under Dravids captaincy the Indian team has jumped
from the 7th position in the ICC rankings to the 3rd
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Sachin
Tendulkar Profile |
Batsman
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
The Legend
Batting style Right-hand
bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
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Test Debut - Pakistan v India
at Karachi - Nov 15-20, 1989
ODI Debut - Pakistan v India at Gujranwala - Dec 18,
1989
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997
Rated as the second best batsman of all time
Played more matches than any other cricketer
Fourth highest tally of runs in test cricket (10,134)
at an outstanding average of 57.25 (highest among those
who have scored over 8,500 test runs) as of March 2005
Most runs (over 13642) and centuries (38) in one-day
internationals
Only person to have scored over 11,000 ODI runs and
over 25 ODI centuries as of April 28, 2005
Highest ODI batting average among Indian batsmen and
among all batsmen who have scored over 7,500 ODI runs
(as of April 3, 2005)
Most Number of Man of the Matches in one-day internationals
Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs in
ODIs as of April 2005
Most Number of Runs in World Cup Cricket History
First cricketer to cross 10,000-run mark in ODIs
Has equalled Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 test centuries.
Among those who have played over 100 test matches,
he is the only one with a batting average above 55.
Only second Indian to cross 10,000 runs in Test matches.
He has the most centuries in ODI cricket against Australia,
South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
He is the fastest to score 10,000 runs in test cricket
history. He holds this record along with Brian Lara.
Both of them achieved this feat in 195 innings.
To go with this he has 34 hundreds in Test cricket
at an average of 57. An average above 50 distinguishes
a batsman as an all time great.
Highest individual score in ODIs among Indian batsmen
(186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999) |
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Saurav
Ganguly Profile |
Batsman, Former Captain
Born July 8, 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
"Dada"
Batting Style - Left-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm medium |
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Test Debut - England v India
at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI Debut - India v West Indies at Brisbane - Jan 11,
1992
More Test wins to his credit than any other Indian
captain.
The only Indian Captain to win both the One Day and
Test Series on Pakistani soil.
Captain of Indian cricket team until Oct 2005 (test
team from November 10, 2000 and ODI team from September
5, 1999).
The third cricketer ever to score a century on debut
at Lord's after Harry Graham and John Hampshire.
Scored 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999
cricket World Cup, the highest by an Indian in World
Cup cricket.
Awarded the Padma Shri in 2004.
He was controversially dropped from the team after
Greg Chapel became the Indian coach. |
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Virendra
Sehwag Profile
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Batsman, Former Vice Captain
Born October 20, 1978, Delhi
"Veeru"
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm offbreak
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Test Debut - South Africa v
India at Bloemfontein - Nov 3-6, 2001
ODI Debut - India v Pakistan at Chandigarh (Punjab
C.A.) - Apr 1, 1999
He has scored over 3,000 ODI runs at a strike rate
of 95.78 runs per 100 balls which makes him one of
the fastest batsmen in the world.
He has also scored over 5,000 runs in first-class cricket
at an average of more than 50 with 18 first class centuries.
On March 29, 2004 he became the first ever Indian batsman
and only the 4th Asian batsman to score 300 runs in
a Test innings, playing against Pakistan at Multan.
His first innings average of 70+ is the second best,
next only to Don Bradman.
His ODI strike rate is best among all batsmen with
average greater than 25. |
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Yuvraj
Singh Profile
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Batsman
Born December 12, 1981, Chandigarh
"Yuvi"
Batting Style - Left-hand bat
Bowling Style - Slow left-arm orthodox |
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Test Debut - India v New Zealand
at Chandigarh (Punjab C.A.) - Oct 16-20, 2003
ODI Debut - Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym) - Oct 3,
2000
He is one of the better fielders in the Indian team |
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| Robin
Uthappa Profile |
Batsman
Born November 11, 1985, Coorg, Karnataka
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm medium
Test Debut - Yet to make Debut
ODI Debut - India v England at Indore - Apr 15, 2006 |
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He had a successful ODI debut,
making 86 as an opening batsman before being run out.
His 86 was the highest score for any Indian debutant
in a limited overs match. |
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| Mahendra
Singh Dhoni Profile |
Batsman, Wicketkeeper
Born July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar
"Mahi"
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm medium
Test Debut - India v Sri Lanka at Chennai - Dec 2-6, 2005
ODI Debut - Bangladesh v India at Chittagong (MAA) - Dec 23, 2004 |
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In his fifth one-dayer, against
Pakistan at Vishakapatnam, he scored 148
Scored 183 not out at Jaipur against Sri Lanka in October
2005
Broke Adam Gilchrist's record for the highest score
by a wicketkeeper in ODIs
He hit the most number of sixes by an Indian in an
Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket, which
is a total of 10 sixes |
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| Dinesh
Karthik Profile |
Batsman, Wicketkeeper
Born June 1, 1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Test Debut - India v Australia at Mumbai - Nov 3-5, 2004
ODI Debut - England v India at Lord's - Sep 5, 2004 |
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| Anil
Kumble Profile |
Bowler
Born October 17, 1970, Bangalore, Karnataka
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Legbreak googly
Test Debut - England v India at Manchester - Aug 9-14, 1990
ODI Debut - India v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Apr 25, 1990
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Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1996
Kumble is one of only two bowlers ever to have taken
all 10 wickets in a Test innings. |
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| Zaheer
Khan Profile |
Bowler
Born October 7, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra
"Khan"
Batting Style - Right hand bat
Bowling Style - Left arm fast medium
Test Debut - Bangladesh v India at Dhaka - Nov 10-13, 2000
ODI Debut - Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym) - Oct 3, 2000 |
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Zaheer holds the world record
for the highest Test score by a number 11 when he scored
75 for India v
Bangladesh in Dhaka, 2004.
In 2006 Zaheer signed for Worcestershire County Cricket
Club as their second overseas player.
He became the first Worcestershire player to take 10
wickets in a match on debut for over 100 years against
Somerset |
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| Harbhajan
Singh Profile |
Bowler
Born July 3, 1980, Jullundur (now Jalandhar), Punjab
"
Bajji"
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm offbreak
Test Debut - India v Australia at Bangalore - Mar 25-28, 1998
ODI Debut - India v New Zealand at Sharjah - Apr 17, 1998 |
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32 wickets in a three match-series |
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| Ajit
Agarkar Profile |
Bowler
Born December 4, 1977, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm fast-medium
Test Debut - Zimbabwe v India at Harare - Oct 7-10, 1998
ODI Debut - India v Australia at Kochi - Apr 1, 1998 |
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Agarkar set a world record for the fastest 50 wickets
in One-day International matches (ODIs).
Batting at number eight, he scored an unbeaten Test
century at Lord's in 2002.
Agarkar holds world ODI record of the quickest in terms
of least number of matches taken to take 200 wickets
and complete 1000 runs. |
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| Irfan
Pathan Profile |
Bowler, Batsman
Born October 27, 1984, Baroda, Gujarat
"Pathan"
Batting Style - Left-hand bat
Bowling Style - Left-arm medium-fast
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Test Debut - Australia v India at Adelaide - Dec 12-16,
2003
ODI Debut - Australia v India at Melbourne - Jan 9,
2004
ICC Emerging Player of the Year 2004 |
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| Sreesanth
Profile |
Bowler
Born February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
"Gopu"
Batting Style - Right-hand bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm fast-medium |
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Test Debut - India v England at Nagpur - Mar 1-5, 2006
ODI Debut - India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur - Oct 25, 2005
He was a break dancer, becoming a national champion
whilst in eighth grade |
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| Munaf
Patel Profile |
Bowler
Born July 12, 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat
"Munaf Musa Patel"
Batting Style - Right-hand
bat
Bowling Style - Right-arm medium-fast
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Test Debut - India v England at Chandigarh (Punjab
C.A.) - Mar 9-13, 2006
ODI Debut - India v England at Margao - Apr 3, 2006 |
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