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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh /ˌɑːndrə prəˈdɛʃ/ is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the country's southeastern coast. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh lies between 12°41' and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40'E longitude, and is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west.
Andhra Pradesh has the second-longest coastline of 972 km (604 mi) among the states of India. Two major rivers, the Godavari and the Krishna, run across the state. The small enclave (30 square kilometres (12 sq mi)) of Yanam, a district of Pondicherry, lies in the Godavari delta in the northeast of the state. The state is separated into three regions: Telangana, Andhra, and Rayalaseema.
The primary official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu and the co-official language is Urdu. Other languages often spoken in the state include Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, and Oriya.
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Belfast
Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 5°55′48″W / 54.597°N 5.930°W / 54.597; -5.930
Belfast (from Irish: Béal Feirste, meaning "mouth of the shoal") is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the fourteenth largest city in the United Kingdom and second largest on the island of Ireland. It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. The city of Belfast has a population of 267,500 and lies at the heart of the Belfast urban area, which has a population of 579,276. The Larger Urban Zone, as defined by the European Union, has a total population 641,638. Belfast was granted city status in 1888.
Historically, Belfast has been a centre for the Irish linen industry (earning the nickname "Linenopolis"), tobacco production, rope-making and shipbuilding: the city's main shipbuilders, Harland and Wolff, which built the well-known RMS Titanic, propelled Belfast on to the global stage in the early 20th century as the biggest and most productive shipyard in the world. Belfast played a key role in the Industrial Revolution, establishing its place as a global industrial centre until the latter half of the 20th century. Industrialisation and the inward migration it brought made Belfast, if briefly, the biggest city in Ireland at the turn of the 20th century and the city's industrial and economic success was cited by Ulster unionist opponents of Home Rule as a reason why Ireland should shun devolution and later why Ulster in particular would fight to resist it.
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Bulawayo
Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with an estimated metropolitan population in 2007 of 731 003. It is located in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland. The capital of Matabeleland North is now Lupane, as Bulawayo is a stand-alone province.
Bulawayo is also known as the 'City of Kings', 'Skies', 'Bluez', 'Bulliesberg' or 'KoNtuthu ziyathunqa' – a SiNdebele word for 'a place of smoky fires'.[citation needed] It is a multicultural city with most residents able to speak at least three languages (including English, Ndebele, Shona, Xhosa, Kalanga, Sotho, Nambya, Tonga and Venda). The majority of the Bulawayo's population belongs to the Ndebele ethnic and language group, who descend from a 19th century Zulu migration and are a minority in Zimbabwe.
Bulawayo has long been and is still regarded as the industrial and business capital of Zimbabwe and is home to the National Railways of Zimbabwe because of its strategic position near Botswana and South Africa. It is the nearest large city to Hwange National Park, Matopo National Park and Victoria Falls.
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Gwalior
Gwalior (Hindi/Marathi: ग्वालियर
pronunciation (help·info)) ग्वाल्हेर is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India, lying 122 kilometres (76 mi) south of Agra, and 423 kilometres (263 mi) north of Bhopal, the state capital. Gwalior occupies a strategic location in the Gird region of India, and the city and its fortress have served as the center of several of historic northern Indian kingdoms. Gwalior is the administrative headquarters of Gwalior district and Gwalior division.
It is famous for Gwalior Fort, which has changed hands many times. From the Tomaras in the 8th century it passed on to the Mughals, then the Marathas under the Scindias (1754), followed briefly by Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi, Tatiya Tope and the British.
The city has several important educational institutions including the Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, Scindia School, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education. Gwalior has five government universities: Jiwaji University, Maharaja Maan Singh Tomar music and arts university, Rajmata Vijyarahe Scindia agriculture university, Laxmibai National University of Physical Education and ABV-IIITM are government universities. Few Private institutions are also well known in this region like Aditya College, ITM University, Amity University etc.
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India
India (
i/ˈɪndiə/), officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four of the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.
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Jaipur
Jaipur /ˈdʒaɪpʊər/ (Rajasthani: जैपर , Hindi: जयपुर Urdu: جئے پور [ˈdʒəjpʊɾ] (
listen)), also popularly known as the 'Pink City', is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amber, the city today has a population of 3.1 million.
Jaipur is one of the finest planned cities of India, located in the semi-desert lands of Rajasthan. The city which once had been the capital of the royalty now is the capital city of Rajasthan. The very structure of Jaipur resembles the taste of the Rajputs and the Royal families. At present, Jaipur is a major business centre with all requisites of a metropolitan city.
Some of the famous areas in Jaipur include Mansarovar, the largest housing colony in Asia, Sanganer, famous for handmade paper industry and Sanganeri hand block-printing, Bapu Nagar, Malviya Nagar and Vaishali Nagar.
The city is remarkable among pre-modern Indian cities for the width and regularity of its streets which are laid out into six sectors separated by broad streets 34 m (111 ft) wide. The urban quarters are further divided by networks of gridded streets. Five quarters wrap around the east, south, and west sides of a central palace quarter, with a sixth quarter immediately to the east. The Palace quarter encloses a sprawling palace complex, (Hawa Mahal), formal gardens, and a small lake. Nahargarh Fort, which was the residence of the King Sawai Jai Singh II, crowns the hill in the northwest corner of the old city. The observatory, Jantar Mantar, is one of the World Heritage Sites. Included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Agra, Jaipur is an extremely popular tourist destination in Rajasthan and India.
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra /mɑːhəˈrɑːʃtrə/ (Marathi: महाराष्ट् mahārāṣṭra [məharaːʂʈrə] ( listen)) is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India. Maharashtra is the richest state in India, contributing 15% of the country's industrial output and 13.3% of its GDP (2006–2007 figures).
Maharashtra is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, Gujarat and the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the northwest, Madhya Pradesh to the northeast, Chhattisgarh to the east, Karnataka to the south, Andhra Pradesh to the southeast, and Goa to the southwest. The state covers an area of 307,731 km2 (118,816 sq mi) or 9.84% of the total geographical area of India. Mumbai, the capital city of the state, is India's largest city and the financial capital of the nation. Nagpur is the second capital of the state. Marathi is the official language.
Maharashtra is the world's second most populous first-level administrative country sub-division. Were it a nation in its own right, Maharashtra would be the world's tenth most populous country ahead of Mexico.
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Mumbai
Mumbai /mʊmˈbaɪ/, also known as Bombay /bɒmˈbeɪ/, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along with the neighbouring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia.
The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese and subsequently to the British East India Company. During the mid-18th century, Mumbai was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project, which undertook the reclamation of the area between the seven constituent islands from the sea. Completed by 1845, the project along with construction of major roads and railways transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea. Economic and educational development characterised the city during the 19th century. It became a strong base for the Indian independence movement during the early 20th century. When India became independent in 1947, the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as capital. The city was renamed Mumbai in 1996.
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Nagpur
Nāgpur ( pronunciation (help·info) English: Nagpore) is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. With a population of 2,405,421 (2011) Nagpur Metropolitan Area is the 13th largest urban conglomeration in India. It has also recently been ranked as the cleanest city and the second greenest city of India after Bangalore. In addition to being the seat of annual winter session of Maharashtra state assembly "Vidhan Sabha", [Nagpur] is also a major commercial and political center of the Vidarbha region of [Maharashtra], and is also famous throughout the country as "Orange City" for being a major trade center of oranges that are cultivated in the region. In addition, the city also derives political importance from being the headquarters for the Hindu nationalist organisation RSS and an important location for the Dalit Buddhist movement.
Nagpur lies precisely at the center of the country with the Zero Mile Marker indicating the geographical center of India. The city was founded by the Gonds but later became part of the Maratha Empire under the Bhonsles. The British East India Company took over Nagpur in the 19th century and made it the capital of the Central Provinces and Berar. After the first reorganisation of states, the city lost its capital status but according to the informal "Nagpur Pact" between political leaders it was made the second capital of Maharashtra. Nagpur is also declared, "Tiger Capital of India " as it connects many Tiger Reserves in India to the world.
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Pakistan
Pakistan (
i/ˈpækɨstæn/ or i/pɑːkiˈstɑːn/; Urdu: پاکستان) (Urdu pronunciation: [paːkɪˈst̪aːn] (
listen)), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (Urdu: اسلامی جمہوریۂ پاکستان), is a sovereign country in South Asia. It sits at the crossroads of the strategically important regions of South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046-kilometre (650 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west and north, Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast. It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north, and it shares a marine border with Oman.
The territory of modern Pakistan was the site of several ancient cultures, including the Neolithic Mehrgarh and the Bronze Age Indus Valley Civilisation, and has undergone invasions or settlements by Hindu, Persian, Indo-Greek, Islamic, Turco-Mongol, Afghan and Sikh cultures. Thus the area has been ruled by numerous empires and dynasties, including the Indian Mauryan Empire, the Persian Achaemenid Empire, the Arab Umayyad Caliphate, the Mongol Empire, the Mughal Empire, the Durrani Empire, the Sikh Empire and the British Empire. As a result of the Pakistan Movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah and India's struggle for independence, Pakistan was created in 1947 as an independent nation for Muslims from the regions in the east and west of India where there was a Muslim majority. Initially a dominion, Pakistan adopted a new constitution in 1956, becoming an Islamic republic. A civil war in 1971 resulted in the secession of East Pakistan as the new country of Bangladesh.
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South Africa
Coordinates: 30°S 25°E / 30°S 25°E / -30; 25
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. It is divided into nine provinces and has 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi) of coastline. To the north of the country lie the neighbouring territories of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an enclave surrounded by South African territory.
South Africa is multi-ethnic and has diverse cultures and languages. Eleven official languages are recognised in the constitution. Two of these languages are of European origin: South African English and Afrikaans, a language which originated mainly from Dutch that is spoken by the majority of white and Coloured South Africans. Though English is commonly used in public and commercial life, it is only the fifth most-spoken home language. All ethnic and language groups have political representation in the country's constitutional democracy comprising a parliamentary republic; unlike most parliamentary republics, the positions of head of state and head of government are merged in a parliament-dependent President.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (i/ʃriː ˈlɑːŋkə/, /sriːˈlɑːŋkə/, or /sriːˈlæŋkə/;Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකාව, Tamil: இலங்கை), is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent in South Asia. Known until 1972 as Ceylon ( /sɨˈlɒn/, /seɪˈlɒn/, or /siːˈlɒn/), Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the Maldives.
As a result of its location in the path of major sea routes, Sri Lanka is a strategic naval link between West Asia and South East Asia. It was an important stop on the ancient Silk Road. Sri Lanka has also been a center of the Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times, being the nation where the Buddhist teachings were first written down as well as the oldest continually Buddhist country. Sri Lanka boasts a diverse range of cultures, languages and religions. The Sinhalese people form the majority of the population; Tamils, who are concentrated in the north and east of the island, form the largest ethnic minority. Other communities include Moors, Burghers, Kaffirs, Malays and the aboriginal Vedda people.
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Udaipur
Udaipur pronunciation (help·info) (Rajasthani: उदैपर) (उदयपुर), also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located 403 kilometres (250 mi) southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, 248 kilometres (154 mi) west of Kota, and 250 kilometres (155 mi) northeast from Ahmedabad. Udaipur is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency. The Guhils (Sisodia) clan ruled the Mewar and its capital was shifted from Chittorgarh to Udaipur after founding city of Udaipur by Maharana Uday Singh. The Mewar province became part of Rajasthan after India became independent
Apart from its history, culture, and scenic locations, it is also known for its Rajput-era palaces. The Lake Palace, for instance, covers an entire island in the Pichola Lake. Many of the palaces have been converted into luxury hotels. It is often called the "Venice of the East", and is also nicknamed the "Lake City".Lake Pichola, Fateh Sagar Lake, Udai Sagar and Swaroop Sagar in this city are considered some of the most beautiful lakes in the state.
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Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam ( pronunciation (help·info)) (also known as Vizag) is a port city on the southeast coast of India. With a population of 1,435,099, it is the second-largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh (after Hyderabad) and the third-largest city on the east coast (after Chennai and Kolkata). Visakhapatnam is located 625 kilometres (388 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad. The city is home to several state-owned heavy industries and a steel plant; it is one of India's largest seaports and has the country's oldest shipyard. Visakhapatnam has the only natural harbour on the east coast of India.
The city was named after Visakha, the Hindu god of valor. It is nestled among the hills of the Eastern Ghats and faces the Bay of Bengal on the east. Visakhapatnam is the administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. Visakhapatnam has a nickname The City of Destiny and, more recently, the Goa of the East Coast. Like its west-coast counterpart it offers attractive beaches, laterite hillocks and a pleasing landscape. It is also a focus of urban and tourist development.
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Abhimanyu Mithun
Abhimanyu Mithun (Kannada: ಅಭಿಮನ್ಯು ಮಿಥುನ್) (born 25 October 1989) is an Indian international cricketer. In first class cricket, he plays for Karnataka. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, Mithun was called up to the India squad for the first Test against South Africa in 2009–10, only ten weeks after making his first-class debut. He has also played in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He made his debut in One Day Internationals in the third and final one day match against South Africa in the 2010 season. His Test debut was against Sri Lanka on 18 July 2010, at Galle, in which he claimed four wickets. He batted at No. 11 in the first innings, but after looking more solid than his fellow bowlers, he was promoted to No. 9 in the second innings and scored 25. He proved that he certainly has some potential with the bat & can become a seam bowling all-rounder in future.
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Abhinav Mukund
Abhinav Mukund pronunciation (help·info)(born 6 January 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India, Chennai Super Kings, India Under-19 team and Tamil Nadu. He was picked for the India Under-19 squad's tour in Malaysia where he played two matches. His highest score in first-class cricket is 300* against Maharashtra. He and Murali Vijay scored 462 runs for the first wicket partnership in the same match. He was named in the Indian Test squad for the tour of the West Indies in 2011.
The last test Mukund played for India was against England, at Trent Bridge in July–August 2011.
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Abu Nechim
Abu Nechim Ahmed (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian first-class cricketer who currently plays for Assam. He has represented India at the U-19 level, also part of 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup squad and plays in the IPL for the Mumbai Indians. He has also represented ICL India XI, Kolkata Tigers & Royal Bengal Tigers in the now defunct ICL. He is a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed lower order batsman.
He played his first game for the Mumbai Indians in the third season of the IPL in which he consistently bowled at speeds in excess of 140 km/h
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Aditya Tare
Aditya Prakash Tare (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He is a Wicketkeeper batsman, who opens the batting for Mumbai Indians in the domestic league of India. He made his first-class debut in 2009, and his first Domestic T20 debut on Apr 19, 2010 against Kolkata Knight Riders. Aditya has been touted as having the potential to be a leading Wicketkeeper batsman in the future for Indian cricket
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Aiden Blizzard
Aiden Craig Blizzard (born 27 June 1984) is an Australian cricketer who is a member of the Southern Redbacks side. An aggressive left-handed batsman, his hit 89 from 38 balls on his Twenty20 debut for the Victorian Bushrangers on New Years Day 2007. His innings included 8 sixes. In 2004 he toured India and Sri Lanka with the Australian Cricket Academy. He has also played for Rajshahi Rangers in Bangladesh's NCL T20 Bangladesh.
He has struggled to maintain a regular spot in the limited overs, and in particular, the first-class team.
He notably hit 47 off 20 balls in the 20/20 final between Victoria and Western Australia. This earned him the man of the match award. His innings included hitting Danny McLauchlan for 28 runs in a single over, including one six that completely left the WACA Ground and ended up in the practise nets well over 130 metres away. He later described the shot as probably the biggest in his career though he would later pull New South Wales bowler Nathan Bracken for a six later measured at 150 meters.
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Ajinkya Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane (born 5 June 1988, in a Maratha family, Maharashtra) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman, who represents India in international competitions. Rahane represents Mumbai in domestic competitions and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He is one of the only 11 players to have scored more than 1000 runs in a single Ranji Trophy season. He has a sound technique and is versatile in his stroke making. His well timed drives, lofted shots and late cuts reinforce the orthodox style of play in which power is not the only factor in scoring quick runs.
Ajinkya Rahane is an exciting top-order batsman who bats at No. 3, and was a crucial factor in Mumbai's 38th title win. He progressed through the Mumbai ranks and has also been a part of the Indian U-19 team and the India 'A'. Ajinkya Rahane has also turned out for India Blue & Green in the Challenger Series, and West Zone in the Duleep Trophy. His wonderful Ranji season followed an impressive showing in the 2007-08 Duleep Trophy, where he scored 172 against an England Lions attack comprising Graham Onions, Monty Panesar, Steve Kirby and Liam Plunkett.
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Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (Marathi: अजित भालचंद्र आगरकर) pronunciation (help·info) (born 27 June 1977) is an Indian international cricketer, who has been on the fringes of the Indian side in both tests and one day matches since his debut in 1998. He is a fast bowling all-rounder, in the mould of Kapil Dev, who usually bats just below the wicket keeper at number 8, and often opens the bowling.
A resident of Narayan Pujari Nagar on Worli Seaface, he was raised by his grandparents at Shivaji Park where many a great cricketer practised and went on to play for India. He is an alumnus of Ruparel College in Matunga, Mumbai. He is married to Fatima Ghadially a shia and she follow shia islam. they have a son named Raj.
He has a relatively short figure as compared to his other fast bowling counterparts. But still he could bowl at speeds more than 90MpH (~145 km/hr) owing to his athletic body and a good run up speed. He has had a knack to bowl the reverse swing deliveries when the ball gets old. He learnt bowling from Kapil Dev. He is a right hand batsman .He has been a decent batsman in ODIs and tests with a highest score of 95 and 109* respectively in each format.He usually bats lower down the order but has batted top of the order in ODIs.
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Ambati Rayudu
Ambati Thirupathi Rayudu (Telugu: అంబటి రాయుడు; born September 23, 1985 in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler.
Rayudu is a middle order batsman. In 2005-2007, he was touted as a potential member of the Indian national team due to his excellent batting skills. He completed his schooling from Bhavan's Sri Rama Krishna Vidyalaya. He is married to Chennupalli Vidya and lives in Hyderabad. He was once banned from Indian cricket due to his signing with the rebel ICL. Subsequently Rayudu left the ICL and, following an amnesty offer from BCCI, returned to Indian domestic cricket.
Rayudu was selected to represent the India Under-19 cricket team in the 2002 tour of England. In the third One Day match he scored 177, helping his side to overhaul England's total of 305. In an earlier match he had performed a similar role when his 80 laid the foundation for a victorious run-chase as the Indians defeated their English counterparts 3–0 in the ODI series. In the 2004/2005 three-test series against England Under-19, he scored three consecutive half-centuries. Rayudu captained the India Under-19 team in the 2003/2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was also a regular in the India A squad. He was also awarded the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year Award in 2004 along with 4 other players.
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Amit Mishra
Amit Mishra pronunciation (help·info) (born 24 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm leg break bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. He usually bats number 10 or 11. Mishra is an attacking leg spinner who bowls leg break.
Mishra was initially called into the Indian squad for a Test against the West Indies in 2002, but was not selected. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against South Africa during the TVS Cup in 2003. He plays for Deccan Chargers in the Indian Premier League.
Mishra made his Test cricket debut against Australia in the Second Test at Mohali (PCA ground) after captain and first-choice leg spinner Anil Kumble was injured. He took 5 wickets for 71 runs in Australia's first innings and then 2/35 in the second, making him the leading wicket-taker in the match as India proceeded to a decisive victory. Despite, this Indian coach Gary Kirsten said that Mishra would be dropped if Kumble recovered for the Third Test. However, Harbhajan Singh was injured so Mishra retained his place when Kumble came in. Kumble was then injured during the Test and retired, leaving Mishra as India's first-choice Test leg spinner.
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Ashish Nehra
Ashish Nehra pronunciation (help·info) Hindi: आशीष नेहरा; born April 29, 1979) is an Indian cricketer (left-arm fast bowler) who has represented India at the international level since 1999.
Nehra started playing first-class cricket for his hometown, Delhi, in the 1997/1998 season and made his Test debut against Sri Lanka at Colombo in 1999 and his ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2001. On his Test debut, Nehra started out well, dismissing Marvan Atapattu early but then failed to pick up any more wickets. Similarly, he dismissed Alistair Campbell with only his 2nd ball in ODIs. He was also part of the Indian team's run at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa. It was there against England, that he got his career-best ODI figures of six for 23. His performance in the other matches in the World Cup were also noteworthy.
However inconsistency and successive back and ankle injuries have prevented him from cementing his place in the Indian team. His career statistics are better in ODI cricket than in Test cricket, but with 144 ODI wickets at an average of 30.54 his average is higher(lesser the best) than all three of his main competitors for fast bowling places in the Indian team - Irfan Pathan, Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar, who all have bowling averages below 30. The new crop of fast bowlers like Munaf Patel, RP Singh and Ishant Sharma also add to the competition. Nevertheless, Nehra completed recovery from a bowel injury in March 2006 and is trying to make a comeback into the Indian team.
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Ashok Dinda
Ashok Dinda (Bengali: অশোক দিন্দা) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Bengal and Pune Warriors India. Earlier he played for Delhi Daredevils and Kolkata Knight Riders. He has been one of the most economical bowlers in the Indian Premier League. He is all set to play for Pune Warriors India for the 2012 season of the IPL.
Dinda, born in a Bengali Hindu family, hails from the village of Noichunpur, near the district headquarter Tamluk of East Midnapore district. Dinda's talent was spotted by a coach in Kolkata after bowling a few overs in the nets. The coach, Atal Dev Burman, asked him to stay back and hone his talents. Dinda stayed at Burman's house for four years and honed his skills at the Russa United Cricket Coaching Centre in Tollygunge. After a stint with Kalighat club and the Australian Institute of Sport, he made his first-class debut for Bengal in the 2005-06 season. He was a regular member of the side that reached the final of the Ranji Trophy the next season, although his performance with the ball wasn't that impressive, with 16 wickets in eight matches at 54.56. He was a late addition to the Kolkata Knight Riders' squad for the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League in 2008, and shone in the league opener in Bangalore. In September he was awarded a place in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy - a match meant to include Test probables for the Australia series, the following month.
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Cheteshwar Pujara
Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara (born 25 January 1988, in Rajkot, Gujarat) is an Indian Test cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman. Pujara has the distinction of hitting three triple centuries within a span of one month,[citation needed] although only the last of these was in a first-class match. In December 2008, the BCCI awarded him a D-grade national contract.[citation needed] In the Indian Premier League, he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore.Cheteshwar was first coached by Shlok Sayani when he played for railways.
Pujara captained the India A team on a tour to England during the 2010 northern hemisphere summer and was the most prolific scorer on that tour. He is currently competing with the likes of Rohit Sharma, Subramaniam Badrinath, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Manoj Tiwary for a spot in the middle order of the Indian Test team. He has scored 3 triple centuries prior to 2009.[citation needed]
Bestowed with an excellent technique, he also has the knack of playing long innings at the crease. After the retirement of Rahul Dravid, he is one of the contenders for a spot in the Indian middle order.
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Clint McKay
Clinton James "Clint" McKay (born 22 February 1983) is an Australian cricketer. He is currently a member of the Victorian Bushrangers side and has represented Australia at one day international and Test level. A right-arm fast-medium bowler who stands at 194 cm, he made his first class debut for Victoria in November 2006. He later took 6/34 for Victoria's 2nd XI and forced his way into the one day team, debuting against Tasmania at the MCG. He plays district club cricket for Essendon.
McKay commenced his cricket at an early age at Pascoe Vale Central Cricket Club in the North West Cricket Association (NWCA). His time there saw him presented with many accolades which included representing the NWCA at junior levels. His represenation of the NWCA in the under-21 Neil Wright Shield during the 2001–02 season was the stepping stone before launching his career at Essendon Cricket Club the following season. Upon arrival at Essendon Cricket Club it was obvious to see that they had found talent. In his time at Essendon he has proven to be a talented bowling allrounder. His added to this perception of him by scoring two well-timed hundreds with the willow. At the commencement of the 2009–10 season McKay was awarded the captaincy of Essendon Cricket Club.
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Davy Jacobs
David Johan Jacobs, known as Davy, born (1982-11-04) November 4, 1982 (age 29) in Klerksdorp, Transvaal, is a South African first-class cricketer for the Warriors, having previously played for the Eagles cricket team. A right-handed batsman, he has made over 3000 first class runs at an average above 40 and a highest score of 218. He is also an outstanding wicket-keeper. He is no relation to Warriors team-mate Arno Jacobs. Played for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club as a substitute overseas player while a professional with Carrickfergus CC in Northern Ireland in 2007. His fantastic performance during the second edition of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20, finishing runners-up to Murali Vijay in the Golden Bat table.
He was picked up by the Mumbai Indians, an Indian Premier League franchise in the 2011 IPL Player Auction for $190,000. In his first match versus Delhi Daredevils he has scored just one. His wicketkeeping so far has been excellent. He stood up to Malinga's and Munaf Patel's bowling.
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Dhawal Kulkarni
Dhawal Sunil Kulkarni is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a right arm medium-pace bowler and right-handed lower order batsman. In first class cricket, he plays for Mumbai and in the Indian Premier League, he plays for Mumbai Indians. Based on his consistent performance in the domestic season and the IPL, he was selected for the Indian Test team for the away series against New Zealand in 2009. But he was not selected to play in any of the three Test matches of the series.
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Dinesh Karthik
Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik (KKDK) ( pronunciation (help·info)) (born 1 June 1985) is a wicketkeeper-batsman who has made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and has been a regular member of the team for varying periods since then, including a stint in 2007 as a specialist opening batsman and non-wicket-keeper. Karthik was a batsman in his junior career, but turned to wicket-keeping in order to improve his future prospects. Throughout his career, Karthik has been criticized for unreliable glove-work symptomatic of a non-specialist wicket-keeper.[citation needed]
Rising through the junior ranks, Karthik made his first-class debut in late-2002 for Tamil Nadu as a 17-year-old, and was dropped in his first season despite his healthy run-scoring because of his problematic glovework. He fought his way back into the team and after playing for India at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, made his ODI and Test cricket debut in late-2004. This came after India had struggled to find a reliable glove-work in the past few years.
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Duncan Fletcher
Duncan Andrew Gwynne Fletcher OBE (born 27 September 1948) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer, formerly captain of the Zimbabwean cricket team and the current coach of the Indian Cricket Team. He has been appointed as coach of the Indian Cricket Team on April 27, 2011. Fletcher is largely credited with rejuvenating the fortunes of the then flagging English team, with the team rising from bottom of the Test rankings to second under his tenure as coach.
Fletcher was born in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) and was one of five brothers in a Rhodesian farming family.
Fletcher was Zimbabwe's first-ever One Day International captain, leading them to their famous victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup over Australia, winning the Man of the Match award for his individual performance. Fletcher also took Zimbabwe to victory in the 1982 ICC Trophy. Duncan Fletcher has never played Test Cricket.
Under Fletcher the England cricket team achieved famous series victories away to Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and South Africa between 2000-2004. In 2004 England won an English record 8 consecutive tests, beating New Zealand 3-0 and West Indies 4-0 at home respectively, before winning the first test in South Africa. His most famous and largest achievement however came in September 2005, when he became the first coach of the English team to win an Ashes series for 18 years when England secured 2-1 victory over Australia.
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Dwayne Smith
Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April 1983) is a cricketer who has represented the West Indies. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls medium pace, and is also an athletic fielder. Smith has played for Barbados since the start of his career but has also played three seasons for Sussex from 2008–10. He has become a sought-after Twenty20 player, making appearances in the Indian Premier League, for the Mumbai Indians and the Deccan Chargers, and for New South Wales in the Australian domestic competition.
Smith made his first-class debut for Barbados in January 2002 in a Regional Four Day Competition match against Guyana. He did not bowl in the match but made scores of 10 and 35, his second innings ended after he was out hit wicket, an unusual form of dismissal. In his fifth match of the season, against the Leeward Islands, there were two notable occasions for Smith; he took his first wicket and, with an innings of 102, scored his first century. He finished the season with a batting average of 21.36.
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Gary Kirsten
Gary Kirsten (born 23 November 1967) is a former South African cricketer, and the World Cup winning coach of the Indian cricket team. He played 101 Test matches and 185 One-day internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as an opening batsman. His half brother Peter, also played provincial cricket for Western Province, and then later for the South Africa cricket team which included the highlight of the Cricket World Cup in 1992.
Kirsten made his Test debut against Australia in Melbourne in 1993. He retired from international cricket in 2004 after crafting a match-winning 76 in his final innings, against New Zealand. Against the same country he had made history by becoming the first ever Protea to play in 100 Test matches.
Over the years, he gained a reputation as being a sturdy batsman in both Test cricket and one-day cricket. He could up the tempo of an innings if he needed to, but more often than not he simply waited for the bad ball, much like Steve Waugh and Justin Langer. He was also a reliable fielder. Kirsten held the South African records for most runs and centuries in a Test career, before both were surpassed by Jacques Kallis. He was the first Test batsman to make hundreds against each of the other 9 Test nations. He made a score of 275 against England as a result of batting for over 14 and a half hours as South Africa followed on at Kingsmead, still stands as the second-longest innings (in terms of duration) in Test history. The high score was later surpassed by Graeme Smith when he made 277 against England in 2003. He still holds the record for highest innings by a South African in a One Day International; 188 not-out made against the United Arab Emirates during the 1996 World Cup, which is the sixth highest innings of all time in One-Day International cricket, and the highest score in World Cup cricket history.
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Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir ( pronunciation (help·info); born 14 October 1981) is an Indian cricketer. A left-handed batsman, he made his One Day International debut for India in 2003, and played his first Test the following year. Gambhir had been a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket with an average of over 50 but his two successive double-hundreds in 2002 (one of them against the visiting Zimbabweans) made him a strong contender for India's opening slot.
Gambhir became only the fourth Indian batsman to score a double century in a tour game at home; the previous three being Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar. He is the only Indian batsman to score more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series. He is also the only Indian, and one of only four international cricketers, to have scored five hundreds in five consecutive test matches. On July 2009, for a period of ten days he was the number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings.
Gambhir attended Modern School, New Delhi. Gambhir was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. He married Natasha Jain, who belongs to a prominent business family, on 28 October 2011.
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Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh Plaha ( pronunciation (help·info), born 3 July 1980 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India), commonly known as Harbhajan Singh, is an Indian cricketer. A specialist bowler, he has the second-highest number of Test wickets by an off spinner, behind Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan. Harbhajan made his Test and One Day International (ODI) debuts in early 1998. His career was initially affected by investigations into the legality of his bowling action, as well as several disciplinary incidents. However in 2001, with leading leg spinner Anil Kumble injured, Harbhajan's career was resuscitated after Indian captain Sourav Ganguly called for his inclusion in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy team. In that series victory over Australia, Harbhajan established himself as the team's leading spinner by taking 32 wickets, becoming the first Indian bowler to take a hat trick in Test cricket.
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Herschelle Gibbs
Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974) is a South African cricketer, more specifically known as a batsman.
Gibbs was schooled at St Joseph's Marist College and then Diocesan College in Rondebosch. Gibbs was a gifted sportsman at school playing provincial rugby, cricket and soccer and featuring in SA Schools teams for all three sports.
At backward point, he is considered by some to be the next Jonty Rhodes in his ability to hit the stumps, with a report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showing that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the eighth highest number of run-outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the tenth highest success rate. Gibbs is said to rarely practice in the nets before a match. It is said he prefers to play on instinct in this case.
He became the first player to hit six sixes in one over in One Day International cricket, doing so against the Netherlands in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. On 8 June 2007 he got married in St Kitts to Tenielle Povey, but divorced soon afterwards.
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Ireland cricket team
The Ireland cricket team is the cricket team representing all of Ireland. Because of political difficulties, the Irish Cricket Union (ICU) was not elected to the International Cricket Council (ICC) until 1993, and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 2007. The Irish Cricket Union is the governing body of Irish cricket. The Irish cricket team is made up of both professional cricketers and those who earn their living outside the sport. Cricket Ireland, which succeeded the Irish Cricket Union as the sport's governing body in the country, introduced contracts for its players in 2009, and as of the 2011 Cricket World Cup 13 players have full-time contracts.
The first match played by an Irish team was in 1855. Since then, Ireland have gained a reputation for giant-killing. Ireland played their first One Day International (ODI) in 2006 against England. Since then, they have gone on to play 61 ODIs, resulting in 29 victories, 28 defeats, 3 no results, and 1 tie. Highlights in Ireland's cricketing history include beating a touring West Indies side in 1928, 1969, and again in 2004, progressing to the second round of the 2007 World Cup – in which they beat Pakistan and Bangladesh and tied with Zimbabwe – and beating England in the 2011 World Cup.
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Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan ( pronunciation (help·info), (born 27 October 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India) is an Indian cricketer who made his debut for India in late-2003 and was a core member of the national team until a decline in form set in during 2006, forcing him out of the team. Since then, he has been in and out of the limited-overs team, and has only sporadic appearances in Test cricket. He is currently the 8th highest wicket taker for India in the ODIs and 2nd highest in the Twenty20 Internationals.
Beginning his career as a left-arm fast-medium swing bowler, Pathan broke into the national team soon after turning 19, and evoked comparisons with Pakistan's Wasim Akram, regarded as one of the finest left-arm pacemen of all time, with his promising performances and prodigious swing. He cemented his position in the team and was named by the International Cricket Council as the 2004 Emerging Player of the Year. In late-2004 he took 18 wickets in two Tests against Bangladesh, but the start of 2005 he performed poorly and conceded runs at a high rate, leading to a brief exile from the one-day international (ODI) team.
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Ishant Sharma
Ishant Sharma pronunciation (help·info) (born 2 September 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm fast-medium bowler. Sharma has a high arm delivery action and does not swing the ball but depends on pace and movement off the seam.
At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian squad for the tour of South Africa in 2006–07. However, after receiving the call and organising travel arrangements, it was decided not to send him on the tour. In reference to his height and lean physique, the 1.92-metre (6 ft 4 in) bowler is nicknamed Lambu. In 2011 he became the fifth youngest player to take 100 Test wickets.
Ishant plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and has taken 68 wickets in 14 first-class games, including a five-wicket haul against Baroda on the opening day of a match Delhi drew after failing to bowl Baroda out on the fourth day.
Ishant toured England with the India Under-19s in 2006 and Pakistan in 2006–07. He played three youth tests and six youth One Day Internationals for India.
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Jaydev Shah
Jaydev Niranjan Shah (b. 4 May 1983 in Rajkot, Gujarat) is an Indian cricketer. Jaydev is the son of Niranjan Shah, secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, and represents Saurashtra cricket team in India’s domestic circuit. He has the distinction of captaining Saurashtra to victory in the 2007-08 Ranji one-dayers, the team's first ever national-level title. He was recruited by the Rajasthan Royals for the Indian Premier League 2008 edition, but never played, and has also represented Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI in the past.
as of 24 October 2010
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Joginder Sharma
Joginder "The Hulk" Sharma pronunciation (help·info) (born 23 October 1983 in Rohtak, Haryana, India). Is an Indian cricketer who made sporadic appearances for the Indian cricket team.
A bowling all rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler and captains his state, Haryana. He had often been compared to fellow Kapil Dev, India's greatest all rounder, due to his similar aggressive batting style and fast bowling.
Sharma made his first-class debut for Haryana against Madhya Pradesh in the 2002/03 Ranji Trophy, hitting 81 before taking 11/84 to lead Haryana to a 103 run victory. He had made his debut in the limited over domestic arena the season before. Sharma finished his debut season with 24 wickets at 17.41 and 280 runs at 46.66 He followed this with 148 runs at 68.51 and 23 wickets at 23.39 in 2003/04 Ranji season. He was selected for the North Zone team for the Duleep Trophy, and took 6/59 in a match against West Zone during the victorious campaign.
Sharma gained national attention in a match for India A against the national team at Bangalore, when he dismissed Rahul Dravid, V. V. S. Laxman and Yuvraj Singh. He also played for the Rest of India side, which defeated Mumbai in the Irani Trophy.
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Kieron Pollard
Kieron Adrian Pollard (born 12 May 1987) is an international cricketer who plays for the West Indies. An aggressive all-rounder, Pollard provides medium-fast pace bowling and big-hitting from the middle-order. After shining during the 2009 Champions League Twenty20, he was signed by both the Southern Redbacks and Somerset for their domestic Twenty20 campaigns. He was the joint highest paid player in the 2010 Indian Premier League, playing for Mumbai Indians.
Pollard was born in Tacarigua, Trinidad where he was raised, along with two younger sisters, in a poor home by his single mother. Speaking about it, Pollard reflects "It was pretty tough, it wasn't ideal getting up and your mum say 'We only have X amount of money'." After representing Trinidad and Tobago in the 2005 TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge, he was selected as part of the West Indies Under-19 cricket team to tour Pakistan. Pollard top-scored for the West Indies in the first youth One Day International (ODI), scoring 53 runs off 49 balls. Pollard made another half-century in the second match, but didn't manage to make double figures in either of last two games. He was named in the West Indies squad for the 2006 U/19 Cricket World Cup, held in Sri Lanka, where he only managed to make 19–runs in his four innings, though he did manage to take two wickets in a defeat to Australia.
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Lalchand Rajput
Lalchand Sitaram Rajput pronunciation (help·info) (born December 18, 1961, Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Tests and four ODIs from 1985 to 1987. Lalchand Rajput was assigned the task as a manager of Indian cricket team for a brief period. He has been actively involved in cricket administration over the past several years, including holding positions with the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA).
Lalchand Rajput had a distinguished career as an opening batsman for Mumbai, and at one time was considered one of the best openers in India after Sunil Gavaskar.However, he did not translate his promise and success at the domestic level to the international arena, in the limited opportunities he had. He was an occasional off-spinner.
He attended a coaching clinic held at Bangalore in April 2007. He was coach of Under-19 Indian Cricket Team during th tour of England. Rajput was appointed as the manager of the winning Indian cricket team for the Twenty20 World Championship 2007 held in South Africa.
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Lasith Malinga
Separamadu Lasith Malinga (Sinhala:සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග) (born August 28, 1983 in Galle, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a specialist fast bowler with a rare round-arm action, sometimes referred to as a sling action, which leads to his nickname, "Slinga Malinga". He is very well known for his swinging yorkers which has been known to smash batsmen's toes if they do not see it come out of his hand. Malinga can also swing the ball early on in a match and this is an advantage to him. He is well known for his ability to take consecutive wickets: he is the first and only bowler in the world to have two World Cup hat-tricks, the first and only bowler to have taken three hat-tricks in ODIs and he is also the first, and currently the only, player to have taken four wickets in four consecutive balls in any form of international cricket. On 22 April 2011, he announced his retirement from Test cricket.
Malinga grew up in modest circumstances in Rathgama, and always enjoyed cricket. He often played out with friends on the sand banks and coconut groves by a river in his cricket-obsessed village. He first had his education at Devapathiraja College, Rathgama and then at Vidyaloka College, Galle. Later he moved to Mahinda College, Galle. Malinga started his cricket career at Vidyaloka College, where he was discovered by former Sri Lankan paceman Champaka Ramanayake. Champaka who was so impressed by Lasith Malinga's raw ability had invited him to join the cricket team of Galle Cricket Club. Champaka also helped him to join the first XI cricket team of Mahinda College, Galle.A short-lived attempt to make Malinga's action more upright led to much reduced pace and failing accuracy. Malinga promptly returned to his natural action with success, and with great encouragement from Champaka Ramanayake.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team and the Chennai Super Kings cricket team. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and a year later played his first Test, this time against Sri Lanka.
Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007–08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2008 and 2010 against Australia 2–0 and 2011 World Cup. His Test, ODI record is best among all the Indian captains to date. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game and also led the team to their first ever bilateral ODI series wins in Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Under Dhoni's captaincy India became the first team after a gap of more than 20 years to whitewash Australia in a Test series. Dhoni also led the Indian team to the number one position in ICC rankings in Test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. In 2009 Dhoni topped the list of world’s top 10 earning cricketers compiled by Forbes. He was named as the captain of ICC World Test and ICC ODI teams for 2009. In the final of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, he hit 91 not out of just 79 balls to lead India to victory. For his outstanding batting in the final, he was awarded as the man of the match. The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011. According to the SportsPro magazine Dhoni is 10th most valuable brand in field of sports worldwide and number 1 among all Asian superstars.
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Manoj Tiwary
Manoj Kumar Tiwary (born November 14, 1985) is an Indian cricketer, from Howrah, West Bengal.
An aggressive right-handed batsman, Tiwary has gained attention from selectors and fans through his strokeplay and high run scoring in Indian Domestic Cricket. Because of his front foot play and ability to attack the bowler by charging down the pitch, many have compared his batting style to England's Kevin Pietersen. Along with being a solid batsmen, he also bowls useful legspinners part-time and is athletic in the field.
Tiwary plays domestic cricket for Bengal. His quick rise gained the attention of national selectors by just taking 14 games to score over 1000 runs, at an average of 56. He has a highest score of 210 not out but his best innings to date was arguably his match winning 151* in the 4th innings to give his side victory over Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy Super League semi final of 2006/07. Bengal lost to Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final and Tiwary finished the campaign with 796 runs at 99.50 from his 7 matches. The season aggregate was the highest ever for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy, going past of record of Arun Lal which was set in 1993-94.[1] In the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy, Tiwary went past his highest first-class score of 210 as he scored 267 against Madhya Pradesh.
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Mashrafe Mortaza
Mashrafe Bin Mortaza (Bengali: মাশরাফি বিন মুর্তজা) (born 5 October 1983 in Narail District, Jessore) is a Bangladeshi cricketer. He broke into the national side in late 2001 against Zimbabwe and represented Bangladesh before having played a single first-class match. Mortaza captained his country in one Test and seven One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 2009 and 2010, however injury meant he was in and out of the side and Shakib Al Hasan was appointed captain in Mortaza's absence.
Mortaza is considered one of the fastest bowlers produced by Bangladesh, usually bowling in the mid-80s mph (130s km/h), and regularly opens the bowling. He is a useful lower-middle order batsman, with a first-class century and three Test half centuries to his name. Mortaza's career has been hampered by injuries and he has undergone a total of ten operations on his knees and ankles.
He was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2009 Indian Premier League; although KKR paid US$600,000 for Mortaza, he played just one match for them. Due to his international commitments, Mortaza has infrequently played for Khulna Division in Bangladesh's domestic cricket competitions. While he has represented Bangladesh 36 times in Tests and in 124 ODIs between 2001 and 2012 he has played only 11 first-class and 9 list A matches for Khulna Division in the same period. In 2012 he joined the Dhaka Gladiators in the newly formed Bangladesh Premier League twenty20 competition and captained them to the tournament title.
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Munaf Patel
Munaf Musa Patel ( pronunciation (help·info) Hindi: मुनाफ मूसा पटेल , Urdu: مناف موسی پٹیل ) (born 12 July 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat, India) is an Indian cricketer who has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team.
Born to a Muslim family, Patel first gained prominence in 2003 at the age of 20 before he had even played first class cricket for Gujarat, when he was invited to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai by the Indian chairman of selectors Kiran More. There he attracted the attention of visiting Australian captain Steve Waugh, and the director Dennis Lillee, a former Australian fast bowler, with his raw pace. With the backing of Sachin Tendulkar, he was signed by Mumbai in a transfer deal, in late 2003, without ever representing his native Gujarat.
In 2004, he struggled with injuries, and was criticized by India A coach Sandeep Patil, who believed that he had a mental problem dealing with his injuries. He was also sent to Australian Institute of Sport for bio-mechanical analysis on his bowling action, to improve its efficiency. In August 2005, he transferred to Maharashtra, and after taking 10 wickets against England in a tour match for the Board President's XI, he was rewarded with his selection in the Indian Test Squad for the 2nd Test against England in Mohali, when he made his Test debut. Patel recorded the figures of 7/97 on debut, including 4/25 in the second innings and demonstrated an ability to swing the ball in both directions.
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Murali Vijay
Murali Praveen Vijay Krishna (Tamil: முரளி விஜய் கிருஷ்ணா) (born April 1, 1984 in Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian cricketer.he studied in one of the reputed college in chennai called, RKM VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE, Mylapore,which is famous for producing big cricketers. He is a right-handed opening batsman for Tamil Nadu, Chennai Super Kings and India.
Vijay made his Test debut against Australia in the Fourth and final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, in Nagpur, in November 2008. He was selected for the match after Gautam Gambhir received a one-Test ban for elbowing Shane Watson in the Third Test of the same series in Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.
Of Vijay's technique, former Australian captain Allan Border said "His defensive shots are so assured. And he looks comfortable of both front and back foot. And when he attacks, he doesn't go hard at the deliveries. I can see why this young man is playing".
Vijay partnered Virender Sehwag, and they got India off to a solid start in both innings. Vijay made 33 and 41, contributing to opening stands of 98 and 116. During Australia's first innings, Vijay caused the first wicket to fall, running out Matthew Hayden with a direct hit from mid on. Hayden was attempting a quick single. He then ran out Michael Hussey when fielding at silly point. Hussey was unaware that Vijay had intercepted the ball at close range and instinctively took a step out of his crease in anticipation of a run, by which time Vijay threw down the stumps. In the second innings, he caught Brett Lee at bat pad from the bowling of Harbhajan Singh to complete his first catch.
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Parthiv Patel
Parthiv Ajay Patel pronunciation (help·info) (born 9 March 1985) is an Indian cricketer, wicketkeeper-batsman, and a member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman. He got married in 2008 (at the age of 23) to Avni Zaveri.
Patel made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2003. He made his Test debut in 2002 in the 2nd Test against England at Nottingham after Ajay Ratra was injured, becoming the youngest wicket-keeper in Test history at 17 years 152 days, eclipsing the previous record of Pakistan's Hanif Mohammad (which stood at 17 years 300 days since 1952), despite still not having played in any domestic first-class matches. He was dismissed for a duck in the first innings but batted for over an hour on the last day to help prevent an English victory. He was selected in the Indian squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup but did not play any games, with Rahul Dravid being used as a makeshift wicket-keeper to allow the use of an extra batsman or bowler. With this policy in place, Patel only made intermittent appearances in ODIs, usually when Dravid was injured or being rested (in full or from wicket-keeping duties). He played 13 ODIs in a two year span, and during an interrupted career managed only an average of 14.66 and a top-score of 28 and was dropped thereafter. Parthiv returned to the Indian team in 2010 in the 4th and 5th Odi vs New Zealand. He celebrated this moment by hitting two back to back half centuries.Later on he was called up for replacing injured Sachin Tendulkar in India tour South Africa .
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Piyush Chawla
Piyush Pramod Chawla pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: पियुष चावला; born 24 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-19 team and the Central Zone. His Hometown is Moradabad,(Uttar Pradesh). 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.Piyush Chawla has a bowling speed of between 80 km to 85 rather he has also reached a maximum of 91 km/h.
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.
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Pragyan Ojha
Pragyan Prayish Ojha pronunciation (help·info)(born 5 September 1986) 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.[citation needed] Pragyan Ojha plays for the Hyderabad and the 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 has performed exceedingly well in the 3 editions of IPL, earning the praise of his captain Adam Gilchrist. In IPL 3 he was awarded the Purple Cap for picking up the most number of wickets in the tournament. As a result, he was called into the national limited overs squad and made his ODI debut. He was all the more successful in the second season, which ensured his selection in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England.
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Praveen Kumar
Praveen Kumar Sakat Singh pronunciation (help·info)(born 2 October 1986 in Meerut) is an Indian medium-pace swing bowler. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length. He is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is also considered as a pinch hitter with the bat. In domestic cricket, he has also opened the batting for his side.
Praveen Kumar plays his domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first-class debut in 2007 and enjoyed success at this level by taking 26 wickets in 8 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 55 wickets in 35 matches.
Although he was not part of the player auction, Praveen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League in the inaugural twenty20 cricket tournament. His services were bought for 300,000 USD. Kumar was counted towards Bangalore's U-23 quota. He bowled well even though the team did not reach the semi finals. He became the first medium pacer to claim a hat-trick in the third season of the IPL. He took the wickets of Damien Martyn, Narwal and Dogra to reach his hat-trick.He has tried as an opener once in his career however he failed to score runs.
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Ravichandran Ashwin
Ravichandran Ashwin pronunciation (help·info) (born 17 September 1986) is an Indian national cricket team player, who plays for India and Tamil Nadu cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm off-break bowler. He is the only bowler of recent times apart from Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka to bowl the carrom ball. His bowling shows a lot of variation.
Ashwin was born into a Hindu Brahmin family. He lives in West Mambalam,Chennai. He did his schooling in Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan and St. Bede's.He did his Engineering (B.Tech IT) in SSNCE. He married Prithi Narayanan on 13 November 2011..Ashwin’s father Ravichandran was a fast bowler who played competitive cricket in Tamil Nadu.
Ashwin made his debut against Andhra Pradesh in Twenty20 cricket. He plays first-class cricket for Tamil Nadu and has played in the Duleep Trophy for South Zone. He was nicknamed "Dada" during his U-19 days while touring Dharamsala.He has recently married.
He plays for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 6 June 2010. He scored 38 runs in a losing game.
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Ravindra Jadeja
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Jadeja represents Saurashtra in first class cricket, and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. He was part of the victorious Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. He was also represented Indian in the 2009 and 2010 ICC Twenty20 World Cups.
He caught the attention of the national selectors with his strong all-round showing in the 2008-09 Ranji Trophy - 42 wickets and 739 runs - and was promptly picked for the ODI series in Sri Lanka.His international debut came in the final match of the series on 8 February 2009 where he scored 60*, even though India lost the match. In the 2009 World Twenty20 Jadeja was criticised for not scoring at the requisite run rate in India's loss to England. Jadeja's World Twenty20 jinx continued with a dismal bowling performance against Australia in the next edition of the tournament in 2010 which cost India dearly, with India losing the match and bowing out of the tournament. After the incumbent all rounder Yusuf Pathan suffered a loss of form, Jadeja took his place at No. 7 in the ODI team in late-2009. In the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Cuttack on 21 December 2009, Jadeja was awarded the man of the match award following a haul of four wickets. His best bowling figure is 4-32.
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Richard Levi
Richard Ernst Levi (born 14 January 1988 in Johannesburg) is a South African cricketer. He played in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka. He currently plays for Western Province and Cape Cobras. He attended Wynberg Boys' High school in Cape Town and received honours for cricket in 2005.
On 19 February 2012, Levi scored 117n.o. in a Twenty20 International innings against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton. The innings set new records for the sixes in an innings (13) and the fastest century (45 balls). He also tied Chris Gayle's record for most runs scored in a Twenty20 International innings; CricInfo recognises Levi's innings as the outright record for highest score, because Gayle was dismissed but Levi was not out.
He plays for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He was reportedly signed for $400,000.
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Robin Peterson
Robin John Peterson (born 4 August 1979) is a South African cricketer who bowls left arm spin and is a capable batsman. He has played six Tests and over 50 ODIs for South Africa.
He holds the dubious accolade of being the bowler from whom Brian Lara scored a world record tally of 28 runs in a single Test match over.
In December 2009, it was revealed that he had signed a contract to play for Derbyshire on a Kolpak contract.
He attended Alexander Road High school in Port Elizabeth and matriculated in 1997.
He was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2012 Indian Premier League players auction for $100,000.
Robin Peterson's 4 for 12 versus Bangladesh is his best bowling performance in ODIs surpassing his 3 for 22 against England in Chennai.
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Robin Singh
Robin Singh pronunciation (help·info), full name Rabindra Ramanarayan Singh (Tamil: ரபீந்திர ராம் நாராயண் சிங், Hindi: रवींद्र राम नारायण सिंह, b. November 14, 1963, S R Nagar, Princes Town, Trinidad) is a former cricketer (batsman) who played for India. He is currently the coach of Mumbai Indians. He was known for his brilliant running between the wickets, diving efforts to make the crease and great fielding ability.
Robin Singh was born in Trinidad and Tobago to Indian parents, he moved to India early in his life and played his early cricket in Madras. He currently resides in Adayar, Chennai, although his parents still live in Trinidad.
Robin Singh started his first class career for Tamil Nadu during the 1981-82 season. He was a genuine all rounder for his club and made more than 6,000 runs and also took 172 wickets with his gentle medium fast bowling during a first class career that spanned more than two decades.
Robin Singh made his debut for India in One Day Internationals against West Indies on March 11, 1989, however he was dropped after the series. Singh had to wait another seven years to secure a regular place in the Indian team. On the back of consistent performances in domestic cricket Singh was recalled for the Titan Cup tournament in 1996. He remained a regular in the ODIs till 2001. Singh was known for his middle-lower order batting and medium-pace bowling as well as his ground fielding skills. He was noted for his batting in the closing overs (usually along with Ajay Jadeja) which made him an integral part of the side that competed in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. During his playing days, he was regarded as one of the best fielders of the Indian cricket team. Throughout his career Singh was considered a better fit for One Day matches and he played just one test match for his country.
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Robin Uthappa
Robin Venu Uthappa (Kodava Takk language: ರಾಬಿನ್ ವೇಣು ಉತ್ತಪ್ಪ) pronunciation (help·info) (born 11 November 1985 in Kodagu, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer. His father is Venu Uthappa, an international hockey referee from Kodagu, Karnataka, mother Roselyn is a home maker and hails from Kozhikode, Kerala and his sister Sharon is a business owner. He studied at St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore. The same school Rahul Dravid went to.He speaks Kodava Takk language(of kodagu).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. 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.
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Rohit Sharma
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer. Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm offbreak bowler. Having started his international playing career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly exhibited his athletic fielding and cool temperament to compliment his graceful stroke play. He is pegged by many analysts to be a permanent fixture on the Indian cricket team in the next decade.
Rohit Sharma was born to Telugu parents from Andhra Pradesh. His mother Purnima Sharma hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Sharma completed his primary education at Our Lady of Vailankanni high school, Mumbai. He was later enrolled in the Swami Vivekanand International School on a scholarship, after his talent was noticed by the school's cricket coach Dinesh Lad at a summer camp. He excelled in the Giles and Harris Shield school cricket tournaments, after which he was selected for the Mumbai Under-17 team. He was later chosen for India's Under-17 and Under-19 teams, and made his mark at the 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, finishing among the top run-getters in the tournament. He was enrolled as a student at Rizvi College, Mumbai, before he was called up to the national side.
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Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ( pronunciation (help·info); born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely considered to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the first player to score a double century in ODI cricket. In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards. Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India. He is currently nominated for receiving the Bharat Ratna award.
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Shikhar Dhawan
Shikhar Dhawan (born 5 December 1985 in Delhi) is an Indian cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman and occasional right-arm offbreak bowler. He represents Delhi in domestic cricket and also plays for the Deccan Chargers franchise in the Indian Premier League. Dhawan made his international debut against Australia in 2010.
He played for India in the 2004 U-19 Cricket World Cup where he was the leading run scorer. His total of 505 runs from seven innings is a record for a single U-19 World Cup. He made his runs at an average of 84.16 with three centuries and was named the Player of the Tournament.
His successful run continued when he made his Ranji debut for Delhi in 2004-05, finishing as the team's leading run-getter with 461 runs. He had been a consistent performer for his state side since, as his average of nearly 45 indicates. He played a pivotal role in his team's Ranji title win in 2007-08, scoring 570 runs in eight games.
He played for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League and made 4 half centuries. He was also the third highest scorer of the Delhi Daredevils team. He was traded to the Mumbai Indians in exchange for Ashish Nehra. He has played for the Mumbai Indians in the second and third season of the IPL. For the fourth season he was bought by the Deccan Chargers for $300,000.
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Sreesanth
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (Malayalam: ശ്രീശാന്ത്) pronunciation (help·info) (born February 6, 1983 in Kothamangalam, Kerala, India), 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 Rajasthan Royals. In the past, he has represented Kochi Tuskers Kerala and Kings XI Punjab. He is the first Kerala Ranji player to play Twenty20 cricket for India.
Sreesanth was a national breakdancing champion when he was in eighth grade.
Sreesanth was born to Shanthakumaran Nair and Savithri Devi. He has one elder brother and a sister. His brother Dipu Santhan owns a music company in Kochi and his sister Nivedita is a television actress in Kerala. His brother in law, Madhu Balakrishnan is a famous South Indian playback singer. Sreesanth is Hindu Brahmin.
Sreesanth initially was a leg-spinner in his childhood, modelling his action on India's leading Test wicket-taker Anil Kumble, who was to become his Test captain. However, his habit of bowling yorkers led him to convert to fast bowling, after being encouraged by his elder brother. Following in the footsteps of fellow Kerala fast bowler Tinu Yohannan, who earned selection to the National Cricket Academy in 2000, Sreesanth was selected for the MRF Pace foundation in Chennai. He then made his first-class debut against Goa in the 2002-03 domestic season, claiming 22 wickets in seven matches in the Ranji Trophy and winning selection for South Zone in the Duleep Trophy squad in the same season.
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Suresh Raina
Suresh Kumar Raina ( pronunciation (help·info) (born 27 November 1986) is an Indian cricketer from Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. His family comes from a town of Rainawari, in Jammu & Kashmir,thus the surname "Raina". Raina has been a member of the Indian cricket team for ODIs since July 2008, and was included in the Test squad in early 2006, but did not make his debut until July 2010. Domestically, he plays for Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy and Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy. He is a left-handed batsman and an occasional off spinner.
Raina decided to take up cricket seriously in 1999, and moved from his city Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, UP (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.
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Suryakumar Yadav
Suryakumar Yadav, born: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 14 September 1990 , is an Indian cricketer. He is an attacking batsman who currently plays in the top-flight of Indian cricket for Mumbai and is a part of Mumbai Indians squad. He had an impressive Ranji Trophy season in 2011-12 amassing 754 runs in 9 matches at an average of 68.54 and was the most prolific batsman for Mumbai that season. He was also a part of the Mumbai Indians team in their victorious 2011 Champions League Twenty20 campaign.
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Sushant Marathe
Sushant Marathe is an Indian domestic cricket player and plays for the Mumbai Ranji team. He is a powerful wicketkeeper batsman and came into limelight during the BCCI corporate trophy where he played alongside the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina and Robin Uthappa and single-handedly guided his team Air-India Red to victory in the semi-finals.
He was also used as a opening batsman by Mumbai in the Vijay Hazare domestic one day tournament and was the highest scorer for them in the 2009-2010 tournament. Prior to this he captained the Mumbai U-22 team and led them to victory in the 2007-2008 C. K. Nayudu trophy.
He was one of the contracted players for Mumbai Indians in IPL 3 but didn't get a chance to showcase his talent given the starpower in the Mumbai lineup.
For IPL 4 he was contracted by Kochi Tuskers Kerala
In the 2011-2012 season he topped the batting averages for Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali domestic T20 tournament. On the basis of this performance after dissolution of Kochi Tuskers Kerala he got new contract from Mumbai Indians for IPL 5
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Telugu people
The Telugu people or Telugu Prajalu (Telugu: తెలుగు ప్రజలు) are a Dravidian ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language, the third most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali. They are mostly native to Andhra Pradesh, with significant populations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. The Telugu constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in the world.
After Apastamba's death the Andhra tribes crossed the Vindhya mountains, reached the south, and merged with the other Andhra tribes. The Atreya Brahmana says that the Andhras lived on the south side of Vindhya Range along with the Pundras, Pulindas, Sabaras and Mootibas.[citation needed]
Some of those Andhras who came to the south of the Vindhya mountains settled in the regions north of present-day Hyderabad. Another tribe crossed the Eastern Ghats.[citation needed]
The Sanskrit epics mention the Andhra Kingdom, named for the Aryan tribe of the Andhras. They are mentioned again at the time of the death of the great Mauryan King Ashoka in 232 BC. This date has been considered to be the beginning of the Andhra historical record. Various dynasties have ruled the area, including the Andhra (or Satavahana), Shakas, Ikshvakus, Eastern Chalukyas, the Vijayanagara Kingdom, the Qutb Shahis of Golconda, and the Nizams (princes) of Hyderābād.
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Thisara Perera
Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera (born 3 April 1989 in Colombo) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He represents Sri Lanka at the Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 levels. He plays first class cricket in Sri Lanka for the Colts Cricket Club and the Wayamba Wolves. An all-rounder, he is an aggressive left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.
Perera attended St. Joseph's College, Colombo, which has produced Sri Lankan cricketers such as Chaminda Vaas and Angelo Mathews. He represented Sri Lanka at various youth levels, and was selected for the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In November 2008, he made his first class debut for the Colts Cricket Club.
Perera made his international debut for Sri Lanka in December 2009, in a late call-up to play in an ODI against India in Kolkata. The following month, he was purchased by the Chennai Super Kings for US$50,000 in the auction for the 2010 Indian Premier League. In May 2010, he made his Twenty20 international debut, representing Sri Lanka in the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies. He took his first five-wicket haul in international cricket in August 2010, earning him the player of the match award in an ODI victory over India. He was a member of the Sri Lankan team that in October 2010 inflicted Australia's first defeat in a Twenty20 international in Australia, bringing up Sri Lanka's final 16 runs to win the match off three deliveries. He took five wickets in an ODI against Australia on the same tour.
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Tirumalasetti Suman
Tirumalasetti Laxminarayana Suman (born 15 December 1983 in Hyderabad) is an Indian first class cricketer. He made his debut in first class cricket for Hyderabad He is a right-handed opening or middle order batsman. In the second season of the Indian Premier League in 2009, Suman represented Deccan Chargers with success. In the 3rd season he helped the Chargers to the semi-finals. He is well known in Hyderabad. His batting style is notable. Due to his good form for the Deccan Chargers in IPL 2010, Mumbai Indians signed him for the 2011 season and he has since replicated his form for them.
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Umesh Yadav
Umesh Yadav pronunciation (help·info)(born 25 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Vidarbha. A right arm Fast bowling bowler, Yadav has played for Vidarbha at domestic level since 2008. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in May 2010. The following year, in November, Yadav made his Test debut against the West Indies.
Yadav's father is a coal miner. Before becoming a professional cricketer, Umesh Yadav intended to become a police officer. On 3 November 2008 he made his first-class debut for Vidarbha against Madhya Pradesh in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy. His first wicket was that of Himalaya Sagar who was out bowled; Yadav did not bowl in Madhya Pradesh' second innings, but in the first claimed four wickets for 72 runs (4/72) as his team lost by ten wickets. He played in four Vidarbha's Ranji matches that season, taking 20 wickets at an average of 14.60 with best figures of 6/105. Also in the 2008/09 season, Yadav made his one-day debut. Bought by Delhi Daredevils in 2008 for $30,000, Yadav made his debut in the Indian Premier League in 2010, taking 6 wickets in as many matches at an average of 30.66.
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Varun Aaron
Varun Raymond Aaron (born 29 October 1989) is an Indian cricketer from Jamshedpur. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, he first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji team. He played his first One Day International (ODI) for India in October 2011 and made his Test debut the following month.
Hailing from Jharkhand, Aaron has been part of the MRF Pace Academy in Chennai since he was spotted by a talent scout at the age of 15. In his first year with the Jharkhand Under-19 side, he also played for East Zone and was later part of the India Under-19 camp. He grew up admiring Andy Roberts, and pace has been his focus since his teens. This led to two stress fractures of the back soon after he made his Ranji Trophy debut in the 2008-09 season for Jharkhand, but he continues to focus on bowling quick. Possessing a smooth run-up and a repeatable action, Aaron consistently bowls in excess of 140 km/h (87 mph) from close to the stumps with decent control. Having earlier been part of the Kolkata Knight Riders squad, he made his IPL debut in 2011 for Delhi Daredevils.
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Vinay Kumar
Ranganath Vinay Kumar pronunciation (help·info) (Kannada: ವಿನಯ್ ಕುಮಾರ್) (born 12 February 1984) is an Indian cricket player who has played for India at Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 levels. He is a right-arm medium fast bowler who plays domesticy cricket for Karnataka and also in the Indian Premier League for the Bangalore Royal Challengers (2008-2010) and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala in 2011. He will return to play for the Royal Challengers in the 2012 IPL after the franchise picked him up for US$1 million.
Vinay Kumar was born in Davangere, Karnataka, on 12 February 1984. His father was an auto rickshaw driver. He attended a government school in Davangere before graduating from the A.R.G. Arts and Commerce College with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Vinay Kumar broke into Karnataka's Ranji Trophy team in the 2004–05 season. He was the Ranji Trophy's second-highest wicket-taker in the 2007-08 season, with 40 at an average of 18.52. He was signed by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008.
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Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli pronunciation (help·info) (born 5 November 1988 in Delhi) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a middle order batsman, who can also open the batting. He can also bowl right arm medium pace. Kohli was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket and plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. He also played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup. Despite being a regular in the ODI side, he only played his first Test in 2011.
Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in Delhi to Prem and Saroj Kohli. He has an elder brother, Vikash, and an elder sister, Bhavna. Virat attended school at Vishal Bharti and Savier Convent. Virat's father, Prem, worked as a lawyer and died in December 2006. Little is known of Virat Kohli's personal life.
The West Delhi Cricket Academy was created in 1998 and Kohli was part of its first intake. Kohli first came into the spotlight when he played for Delhi in a Ranji Trophy match against Karnataka on the day of his father's death. Choosing to stay and bat, he went on to score 90 runs. Mithun Manhas, the team's captain, remarked that "That is an act of great commitment to the team and his innings turned out to be crucial".
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Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag pronunciation (help·info) (born 20 October 1978), affectionately known as Viru and the Nawab of Najafgarh, also called the Zen master of modern cricket, or the Viv Richards of this era by columnists, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test cricket team in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the only Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008, subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009.
Sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket (319), which was also the fastest triple century in the history of international cricket (reached 300 off only 278 balls) as well as the fastest 250 by any batsman (in 207 balls against Sri Lanka on 3 December 2009 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai). His other innings of 309 and 293 are also the second and third best by any Indian player. Sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice in Test cricket, and the only one to score two triple centuries and take a five-wicket innings haul. In March 2009, Sehwag smashed the fastest century ever scored by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls. On 8 December 2011, he hit his maiden double century in ODI cricket, against West Indies, becoming the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the landmark. His score remains the highest individual score in ODI cricket – 219 off 149 balls. He is the only player in world to score a double hundred in ODI and a triple hundred in Test Cricket.
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Wriddhiman Saha
Wriddhiman Saha (Bengali: ঋদ্ধিমান সাহা )(born 24 October 1984) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and specialist wicket-keeper. Saha has played Test cricket for India and represents Bengal and the Chennai Super Kings in Indian domestic cricket.
Saha made it through the ranks of the youth system, playing for the Under-19s and the Under-22s team before stepping up to first-class cricket. Saha made his one-day debut in the Ranji Trophy competition of 2006/07, against Assam. While he did not get the chance to perform with the bat during this game, he scored a duck in his debut innings in the following match. As he was nearing the end of his brief run in the Ranji Trophy, he played three one-day games for the East Zone in the Deodhar Trophy.
Saha made his first-class debut in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy, against Hyderabad he scored 111 not out, becoming the 15th Bengal player to score a hundred on Ranji debut. Saha also made the East Zone team in the Duleep Trophy in the 2007-08 season.
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Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf Pathan (Urdu: یوسف خان پٹھان) (born 17 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He is a powerful and aggressive right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His brother Irfan Pathan is also an Indian cricketer. Yusuf Pathan is considered to be one of the cleanest hitters of the cricket ball.
Following his impressive performances in the 2007 Deodhar Trophy and the Inter-state domestic Twenty20 competition held in April 2007, Pathan was made a part of the Indian squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship, held in South Africa in September 2007. He made his Twenty20 international debut in the final against Pakistan. He opened the batting for India in the match, and scored 15 runs in the process.
After a good domestic season in 2007/08, he was signed by the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League for USD 475,000 (INR 1.9 crore). In the 2008 IPL season, he scored 435 runs and took 8 wickets. He recorded the season's fastest half century (from 21 balls) against the Deccan Chargers, and was also the Man of the Match in the final against the Chennai Super Kings.
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Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh pronunciation (help·info) (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 (ODIs) and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice-captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. At the 2007 World Twenty20 he hit six sixes in an over against England's Stuart Broad—a feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and previously never in an international match between two Test cricket nations. He was named the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
He was recently diagnosed with a cancerous tumor (Stage-I) in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, USA. On March 18, 2012 Yuvraj Singh discharged from hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy to recover from a rare germ cell cancer in Boston, USA. On April 9, 2012 Yuvraj Singh returned home after undergoing treatment for rare germ cell cancer in the United States.
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Zaheer Khan
Zaheer Khan pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: झहीर खान; born 7 October 1978) is an Indian cricketer who has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000. A left arm fast-medium 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 can also use reverse swing.
Zaheer was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.He made his Test debut against Bangladesh and ODI debut against Kenya during the ICC KnockOut Trophy in the same year.
In late 2005 pacemen Sreesanth and R. P. Singh made their international debuts and became regular members of the Indian team making it difficult for Zaheer to retain his position in the playing eleven. The Board of Control for Cricket in India demoted Zaheer from a B-grade to a C-grade contract at the end of the year. He returned for the 2006 tour of Pakistan, where India fielded three left arm pacemen and had difficulty dismissing Pakistan with a lack of variety in the bowling attack.
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Sharma, Rohit Filmography
- Men in Black 3 (2012)
- Wrath of the Titans (2012)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
- Immortals (2011)
- X-Men: First Class (2011)
- Green Lantern (2011)
- Patiala House (2011)
- Ra.One (2011)
- Rockstar (2011)
- Season of the Witch (2011)
- The Eagle (2011)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
- Anjaana Anjaani (2010)
- Clash of the Titans (2010)
- My Soul to Take (2010)
- Shrek Forever After (2010)
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
- Robin Hood (2010)
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
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Rohit Sharma 80(53)- India v Pakistan Oval 3rd June 2009
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- Duration: 5:24
- Updated: 10 Jan 2013
Brilliant innings by Rohit Sharma against the arch rivals..Watch out for the brilliant catch by Ahmed Shehzad
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Brilliant innings by Rohit Sharma against the arch rivals..Watch out for the brilliant catch by Ahmed Shehzad
Rohit Sharma 78 not out vs Australia World T20 2010 HD
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- Duration: 5:34
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
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1st Inning Outstanding Batting by Rohit Sharma: IPL 2012 - KKR vs MI, Match 58
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- Duration: 3:15
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
1st Inning Outstanding Batting by Rohit Sharma from Match 58 of IPL 2012 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians played on May-12-2012 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
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1st Inning Outstanding Batting by Rohit Sharma from Match 58 of IPL 2012 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians played on May-12-2012 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata
- published: 12 May 2012
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Rohit Sharma 68 vs Pakistan Asia Cup 2012
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- Duration: 4:35
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
Rohit Sharma - A Great Talent
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Rohit Sharma Smashing Anil Kumble for 3 Sixes in an Over
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- Duration: 1:17
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
one of them went a whopping108m
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Kolkata ODI: Dhoni decides to bowl first, Rohit Sharma dropped
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- Duration: 4:56
- Updated: 09 Jan 2013
The Indian skipper won the toss and elected to bowl in the second cricket ODI against Pakistan on Thursday. India have made one change to the side, bringing in all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in place of an out-of-form Rohit Sharma. Pakistan, on the other hand, have retained the team that beat India in the opening match in Chennai. For more info log on to: www.youtube.com/abpnewsTV
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The Indian skipper won the toss and elected to bowl in the second cricket ODI against Pakistan on Thursday. India have made one change to the side, bringing in all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja in place of an out-of-form Rohit Sharma. Pakistan, on the other hand, have retained the team that beat India in the opening match in Chennai. For more info log on to: www.youtube.com/abpnewsTV
- published: 03 Jan 2013
- views: 4128
- author: abpnewstv
SPO Rohit Sharma On With Floop Show 0801
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- Duration: 2:16
- Updated: 08 Jan 2013
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Muhammad Hafeez one hand catch of Rohit Sharma
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- Duration: 0:25
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
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IPL 2009: Rohit Sharma's last over blitz
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- Duration: 1:48
- Updated: 05 Jan 2013
Watch Rohit Sharma pull off an unbelievable win for Deccan Chargers as he hits 22 runs off the last over against Kolkata Knight Riders on May 16, 2009, at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, in IPL 2009.
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Watch Rohit Sharma pull off an unbelievable win for Deccan Chargers as he hits 22 runs off the last over against Kolkata Knight Riders on May 16, 2009, at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, in IPL 2009.
- published: 10 Feb 2010
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Rohit Sharma & Praveen Kumar abusing indian fans
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- Duration: 1:02
- Updated: 12 Jan 2013
My page: www.facebook.com Rohit Sharma & Praveen Kumar abusing indian fans Rohit Sharma & Praveen Kumar abusing indian fans
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- published: 01 Mar 2012
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Sourav Ganguly's FUNNY Take on Rohit ' Talented ' Sharma
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- Duration: 1:38
- Updated: 13 Jan 2013
Dadas FUNNY Take on Rohit
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A Date with Rohit Sharma's Chuddy-Buddies
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- Duration: 4:21
- Updated: 24 Dec 2012
TFS Insider Gang Khabri Meghna celebrates Mumbai Indian Rohit Sharma's birthday on his homeground, with his childhood buddies. Check her out, gearing up in Rohit Sharma's shoes as Mr. Birthday Boy is met with his past, in his school. For more such fan dedications, crazy videos, fun, frenzy, keep watching this space or waste no time to log onto www.afancan.com
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TFS Insider Gang Khabri Meghna celebrates Mumbai Indian Rohit Sharma's birthday on his homeground, with his childhood buddies. Check her out, gearing up in Rohit Sharma's shoes as Mr. Birthday Boy is met with his past, in his school. For more such fan dedications, crazy videos, fun, frenzy, keep watching this space or waste no time to log onto www.afancan.com
- published: 30 Apr 2012
- views: 2513
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Rohit Sharma's 66 Vs Australia at SCG, CB Series 2008
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- Duration: 5:06
- Updated: 14 Aug 2012
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Funny Cricket Incident | Broad, Rohit & Dhoni
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- Duration: 0:38
- Updated: 06 Jan 2013
Broad beats Dhoni with the pace on a short delivery, The ball lodges itself between his pad and his leg. Broad realises,that Sharma is running up, so he goes, collects the ball and tries to run Sharma out. Misses, though, As per the law, ball becomes dead as soon as it lodges itself there.
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Broad beats Dhoni with the pace on a short delivery, The ball lodges itself between his pad and his leg. Broad realises,that Sharma is running up, so he goes, collects the ball and tries to run Sharma out. Misses, though, As per the law, ball becomes dead as soon as it lodges itself there.
- published: 23 Sep 2012
- views: 16913
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Sharma six runs, Aizaz Cheema to Rohit Sharma 6 runs
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- Duration: 0:45
- Updated: 11 Jan 2013
34.5: Aizaz Cheema to Rohit Sharma 6 runs, Cheema to Sharma 6 runs, India v Pakistan, 5th Match, 2 innings, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Asia Cup 2012
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34.5: Aizaz Cheema to Rohit Sharma 6 runs, Cheema to Sharma 6 runs, India v Pakistan, 5th Match, 2 innings, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Asia Cup 2012
- published: 19 Mar 2012
- views: 16224
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Movie Review - OMG Oh My God! - Rohit Sharma
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- Duration: 4:03
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Kanji Mehta is an atheist, who runs an antique shop. For him, God and religion are nothing more than a business proposition. He buys old looking god and other religious idols, which he usually sells as 'antique' idols at double or triple, and sometimes even 10 times its original price. Well, it's not his fault really, is it now? The average and gullible believer truly wants to believe that these are actually century's old and rare finds. God is the biggest money spinner for him. Watch this exclusive movie review.
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Kanji Mehta is an atheist, who runs an antique shop. For him, God and religion are nothing more than a business proposition. He buys old looking god and other religious idols, which he usually sells as 'antique' idols at double or triple, and sometimes even 10 times its original price. Well, it's not his fault really, is it now? The average and gullible believer truly wants to believe that these are actually century's old and rare finds. God is the biggest money spinner for him. Watch this exclusive movie review.
- published: 28 Sep 2012
- views: 2900
- author: live9tv
Rohit Sharma 86 vs West Indies 2011.
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- Duration: 2:11
- Updated: 04 Aug 2012
Rohit Sharma 86 vs West Indies 2011.
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Rohit Sharma Praveen Kumar abusing a drunk punjabi
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- Duration: 1:02
- Updated: 16 Jun 2012
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English Vinglish - Movie Review - Rohit Sharma
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- Duration: 2:53
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Watch the exclusive movie review of Sridevi's comeback movie 'English Vinglish' English Vinglish is a film directed by Gauri Shinde and produced by R. Balki. The film marks the comeback of Sridevi after a 14-year sabbatical. The film also features French actor Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain, and Priya Anand. Amitabh Bachchan makes a guest appearance in the film. For more info watch this video...
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Watch the exclusive movie review of Sridevi's comeback movie 'English Vinglish' English Vinglish is a film directed by Gauri Shinde and produced by R. Balki. The film marks the comeback of Sridevi after a 14-year sabbatical. The film also features French actor Mehdi Nebbou, Adil Hussain, and Priya Anand. Amitabh Bachchan makes a guest appearance in the film. For more info watch this video...
- published: 05 Oct 2012
- views: 1776
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Rohit Sharma run out by Nasir Hossain, Mortaza to Dhoni run out
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- Duration: 1:16
- Updated: 02 Jan 2013
48.2: Mashrafe Mortaza to Mahendra Singh Dhoni run outs, Mortaza to Dhoni run outs, Bangladesh v India, 4th ODI, 1 innings, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Asia Cup 2012
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48.2: Mashrafe Mortaza to Mahendra Singh Dhoni run outs, Mortaza to Dhoni run outs, Bangladesh v India, 4th ODI, 1 innings, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Asia Cup 2012
- published: 16 Mar 2012
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Stunning Catch By Rohit Sharma
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- Duration: 1:07
- Updated: 29 Dec 2012
Rohit Sharma takes brilliant catch at Short Point to remove Salman Butt of Praveen Kumar.
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Rohit Sharma takes brilliant catch at Short Point to remove Salman Butt of Praveen Kumar.
- published: 29 Jul 2012
- views: 940
- author: Vinay Uttam Vemparala
IPL Nights | Indian Cricketers on Beach | Virat Kohli & Yuvraj Singh
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- Duration: 1:17
- Updated: 01 Jan 2013
This is a superb video of indian team at a beach meeting fans. Must watch
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This is a superb video of indian team at a beach meeting fans. Must watch
- published: 12 Jul 2012
- views: 21030
- author: vishvendra sharma
Movie Review - Barfi! - Rohit Sharma
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- Duration: 5:37
- Updated: 07 Dec 2012
Set in the 1970's in a pretty corner of India, Barfi! is the story of three young people who learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal. Barfi, a hearing and speech impaired boy falls in love with Shruti. In spite of her deep affection for Barfii, Shruti gives into societal and parental pressure to marry a 'normal' man and lead a 'normal' life. Many years later their paths cross once again when Barfi, now in love with Jhilmil, is on the run from the police. Barfi is desperately seeking Jhilmil, who has gone missing. Shruti's realization that Jhilmil is mentally-challenged makes her recognize that true love is really blind. Caught in a cat and mouse game, in the search for the girl Barfi loves, Shruti realizes that she is still in love with him. She must now choose between her happiness and his. Barfi! stars three of India's most loved young stars
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Set in the 1970's in a pretty corner of India, Barfi! is the story of three young people who learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's norms of normal and abnormal. Barfi, a hearing and speech impaired boy falls in love with Shruti. In spite of her deep affection for Barfii, Shruti gives into societal and parental pressure to marry a 'normal' man and lead a 'normal' life. Many years later their paths cross once again when Barfi, now in love with Jhilmil, is on the run from the police. Barfi is desperately seeking Jhilmil, who has gone missing. Shruti's realization that Jhilmil is mentally-challenged makes her recognize that true love is really blind. Caught in a cat and mouse game, in the search for the girl Barfi loves, Shruti realizes that she is still in love with him. She must now choose between her happiness and his. Barfi! stars three of India's most loved young stars
- published: 14 Sep 2012
- views: 7289
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12 Jan 2013
Helicopter raid fails to rescue agent 'Denis Allex' from Islamist group al-Shabaab, as French combat pilot killed in Mali. French secret service hostage 'Denis Allex' pictured in Somalia in October 2012. Photograph. SITE Monitoring Service/AFP/Getty Images. A French hostage and two French soldiers have been killed during a failed secret service rescue mission in Somalia ... The group said it had also captured a wounded French commando ... ....(size: 4.7Kb)
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13 Jan 2013
The draft version of the US National Climate Assessment, released on Friday, makes remarkable reading – not just for Americans but for all humanity. Put together by a special panel of more than 240 scientists, the federally commissioned report reveals that the US is already reeling under the impact of global warming ... Nor is there any doubt about the cause of these rising temperatures ... A bitter struggle lies ahead ... Sender's name ... ....(size: 6.2Kb)
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11 Jan 2013
The executions of three Kurdish women in Paris have sparked questions over the motives for the high-level assassinations. FRANCE 24 asks Kendal Nezan, president of the Kurdish Institute in Paris, for his views on the mysterious murders. By Ségolène ALLEMANDOU (text). ... Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Soylemez were found shot dead inside the Kurdish Institute of Paris. Screen grab of Firatnews ... France 24 ... Kendel Nezan ... FRANCE 24 ... ....(size: 9.7Kb)
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12 Jan 2013
Thousands of Sunni Iraqis have taken to the streets of Baghdad and other parts of the country to decry the alleged targeting of their minority, in rallies hardening opposition to the country's Shia leader ... The protests have worsened a political crisis, pitting Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki against his erstwhile government partners, with the premier facing accusations of authoritarianism and sectarianism ahead of key provincial polls ... ....(size: 19.5Kb)
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11 Jan 2013
PARIS/BAMAKO (Reuters) - France's armed forces began a military intervention in Mali on Friday to help the government stem a push south by Islamist rebels who control much of the north, President Francois Hollande said. Women hold banners urging national talks to end the political paralysis in the south of Mali, in the capital Bamako January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Rihouay ... The U.N ... REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE ... Related Stories. ... ....(size: 4.7Kb)
Deccan Herald
13 Jan 2013
Under-fire Indian skipper M S Dhoni today got a bit of backing from former captain Sourav Ganguly who said the team has to cope up with this transition phase. Responding to the widespread criticism for Team India's repeated below-par performance, Ganguly said,"It comes in every captain's tenure. MS has to bide his time." ... Ganguly also said the duo of Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma should be given more time to prove themselves ... ....(size: 2.5Kb)
The Times of India
13 Jan 2013
MUMBAI. The brand endorsement market is expected to change dramatically in 2013 with few of the younger celebrities getting pitch-forked to the top ... Among cricketers, with Sachin and Dravid gone and others like Sehwag and Dhoni not being in their best form on the field, the likes of Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara and Rohit Sharma could come into the spotlight," said Bunty Sajdeh, CEO, Cornerstone Sport & Entertainment ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)
DNA India
12 Jan 2013
Benefit games are all about fun. The one organised in honour of former India stumper Sameer Dighe, prior to the 2010 IPL, was no different ... Now Sehwag XI was one star-studded team ... The Chembur lad, who idolises Adam Gilchrist — he is grateful to Rohit Sharma for introducing him to the great man during the IPL — is blessed with brilliant hand-eye coordination skills with the bat as well as the gloves ... Tweet. ....(size: 2.7Kb)
Irish Times
11 Jan 2013
At Gort District Court, Rohit Sharma (37), of Sunbury on Thames, Surrey, England, avoided a jail term after pleading guilty to stealing the life jacket from the Aer Lingus London-Shannon flight on Tuesday ... Judge Durcan fined Mr Sharma €1,000.Email Us....(size: 1.4Kb)
Deccan Chronicle
11 Jan 2013
. Rajkot ... The selectors showed they’re concerned by dropping Virender Sehwag for the first three games but allowed Rohit Sharma to continue. With just one double figures score in his last nine innings, Rohit continues to enjoy support which has baffled many ... Both Ishant Sharma and Bhuveshwar Kumar have been excellent with the latter doing exceptionally well in his debut series ... ....(size: 2.9Kb)
noodls
11 Jan 2013
(Source. Chandigarh District Administration) Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration www.chandigarh.gov.in. Press Release. Opening ceremony of the 58th National school games. Chandigarh, January 10 ... Sh. V.K. Singh Education Secretary was the chief guest on the occasion ... Sh Prashant Mishra, Dr. Pradeep Mishra and Sh. Anant Sharma are all observers from the SGFI ... 15th January ... V.K ... V.K ... · ROHIT SHARMA- 84 Runs(59 BALLS) Bowling.....(size: 5.2Kb)
Belfast Telegraph
10 Jan 2013
At Ennis District Court judge Patrick Durcan told Rohit Sharma (37) that imposing a prison sentence on him "is foremost in my mind". Inspector Tom Kennedy described Mr Sharma's theft of the life jacket from the Aer Lingus London Shannon flight on Tuesday "as a most unusual crime" ... I know that Aer Lingus will not fly Mr Sharma again."....(size: 2.1Kb)
The Examiner
10 Jan 2013
The first of the five match ODI series will be played at Rajkot on Friday ... Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Shami Ahmed. Suggested by the author. ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
The Hindu
10 Jan 2013
It has been only a week short of a month when Alastair Cook’s team displayed the English bulldog spirit to stun India 2-1 in the Test rubber. Upbeat mood ... Thorough professionals ... India. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt.), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Shami Ahmed, Rohit Sharma, Amit Mishra, Ashoke Dinda, Cheteshwar Pujara ... S....(size: 4.2Kb)
The Times of India
10 Jan 2013
RAJKOT ... Scores in excess of 300 are expected," said a top official of the Saurashtra Cricket Association about the pitch at the newly built SCA Stadium ... The more experienced Ishant Sharma needs to show the way ... MS Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Shami Ahmed ... ....(size: 5.7Kb)
Deccan Herald
10 Jan 2013
Scores in excess of 300 are expected," said a top official of the Saurashtra Cricket Association about the pitch at the newly built SCA Stadium ... The more experienced Ishant Sharma needs to show the way ... India. M.S. Dhoni (Captain), Gautam Gambhir, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashok Dinda, Shami Ahmed ... ....(size: 5.9Kb)
Deccan Chronicle
09 Jan 2013
Sharma said from Delhi on Tuesday, “Today Sehwag is not in the team because the new selectors, Sandeep Patil (West Zone), Roger Binny (South), Vikram Rathore (North), Saba Karim (East) and Rajinder Hans (Central), wanted to protect M.S ... A distraught Sharma adds, “Sehwag plays for the team and not for individual records ... “Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma have scored less runs than Sehwag....(size: 2.0Kb)
Deccan Herald
09 Jan 2013
But Pawar feels the talent pool is huge enough even though youngsters such as Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja have not quite lived upto the promise. "There are a lot of youngsters ... But that is not the case today," Pawar told PTI ... ....(size: 1.2Kb)
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| Rohit Sharma during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa | ||||
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| Full name | Rohit Gurunath Sharma | |||
| Born | (1987-04-30) 30 April 1987 (age 25) Nagpur, Maharashtra, India |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm off spin | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| ODI debut (cap 168) | 23 June 2007 v Ireland | |||
| Last ODI | 12 February 2012 v Australia | |||
| T20I debut (cap 17) | 07 December 2011 v England | |||
| Last T20I | 3 February 2012 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2006/07–present | Mumbai | |||
| 2008-2010 | Deccan Chargers | |||
| 2011-present | Mumbai Indians | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | ODI | FC | List A | T20I |
| Matches | 72 | 46 | 131 | 24 |
| Runs scored | 1,810 | 3,748 | 3,729 | 415 |
| Batting average | 34.80 | 63.52 | 36.92 | 29.64 |
| 100s/50s | 2/9 | 12/16 | 5/21 | 0/4 |
| Top score | 114 | 309* | 192* | 79* |
| Balls bowled | 371 | 912 | 1079 | 38 |
| Wickets | 6 | 10 | 26 | 1 |
| Bowling average | 52.00 | 50.40 | 34.92 | 55.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | n/a | 0 | n/a | n/a |
| Best bowling | 2/27 | 3/23 | 4/28 | 1/22 |
| Catches/stumpings | 26/– | 33/– | 48/– | 8/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2012 | ||||
Rohit Gurunath Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer. Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm offbreak bowler. Having started his international playing career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly exhibited his athletic fielding and cool temperament to compliment his graceful stroke play. He is pegged by many analysts to be a permanent fixture on the Indian cricket team in the next decade.[1]
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Early life[link]
Rohit Sharma was born to Telugu parents from Andhra Pradesh. His mother Purnima Sharma hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.[2] Sharma completed his primary education at Our Lady of Vailankanni high school, Mumbai. He was later enrolled in the Swami Vivekanand International School[3] on a scholarship, after his talent was noticed by the school's cricket coach Dinesh Lad at a summer camp.[1] He excelled in the Giles and Harris Shield school cricket tournaments,[1] after which he was selected for the Mumbai Under-17 team.[1] He was later chosen for India's Under-17 and Under-19 teams, and made his mark at the 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, finishing among the top run-getters in the tournament.[4] He was enrolled as a student at Rizvi College, Mumbai, before he was called up to the national side.
Playing career[link]
List A[link]
Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in March 2006, at Gwalior.[5] It was his unbeaten innings of 142 in 123 balls against North Zone at Udaipur in the same tournament,[6] that brought him into the limelight.[7] Performances for the India A sides in Abu Dhabi and Australia followed, leading to him being selected for the 30 member probables list for the Champions Trophy,[7] although he did not make the final squad. This was before he had made his Ranji Trophy debut.[7] He was also selected for the Challenger Trophy.
First-class[link]
Sharma made his First-class debut for India A against New Zealand A, at Darwin in July 2006.[8] He made his Ranji Trophy debut for his First-class side Mumbai in the 2006/2007 season. Though he was unable to contribute much in the initial matches,[9] he scored 205 off 267 balls in the match against Gujarat.[9] Mumbai went on to win the tournament with Sharma scoring a 50 in the final against Bengal.[10]
International[link]
Sharma was first selected for the limited-overs matches on India's tour to Ireland in 2007. He made his One Day International debut against Ireland at Belfast,although he did not bat in the match.[11]
Sharma eventually made his mark at the international stage on 20 September 2007, when he led India to victory by scoring an unbeaten 50 (which came off 40 deliveries) against South Africa in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[12] The win reserved India a berth in the semifinals of the tournament. At one stage India were 61-4, but his partnership of 85 runs with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to post a total of 153-5.[12] He was eventually declared Man of the Match.[12] Sharma then proceeded to score 30 runs off 16 balls in the final against Pakistan.[13]
Sharma scored his maiden ODI half-century against Pakistan, at Jaipur on 18 November 2007[14] and was selected as part of India's 16-man squad for the CB series in Australia.[15] Here, he scored 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with 2 fifties,[16] including his score of 66 in the 1st final at Sydney[17] partnering Sachin Tendulkar for most of India's successful runchase.
However, Sharma's ODI performances suffered a downturn after this and his middle-order position was taken over by Suresh Raina, and eventually, Virat Kohli took his position as the reserve batsman.
In December 2009, Sharma scored a triple century in the Ranji Trophy and was recalled to the ODI team for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh as Tendulkar was being rested. However, Kohli and Raina were selected ahead of him in the playing eleven, and he did not play in any of India's five matches. In the meantime, he missed the Ranji Trophy final.
He scored his maiden ODI century (114) against Zimbabwe on May 28, 2010. He followed it up with another century in the next match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka on May 30, 2010 by scoring 101 not out.
He was dropped from the Indian squad for 2011 World Cup.[18]
He was selected for the West Indies tour of 2011 after the IPL in a squad where senior batsmen such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and skipper MS Dhoni were rested, and Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir were out to injuries. The side was captained by Suresh Raina with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy. He contributed 26 of 23 balls (2 sixes) in the only T20I at Queen's Park Oval and strung a 71-run partnership with Subramaniam Badrinath leading to an Indian victory.
In the ODI series that followed, he carried on with his form. The 1st ODI was also played at Queen's Park Oval.He had a 43-run partnership with left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan, and then a 80-run partnership with skipper Suresh Raina. Rohit was elected man of the match for his 68 not out of 75 balls (3 fours, 1 six). In the 3rd ODI played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua; Sharma scored a matching winning 86 of 91 balls against the West Indies. Rohit along with Harbhajan Singh got India out of trouble to win the match after they were reduced to 92 for 6. He was widely appraised for his calm and matured performance. Sharma won his first Man of the Series award for excellent batting performance throughout the ODI series.
International centuries[link]
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| # | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Against | Venue | Date Result |
| 1 | 114 | 119 | 6 | 4 |  Zimbabwe |
Bulawayo | 28 May 2010 India lost |
| 2 | 101* | 100 | 6 | 2 |  Sri Lanka |
Bulawayo | 30 May 2010 India lost |
Indian Premier League[link]
Sharma was signed up by the Deccan Chargers franchise for a sum of US$ 750,000 a year.[19] He was one of the leading run scorers in the 2008 IPL season with 404 runs at an average of 36.72.[20] He also held the coveted Orange Cap for a brief period.
In the 2009 IPL season he was appointed the vice-captain of the Deccan Chargers. In a match against Kolkata Knight Riders where 21 was required off the last over, Sharma scored 26 off the over from Mashrafe Mortaza to seal a win. He was named the best under-23 player of the tournament. In the 2011 IPL auction, he was sold for US$ 2million to the Mumbai Indians.
Injury prevents Test debut[link]
Sharma was called into the Indian Test team in February as the only reserve batsman, and when V. V. S. Laxman failed to recover from an injury, he was set to make his debut, but injured himself playing football in the warm-up on the first morning of the match. It was too late to bring in a replacement batsman, so the reserve wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha had to play as a specialist batsman.
Since then Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli have overtaken him and made their Test debuts in the middle order. He was part of the squad selected to play in the Australian series.
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| Anil Kumble | ||||
| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Anil Radhakrishna Kumble | |||
| Born | (1970-10-17) 17 October 1970 (age 41) Bangalore, India |
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| Nickname | Jumbo | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg break | |||
| Role | Bowler and Test captain | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| Test debut (cap 192) | 9 August 1990 v England | |||
| Last Test | 29 October 2008 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 78) | 25 April 1990 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 19 March 2007 v Bermuda | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1989/90 – 2008/09 | Karnataka | |||
| 2006 | Surrey | |||
| 2000 | Leicestershire | |||
| 1995 | Northamptonshire | |||
| 2008–2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 132 | 271 | 244 | 380 |
| Runs scored | 2,506 | 938 | 5,572 | 1,456 |
| Batting average | 17.77 | 10.54 | 21.68 | 11.20 |
| 100s/50s | 1/5 | 0/0 | 7/17 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 110* | 26 | 154* | 30* |
| Balls bowled | 40,850 | 14,496 | 66,931 | 20,247 |
| Wickets | 619 | 337 | 1,136 | 514 |
| Bowling average | 29.65 | 30.89 | 25.83 | 27.58 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 35 | 2 | 72 | 3 |
| 10 wickets in match | 8 | N/A | 19 | N/A |
| Best bowling | 10/74 | 6/12 | 10/74 | 6/12 |
| Catches/stumpings | 60/– | 85/– | 120/– | 122/– |
| Source: espncricinfo, 8 November 2008 | ||||
Anil Radhakrishna Kumble or Anil Kumble ( pronunciation (help·info); born 17 October 1970) nicknamed "Jumbo",[1] born in Bangalore, Karnataka is a former Indian cricketer and a captain of the Indian Test Cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin (legbreak googly) bowler and a right-hand batsman.[2] He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test cricket[3] and One Day International cricket.[4] He is also the first and the only cricketer in the history of Indian Test Cricket to have taken a 10-wicket haul.[5] With more than 600 Test wickets, he is the third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, only the third bowler to achieve this record and the first bowler from India to do so.[6] Since his debut in international cricket on 25 April 1990, he has taken 619 Test wickets[3] and 337 ODI wickets.[4]
Kumble was appointed as the captain of the Indian Test cricket team on 8 November 2007.[7] He succeeded his state team mate Rahul Dravid, who resigned as the captain in September 2007.[8] His first series as captain of Indian Test team was a three-match series against Pakistan which was played in India.[7] The team won that series by 1–0.[9][10]
He is the second highest wicket taker among leg spinners in Test cricket, other being Shane Warne of Australia. He is one of the two bowlers in the history of cricket to have taken all 10 wickets in a test innings, the other being Jim Laker of England.[11][12] He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian honour, by the Government of India in 2005.[13] After having played for 18 years, he announced his retirement on 2 November 2008. His last match was against Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in Delhi.[14]
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Personal life[link]
Anil Kumble was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to KN Krishna Swamy and Saroja.[15] His family, takes its name from the Kumbla village, located in the Kasaragod district of Kerala.[16] Kumble has a brother named Dinesh. He is married to Chethana Ramatheertha.[17] and has two children – son Mayas and daughter Svasti. He also has a step-daughter Aaruni (from Chethana's previous marriage).[18][19]
Kumble did his primary schooling at Holy Saint English School and his high schooling at National High School, Basavanagudi, Bangalore. He began playing cricket on streets of Bangalore and joined a club called "Young Cricketers" at the age of thirteen.[20] He completed his Pre-university college education from National College Basavanagudi. Kumble graduated from Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) in Mechanical Engineering in 1991–92.[20] Two of his college team-mates—M.P. Vivek and Rashid Mohsin—went on to have scintillating but short-lived first class careers. He is nicknamed "Jumbo" not only because his deliveries, for a spinner, are "as fast as a Jumbo jet", but also because his feet are quite big or "Jumbo" as observed by his team-mates.[1]
Career[link]
Early domestic career and international debut[link]
Kumble made his first-class debut for Karnataka against Hyderabad on 30 November 1989, taking four wickets and bagging a pair. He was then selected for India Under-19s against Pakistan Under-19s, scoring 113 in the first test and 76 in the second. He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in the Austral-Asia Cup on 25 April 1990.[21] His Test debut came in the same year when India toured England for a three test series.[22] It was the second test of the series played at Manchester and he picked up 3 wickets in the match which ended in the draw.[23] It was during the 1992 Indian tour of South Africa that he established himself as a quality spinner, taking eight wickets in the second Test. All in all he took 18 wickets at the average of 25.94 and with an economy rate of 1.84 in the 4 test series.[24] Later that year, when England toured India, Kumble took 21 wickets in just three Test matches at an average of 19.8 and an economy rate of 2.30.[25] He picked up 7/165 in the third test of the series played at Mumbai which resulted in India's victory with an innings and 15 runs.[26] He was adjudged man of the match for the feat.[27] Kumble also picked up 13/138 in Irani Trophy against Delhi for Rest of India which resulted in Rest of India's victory.[28][29]
Kumble took his first 50 Test wickets in just 10 Test matches, the fastest by an Indian bowler. He went on to take 100 Test wickets in 21 Test matches, the second fastest by an Indian bowler[30] after Erapalli Prasanna. On 27 November 1993, he took 6 wickets for 12 runs in an ODI against the West Indies at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, the best ever bowling performance by an Indian bowler till date.[31][32]
1996 World Cup[link]
For more details on this topic, see 1996 Cricket World Cup.
In 1996, the year in which the World Cup was held in Asia, he claimed 61 wickets at an average of 20.24 and an economy rate of 4.06 making it one of the best figures of his career.[33] He played all the 7 matches in India's campaign for 1996 world cup which was held jointly by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Kumble was the leading wicket taker of the whole tournament with 15 wickets at the average of 18.73.[34] India opened their campaigned against Kenya in which Kumble picked up 3/28 which helped restricting Kenya for just 199/6 in their 50 overs. India won the match by 7 wickets.[35] Kumble subsequently picked 3/35 against West Indies,[36] 2/39 against Sri Lanka in group phase.[37]
India played against Pakistan in the quarter final phase. In that match Kumble picked up 3/48 and India won.[38] In the semi final they subsequently lost to Sri Lanka in which Kumble's performance was 1/51.[39]
Setting records and rise through the ranks[link]
Kumble is one of only two bowlers ever (the only other being Jim Laker of England in 1956) to have taken all ten wickets in a Test innings, taking 10 for 74. Kumble achieved this against Pakistan in the second Test played in Delhi between 4 and 8 February 1999.[40] Although by failing to dismiss Pakistan's Waqar Younis in either innings, he missed out on the achievement of dismissing all eleven batsmen in a Test match. It has been said that once he had got 9 wickets his friend and teammate Javagal Srinath started bowling wide off stumps, and was called twice, so that Kumble could take the 10th.[41] The performance was rated by Wisden as the second best "Bowling performance of all time".[42] The achievement was commemorated by naming a traffic circle in Bangalore after him.[43]
On 6 October 2004, Kumble became only the third spinner in the history of Test cricket after Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan and the second Indian bowler after Kapil Dev to capture 400 Test wickets.[44] Reaching the mark took him 30 fewer Test matches than it took Kapil Dev, and 7 fewer than Warne. In the India-West Indies series of 2006, Kumble took 6–78 in the second innings of the final Test in Sabina Park, Jamaica, and bowled India to a historic series victory; it had been 35 years since a similar series victory. During the first innings of the match, Kumble scored 45 and became the second player in the history of the game after Shane Warne to score 2000 runs and take over 500 Test wickets. Kumble also holds the world record for trapping most batsmen leg before wicket.[45] On 10 December 2004, Kumble became India's highest wicket taker when he trapped Mohammad Rafique of Bangladesh to surpass Kapil Dev's haul of 434 wickets.
Kumble also played for ACC Asian XI against ICC World XI in World cricket tsunami appeal ODI match on 10 January 2005 held at Melbourne cricket ground which was organized for the charity purpose for 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami victims. In the match he picked up 2/73 and scored 11 runs of 7 balls.[46]
On 11 March 2006, he took his 500th Test wicket.[47] On 11 June 2006, Kumble passed Courtney Walsh on 520 Test wickets to take 4th place. After returning to India from the 2007 Cricket World Cup, he announced his retirement from ODI Cricket on 30 March 2007.[48]
On 10 August 2007, Kumble scored his maiden century, with an innings of 110 not out against England to help them finish with 664. He took 118 Test matches to reach his maiden Test hundred, which is a record for taking the most number of matches to score a century, beating Chaminda Vaas who had held this record previously with 96 Tests. It was also the only hundred by an Indian in the 3 Test series.[49] He is the only Test cricketer to have taken all ten wickets in an innings and score a Test hundred in his career. A day after scoring his ton, Kumble dismissed Vaughan for his 900th International wicket and 563rd Test wicket, drawing him level with Glenn McGrath. Later he trapped Monty Panesar for an LBW to finish the innings and overtake McGrath in the list of all time wicket takers,[50] only Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne have more wickets.
On 17 January 2008, in the third Test against Australia at WACA, Perth, Anil Kumble became the first Indian bowler and the third in the world to reach the milestone of 600 Test wickets.[6] Kumble achieved the record just after the tea break when he had Andrew Symonds caught by Rahul Dravid at first slip.[6] Kumble's 600 wickets came in 124 matches at an average of 28.68. Kumble has captured most number of wickets against Australia by an Indian bowler.[6] Kumble is the third bowler after Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne to take 600 Test wickets.[6]
Retirement[link]
Kumble injured the little finger of his left hand while attempting a catch off Matthew Hayden in Australia's first innings which rendered him unfit for the 4th and final test of the series against Australia.[51] Kumble was finding it difficult to find his striking form and went wicketless in four consecutive innings before the first innings of Australia in the third test of the series against Australia in which he managed three lower order wickets. He declared the 2nd innings of India with only 6 overs of play left in the drawn match. His final figures were 4–0–14–0.
Anil Kumble announced his retirement from International test cricket, First class cricket, and list A cricket appearances on 2 November 2008 in the 3rd Test match against Australia at Feroz Shah Kotla cricket stadium at New Delhi, India. He took the last wicket of his career of Mitchell Johnson.[52] The final ball of his test career was a low full toss on which Matthew Hayden scored a four.[53] After his retirement, Dhoni was made the captain of the team.[54]
IPL career[link]
Kumble agreed to honour his contract with the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) franchise of the Indian Premier League after retirement. He was given a three year contract worth US$ 500,000 per year in the first round of bidding in 2008.[55]
On 18 April 2009 he took a five-wicket haul conceding just 5 runs against the defending champions Rajasthan Royals, which helped RCB get a 75-run victory in the second match of the 2009 edition, played in South Africa.[56][57] After the departure of Kevin Pietersen for England's cricket commitments, Kumble was named as the captain of the Royal Challengers. On 1 May 2009,[58][59] Challengers were able to recover from the four losses in their first six games and they eventually qualified for the semifinals as the third best team in the competition. On 23 May 2009 his team defeated the Chennai Super Kings by six wickets and got a spot in the final against the Deccan Chargers, who along with Bangalore were the two least successful teams in last year's edition.[60] Though RCB could not win the tournament, Kumble ended as the most successful spin bowler and the 2nd highest wicket-taker of the tournament with 21 wickets at an economy rate of 5.86 runs per over behind Rudra Pratap Singh.[61]
His team qualified along with with Deccan Chargers and Delhi Daredevils (who topped the preliminary League Table) for 2009 Twenty20 Champions League. They faced defeats to Cape Cobras and Victorian Bushrangers which ruled them out of the competition in the group stages itself.
In 2010 Indian Premier League, Kumble lead the team to the semi-finals. After being forced to play their semi-finals at the DY Patil Stadium following the security concerns in Bangalore,[62] the Royal Challengers lost their semi-final to the Mumbai Indians, who topped the group phase.[63] They finished 4th in the league table.
On 24 April 2010, Kumble took 4 wickets for 16 runs and his team qualified into the Champions' League as third-place finishers. He finished with 17 wickets for the tournament.
Kumble announced his retirement from Indian Premier League on January 4, 2012 and stated it in an IPL release:[64]
| “ | I wish to withdraw from the players auction for IPL IV scheduled for the 8th and 9th of January 2011 in Bangalore, I have enjoyed my stint at the IPL so far and thank all concerned for the support extended. | ” |
After his retirement from IPL as a player, RCB appointed him as the chief mentor for the team. Kumble stated that:[64]
| “ | I am excited to take on the mentoring role for Royal Challengers.
At the same time, the task involves huge responsibility to better the benchmarks that Royal Challengers have already created in the last two seasons. I am confident that I will deliver to the team's and fans' expectations. I am ready to take on the challenge. |
” |
Style[link]
Kumble is a right-arm leg spinner with an unorthodox style, most famous for his flipper.[65] He started his career as a fast bowler,[66] which gave him a useful faster delivery. His unique bowling style can be attributed to matting pitches in Bangalore which assist top-spin and over-spin.[67]
Sambit Bal, the editor of Cricinfo, writes:[6]
| “ | That he [Kumble] has been an unusual spinner has been said many times before. It has also been said, a trifle unfairly, that he is a unidimensional bowler. Palpably, he has lacked the turn of Warne and Murali, but his variety has been subtler, far more apparent to batsmen than to viewers. He has shown that not only turn and flight that can deceive the batsman but also the changes of length and pace. He has been a cultured practitioner of his unique craft and a master of nuances. | ” |
Kumble relies more on accuracy, variations and bounce rather than spinning the ball.[16] Columnist and former cricketer Peter Roebuck noted:[68]
| “ | Curiously, Kumble has little in common with his two great contemporaries, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan. They relied on excess, spinning the ball ferociously and able, by sleight of hand, to fool batsmen into playing at thin air. They created error by destroying hope.
Kumble more closely resembles Glenn McGrath because he does not so much baffle batsmen as torture them with precisely-pitched deliveries. Like the Australian, he does not tear opponents apart, just works away methodically till the deed has been done. Apparently he is an engineer, but he belongs in the courts of law as an inquisitor. |
” |
He is one of the 4 bowlers, alongside Richard Hadlee, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan, and the only Indian bowler ever, to have taken 5 wickets in a Test innings more than 30 times.[69] He also holds the world record for the largest number of caught-and-bowled dismissals in tests, 35 – which forms 5.65% of his total wickets.[70] He is also one of 4 Indian bowlers to have conceded over 250 runs in a Test match, although he took 12 wickets in that match.[71] He is known for bowling tirelessly, having bowled 72 overs in a Test innings once.[72] He is also remembered for his tenacity in bowling even when injured, especially after an incident in a match against West Indies where, despite having his broken jaw being heavily taped, he came back and took the wicket of Brian Lara.[73]
Involvement in Cricket associations[link]
Kumble has been appointed to the athlete's commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), with his term starting on 1 January 2009.[74]
On 21 November 2010, Kumble was elected as The President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association, with statemates and former India teammate Venkatesh Prasad elected as Vice-President whereas his former teammate, Javagal Srinath got elected as Secretary.[75]
On 13 November 2011, Kumble resigned from the post chairman of the National Cricket Academy.[76]
Awards and honours[link]
- Arjuna award, a sports award from the Government of India, in 1995[77]
- One of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, in 1996.[78]
- Among the 16 cricketers shortlisted for the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the 20th Century, in 2002[79] (Kapil Dev won)
- Padma Shri, a civilian award from the Government of India, in 2005.[80]
- A prominent intersection in M. G. Road, Bangalore has been named after Anil Kumble.[81]
- ‘Best breakthrough performance IPL 2009’ for his five-for-five against Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2009.[82]
Man of the Series awards[link]
Test cricket[link]
| Table: Man of the series awards in Test cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble has won four Man of Series awards in Test cricket.[83] | |||
| # | Series | Season | Performance |
| 1 | England in India Test Series | 1992/93 | 16 Runs (3 Matches, 2 Innings); 181–53–416–21 (1x5 WI); 1 Catch |
| 2 | New Zealand in India Test Series | 1999/00 | 39 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings); 197.4–76–364–20 (2x5 WI, 1x10 WM); 2 Catches |
| 3 | Zimbabwe in India Test Series | 2001/02 | 47 Runs (2 Matches, 3 Innings); 134.2–48–291–16 (1x5 WI) |
| 4 | Sri Lanka in India Test Series | 2005/06 | 67 Runs (3 Matches, 4 Innings); 138.3–28–374–20 (2x5 WI, 1x10 WM); 2 Catches |
ODI cricket[link]
| Table: Man of the series awards in ODI cricket | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble has won one Man of Series award in ODI cricket.[84] | |||
| # | Series | Season | Performance |
| 1 | Sahara Friendship Cup (Pakistan v/s India) | 1996 | 26 Runs(5 Matches & 3 Innings); 44–2–159–13; 3 Catches |
Man of the Match awards[link]
Test cricket[link]
| Table: Man of the match awards in Test cricket | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble has won 10 Man of the match awards in Test cricket.[85] | ||||
| # | Opponent | Venue | Season | Performance |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | KD Singh Babu, Lucknow | 1993/94 | 1st Innings: 4 (1x4); 37–10–69–4 2nd Innings: 27.3–9–59–7; 1 Catch 10+ Wicket Match |
| 2 | Pakistan | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | 1998/99 | 1st Innings: 0; 24.3–4–75–4; 5 Catch 2nd Innings: 15 (2x4); 26.3–9–74–10 10+ Wickets in Match and 10 wickets in a innings |
| 3 | New Zealand | Green Park, Kanpur | 1999/00 | 1st Innings: 5 Runs; 32.5–12–67–4 2nd Innings 26.5–5–67–6 10 Wicket Match |
| 4 | England | Mohali, Chandigarh | 2001/02 | 1st Innings: 37 (6x4); 19–6–52–2; 1 Catch 2nd Innings: 28.4–6–81–6; 1 Catch |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | VCA, Nagpur | 2001/02 | 1st Innings: 13* (1x4); 33.5–12–82–4 2nd Innings: 37–15–63–5 |
| 6 | Australia | Chepauk, Chennai | 2004/05 | 1st Innings: 20 (2x4); 17.3–4–48–7; 1 Catch 2nd Innings: 47–8–133–6 10+ Wickets Match |
| 7 | Sri Lanka | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | 2005/06 | 1st Innings: 8 (1x4); 28–6–72–6; 1 Catch 2nd Innings: 36–7–85–4; 1 Catch 10 Wicket Match |
| 8 | England | Mohali, Chandigarh | 2005/06 | 1st Innings: 32 (2x4); 29.4–8–76–5 2nd Innings: 29–7–70–4 |
| 9 | England | The Oval, England | 2006/07 | 1st Innings: 110* (2x4); 29.1–7–94–3 2nd Innings: 8* 37–9–123–2 |
| 10 | Pakistan | Feroz Shah Kotla, New Delhi | 2007/08 | 1st Innings: 24 (3x4); 21.2–6–38–4 2nd Innings: 27.1–8–68–3 |
ODI cricket[link]
| Table: Man of the match awards in ODI cricket | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumble has won six Man of the match awards in ODI cricket.[86] | ||||
| # | Opponent | Venue | Season | Performance |
| 1 | England | Headingley, Leeds | 1990 | 11–2–29–2 |
| 2 | West Indies | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | 1993/94 | 5* (1x4); 6.1–2–12–6 |
| 3 | New Zealand | Basin Reserve, Wellington | 1993/94 | 10–0–33–5 |
| 4 | South Africa | Wankhede, Mumbai | 1996/97 | 8.2–0–25–4 |
| 5 | Bangladesh | Wankhede, Mumbai | 1998 | 10–4–17–3 |
| 6 | Kenya | Gymkhana, Nairobi | 2001/02 | 10–1–22–2 |
Test wicket milestones[link]
| Wicket | Batsman | Country | Dismissal | Venue | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Allan Lamb |  England |
Caught Sanjay Manjrekar | Manchester | 1990 |
| 50th | David Houghton | Zimbabwe |
Caught Praveen Amre | Delhi | 1993 |
| 100th | Martin Crowe |  New Zealand |
Caught Sachin Tendulkar | Banglore | 1995 |
| 150th | Sherwin Campbell |  West Indies |
Bowled | Kingston, Jamaica | 1997 |
| 200th | Pommie Mbangwa | Zimbabwe |
Stumped, Nayan Mongia | Harare | 1998 |
| 250th | Dion Nash | New Zealand |
Bowled | Kanpur | 1999 |
| 300th | Matthew Hoggard | England |
Leg Before Wicket | Banglore | 2001 |
| 350th | Jacob Oram | New Zealand |
Caught Rahul Dravid | Ahmedabad | 2003 |
| 400th | Simon Katich |  Australia |
Bowled | Banglore | 2004 |
| 450th | Mohammad Sami |  Pakistan |
Leg Before Wicket | Kolkata | 2005 |
| 500th | Stephen Harmison | England |
Stumped Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Mohali | 2006 |
| 550th | Khaled Mashud |  Bangladesh |
Caught Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Dhaka | 2007 |
| 600th | Andrew Symonds | Australia |
Caught Rahul Dravid | Perth | 2008 |
| 619th | Mitchell Johnson | Australia |
Caught and bowled | Delhi | 2008 |
| Source: Cricinfo | |||||
Captaincy Record[link]
| Venue of Match | Matches | Won | Lost | Tie | Draw | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home Venues (In India) | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | [87] |
| At Away Venues | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | [88] |
| Total Record | 14 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6 | [89] |
Endorsements[link]
See also[link]
- Indian national cricket captains
- List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Anil Kumble
- List of One-day International records
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| Full name | Praveen Kumar | |||
| Born | (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 25) Meerut, Uttar pradesh, India |
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| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
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| National side | India | |||
| Test debut (cap 268) | 20 June 2011 v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 13 August 2011 v England | |||
| ODI debut (cap 170) | 18 November 2007 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 18 March 2012 v Sri Lanka | |||
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| 2004/05–present | Uttar Pradesh | |||
| 2008–2010 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| 2011–present | Kings XI Punjab | |||
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| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | List A |
| Matches | 6 | 68 | 45 | 120 |
| Runs scored | 149 | 292 | 1,607 | 1,292 |
| Batting average | 14.90 | 13.90 | 23.63 | 20.83 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/8 | 0/5 |
| Top score | 40 | 54* | 98 | 64 |
| Balls bowled | 1,611 | 3,242 | 10,297 | 5,870 |
| Wickets | 27 | 77 | 201 | 164 |
| Bowling average | 25.81 | 36.02 | 23.57 | 28.37 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 1 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 5/106 | 4/31 | 8/68 | 5/32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | 11/– | 8/– | 19/– |
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Praveen Kumar Sakat Singh pronunciation (help·info)(born 2 October 1986 in Meerut) is an Indian medium-pace swing bowler. In first class cricket, he plays for Uttar Pradesh. He relies on his ability to swing the ball both ways along with line and length.[1] He is most effective when given the new ball. Kumar is also considered as a pinch hitter with the bat. In domestic cricket, he has also opened the batting for his side.
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Praveen Kumar plays his domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first-class debut in 2007 and enjoyed success at this level by taking 26 wickets in 8 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 55 wickets in 35 matches.
Although he was not part of the player auction, Praveen played for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League in the inaugural twenty20 cricket tournament. His services were bought for 300,000 USD. Kumar was counted towards Bangalore's U-23 quota. He bowled well even though the team did not reach the semi finals. He became the first medium pacer to claim a hat-trick in the third season of the IPL. He took the wickets of Damien Martyn, Narwal and Dogra to reach his hat-trick.He has tried as an opener once in his career however he failed to score runs.
Off the field issues[link]
On 16 May 2008, it was reported that Praveen physically assaulted a doctor in his hometown of Meerut.[2]
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| Full name | Sourav Chandidas Ganguly | |||
| Born | (1972-07-08) 8 July 1972 (age 39) Behala, Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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| Nickname | The Prince of Calcutta, The Maharaja, Dada, The Warrior Prince | |||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||
| Batting style | Left-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Relations | Snehasish Ganguly (brother), Dona Ganguly (Wife) | |||
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| National side | India | |||
| Test debut (cap 207) | 20 June 1996 v England | |||
| Last Test | 6 November 2008 v Australia | |||
| ODI debut (cap 84) | 11 January 1992 v West Indies | |||
| Last ODI | 15 November 2007 v Pakistan | |||
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| 1990–2010 | Bengal | |||
| 2000 | Lancashire | |||
| 2005 | Glamorgan | |||
| 2006 | Northamptonshire | |||
| 2008–10 | Kolkata Knight Riders | |||
| 2011-present | Pune Warriors India | |||
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| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 113 | 311 | 254 | 437 |
| Runs scored | 7,212 | 11,363 | 15,687 | 15,622 |
| Batting average | 42.17 | 41.02 | 44.18 | 41.32 |
| 100s/50s | 16/35 | 22/72 | 33/89 | 31/97 |
| Top score | 239 | 183 | 239 | 183 |
| Balls bowled | 3,117 | 4,561 | 11,108 | 8,199 |
| Wickets | 32 | 100 | 167 | 171 |
| Bowling average | 52.53 | 38.49 | 36.52 | 38.86 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/28 | 5/16 | 6/46 | 5/16 |
| Catches/stumpings | 71/– | 100/– | 168/– | 131/–
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Sourav Chandidas Ganguly ( pronunciation (help·info); born 8 July 1972) is a former Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national team. Born into an affluent family, Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times.[1] He started his career by playing in state and school teams. Currently, he is the 5th highest run scorer in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and was the 3rd person in history to cross the 10,000 run landmark, after Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq. Wisden ranked him the sixth greatest one day international batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Dean Jones and Michael Bevan.[2]
After a series of playing in different Indian domestic tournaments such as the Ranji and Duleep trophies, Ganguly got his big-break while playing for India on their tour of England. He scored 131 runs and cemented his place in the Indian team. Ganguly's place in the team was assured after successful performances in series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia, winning the Man of the Match awards. In the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he was involved in a partnership of 318 runs with Rahul Dravid, which remains the highest overall partnership score in the World Cup tournament history.
Due to the match-fixing scandals in 2000 by other players of the team, and for his poor health, Indian captain Sachin Tendulkar resigned his position, and Ganguly was made the captain of the Indian cricket team. He was soon the subject of media criticism after an unsuccessful stint for county side Durham and for taking off his shirt in the final of the 2002 Natwest Trophy. He led India into the 2003 World Cup final, where they were defeated by Australia. Due to a decrease in individual performance, he was dropped from the team in the following year. Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004, one of India's highest civilian awards. He returned to the National team in 2006, and made successful batting displays. Around this time, he became involved in a dispute with Indian team coach Greg Chappell over several misunderstandings. Ganguly was again dropped from the team, however he was selected to play in the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
Ganguly joined the Kolkata Knight Riders team as captain for the Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament in 2008. The same year, after a home Test series against Australia, he announced his retirement from international cricket. He continued to play for the Bengal team and was appointed the chairman of the Cricket Association of Bengal's Cricket Development Committee. The left-handed Ganguly was a prolific One Day International (ODI) batsman, with over 11,000 ODI runs to his credit. He is one of the most successful Indian Test captains to date, winning 21 out of 49 test matches. An aggressive captain, Ganguly is credited with having nurtured the careers of many young players who played under him, and transforming the Indian team into an aggressive fighting unit.
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1972–89: Early life and introduction to cricket[link]
Sourav Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 in Calcutta, and is the youngest son of Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly.[3][4] Chandidas ran a flourishing print business and was one of the richest men in the city.[5] Ganguly had a luxurious childhood and was nicknamed the 'Maharaja', meaning the 'Great King'. Since the favourite sport for the people of Calcutta was the game of football, Ganguly was initially attracted to the game. However, academics came in-between his love for sports and Nirupa was not very supportive of Ganguly taking up cricket or any other sport as a career.[6][7] By then, his elder brother Snehasish was already an established cricketer for the Bengal cricket team. He supported Ganguly's dream to be a cricketer and asked their father to get Ganguly enrolled in a cricket coaching camp during his summer holidays. Ganguly was studying in tenth grade at that time.[8]
Despite being right-handed, Ganguly learnt to bat left-handed so he could use his brother's sporting equipment.[6] After he showed some promise as a batsman, he was enrolled in a cricket academy. An indoor multi-gym and concrete wicket was built at their home, so he and Snehasish could practice the game. They used to watch a number of old cricket match videos, especially the games played by David Gower, whom Ganguly admired.[5] After he scored a century against the Orissa Under–15 side, he was made captain of St Xavier's School's cricket team, where several of his teammates complained against what they perceived to be his arrogance.[6][9] While touring with a junior team, Ganguly refused his turn as the twelfth man, as he reportedly felt that the duties involved, which included organising equipment and drinks for the players, and delivering messages, were beneath his social status.[10] Ganguly purportedly refused to do such tasks as he considered it beneath his social status to assist his teammates in such a way.[11] However, his playmanship gave him a chance to make his first-class cricket debut for Bengal in 1989, the same year that his brother was dropped from the team.[6][12]
1990–96: Career beginning and debut success[link]
Following a prolific Ranji season in 1990–91,[13] Ganguly scored three runs in his One Day International (ODI) debut for India against the West Indies in 1992.[3][14] He was dropped immediately since he was perceived to be "arrogant" and his attitude towards the game was openly questioned. It was rumored that Ganguly refused to carry drinks for his teammates, commenting that it was not his job to do so, later denied by him. Consequently, he was removed from the team.[6][11] He toiled away in domestic cricket, scoring heavily in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 Ranji seasons.[15][16] Following an innings of 171 in the 1995–96 Duleep Trophy, he was recalled to the National team for a tour of England in 1996, in the middle of intense media scrutiny.[17] He played in a single ODI,[18] but was omitted from the team for the first Test. However, after teammate Navjot Singh Sidhu left the touring, citing ill-treatment by then captain Mohammad Azharuddin,[19][20] Ganguly made his Test debut against England in the Second Test of a three-match series at Lord's Cricket Ground alongside Rahul Dravid.[21] England had won the First Test of the three-match series; however, Ganguly scored a century, becoming only the third cricketer to achieve such a feat on debut at Lord's, after Harry Graham and John Hampshire. Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior have since accomplished this feat, but Ganguly's 131 still remains the highest by any batsman on his debut at the ground.[20] India was not required to bat in the second innings due to the match ending in a draw.[22] In the next Test match at Trent Bridge he made 136, thus becoming only the third batsman to make a century in each of his first two innings (after Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharran). He shared a 255 run stand with Sachin Tendulkar, which became at that time the highest partnership for India against any country for any wicket outside India. The Test again ended in a draw, handing England a 1–0 series victory; Ganguly scored 48 in the second innings.[23][24]
1997–99: Marriage, Opening in ODIs and World Cup '99[link]
Weeks after his successful tour of England, Ganguly eloped with childhood sweetheart Dona Roy. The bride and groom's family were sworn enemies at that point and this news caused an uproar between them. However, both families reconciled and a formal wedding was held in February 1997.[6][25] Same year, Ganguly scored his maiden ODI century by hitting 113, opposed to Sri Lanka's team total of 238. Later that year, he won four consecutive man of the match awards, in the Sahara Cup with Pakistan; the second of these was won after he took five wickets for 16 runs off 10 overs, his best bowling in an ODI. After a barren run in Test cricket his form returned at the end of the year with three centuries in four Tests all against Sri Lanka two of these involved stands with Sachin Tendulkar of over 250.[3]
During the final of the Independence Cup at Dhaka in January 1998, India successfully chased down 315 off 48 overs, and Ganguly won the Man of the Match award.[26] In March 1998 he was part of the Indian team that defeated Australia; in Kolkata, he took three wickets having opened the bowling with his medium pace.[27]
Ganguly was part of the Indian team that competed in the 1999 Cricket World Cup in England. During the match against Sri Lanka at Taunton, India chose to bat. After Sadagoppan Ramesh was bowled, Ganguly scored 183 from 158 balls, and hit 17 fours and seven sixes. It became the second highest score in World Cup history and the highest by an Indian in the tournament. His partnership of 318 with Rahul Dravid is the highest overall score in a World Cup and is the second highest in all ODI cricket.[28][29] In 1999–00, India lost Test series to both Australia and South Africa that involved a combined total of five Tests.[30][31] Ganguly struggled scoring 224 runs at 22.40; however his ODI form was impressive, with five centuries over the season taking him to the top of the PwC One Day Ratings for batsmen.[32] Around the same time, allegations came that Ganguly was romantically involved with South Indian actress Nagma, something he denied.[33]
2000–05: Ascension to captaincy and accolades[link]
In 2000, after the match fixing scandal by some of the players of the team,[34] Ganguly was named the Captain of the Indian cricket team. The decision was spurred due to Tendulkar stepping down from the position for his health, and Ganguly being the vice-captain at that time.[6] He began well as a captain, leading India to a series win over South Africa in the five-match one day series and led the Indian team to the finals of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.[6] He scored two centuries, including one in the final; however, New Zealand still won by four wickets.[35] The same year, Ganguly tried his hand at county cricket career in England but was not successful.[36] In "The Wisden Cricketer", reviewers Steve Pittard and John Stern called him as "The imperious Indian—dubbed 'Lord Snooty'". They commented:
"At the crease it was sometimes uncertain whether his partner was a batsman or a batman being dispatched to take his discarded sweater to the pavilion or carry his kit bag. But mutiny was afoot among the lower orders. In one match Ganguly, after reaching his fifty, raised his bat to the home balcony, only to find it deserted. He did not inspire at Glamorgan or Northamptonshire either. At the latter in 2006 he averaged 4.80 from his four first-class appearances."[37]
His Lancashire teammate Andrew Flintoff thought him to be aloof and compared his attitude to that of Prince Charles.[9] In Australia's three Test and five match ODI tour of India in early 2001, Ganguly caused controversy by arriving late for the toss on four occasions, something that agitated opposing captain Steve Waugh.[38] In the Fourth ODI, he caused further controversy by failing to wear his playing attire to the toss, something considered unusual in cricket circles.[39] However, India won the Test series 2–1, ending Australia's run of 16 consecutive Test match victories in the Second Test.[40] The match saw India looking set for defeat after conceding a first innings lead of 274. Waugh chose to enforce the follow-on and V. V. S. Laxman (281) and Rahul Dravid (180) batted for the entire fourth day's play to set Australia a target of 384 on a dusty, spinning wicket. The Australians were unable to survive and became only the third team to lose a Test after enforcing the follow-on.[41][42][43] In November 2001, Ganguly's wife Dona gave birth to their daughter Sana Ganguly.[6] At the Border-Gavaskar Trophy of 2001, During the final match of the 2002 Natwest Trophy held in Lords after a stunning performance by team mates Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif, Ganguly took off his shirt in public and brandished it in the air to celebrate India's winning of the match.[44] He was later strongly condemned for tarnishing the "gentleman's game" image of cricket and disrespecting Lords protocol. Ganguly said that he was only mimicking an act performed by the British all-rounder Andrew Flintoff during a tour of India.[45] In 2003, India reached the World Cup Final for the first time since 1983, where they lost to the Australians.[46] Ganguly had a successful tournament personally, scoring 465 runs at an average of 58.12, including three centuries.[47]
By 2004, he had achieved significant success as captain and was deemed as India's most successful cricket captain by sections of the media. However, his individual performance deteriorated during his captaincy reign, especially after the World Cup, the tour of Australia in 2003 and the Pakistan series in 2004.[48][49] In 2004, Australia won a Test series in India for the first time since 1969. It was speculated that Ganguly was in disagreement with the head of cricket in Nagpur over the type of pitch to be used for the Third Test. The groundsmen went against Ganguly, leaving a large amount of grass on the pitch. Some experts indicated that the reason for this was for "spite or revenge" against the Indian captain. When Australia's stand-in-captain, Adam Gilchrist, went to the toss, he noticed Rahul Dravid was waiting instead of Ganguly, leaving him to ask Dravid where Ganguly was. Dravid could not give a definitive answer, saying: "Oh, who knows?"[38][50]
Following indifferent form in 2004 and poor form in 2005, he was dropped from the team in October 2005.[51] Having been nominated and rejected in 2000, when the game suffered a tarnished reputation due to match fixing scadals,[34] the captaincy was passed to Dravid, his former deputy. Ganguly decided against retiring and attempted to make a comeback to the team.[11] Ganguly was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004, one of India's highest awards. He was presented with the award on June 30, 2004, by then President of India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.[52][53]
2006–07: Comeback and rift with Greg Chappell[link]
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In September 2005, Greg Chappell became the coach for the India tour of Zimbabwe. Ganguly's dispute with him resulted in many headlines. Chappell had emailed the Board of Control for Cricket in India, stating that Ganguly was "physically and mentally" unfit to lead India and that his "divide and rule" behaviour was damaging the team.[11] This email was leaked to the media and resulted in huge backlash from Ganguly's fans. Ganguly had enlisted the support from the Indian media and eventually the board had to intervene and order a truce between the pair.[11] BCCI president Ranbir Singh Mahendra issued a statement that,
"In view of the decision that cricket is to go forward, both the coach and the captain have been asked to work out a mutual and professional working relationship. For this, performance will be the criteria, applicable to captain, coach and players. [...] Of course the captain controls the game, the coach does his own job. Mutual trust is important. Henceforth no player/captain/coach will write or have any interaction with the media. Going to the media will lead to disciplinary action."[54]
Ganguly, Chappell and the Indian team manager for the Zimbabwe tour, Amitabh Choudhary, were asked to appear before the BCCI committee, where it was reported that assurance of working together was given by them.[54] Consequently, due to his poor form and differences with the coach, Ganguly was dropped as the captain of the team, with Dravid taking his place.[55] Chandresh Narayan, chief correspondent for The Times of India, commented that "The row with Greg Chappell just added to the mystery, but he was going through a really bad patch then, his only score [of note] was a hundred against Zimbabwe and that didn't count for much."[11] Ten months later, during India's tour to South Africa, Ganguly was recalled after his middle order replacements Suresh Raina and Mohammad Kaif suffered poor form.[56]
Following India's poor batting display in the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy[57] and the ODI series in South Africa, in which they were whitewashed 4-0,[58] Ganguly made his comeback to the Test team.[59] Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Khan and Anil Kumble had earlier been selected for the one-day squad, despite their recent poor performances.[60] Many saw this as an indictment of coach Greg Chappell's youth-first policy.[61] Coming in at 37/4, Ganguly scored 83 in a tour match against the rest of South Africa, modifying his original batting style and taking a middle-stump guard,[62] resulting in India winning the match.[63] During his first Test innings since his comeback, against South Africa in Johannesburg his score of 51 helped India to victory, marking the first Test match win for the team in South Africa.[64][65] Though India lost the series, Ganguly accumulated the most runs on the scoring chart.[66] After his successful Test comeback he was recalled for the ODI team, as India played host to West Indies[67] and Sri Lanka[68] in back to back ODI tournaments. In his first ODI innings in almost two years,[69] he scored a matchwinning 98.[70] He performed well in both series, averaging almost 70[69] and won the Man of the Series Award against Sri Lanka.[71]
Ganguly was alloted a place in the official team for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[72] He was the leading scorer for India in their first round defeat against Bangladesh.[73] After India were knocked out of the tournament in the group stage, there were reports of a rift between certain members of the Indian team and Chappell. Ganguly was alleged to have ignored instructions from the team management to score quickly.[74] After Tendulkar issued a statement saying that what hurt the team most was that "the coach has questioned our attitude", Chappell decided not to renew his contract with the Indian team and left his post as coach, citing "family and personal reasons".[75] On 12 December 2007, Ganguly scored his maiden double century of his career while playing against Pakistan. He scored 239 runs in the first innings of the third and final Test match of the series. He was involved in a 300 run partnership for the fifth wicket with Yuvraj Singh.[76] Ganguly remained prolific in both Test and ODI cricket in the year 2007. He scored 1106 Test runs at an average of 61.44 (with three centuries and four fifties) in 2007 to become the second highest run-scorer in Test matches of that year after Jacques Kallis.[77] He was also the fifth highest run-scorer in 2007 in ODIs, where he scored 1240 runs at an average of 44.28.[78]
2008–present: International retirement and the Indian Premier League[link]
In February 2008, Ganguly joined as the captain of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team, owned by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, as part of the Indian Premier League (IPL).[79] On 18 April 2008, Ganguly led the KKR, in the IPL Twenty20 cricket match. They had a 140 run victory over Bangalore Royal Challengers captained by Rahul Dravid and owned by Vijay Mallya. Ganguly opened the innings with Brendan McCullum and scored 10 runs while McCullum remained unbeaten, scoring 158 runs in 73 balls.[80] On 1 May, in a game between the Knight Riders and the Rajasthan Royals, Ganguly made his second T20 half century, scoring 51 runs off of 39 balls at a strike rate of 130.76. In his innings, Ganguly hit four 4s and two sixes, topping the scorers list for the Knight Riders.[81]
On 7 July 2008, media reported that Ganguly was being projected as a candidate for the post of President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) against his former mentor Jagmohan Dalmiya. Reports also suggested that he could run for the post of BCCI President in 2014 as East Zone's representative. Ganguly himself did not deny the reports and did not rule out any such move.[82][83] The same year in October, Ganguly announced that the Test series against Australia starting in October 2008 would be his last and stated "[t]o be honest, I didn't expect to be picked for this series. Before coming here, [at the conference] I spoke to my team-mates and hopefully I will go out with a winning knock."[84] Ganguly played in every game of the four-Test series and amassed 324 runs at an average of 54.00.[85][86] While playing the second Test match of the series in Mohali, Ganguly scored his final test century. In the Fourth and final Test, with India needing one wicket to secure a victory, the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, invited Ganguly to lead the side in the field for the final time. India regained the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, winning the series 2–0.[87][88]
In May 2009, Ganguly was removed from the captaincy of the KKR for the 2009 season of the IPL, and was replaced by McCullum. The decision was questioned by media and other players of the team, when KKR finished at the bottom of the ranking table with three wins and ten losses.[89] After that, television channel Zee Bangla appointed him as the host of the reality quiz show titled Dadagiri Unlimited. It presented participants from the 19 districts of West Bengal, who had to answer questions posed by Ganguly.[90] By August, he was appointed the chairman of CAB's Cricket Development Committee. The job of the committee is to receive a report from the selectors at the end of every cricket season, assess the accountability of the selectors and make necessary recommendations.[91] He played for the Ranji cup in the Bengal team in October 2009.[92] Ganguly scored 110 in the match against Delhi and was involved in a partnership of 222 runs with Wriddhiman Saha.[93]
In the third season of the IPL, Ganguly was once again given the captaincy of KKR, after the team ended at the bottom in the second season. The coach John Buchanan was replaced by Dav Whatmore.[94] In 40 matches and 38 innings for KKR Ganguly scored 1,031 runs and took eight wickets.[95][96] In the fourth season of the IPL he was signed by the Pune Warriors India, after being unsold in initial bidding process and he made 50 runs of four matches and three innings.[97][98] In the 2012 season he has been appointed as the Captain cum mentor for Pune Warriors India.
Playing style and influences[link]
Ganguly commented that David Gower was the first cricketer to attract him to the game. He loved Gower's style and used to watch old videos of him playing.[99] Other cricketers who had an influence on him are: David Boon, Mohinder Amarnath, Kapil Dev and Allan Border.[100] Ganguly is a left-handed batsman whose runs came primarily from the off-side. Debashish Dutta, author of Sourav Ganguly, the maharaja of cricket, commented that throughout his career, "Ganguly played off-side shots such as the square cut, square drive and cover drive with complete command."[101] Rahul Dravid has called Ganguly "...next to God on the off-side." He used to hit powerful shots to the off-side on front and back foot with equal ease. However, early in his career he was not comfortable with the hook and pull, often giving his wicket away with mistiming such shots. He was also criticized for having difficulty in handling short bouncers, notoriously exploited by the Australians and South Africans.[102] However, after his comeback in 2007, he worked upon these weaknesses to a large extent.[103]
Amrita Daityari, author of Sourav Ganguly: the fire within, noted that in ODIs, where Ganguly usually opened the innings, he used to try to take the advantage of fielding restrictions by advancing down the pitch and hitting pace bowlers over extra cover and mid-off. She commented: "Ganguly was notorious for attacking left-arm spin bowlers. Due to excellent eye–hand coordination, he was noted for picking the length of the ball early, coming down the pitch and hitting the ball aerially over mid-on or midwicket, often for a six. However, he did have a weakness in running between the wickets and judging quick singles."[104] There were many instances where Ganguly's batting partner was run out due to Ganguly's calling for a run, and then sending him back while halfway down the pitch. A situation like this happened in an ODI against Australia where he took a single when on 99, but he coasted and did not ground his bat. Although the bat was past the crease, it was in the air and he was consequently run out. Ganguly said, "I love to watch myself hit a cover drive, to watch myself hit a hundred."[105] Ganguly's relationship with former Indian coach John Wright has been well documented in contemporary media, with them denoting the relationship as a "symbiotic process". They credited Wright and Ganguly with bringing out international class performers, through academic, coaching and scientific fitness regimens.[106] According to Dubey, Ganguly and Wright, along with other members of the team like Tendulkar and Dravid, were the first to understand the importance of a foreign coach for the Indian cricket team and was convinced that the domestic coach has outlived its utility. Ganguly's aggressive style and Wright's importance on fitness ushered in the development of a better cricket team for India.[106]
Ganguly is a right-arm medium pace bowler. He can swing and seam the ball both ways and often chips in with useful wickets to break partnerships.[3] Vinod Tiwari, author of the biography Sourav Ganguly praised him saying "[d]espite not being very athletic as a fielder, Ganguly has taken 100 catches in one-day Internationals. That's something to be proud of!" However he criticized Ganguly's ground fielding, especially his slowness in intercepting the ball to prevent runs and his tendency to get injured during catching the ball.[107]
Legacy[link]
Author Pradeep Mandhani commented that in his tenure between 2000 and 2005, Ganguly became India's most successful Test captain. He led his team to victory on 21 occasions — seven times more than Mohammad Azharuddin with the second most wins—and led them for a record 49 matches—twice more than both Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar.[108][109] Compared to his batting average of 45.47 when not captain,[110] Ganguly's Test batting average as captain was a lower 37.66.[111]
Statistics about Ganguly show that he was the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 Test matches,[112] the 4th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests,[113] and the fourth Indian to have played in more than 300 ODIs.[114] In terms of overall runs scored in ODIs, Ganguly is the second among Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the most ODI runs) and the fifth overall.[115] He has scored 16 centuries in Test matches and 22 in ODIs. He is also one of only eight batsmen to score more than 10,000 runs in ODIs.[116] Along with Tendulkar, Ganguly has formed the most successful opening pair in One Day Cricket, having amassed the highest number of century partnerships (26) for the first wicket. Together, they have scored more than 7000 runs at an average of 48.98, and hold the world record for creating most number of 50-run partnership in the first wicket (44 fifties).[117] Ganguly became the fourth player to cross 11,000 ODI runs, and was the fastest player to do so in ODI cricket, after Tendulkar.[118] As of 2006, he is the only Indian captain to win a Test series in Pakistan (although two of the three Tests of that series was led by Rahul Dravid). He is also one of the three players in the world to achieve amazing treble of 10,000 runs, 100 wickets and 100 catches in ODI cricket history, the others being Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya.[119]
Author Mihir Bose, in his book, The magic of Indian cricket: cricket and society in India. commented that "The cricket world had gotten too used to the stereotype of the meek Indian cricketer. All that has changed under Ganguly, perhaps for the better."[120] He credits Ganguly for not being shy of taking on responsibility. "He showed that he can be a leader of a team, which has greats like Sachin and Dravid in the side, without any problems. Under Ganguly's leadership, India started winning matches and tournaments, previously lacking from the team considerably."[120] Within a few years of his captaincy, Ganguly rewrote the rules of being a captain of a cricket team. Unlike some of his predecessors, Ganguly was considered impartial, non-parochial, and forever pushed his players to perform better. Off the field, his interactions with the media, his fans, and detractors were uncompromisingly honest and earned him the respect of cricket followers everywhere. However, along with this respect came the criticisms. Ganguly was condemned as a hot-tempered man who refused to listen to other's opinions and abided by his own rules and regulations.[120] Matthew Engel, ICC sport critic, noted that this "turning deaf" to other's opinions would one day harm Ganguly and that it was sheer luck that he existed on the sporting world.[121]
Ganguly believed that his legacy as a captain was that he was able to build a proper Indian team. He added,
"[We] were able to change the face of Indian cricket. That's what I'm proud of, because I think we made a huge difference. People used to think that we would simply roll over when playing out of India, but we changed the image. [...] [The team wouldn't take any crap from any opposition] Absolutely, and that came from self-belief that, that we had the ability to do well outside India."[122]
Bose commented that Ganguly's greatest legacy lay in his influence on the younger and budding generation of cricketers. Ganguly felt that every young player should play two years of domestic cricket before being selected for international assignments. He also said that every newcomer should be given at least five games to prove himself.[123][124] Later he explained that being at the receiving end of an unfair decision against him, that threatened to ruin his international cricket career, it enabled him to understand the insecurities of other newcomers in the team better than his predecessors. Ganguly had always backed the influence and contribution of younger players of the team.[125]
Despite his contributions, his captaincy and coaching methods came under immense scrutiny from the press as well as other scholars. Engel commented that "He seems like aloof to the problems that his mal-decisions are creating. I don't particularly believe that Ganguly has an 'effing knowledge how to lead his team and tries to counter-pose it with instigating limitless, confrontational behaviours within the younger members of it. [One day] the time will come when such shock tactics will cease to work."[126] An article on Cricinfo Magazine pointed out his reckless behaviour. The reporter Rahul Bhattacharya said, "Generally Ganguly fostered angry or reckless young men. To him 'good behaviour', a broad term espoused by the present team management, belonged in school and probably not even there. He himself had been summoned to the match referee no less than 12 times in the last decade. His approach was bound to precipitate what could possibly be termed a cultural conflict in the world of modern sport. For Ganguly, like for Arjuna Ranatunga, competitiveness involved brinksmanship rather than training. As far as they were concerned Australia were not to be aspired to. They were simply to be toppled. England were not to be appeased. Victory lay precisely in their disapproval. In other words, Ganguly and Ranatunga wanted to do things their way."[127]
Captaincy Record[link]
| Captaincy Record in Test Matches | ||||||
| Venue | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Home Venues | 2000-2005 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8 [128] |
| At Away Venues | 2000-2005 | 28 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 7 [129] |
| TOTAL | 2000-2005 | 49 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 15[130] |
| Captaincy Record in One Day Internationals | ||||||
| Venue | Span | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In India (At Home Venues) | 2000-2005 | 36 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 [131] |
| At Away Venues | 2000-2005 | 51 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 3 [132] |
| At Neutral Venues | 1999-2005 | 59 | 34 | 23 | 0 | 2 [133] |
| TOTAL | 1999-2005 | 146 | 76 | 65 | 0 | 5 [134] |
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| Name | Ganguly, Sourav |
| Alternative names | Dada, Prince of Calcutta |
| Short description | cricketer |
| Date of birth | 8 July 1972 |
| Place of birth | Kolkata |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Aizaz bin Ilyas Cheema | |||
| Born | (1979-09-05) 5 September 1979 (age 32) Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan |
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| Nickname | Cheema | |||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium-fast | |||
| Role | Bowler | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | Pakistan | |||
| Only Test (cap 205) | 1 September 2011 v Zimbabwe | |||
| ODI debut (cap 187) | 8 September 2011 v Zimbabwe | |||
| Last ODI | 22th March 2012 v Bangladesh | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 1 | {{{matches2}}} | 64 | 33 |
| Runs scored | 0 | 11 | 344 | 49 |
| Batting average | – | - | 8.82 | 12.25 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | - | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Top score | 0* | 9* | 33 | 13* |
| Balls bowled | 241 | 180 | 9,204 | 1,514 |
| Wickets | 8 | 8 | 232 | 53 |
| Bowling average | 12.87 | 17.00 | 21.21 | 24.81 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 | 4 | – |
| Best bowling | 4/24 | 4/43 | 7/24 | 5/37 |
| Catches/stumpings | 0/– | 1/- | 13/– | 5/– |
| Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2011 | ||||
| Medal record | ||
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| Competitor for Pakistan |
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| Asian Games | ||
| Bronze | 2010 Guangzhou | Team |
Aizaz bin Ilyas Cheema known as Aizaz Cheema[1] (born: 5 September 1979, Sargodha)[1] is an international cricketer from Pakistan.
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Career[link]
2010[link]
In November, Cheema was part of the team at the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China[2] that won a bronze medal by beating Sri Lanka in the 3rd place playoffs.
International breakthrough[link]
When Pakistan toured Zimbabwe in September for a Test three ODIs and two T20Is, the national selectors took the opportunity to give inexperienced players an opportunity. Frontline bowlers Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul were rested and Cheema was chosen as part of the squad.[3][4] On 1 September he made his Test debut against Zimbabwe; Pakistan's fast bowlers in the match were inexperienced at international level, with just one Test cap between them. Pakistan won the match and coach Waqar Younis praised Cheema's performance, saying he "bowled with fire and aggression".[5] His first wicket was that of bowler Ray Price. Cheema took eight wickets in the match for 103 runs, the second best bowling figures by a Pakistan player on Test debut.[6] Pakistan won the subsequent ODI series 3–0; Cheema made his debut in the series and his figures of 3/36 were the joit fourth best by a Pakistan bowler in his first ODI.[7] Cheema was the leading wicket-taker in the series with eight dismissals, with best figures of 4/43.[8] His haul for the series was the second most for a Pakistan bowler in a three-match away series.[9]
Awards[link]
Man of the Match[link]
- 3rd ODI vs Zimbabwe 14 September 2011 Figures: 4-43 (10 overs)[10]
References[link]
- ^ a b Biography cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2010
- ^ Squad for Asian Games cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2010
- ^ Raja, Cheema, Sohail included in squad for Zimbabwe, ESPNcricinfo, 28 July 2011, http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-pakistan-2011/content/current/story/525095.html, retrieved 2011-07-28
- ^ Pakistan looking for reserve pacemen – Mohsin Khan, ESPNcricinfo, 31 July 2011, http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-pakistan-2011/content/current/story/525440.html, retrieved 2011-07-31
- ^ Moond, Firdose (4 September 2011), Waqar praises bowlers for creating pressure, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-pakistan-2011/content/story/531219.html, retrieved 2011-10-06
- ^ Sundar, Nitin (5 September 2011), Pakistan ease to seven-wicket win, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-pakistan-2011/content/story/531258.html, retrieved 2011-10-19
- ^ Moonda, Firdose (8 September 2011), Pakistan hold nerve in tense finish, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-pakistan-2011/content/story/531567.html, retrieved 2011-10-19
- ^ Records / Pakistan in Zimbabwe ODI Series, 2011 / Most wickets, ESPNcricinfo, http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=6492;type=series, retrieved 2011-10-19
- ^ Moonda, Firdose (14 September 2011), Pakistan complete series sweep, ESPNcricinfo, http://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe-v-pakistan-2011/content/story/532330.html, retrieved 2011-10-19
- ^ Pakistan vs Zimbabwe ODI 3194 cricinfo Retrieved 14 September 2011
| Persondata | |
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| Name | Cheema, Aizaz |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | Pakistani cricketer |
| Date of birth | September 5, 1979 |
| Place of birth | Sargodha, Punjab |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | |
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