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.

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

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.

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World Cup

It is held after every 4 years.It isa one day international compitition.

The first world Cup was organised from June 7,1975 at lords stadium.

The first match was played between India & England.

In the beginning this cup was named as Prudential cup.

This cup was named as world cup cricket on 9 june 1979.

Since 1999 world cup,its name has been changed permanently as ICC Trophy.

West Indies winning World Cup 1975.

CRICKET

1.Number of players in a team - 11+5[extra]=16

2.Number of umpires in a match - 2+1[third umpire]

3.Weight of the Ball - 51/2 to 53/4 ounces,156 gm.

4.Circumference of Ball - 8" to 9"

5.Length of the Bat - 38"[96.5 cm.]

6.Widest part of the Bat - 4.25"

7.Breadth of Pitch on both side from centre wicket - 4 feet 4 inches

8.Distance of stumps from one side to the other - 22 yards[2012cm],20.12m

9.Breadth of wickets - 9 inches

10.Colour of Ball - White for night & Red for day time

11.Number of scorers-2

12.Types of matches - Test match,Three days,one day and T-20

13.Height of wicket from ground - 28 inches

14.Radius of small circle - 27.4 m

15.Radius of boundary - 68.58 m may very from 75 to 85 yards

History

Cricket started out as a game played by children,but expanded to become a betting game and where rich aristocrats were involved,the wagers could be large.The earliest laws were drawn up in that context,to help regulate a game on which large sums of money were being staked.

The earliest exiting code of cricket was drawn up by certain ''noblemen and gentlemen''who used the Artillery Ground in London in 1744.In 1755 there is further reference to the laws being revised by several cricket clubs, particularly the star and garter in pall mall followed by a revision of the laws by a committee of noblemen and gentlemen in 1774.

A printed form of the laws was published in 1775 and a further revision to the laws was undertaken by a similar body in 1786.

However,these laws were not universally followed,with different games played under different guidance on 30 may 1788,the MCC which had been formed by the leading noblemen and gentlemen playing the game just 1 year before,produced its first code of laws.

The next major change was in 1809 and saw the further standardisation of the weight of the ball from between 5 and 6 ounces to between 5.5 to 5.75 ounces.

The width of the cricket bat was standardised for first time.

The length of stumps was increased from 22 to 24 inches and bails from 6 to 7 inches.In 1829 the length of stumps increased from 24 to 27 inches and length of the bails was increased from 7 to 8 inches.

A new laws was approved by the MCC committee on 19 may 1835 and another on 21 April 1884.

In 1947 a new code was approved by the MCC on May 7Th.In 1979 after a number of minor revisions of the code 1947,a new code was approved at an MCC special general meeting on 21 November.In 1992 a second edition of the 1980 code was produced.In 2000 a new code which for the first time included a preamble defining the spirit of cricket was approved on May 3rd.In 2003 a second version of the code 2000.

Throwing was first regulated in laws produced in 1829.

In 1864 overarm bowling was permitted for the first time.

In 1889,the length of an over increased from 4 balls to 5 balls.

In 1900 the length of an over was increased to 6 balls.

In 1922 variation was allowed in the length of the over.

In 1947 the length of an over was to be 6 or 8 balls.

Dismissals

There are 10 ways in which batsman can be dismissed.Before the umpire will award a dismissal and declare the batsman to be out,a member of the fielding side must appeal.This is invariably done by asking the term HOWZAT? Which means How is that?

Bowled-The bowler has hit the wicket with the ball and the wicket has broken with at least one bail being dislodged.

Caught-The batsman has hit the ball with his bat or with his hand,and the ball has been caught before it has touched the ground by a member of the fielding side.

Leg Before Wicket-First and foremost,the ball must,in the opinion of the on-field umpire,be going on to hit the stumps if the ball had not hit the pad of the batsman first .If the batsman plays an attempted shot to the delivery,then the ball must hit the batsman's pad in line with the stumps and be going on to hit the stumps for the batsman to be given out.If the ball pitches outside the leg stump then the batsman cannot be given out.

Run out-A member of the fielding side has put down the wicket with the ball while the batsman was out of his ground.

Stumped is similar except that it is done by the wicketkeeper after the batsman has missed the bowled ball and has stepped out of his ground.

Hit wicket-A batsman is out hit wicket,if he dislodges bails with his bat.

Hit the ball twice is very unusual and was introduced as a safety measure to counter dangerous play and protect the fielders.The batsman may legally play the ball 2nd time only to stop the ball hitting the wicket after he has already played it.

Obstructed the field-Which tends to involve a batsman deliberately getting in the way of a fielder.

Handeld the ball-The bowled ball often hits the batsman's hand while it is holding the bat but it is not out;though he can of cource be caught of his hand.

Timed out-The next batsman did not arrive at the wicket within 3 minutes of the pree being dismissed.

Fielding

All 11 players on the fielding side take the field together.One of them is the wicket-keeper.Apart from the one currently bowling, the other 9 fielders are tactically deploped by the team captain in chosen positions around the field.These positions are not fixed but they are known by colourful names such as silly mid on,third man,fine leg etc.

In all forms cricket,if a fielder gets injured,a substitute is allowed to field instead of him.

Indian Cricket

The 1st record we have of cricket being played in India is from 1721, an account of recreational cricked played by English sailors Cambay.The 1st Indian club,the Calcutta Cricket Club was established in 1792. Through the 18Th century,cricket in India was almost wholly a sport played by British military men and civil servants in all white clubs and gymkhanas.

The origins of the Indian cricket are to be found in Bombay(Mumbai) and the first Indian community to start playing the game was the small community of the Parsis.Brought into close contact with the British because of their interest in trade and the first Indian community to westernise,the parsis founded the first Indian cricket club,the oriental cricket club in Bombay(Mumbai) in 1848.Parsi clubs were funded and sponsored by parsi businessmen.The white cricket elite in India offered no help to the enthusiastic parsis.In fact,there was a quarrel between the Bombay(Mumbai) gymkhana,a white only club and parsi cricketers over the use of a public park.The parsis complained that the park was left unfit for cricket because the polo ponies of the Bombay(Mumbai) gymkhana dug up the surface.

When it became clear that the colonial authorities were prejudiced in favour of their white compatriots,the parsis built their own gymkhana to play cricket in.The rivalry between the parsis and the Bombay(Mumbai) gymkhana had a happy ending for these pioneers of Indian cricket.Parsi team beat the Bombay(Mumbai) gymkhana at cricket in 1889,just 4 years after the foundation of the Indian national congress in 1885,an organisation that was lucky to have amongst its early leaders the great parsi statesman and intellectual Dadabhai Naroji.

India entered the world of test cricket in 1932,a decade and a half before it become an Independent nation.This was possible because test cricket from its origins in 1877 was organised as a contest between different parts of the British empire, not sovereign nations.

The 1st test was played between England and Australia when Australia was still a white-settler colony.

First Laws of Cricket

The first written laws of cricket were drawn up in 1744.They stated,"the principals shall choose from amongst the gentleman present two umpires who shall absolutely decide all disputes."

The stumps must be 22 inches high and the ball across them six inches.The ball must be between 5 and 6 ounces.

The two sets of stumps 22 yards apart.

The world's 1st cricket club was formed in Hambledon in the 1760 and the MCC was founded in 1787.

During 1760 and 1770,it became common to the pitch the ball through the air rather than roll it along the ground.This change gave bowlers the options of length,deception through the air,plus increased pase.It also opened new possibilities for swing and spin.

One immediate result was the replacement of the curved Bat with the straight Bat.

The weight of the ball was limited to between 5 1/2 to 5 3/4 ounces,and the width of the Bat to 4 inches.

In 1774,the first leg-before law was published.

Also around the time, a third stump become common.By 1780, 3 days had become the length of a major match and this year also saw the creation of the 1st six seam cricket ball.

About Cricket

Cricket grew out of the many stick-and ball games played in England 500 years ago.The word bat is an old english word that simply means stick or club.By the 17th century,cricket had evolved enough to be recognisable as a distinct game.Till the middle of the 18th century,bat were roughly the same shape as Hockey sticks.

There was a simply reason for this:the ball was bowled Underarm,along the ground and the curve at the end of the Bat gave the batsman the best chance of making contact.

History of the Bat

Curved Bat-C1750
Early Straight Bat-C1774
Little Joey-C1792
E.Bagot,Sky Scraper-C1793
Fuller Pilch's Bat-C1835
W.G. Grace's-C1901
Jack Hobbs Bat-C1930
Early curved Bat-C1720