Cricketing Brain: 2010

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Jhulan Goswami

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium

Roles played: Ex Skipper-ODI,T20
Bowler

Born: November 25, 1983, Nadia, Bengal

Profile

One of the fastest female bowlers in the world, she has been a regular at the top of the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings.

Won the ICC Women`s Player of the Year Award in 2007.

Became the fourth woman to reach 100 ODI wickets in 2008.

Her favourite cricketer is Glenn McGrath.
Test Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Jan 14, 2002

Last played: Vs - Dec 31, 2009

ODI Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Jan 06, 2002

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 05, 2006

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 04, 2010

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Amita Sharma

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium fast

Roles played: Bowler

Born: September 12, 1982, Delhi, India

Profile
Took 13 wickets at the ICC Women`s World Cup in 2005 and nine wickets at the ICC WWC in 2009.

Hugely experienced, she took her first four-wicket haul in an ODI against England in 2007 in Chennai.

Favourite cricketer is Kapil Dev.

Enjoys listening to music in her spare time and is also an excellent dancer.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Jan 01, 1978

Last played: India Women Vs Australia Women - Mar 21, 2009

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women at County Ground, Taunton - Jun 11, 2009

Last played: India Women Vs New Zealand Women at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Jun 18, 2009

Soniya Dabir

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium
Born: July 17, 1980, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Profile

She made her ODI and T20 International debut during England`s tour of India in 2010.

Made 31 not out and took two wickets on her first ODI appearance.

She returned figures of 3-23 in a thriller on her T20 debut, although England won the game by two wickets.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs Australia Women - Jul 21, 1993

Last played: India Women Vs South Africa Women - Dec 22, 1997

Harmanpreet Kaur

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium fast

Roles played:
Batsman

Born: March 08, 1989, Punjab, India

Profile
Called up to the India side for the first time during the ICC Women`s World Cup 2009.

Made just eight runs in four innings at the ICC World Twenty20 2009.

Made a career-best score of 84 against England in the last ODI match she played in during March 2010.

Her hero is Virender Sehwag.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs Pakistan Women - Mar 07, 2009

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women at County Ground, Taunton - Jun 11, 2009

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Mithali Raj

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Leg break

Roles played:

Skipper-T20
Ex Skipper-Test,ODI
Batsman
Profile

Born: December 03, 1982, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

Scored a double hundred in a Test match against England at Taunton in 2002.

Became the fifth player to reach 3,000 ODI runs.

Captained India to runner-up position at the Women`s World Cup in 2005, but lost the captaincy in 2008.

Had an excellent ICC Women`s World Cup 2009 campaign, scoring two half centuries.

Hobbies include reading biographies and cooking.

Test Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Jan 14, 2002

Last played: Vs - Dec 31, 1969

ODI Debut: India Women Vs Ireland Women - Jun 26, 1999

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 05, 2006

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Rumeli Dhar

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium

Roles played: Ex Skipper-ODI
AllRounder
Born: December 09, 1983, Calcutta, Bengal, India

Profile

The highly-rated all-rounder is a key member of the India team.

A veteran of two World Cup campaigns, in 2005 and 2009, she was India’s joint highest wicket taker at the ICC World Twenty20 2009.

She was in outstanding form at the ICC Women`s World Cup 2009, winning the `Player of the Match` Award in India`s first game against Pakistan, and in the third-place play-off against Australia.

Her mother`s love of the game inspired her to take up cricket.

Test Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Nov 21, 2005

Last played: Vs - Dec 31, 1969

ODI Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Jan 27, 2003

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 05, 2006

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Priyanka Roy

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Leg break

Roles played: Batsman

Born: March 02, 1988, Kolkata, Bengal

Profile

Made her ODI debut at the Women`s Asia Cup and scored 44 against Sri Lanka in her first match.

Finished as the third highest wicket-taker at the ICC Women`s World Cup 2009, capturing 12 victims.

Became the first woman to take five wickets at the ICC World Twenty20, when she took 5-16 against Pakistan in 2009.

Her cricketing hero is Sachin Tendulkar.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs Sri Lanka Women - May 03, 2008

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Feb 26, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women at County Ground, Taunton - Jun 11, 2009

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Reema Malhotra

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Leg break

Roles played: Batsman

Born: October 17, 1980, Delhi, India

Profile
A solid all-rounder who bats in the middle order.

Didn’t play an ODI game for almost two years after disappointing at the Women`s Asia Cup in 2006.

Scored her first ODI fifty against New Zealand during the ICC Women`s World Cup 2009.

Played in all four matches at the ICC World Twenty20 2009.

Test Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 29, 2006

Last played: Vs - Dec 31, 1969

ODI Debut: India Women Vs Australia Women - Feb 01, 2003

Last played: India Women Vs West Indies Women - Mar 19, 2009

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 05, 2006

Last played: India Women Vs New Zealand Women at Trent Bridge, Nottingham - Jun 18, 2009

Gouhar Sultana

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox

Bowler

Born: March 31, 1988, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Profile

Made her ODI debut in the Women`s Asia Cup in 2008 where she made four appearances and took 3-9 against Pakistan on debut.

Had an excellent ICC Women`s World Cup 2009, taking eight wickets in the tournament.

Enjoys listening to music and reading.

Her favourite cricketers are Anil Kumble and Daniel Vettori.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs Pakistan Women - May 05, 2008

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs Australia Women - Oct 28, 2008

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Anjum Chopra

Batting style: Left Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium

Roles played: Ex Skipper-Test,ODI
Batsman
Born: May 20, 1977, New Delhi, India

Test Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Nov 17, 1995

Last played: Vs - Dec 31, 1969

ODI Debut: India Women Vs New Zealand Women - Feb 12, 1995

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 05, 2006

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Diana David

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Off break

Born: March 02, 1985, Chirala, Andhra Pradesh, India

Profile

Like Poonam Raut, she is a right-handed batter who also bowls off-spin.

Made her T20 International debut in the series against England in March 2010.

She idolises Lance Klusener, Chris Gayle and Brendon McCullum.

Wants to be remembered as a quality all-rounder.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs West Indies Women - Feb 26, 2004

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 06, 2010

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Sulakshana Naik

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat
Roles played: Wicketkeeper

Born: November 10, 1978, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Profile

The wicket-keeper/batter opens for her country in T20 cricket.

An experienced player, she made her international debut against England in 2002.

Made her first ODI fifty in her fifth appearance, scoring 50 against Ireland in 2002.

She is also referred to as `Gauri`.
Test Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 14, 2002

Last played: Vs - Dec 31, 1969
ODI Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Jul 10, 2002

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010
T20 Debut: India Women Vs England Women - Aug 05, 2006

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Anagha Deshpande

Batting style: Right Handed-hand bat
Roles played: Batsman

Batsman Born: November 19, 1985, Solapur, Maharashtra

Profile

Scored 38 on her ODI debut against Pakistan in 2008.

Yet to play a T20 International match, although she has made 12 ODI appearances.

Favourite cricketers are Adam Gilchrist and Rahul Dravid.

She is extremely superstitious.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs Pakistan Women - May 09, 2008

Poonam Raut

Batting style: Left Handed-hand bat

Bowling style: Slow left-arm orthodox

Roles played:Batsman

Born: October 14, 1989, India

Profile

Played one match at the ICC Women`s World Cup 2009, making her ODI debut.

Her knock of 30 against Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 in 2009 helped India clinch a semi-final berth.

Inspired her team to victory over England in March 2010 with figures of 3-12.

Favourite players are Sachin Tendulkar and Mithali Raj.

ODI Debut: India Women Vs West Indies Women - Mar 19, 2009

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 01, 2010

T20 Debut: India Women Vs Pakistan Women at County Ground, Taunton - Jun 13, 2009

Last played: India Women Vs England Women - Mar 08, 2010

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Piyush Chawla

Full name Piyush Pramod Chawla

Born 24 December 1988
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Batting style Left-handed

Bowling style Right arm leg break

Role All-rounder
National side India

Test debut 9 March 2006 v England

ODI debut 12 May 2007 v Bangladesh
Piyush Pramod Chawla pronunciation born 24 December 1988, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. He is seen as a leg-spinning allrounder in domestic cricket, but has not fired as a batsman in the One Day International format.
He first played for India U-19 against the England U-19 team in 2004-05, claiming 13 wickets from two Under-19 Tests at a bowling average of just above 12. He also played in the 2005-06 home series against Australia U-19, where they won the five-match limited overs series 4-1, taking eight wickets.
In the 2005-06 Challenger Trophy, Chawla was selected to play for India B. Although he only bowled three of a possible ten overs in the first match of the series, conceding 21, he picked up two wickets in the next match against India A, and as India B reached the final against the Seniors, he took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar - bowled with a googly - in an effort described by Cricinfo as "impressive". He also dismissed Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to end with three for 49, but the Seniors still won by three wickets. Two weeks later, he made his first class debut for Central Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy, and scored 60 in a 92-run eighth-wicket stand with Harvinder Singh. He also finished with match bowling figures of 27.2-3-100-6, admittedly only getting one of the top five batsman once. He has been known by Kiran More since the age of 15 and at only 17 has potentially got a great cricketing future in front of him. He proved himself again when he took 4 wickets in 8 overs conceding only 8 runs in the U-19 World Cup final of 2006. He also made 25 (n.o.) runs.

Full name Pragyan Prayish Ojha

Born 5 September 1986
Khurda, Orissa, India

Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Batting style Left-handed

Bowling style Slow left arm orthodox

Role Bowler
National side India

Test debut 24 November 2009 v Sri Lanka

ODI debut 28 June 2008 v Bangladesh
Pragyan Prayish Ojha (born 5 September 1986 in Khurda, Orissa) is an Indian cricketer. Debuting in first class cricket in 2004/05, Ojha is a left-arm spinner who has represented India at under-19 level. He finished the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy season with 29 wickets at 19.89, in just 6 games.
Ojha started playing in Shahid Sporting Club, Bhubaneswar.[citation needed] After studying in D.A.V Public School, Chandrasekharpur till 9th he joined Hyderabad cricket team. The young left arm spinner is known for his ability to flight the ball.
He has performed exceedingly well in the 2 editions of IPL, earning the praise of his captain Adam Gilchrist.

As a result, he was called into the national limited overs squad and made his ODI debut.
He was part of the winning squad in the 2nd edition of IPL.
Pragyan Ojha plays for the Hyderabad, Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League. His highly successful campaign in the first season ensured selection in the 15-man Indian squad for the Bangladesh tour and Asia cup.
He was all the more successful in the second season, which ensured his selection in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England.

Rohit Sharma

Full name Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Born 30 April 1987
Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Batting style Right-handed

Bowling style Right arm off spin

Role Batsman

ODI debut 23 June 2007 v Ireland

T20 debut19 September 2007 v England

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, and Sreesunth for a brief period), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Kerala and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Kings XI Punjab. He is the first Kerala Ranji player to play Twenty20 cricket for India. He is noted for his exuberant and emotional behaviour, especially whilst appealing for and celebrating wickets. Such trademark behaviour has seen him frequently fined for violating the player conduct guidelines of the International Cricket Council. In October 2009, the BCCI and Kerala Cricket Association issued separate warnings to Sreesanth for indiscipline, failure of which could invite drastic actions such as ban from domestic cricket.

Dinesh Karthik

Full name Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik

Born 1 June 1985
Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India

Batting style Right-handed

Role Wicket-keeper-Batsman

National side India

Test debut 3 November 2004 v Australia

ODI debut 5 September 2004 v England

Yusuf Pathan

Full name Yusuf Khan Pathan

Born 18 November 1982
Baroda (now Vadodara), Gujarat, India

Nickname lethal weapon

Height 1.855 m (6 ft 1.0 in)

Batting style Right-handed

Bowling style Right arm off break

Role All-rounder

National side India

ODI debut 10 June 2008 v Pakistan

T20 24 September 2007 v Pakistan

Yusuf Khan Pathan (born 17 November 1982 in Baroda) is an Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He is a hard hitting right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His brother Irfan Pathan is also an Indian cricketer. Though younger to Yusuf, it was Irfan who entered the Indian team first.

Irfan Pathan

Full name Irfan Khan Pathan

Born 27 October 1984
Baroda, Gujarat, India

Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Left arm medium fast

Role All rounder

Robin Uthappa

Full name Robin Venu Uthappa

Born 11 November 1985
Kodagu, Karnataka, India

Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)

Batting style Right-handed

Bowling style Right arm medium

Role Batsman, occasional wicket-keeper

National side India

ODI debut 15 April 2006 v England

T20 debut 13 September 2007 v Scotland
His father is Venu Uthappa, an international hockey referee from Kodagu, Karnataka, and mother Roselyn is a home maker and hails from Kozhikode, Kerala. He made his One Day International debut in the seventh and final match of the English tour of India in April 2006. He had a successful debut, making 86 as an opening batsman before being run out. It was the highest score for any Indian debutant in a limited overs match [1]. He is also named 'The Walking Assassin" for his tactic of charging the bowler. He played an important role in India's win at the ICC World T20 World Cup 2007. However, he then suffered a form slump and has not played for India since mid-2008 and was relegated to a Grade C contract.

R. P. Singh

Full name Rudra Pratap Singh

Born 6 December 1985
Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, India

Batting style Right-handed

Bowling style Left arm fast-medium

Role Bowler

National side India

Praveen Kumar

Full name Praveen kumar

Born 2 October 1986
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style Right-hand batsman

Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast

Role Bowler

National side India

ODI debut 18 November 2007 v Pakistan
Kumar plays his domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first-class debut in 2004 and enjoyed success at this level by taking 126 wickets in 25 matches at an average of just 21.50. He has also excelled at the shorter version of the game at the list A level, taking 67 wickets in 39 matches at an average of 22.05.
Although he was not part of the player auction, Praveen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in BCCI's Indian Premier League in the inaugural Twenty20 cricket tournament. His services were bought for 300,000.00 USD. Because of his age, Kumar was counted towards Bangalore's U-22 quota. He bowled well for Bangalore, even though the team did not reach the semi finals.

He became the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in IPL3. He took the wickets of Damein Martyn, Narwal and Dogra to reach his hat-trick. The match was against Rajasthan Royals on 18-March-2010

Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina
Born 27 November 1986
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Nickname Sanu

Batting style Left-handed

Bowling style Right arm off break

Role Batsman

National side India

ODI debut 30 July 2005 v Sri Lanka

T20 1 December 2006 v South Africa

The youngest in a family of five children, Raina decided to take up cricket seriously in 1999, and moved from his home town of Ghaziabad, near New Delhi to Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, to attend the specialist government Sports College. He rose to become the captain of the Uttar Pradesh U-16s came to prominence amongst Indian selectors in 2002, when he was selected at the age of 15 and a half years for the U-19 tour to England, where he made a pair of half-centuries in the U-19 Test matches.He toured Sri Lanka later that year with the U-17 team. He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Uttar Pradesh against Assam in February 2003 at the age of 16, but did not play another match until the following season. In late 2003, he toured Pakistan for the U-19 Asian ODI Championship before being selected for the 2004 U-19 World Cup, where he scored three half centuries, including a 90 scored off only 38 balls. He was then awarded a Border-Gavaskar scholarship to train at the Australian Cricket Academy and in early 2005, he made his first-class limited overs debut, and scored 645 runs that season at an average of 53.75.He was selected to participate in the Challenger Series in early 2005 ,and after injury to Sachin Tendulkar and suspension to captain Sourav Ganguly, Raina was selected for the Indian Oil Cup 2005 in Sri Lanka .

Zaheer Khan

Full name - Zaheer Khan

Born 7 October 1978
Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India

Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Batting style Right-handed

Bowling style Left arm fast-medium

Role Bowler

National side India

Test debut 10 November 2000 v Bangladesh

ODI debut 3 October 2000 v Kenya

A left arm Fast bowler, Zaheer is known for his ability to swing the ball both ways, and as a batsman also holds the record for the highest Test score by a No. 11. After leading the Indian pace attack for much of the early 2000s, recurring hamstring injuries in 2003 and 2004 forced him out of the team, and after returning for a year, he was dropped again in late 2005. Strong performances on the domestic circuit have seen him recalled to the team as its leading pace bowler.
Zaheer was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.
He made his Test debut against Bangladesh at Dhaka and ODI debut against Kenya at Nairobi during the ICC KnockOut Trophy in the same year.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Gautam Gambhir

Born
14 October 1981 New Delhi, India
Nickname
Gauti
Height
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Batting style
Left-handed
Bowling style
Right arm leg break

Role
Batsman
National side
India

Test debut

3 November 2004 v Australia

ODI debut

11 April 2003 v Bangladesh

Virender Sehwag

Full name
Virender Sehwag
Born
20 October 1978 (1978-10-20) (age 31)Delhi, India
Nickname
Viru, Nawab of Nagafgrah

Height
5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting style
Right-handed
Bowling style
Right arm off Break

Role
Opening batsman, occasional off spinner
National side
India
Test debut

3 November 2001 v South Africa

ODI debut

1 April 1999 v Pakistan

Sehwag was born in a Jat family from Haryana.The son of a grain merchant, Sehwag spent his childhood in a bungalow in a joint family, with siblings, uncles, aunts and sixteen cousins. Though now settled in New Delhi, the Sehwag family hails from Haryana. Sehwag was the third of four children born to father Krishan and mother Krishna Sehwag, with two older sisters Manju and Anju, and younger brother Vinod. His father attributes his interest in cricket to a toy bat which he was given when he was seven months old. He attended Arora Vidya School in Delhi, and pestered his parents to let him play cricket, on the basis that he was not academically gifted.His father tried to end his career when he broke a tooth as a child in 1990, but Sehwag evaded the ban with the help of his mother.

ARJUNA AWARD(2002)

Wisdon Leading Cricketer in the world 2008, 2009

Harbhajan Singh

Full name
Harbhajan Singh
Born
3 July 1980 Jalandhar,Punjab,India

Nickname
Bhajji

Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style
Right-hand
Bowling style
Right-arm off break Role
Test debut

25 March 1998 v Australia

ODI debut17

April 1998 v New Zealand

Harbhajan was born into a middle class punjabi family. He is the only son of Sardar Sardev Singh, a businessman who owned a ball bearing and valve factory Growing up with five sisters, Harbhajan was in line to inherit the family business, but his father insisted that he concentrate on his cricket career and represent India.Harbhajan was trained as a batsman by his first coach Charanjit Singh Bullar, but converted to spin bowling after his coach's untimely death saw him turn to the tutelage of Davinder Arora. Arora credits Harbhajan's success to a work ethic that included a three hour training session in the morning, followed by an afternoon session lasting from 3 pm until after sunset.

Yuvraj Singh

Born
12 December 1981,Chandigarh, India
Nickname
Yuvi
Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Batting style
Left-handed
Bowling style
Slow left arm
Role

All Rounder
Test debut

16 October 2003 v New zealand
ODI debut
3 October 2000 v Kenya

Yuvraj first came to attention when he captained the U-19 Punjab Cricket Team in the final of the Cooch-Behar Trophy against Bihar U-19s, in which he scored 358.Then he gained selection for the U-19 World Cup in Shri Lanka in January 2000, where he was part of a team lead by

Mohammed Kaif which won the tournament. Yuvraj was subsequently selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

On 19 September 2007 against England in the ICC T20 Super 8 match held at Kingsmead in Durban, he hit 6 sixes off one Sturat Broad's over. This helped him to reach the fastest fifty ever in Twenty20 game, off just 12 balls and also the fastest in any form of international cricket This was the fourth time that six sixes had been hit in one over in senior cricket, the first time in Twenty20 cricket, and the first time in any form of international cricket against a bowler from a test playing nation. He has also hit the longest six of the tournament:119 meters off of Australian bowler Brett Lee and currently is the world's leading 20-20 batsman in terms of strike rate.He is the icon player and captain for Indian Premier League team Kings XI Punjab. On 1 May 2009, Yuvraj picked up his first hat-trick in T20 cricket against Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kingsmead in Durban, the same ground where he hit his six sixes. He dismissed Robin Uthappa,Mark Boucher and Jacques Kallis. On 17 May 2009, Yuvraj picked up his second Twenty20 hat-trick against Deccan Chargers at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Yuvraj dismissed Herschelle Gibbs,Andrew Symonds and Venugopal Rao.

M S DHONI

Full Name - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born - 7 July 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 28) Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Nickname - Mahi
Height
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Batting style
Right-hand batsman
Bowling style
Right-hand medium
Role
Wicket Keeper, Indian Captian
National side
INDIA

Test debut
2 December 2005 v Shri Lanka

ODI debut
23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
ODI shirt no.
7

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born in Ranchi,Bihar to Pan Singh and Devaki Devi.His paternal village Lvali is in the Lamgarha block of the Almora of Uttrakhand. Dhoni's parents, moved from Uttrakhand to Ranchi where Pan Singh worked in junior management positions in MECON. Dhoni has a sister Jayanti and a brother Narendra. Dhoni had long hair which he has now shortened; he cut it because he wanted to look like his favourite film star John Abraham.He likes Bikes A Hummer to add to the four cars and 23 high-speed motorcycles already parked in his garage in Ranchi.He is endorsing 15 brands form clothes to cold Drinks. And, he is one of the highest income tax payers in last year. Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar vidya Mandir,Shamali,(now the school is known as JVM , Shyamli,Ranchi) Ranchi,Jharkhand where he initially excelled in badminton and football and was selected at district and club level in these sports.Dhoni was a goalkeeper for his football team and was sent to play cricket for a local cricket club by his football coach. Though he had not played cricket, Dhoni impressed with his wicket-keeping skills and became the regular wicketkeeper at the Commando cricket club (1995–1998). Based on his performance at club cricket, he was picked for the 1997/98 season Vinoo Mankad Trophy Under-16 Championship and he performed well.

Sourav Ganguly

Full name - Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born - 8 July 1972 Kolkata,India
Nick Name - Dada,Prince of Kolkata
Height - 5 ft 11 in
Batting style - Left handed
Bowling stle - Right arm midium
Role - Batsman
Test Debut - 20 June 1996 v England
Last Test - 6 Nov 2008 v Australia
ODI Debut - 11 Jan 1992 v West Indies
Last ODI - 15 Nov 2007 v Pakistan
COMPETITION TEST ODI FC
Matches 113 311 242
Runs 7,212 11,363 14,933
Batting Averege 42.17 41.02 43.92
100s/50s 16/35 22/72 31/85
Top score 239 183 239
Wickets 32 100 164

ANIL KUMBLE

Full Name - Anil Radhakrishna Kumble

Born - 17 Oct 1970,Bangalore, India

Nick Name - Jumbo

Batting style - Right handed

Bowling style - Right arm leg break

Role - Bowler

Team - India

Test Debut - 9 August 1990 v England

ODI Debut - 25 April 1990 v Shrilanka

Kumble is a right arm leg spinner ,most famous for his flipper.He started his career as a medium pacer,which has given him a useful faster delivery.He relies more on accuracy,variations and bounce than spin the ball.His unique style can be attributed to matting pitches in Bangalore which assist top spin and over spin.

Rahul Dravid

Name - Rahul Sharad Dravid

Born - 11 Jan 1973,Indore, India

Nick Name - The Wall, Jammy

Height - 5ft 11 in

Batting style - Right Handed

Bowling style - Right arm off spin

Main Role - Batsman,Wicketkeeper

Team - India

Test Debut - 20 June 1996 v England

ODI Debut - 3 April 1996 v Shri lanka

Dravid was born in Indore,Madhya Pradesh into a Maharashtrian Deshastha family living in Karnataka.He speaks Marathi,Hindi and Kannada.He has a younger brother,vijay.Rahul's father worked for Kissan company.His mother Smt. Pushpa was a professor of Architecture at Bangalore University.

Rahul Dravid has a degree in commerce from St Joseph's college of commerce,Karnataka.He married Dr. Vijeta and on 11 Oct 2005,their Son Samit was born.On 27 April 2009 Vijeta gave birth to their second son Anvay.

Dravid started playing cricket at the age of 12 and represented the state at the under 15,17 and 19 level.Rahul's talents were first spotted by former cricketer Keki Tarapore who was coaching at a summer camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium.

SIR DON BRADMAN

Full Name - Donald George Bradman

Born - 27 August 1908

New South Wales, Australia

Died - 25 Feb 2001

Nick Name - The don, The boy from Bowral

Height - 1.70 m,5ft 7 in

Batting Style - Right handed

Bowling Style - Right arm leg break

Main role - Batsman

Test debut - 30 Nov.1928 v England

Last Test - 18 Aug. 1948 v England

COMPETITION TEST FC

Matches 52 234

Runs 6,996 28,067

Batting average 99.94 95.14

100s/50s 29/13 117/69

Top score 334 452*

Balls Bowled 160 2114

Wickets 2 36

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born - 24 April 1973

Nick Name - Little Master, Master Blaster

Height - 5ft.5in.

Batting style - Right handed

Bowling Style - Right arm leg spin and off spin

Main role - Batsman

Tendulkar was born in Mumbai.His father shri ramesh tendulkar a Marathi novelist,named Tendulkar after his favourite music director Sachin Dev Barman.Tendular has two brother and one sister[Ajit,Nitin and Savitai].Tendulkar attented Sharadashram Vidyamandir,where he began his cricketing career under the guidance of his coach Shri Ramakant Achrekar.During his school days he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train as fast bowler,but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee,who took a world record 355 test wickets was unimpressed,suggesting that Tendulker focus on his batting instead

Tendulkar played his first test match against Pakistan in Karachi in 1989.