Cricket Players Profile & Bio Data

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Name : JP Duminy
Full Name : Jean-Paul Duminy
Nick Name : JP, Koppe
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 14 April 1984
Place Of Birth : Strandfontein, Cape Town, South Africa
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : South Africa
Main Role : Batsman, part time bowler
Batting Style : Left-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm offbreak
Test Debut : 17–21 December 2008 v Australia
One Day Debut : 20 August 2004 v Sri Lanka
T20 Debut : 15 September 2007 v Bangladesh

About
Jean-Paul Duminy was identified very early on as a potential international player, but having made his ODI debut in 2004, it was another three years before he cemented a regular place in the team. Partly that was down to South Africa's strong battling line-up and partly down to his own inconsistency, failing to live up to high expectations.


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Name : Albie morkel
Full Name : Johannes Albertus Morkel
Nick Name : ---
Parents : Albert and Mariana Morkel
Date Of Birth : 10 June 1981
Place Of Birth : Vereeniging, Transvaal Province, South Africa
height : 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Cricket Life
Team : South Africa
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Left-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm medium-fast
Test Debut : 19-22 March 2006 v Australia
One Day Debut : 20 February 2004 v New Zealand
T20 Debut : 21 October 2005 v New Zealand

About
Albie Morkel, a right-arm fast-medium bowler and left-handed batsman, was earmarked as the new Lance Klusener, but hasn't quite been able to live up to his billing despite some glimpses of match-winning skills.


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Name : Francois du Plessis
Full Name : Francois du Plessis
Nick Name : Faf, Marathonman
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 13 July 1984
Place Of Birth : Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
height : 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Cricket Life
Team : South Africa
Main Role : Middle order batsman, part-time bowler, South African T20 captain
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm leg-break
Test Debut : 22 November 2012 v Australia
One Day Debut : 18 January 2011 v India
T20 Debut : 8 September 2012 v England

About
Francois du Plessis, known as Faf, could well have joined the South African player drain to England when he signed a Kolpak deal with Lancashire in 2008. However, he was called up to the national side after a stunning season in the MTN40 competition in South Africa in 2010-11, when he topped the run charts with 567 runs from 10 matches, including three centuries.


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Name : Shaun Pollock
Full Name : Shaun Maclean Pollock
Nick Name : Polly
Parents : PM Pollock
Date Of Birth : 16 July 1973
Place Of Birth : Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
height : 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Cricket Life
Team : South Africa
Main Role : Bowling all-rounder
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right arm fast-medium
Test Debut : 16 November 1995 v England
One Day Debut : 9 January 1996 v England
T20 Debut : ---

About
Considering the type of stuff floating around in his gene pool, it would have been surprising if Shaun Pollock had not been an international cricketer - and a very good one at that. Dad Peter led the South African attack through the 1960s; uncle Graeme was one of the finest, if not the finest, left-hander to play the game.


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Name : AB de Villiers
Full Name : Abraham Benjamin de Villiers
Nick Name : ABD, Mr. 360
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 17 February 1984
Place Of Birth : Pretoria, Transvaal Province, South Africa
height : 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Cricket Life
Team : South Africa
Main Role : Batsman, wicket-keeper, South African ODI captain
Batting Style : Right hand bat
Bowling Style : None
Test Debut : 17 December 2004 v England
One Day Debut : 2 February 2005 v England
T20 Debut : 24 February 2006 v Australia

About
A batsman of breathtaking chutzpah and enterprise, as well as the skills and the temperament required to back up his creative intent. A fielder able to leap tall buildings and still come up with the catch. A wicketkeeper who is perfectly at ease donning pads and gloves. A fine rugby player, golfer, and tennis player. All AB de Villiers needs to show off his abundant gifts is a ball. Just about any ball.


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Name : Ben Hilfenhaus
Full Name : Benjamin William Hilfenhaus
Nick Name : Hilfy, Gentle Ben
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 15 March 1983
Place Of Birth : Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
height : 186cm[1

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast-mediu
Test Debut : 26 February 2009 v South Africa
One Day Debut : 14 January 2007 v New Zealand
T20 Debut : ---

About
The journey took a little longer than expected, but Ben Hilfenhaus picked up a baggy green in 2008-09 to re-confirm his status as one of Australia's bowling stars. While back and knee injuries have worn him down at times, he pushed through the problems to join Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle in a bowling attack that could become frightening if the trio stays together.


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Name : Ryann Harris
Full Name : Ryan James Harris
Nick Name : Rhino,[1] Ryano[2]
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 11 October 1979
Place Of Birth : Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
height : 181cm[3]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast
Test Debut : 19 March 2010 v New Zealand
One Day Debut : 18 January 2009 v South Africa
T20 Debut : ---

About
An eye-catching fast bowler, Ryan Harris seemed destined for journeyman status until he made his international debut in 2009 at the age of 29. By the end of the following year he had become one of Australia's most prized Test and ODI bowlers, but his worst enemy was his own body. A chronic knee injury will be with him until he retires, and in the third Ashes Test at the MCG, he broke a bone in his left ankle that required surgery and ruled him out for half a year.


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Name : Cameron White
Full Name : Cameron Leon White
Nick Name : Whitey, Bear, Bundy
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 18 August 1983
Place Of Birth : Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
height : 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Right-hand
Bowling Style : Legbreak googly
Test Debut : 9 October 2008 v India
One Day Debut : 5 October 2005 v ICC World XI
T20 Debut : 9 January 2007 v England

About
Fair-haired and level-headed, Cameron White has long seemed destined to play a significant role for Australia. At the start of his career it was hard to know whether he would develop into a nagging legspinner, aggressive middle-order bat, intuitive skipper, or a bit of all three.


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Name : Brad Haddin
Full Name : Bradley James Haddin
Nick Name : BJ, Hadds
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 23 October 1977
Place Of Birth : Cowra, New South Wales, Australia
height : 177cm[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Wicket-keeper, batsman
Batting Style : Right-hand bat
Bowling Style : None
Test Debut : 22 May 2008 v West Indies
One Day Debut : 30 January 2001 v Zimbabwe
T20 Debut : 9 January 2006 v South Africa

About
Brad Haddin displayed impressive courage during his opening Test series in the West Indies when he played through the pain of a broken finger, and by the end of his first year was one of the national team's most important assets. At that time he was indispensable, shuffling around the one-day order, proving himself as a productive Test run-maker and slowly improving on his glovework.


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Name : Mitchell Starc
Full Name : Mitchell Aaron Starc
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 30 January 1990
Place Of Birth : Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia
height : 197.5cm[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Left-hand
Bowling Style : Left arm fast
Test Debut : 1 December 2011 v New Zealand
One Day Debut : 20 October 2011 v India
T20 Debut : ---

About
Mitchell Starc is one of the many exciting young fast bowlers coming out of New South Wales. A tall left-armer, he generates plenty of pace and bounce, and also possesses the ability to bring the ball back into the right-hander.


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Name : Phillip Hughes
Full Name : Phillip Joel Hughes
Nick Name : Hughesy
Parents : Greg and Virginia
Date Of Birth : 30 November 1988
Place Of Birth : Macksville, New South Wales, Australia
height : 170cm[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Top order batsman, substitute wicketkeeper
Batting Style : Left-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm off break
Test Debut : 26 February 2009 v South Africa
One Day Debut : 11 January 2013 v Sri Lanka
T20 Debut : ---

About
If a textbook technique was the sole criterion for a first-class opener then Phillip Hughes would be out of a job. But then, the same could have been said of the shuffling Simon Katich. The most important thing as far as Australia's selectors are concerned is that Hughes picks up plenty of runs from his country-baked technique, which includes compulsive slicing through point and slashing to cover, as well as stepping away to provide room for tennis-style drives down the ground.


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Name : Xavier Dotherty
Full Name : Xavier John Doherty
Nick Name : X
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 22 November 1982
Place Of Birth : Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia
height : 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Australia
Batting Style : Left-handed
Bowling Style : Slow left-arm orthodo
Test Debut : 25 November 2010 v England
One Day Debut : 3 November 2010 v Sri Lanka
T20 Debut :---

About
A left-arm spinner who is at his best in limited-overs cricket, Xavier Doherty has generally been Australia's first-choice slow bowler in the ODI outfit since he took four wickets on debut against Sri Lanka in November 2010.


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Name : James Faulkner
Full Name : James Peter Faulkner
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 29 April 1990
Place Of Birth : Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
height : 186cm[1

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Left-arm fast-medium
Test Debut : 21 August 2013 v England
One Day Debut : 1 February 2013 v West Indies
T20 Debut : ---

About
A highly-talented bowling allrounder, James Faulkner has been Tasmania's best player during a period of great success for the state. His breakout season in 2010-11 - he collected 36 Sheffield Shield wickets at 17.72 - coincided with the Tigers winning the Shield for the second time.


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Name : Brad Hogg
Full Name : George Bradley Hogg
Nick Name : George, Hoggy, Docker
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 6 February 1971
Place Of Birth : Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia
height : 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Left-hand bat
Bowling Style : Left-arm chinaman
Test Debut : 10 October 1996 v India
One Day Debut : 26 August 1996 v Zimbabwe
T20 Debut : ---

About
With his booming grin, zooming flipper and hard-to-pick wrong'un, Brad Hogg is Australia's most mercurial chinaman bowler since 'Chuck' Fleetwood-Smith in the 1930s. He announced himself to the world with a stupendous flipper to Zimbabwe's Andy Flower in the 2003 World Cup.

Brad Hogg
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Name : Brad Hodge
Full Name : Bradley John Hodge
Nick Name : Dodgeball, Bunkie
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 29 December 1974
Place Of Birth : Sandringham, Victoria, Australia
height : 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Specialist middle-order batsman
Batting Style : Right-hand
Bowling Style : Right-arm off spin
Test Debut : 17 November 2005 v West Indies
One Day Debut : 3 December 2005 v New Zealand
T20 Debut : ---

About
Brad Hodge will go down as one of the unluckiest nearly-men in Australian cricket. When he was dropped with an average of 58.42 only five matches into his Test career in 2005-06, he vowed to win back his place.

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Name : Mitchell Johnson
Full Name : Mitchell Guy Johnson
Nick Name : Notch, Midge, Chomps
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 2 November 1981
Place Of Birth : Townsville, Queensland, Australia
height : 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Left-handed
Bowling Style : Left-arm fast
Test Debut : 8 November 2007 v Sri Lanka
One Day Debut : 10 December 2005 v New Zealand
T20 Debut : ---

About
Mitchell Johnson remains a once in a generation bowler more than a decade after he was first spotted by Dennis Lillee as a 17-year-old. No other fast man has been able to copy his successful left-arm method that mixes bouts of waywardness with spot-on strike-power. Off the field he is so shy that it is hard to believe he has taken on the role as Australia's chief marksman, a weapon capable of hitting batsmen and 155kph.


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Name : Michael Clarke
Full Name : Michael John Clarke
Nick Name : Pup
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 2 April 1981
Place Of Birth : Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
height : 178cm[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Batsman, Australian Test and ODI captain
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Slow left-arm orthodox
Test Debut : 6 October 2004 v India
One Day Debut : 19 January 2003 v England
T20 Debut : ---

About
As a young man Michael Clarke could do anything with the bat, but he has matured into one of the game's most professional, reliable and focussed players, and has been entrusted with the task of leading the Test team out of a trough.


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Name : Adam Gilchrist
Full Name : Adam Craig Gilchrist
Nick Name : Gilly, Churchy
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 14 November 1971
Place Of Birth : Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia
height : 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Wicket-keeper-batsman
Batting Style : Left Hand
Bowling Style : Right-arm off break
Test Debut : 5 November 1999 v Pakistan
One Day Debut : 25 October 1996 v South Africa
T20 Debut : ---

About
Going in first or seventh, wearing whites or coloureds, Adam Gilchrist was the symbolic heart of Australia's steamrolling agenda and the most exhilarating cricketer of the modern age. He was simultaneously a cheerful throwback to more innocent times, a flap-eared country boy who walked when given not out in a World Cup semi-final, and swatted his second ball for six while sitting on a Test pair.


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Name : Steve Smith
Full Name : Steven Peter Devereux Smith
Nick Name : Smitler
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 2 June 1989
Place Of Birth : Sydney, Australia
height : 176cm[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm leg break
Test Debut : 13 July 2010 v Pakistan
One Day Debut : 19 February 2010 v West Indies
T20 Debut : ---

About
After arriving on the international scene - in the Test, 50-over and Twenty20 formats - as a precociously talented leg-spinning all-rounder, Steven Smith has focused his attention on batting as he enters the twilight of his early 20s.


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Name : Brett Lee
Full Name : Brett Lee
Nick Name : Bing, Binga
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 8 November 1976
Place Of Birth :
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
height : 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast
Test Debut : 26 December 1999 v India
One Day Debut : 9 January 2000 v Pakista
T20 Debut : 17 February 2005 v New Zealand

About
Brett Lee excelled as an exponent of extreme speed over a decade without achieving the all-conquering success required to earn the tag of a true Test great. Fast and with a flashy smile that added to his star quality, he finished as Australia's fourth-most successful bowler with 310 wickets in 76 matches.


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Name : Ricky Ponting
Full Name : Ricky Thomas Ponting
Nick Name : Punter
Parents : Graeme and Lorraine Ponting
Date Of Birth : 19 December 1974
Place Of Birth : Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
height : 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Right-hand bat
Bowling Style : Right arm medium
Test Debut : 8 December 1995 v Sri Lanka
One Day Debut : 15 February 1995 v South Africa
T20 Debut : ---

About
Ricky Ponting, the most uncompromising player of his generation, grew into Australia's most successful run-maker and only sits below Bradman in the country's overall ratings. It takes an extremely critical eye to diminish his run-scoring achievements, which seem to collect new records in every series. Like spotting a celebrity, it's necessary to look twice when analysing Ponting, first as the archetypal modern batsman, then as the country's 42nd Test captain.


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Name : Aaron Finch
Full Name : Aaron James Finch
Nick Name : Finchy
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 17 November 1986
Place Of Birth : Colac, Victoria, Australia
height : 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Top-order batsman
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Left-arm off break
Test Debut : ---
One Day Debut : 11 January 2013 v Sri Lanka
T20 Debut : 12 January 2011 v England

About
A solidly-built, aggressive batsman from the country town of Colac in south-west Victoria, Aaron Finch wrote himself a place in the history books when he made a Twenty20 world-record 156 against England in 2013, an innings which also included a record 14 sixes. His international career has been a stop-start affair - the two years since his T20 debut in 2011 had brought just seven caps before the England tour - but his phenomenal display of striking followed strong Twenty20 performances in the Big Bash League.


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Name : George Bailey
Full Name : George John Bailey
Nick Name : Smiley, Hector, Geronimo
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 7 September 1982
Place Of Birth : Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
height : 178 cm

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm medium
Test Debut : 21 November 2013 v England
One Day Debut : 16 March 2012 v West Indies
T20 Debut : 1 February 2012 v India

About
An important man in Tasmania's middle order for the past few seasons, George Bailey added the captaincy to his list of responsibilities for 2009-10. He had been the deputy under Daniel Marsh for three seasons and it was no surprise, when Marsh stepped down, that Bailey was named as his successor.


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Name : Glenn Maxwell
Full Name : Glenn James Maxwell
Nick Name : The Big Show,[1] Maxi, Smart (as in Glenn "Maxwell Smart", from the late 60's TV show Get Smart)[2]
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 14 October 1988
Place Of Birth : Kew, Melbourne, Australia
height : 182cm[3]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm off break
Test Debut : 2 March 2013 v India
One Day Debut : 25 August 2012 v Afghanistan
T20 Debut : 5 September 2012 v Pakisthan

About
An allrounder who broke into Victoria's limited-overs outfit briefly in 2009-10, Glenn Maxwell really made his name in the following season when he scored a 19-ball half-century against Tasmania, the fastest one-day fifty in Australia's domestic history.


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Name : Matthew Hayden
Full Name : Matthew Lawrence Hayden
Nick Name : Haydos, Unit
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 29 October 1971
Place Of Birth : Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
height : 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Left-hand
Bowling Style : Right-arm medium, right arm leg-break leg spin
Test Debut : 4 March 1994 v South Africa
One Day Debut : 19 May 1993 v England
T20 Debut : ---

About
Strength was Matthew Hayden's strength - both mental and physical. It enabled him to shrug off years of carping that he was technically too limited for Test cricket because of the way he played around his front pad, and it enabled him to touch rarefied heights of batsmanship


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Name : David Warner
Full Name : David Andrew Warner
Nick Name : Brothers (after Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc, founded in 1923)[1]
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 27 October 1986
Place Of Birth : Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
height : 171cm

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Left hand bat
Bowling Style : Right arm leg break
Right-arm medium-fast
Test Debut : 1 December 2011 v New Zealand
One Day Debut : 18 January 2009 v South Africa
T20 Debut : 11 January 2009 v South Africa

About
A diminutive and dangerous opening batsman, David Warner exploded onto the international scene in 2008-09. His breathtaking effort of 89 from 43 balls in his Twenty20 debut against South Africa at the MCG was all the more remarkable as he was the first man to walk out for Australia before playing first-class cricket since 1877


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Name : Shane Watson
Full Name : Shane Robert Watson
Nick Name : Watto
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 17 June 1981
Place Of Birth : Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
height : 183cm[1]

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Right-hand
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast medium
Test Debut : 2 January 2005 v Pakistan
One Day Debut : 24 March 2002 v South Africa
T20 Debut : 24 February 2006 v South Africa

About
To conquer international cricket, Shane Watson first had to beat his fragile body. Despite boasting an athletic figure made for photo shoots, Watson's frame was so brittle it threatened to break him. He refused to give up.


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Name : Shane Warne
Full Name : Shane Keith Warne
Nick Name : Warnie, King of Spin, Sheik of Tweak
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 13 September 1969
Place Of Birth : Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
height : 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Cricket Life
Team : Australia
Main Role : Leg spin bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed, Lower order
Bowling Style : Right-arm leg break
Test Debut : 2 January 1992 v India
One Day Debut : 24 March 1993 v New Zealand
T20 Debut : ---

About
At first there were nerves and chubbiness. Then came wild soaring legbreaks, followed by fame and flippers. For a long while there were women, then a bookmaker, then diet pills, then more women - and headlines, always headlines. Now he has come out the other end, his bluff and bluster and mischief and innocence somehow intact. The man who in 2000 was rated among the five greatest cricketers of the 20th century was, in 2006, bowling better than ever.


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Name : Umesh Yadav
Full Name : Umeshkumar Tilak Yadav
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 25 October 1987
Place Of Birth : Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
height : 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast-medium
Test Debut : 6 November 2011 v West Indies
One Day Debut : 28 May 2010 v Zimbabwe
T20 Debut : 7 August 2012 v Sri Lanka

About
Less than two seasons after fast bowler Umesh Yadav first played with a leather ball, he was bowling against the likes of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman in the Duleep Trophy. What makes his ascent even more remarkable is that he represents unglamorous Vidarbha in the Plate League of the Ranji Trophy. Yadav is the son of a coal-mine worker and was aiming to become a policeman. He only started considering a career in cricket as a 19-year-old, an age by which the best young Indian cricketers are in the running for a national cap.


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Name : Zaheer Khan
Full Name : Zaheer Khan
Nick Name : Zak, Zippy and Zakky
Parents : Zakia and Bakhtiyar Khan
Date Of Birth : 7 October 1978
Place Of Birth : Shrirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
height : 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Left-arm fast-medium
Test Debut : 10 November 2000 v Bangladesh
One Day Debut : 3 October 2000 v Kenya
T20 Debut : 1 December 2006 v South Africa

About
Zaheer Khan is an Indian fast bowler with all the traits that made the Pakistani fast bowlers a phenomenon. He swings the new ball and reverses the old, he does well on flat subcontinent pitches and relishes the helpful ones away, and he controls all three balls well - SG, Duke and Kookaburra. He might not quite have the skills of Wasim Akram, who he has often been compared to, but mentally Zaheer has become as good as Akram. He knows how to get wickets, he has an intuitive sense of when to go for the kill, and once a batsman has shown him the slightest hint of a weakness, Zaheer preys on it ruthlessly. Unlike the Pakistan fast bowlers of the 2000s, though, he stays away from controversy and is pretty low-key off the field.


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Name : Irfan Pathan
Full Name : Irfan Khan Pathan
Nick Name : Guddu
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 27 October 1984
Place Of Birth : Baroda, Gujarat, India
height : 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowling-All rounder
Batting Style : Left-hand bat
Bowling Style : Left arm fast medium
Test Debut : 5 April 2008 v South Africa
One Day Debut : 9 January 2004 v Australia
T20 Debut : 1 December 2006 v South Africa

About
Irfan Khan Pathan was considered by many, with reason, as the most talented swing and seam bowler to emerge from India since Kapil Dev. Within a couple of years in international cricket, he was thought of as a possible successor for Kapil in the allround department. When he made his Test debut in Australia in 2003-04, it was with the energy of a 19-year-old, but a composed nous that was striking even for one who had been specifically readied for the purpose via the A-team and age-group channels. His instinct is not merely what to bowl to who and when, but also to keep learning new tricks. He played a big part in India's one-day and the Test series wins on their revival tour of Pakistan. His batting soon took off and he was regularly pushed up the order - his first stint at No.3 resulted in a spectacular 83 against Sri Lanka at Nagpur - and he often bailed India out of strife in the Test arena as well. His bowling form, though, nosedived in 2006, and he struggled to make it to both the Test and ODI teams when the year ended, becoming the first Indian player to be sent back from a tour (South Africa) to concentrate on domestic cricket. He did make it to the World Cup squad but didn't figure in a single game during India's disappointing campaign, after which he was dropped from both the Test and one-day sides. Recalled to the side for the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa in September 2007, Pathan did not disappoint, snapping up 10 wickets at 14.90. His crucial spell of 3 for 16 in the final against Pakistan earned him the Man-of-the-Match award.


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Name : Yusuf Pathan
Full Name : Yusuf Khan Pathan
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 17 November 1982
Place Of Birth : Baroda, Gujarat, India
height : 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right arm off break
Test Debut :---
One Day Debut : 10 June 2008 2008 v Pakistan
T20 Debut : 10 June 2008 2008 v Pakistan

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Yusuf Pathan first made his mark as a hard-hitting batsman and offspinner for the Baroda Under-16 team in the Vijay Merchant Trophy in 1999-2000. His impressive showings saw him quickly climb the rungs to the Baroda U-19 and the West Zone U-19 sides. He made his Ranji debut against Saurashtra in 2001-02, but it wasn't until the 2004-05 season, by when younger brother Irfan Pathan was donning the national colours, that he established himself as a regular in the Baroda squad. Pathan ended the 2004-05 season as Baroda's fourth-highest scorer and third-highest wicket-taker.


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Name : Varun Aaron
Full Name : Varun Raymond Aaron
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 29 October 1989
Place Of Birth : Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-hand bat
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast
Test Debut : 22 November 2011 v West Indies
One Day Debut : 23 October 2011 v England
T20 Debut : Debut

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In a country starved of genuinely quick bowlers, Varun Aaron grabbed the headlines when he hit 153 kph during the 2010-11 Vijay Hazare Trophy final against Gujarat. 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 kph 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.

He was part of the India Emerging Players squad that went to Australia in 2011, and after impressing there earned a call-up to the India ODI squad for the series in England. Though he did not get a game on that trip, he made his India debut in Mumbai, when England went over to the subcontinent for a return ODI series in October 2011. He made his Test debut a month later, against West Indies, also in Mumbai.


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Name : Ajit Agarkar
Full Name : Ajit Bhalchandra Agarka
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 4 December 1977
Place Of Birth : Bombay, Maharashtra, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast-medium
Test Debut : 7 October 1998 v Zimbabwe
One Day Debut : 1 April 1998 v Australia
T20 Debut : 1 December 2006 v South Afric

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Slight, fiery and gifted, Ajit Agarkar never came to terms with being Kapil Dev's replacement as India's matchwinner with bat and ball. The ingredients were there, and in the right proportions, but never formed a heady and long-lasting mix. Agarkar's entry into international cricket - with an avalanche of wickets that made him the then fastest to 50 in ODIs - was matched for speed only by an astonishing batting slump during which he collected seven consecutive Test ducks against Australia. But he could bat, because tailenders simply do not score half-centuries in 21 balls, as Agarkar did in a one-day game against Zimbabwe, or score Test centuries at Lord's, as Agarkar did in some style in 2002. His aggression was an asset, but his body could not sometimes support it. He turned into a one-day specialist - arguably India's most effective ODI bowler in 2005-06 - but a disappointing World Cup campaign resulted in him being dropped for the Bangladesh series that followed.


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Name : Sunil Gavaskar
Full Name : Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Nick Name : Sunny, Little Master
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 10 July 1949
Place Of Birth : Bombay, Bombay State, Dominion of India
height : 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

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Team : India
Main Role : Opening batsman
Batting Style : Right-hand batsman
Bowling Style : Right-arm medium
Test Debut : 6 March 1971 v West Indies
One Day Debut : 13 July 1974 v England
T20 Debut : No

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Sunil Gavaskar was one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time, and certainly the most successful. His game was built around a near-perfect technique and enormous powers of concentration. It is hard to visualise a more beautiful defence: virtually unbreachable, it made his wicket among the hardest to earn. He played with equal felicity off both front and back feet, had excellent judgement of length and line, and was beautifully balanced. He had virtually every stroke in the book but traded flair for the solidity his side needed more. His record for the highest number of Test hundreds was overtaken by Sachin Tendulkar, but statistics alone don't reveal Gavaskar's true value to India. He earned respect for Indian cricket and he taught his team-mates the virtue of professionalism. The self-actualisation of Indian cricket began under him. Since retiring, Gavaskar has served as a television commentator, analyst and columnist, as well as taken on various responsibilities with the BCCI, and served as chairman of the ICC cricket committee. He stepped down - after some controversial comments - from the latter in order to continue as a media columnist and commentator.
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Name : Ajay Jadeja
Full Name : Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 1 February 1971
Place Of Birth :
Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
height : 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

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Team : India
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm medium
Test Debut : 13 November 1992 v South Africa
One Day Debut : 26 February 2000 v South Africa
T20 Debut : No

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An exuberant batsman, and an incorrigible charmer off the field, Ajay Jadeja entered international cricket with an infectious effervescence that won hearts and matches - but left behind an eerie trail of bookmaker connections and unanswered questions. A protégé of Kapil Dev, Jadeja's natural athleticism, energetic running between wickets, audacious big-hitting and winning smile were made for the floodlit age. His bustling, street-smart batsmanship in the middle and closing overs swung many one-dayers India's way, none more emphatically than the 1996 World Cup quarter-final against Pakistan, when he blasted 45 off 25 balls. But his obvious vulnerability against genuine pace and swing restricted his Test appearances to 15, and his career was halted in December 2000 by a five-year ban following damaging, though inconclusive, findings in a CBI inquiry on match-fixing. While Jadeja contested the ban, he found an even more glamorous vocation meanwhile: acting. In November 2004 his plea seeking permission to play international cricket was dismissed by the Delhi High Court after no one appeared on his behalf when the petition was taken up for hearing. However, a Division Bench subsequently permitted him to play domestic cricket and Jadeja returned to Delhi, where he was made captain. In September 2005 he took on a double role as captain and coach of Rajasthan. He also dabbles in cricket commentary. Cricinfo staff (October 2007)


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Name : Dinesh Mongia
Full Name : Dinesh Mongia
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 17 April 1977
Place Of Birth : Chandigarh, India
height : 6'2"

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Left hand bat
Bowling Style : Slow left arm orthodox
Test Debut : no
One Day Debut : 28 March 2001 v Australia
T20 Debut : 1 December 2006 v South Africa

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Dinesh Mongia has quietly gone about the job of accumulating runs without ever being showered with the encomiums reserved for flashier but less effective players. Having made his Punjab debut in 1995-96, he was a steady if unspectacular performer until the 2000-01 season when he took domestic run-getting to another level, forcing his way into the national team with a string of big innings. Pugnacious and dogged, he lacks the natural grace of most left-handers, but possesses a wide range of attacking strokes. He has done a sterling job when given a chance in the one-day side, and hammered 159 in the series decider against Zimbabwe at Guwahati in March 2002. Suspicions remained, however, that kinks in his technique could be exposed on more challenging tracks abroad, and indifferent displays in England resulted in him being relegated to a bit-part role in the tours that followed. He forced his way back into the 2003 World Cup squad, where India lost in the final, but failed to set the world alight. In 2004, he played club cricket in England in an attempt to regain his place, and ended up standing in for Carl Hooper as one of Lancashire's overseas players where he was a popular player. He then joined Leicestershire where is skills were especially useful in Twenty20 cricket and remained on the fringes of India's one-day side, featuring in four matches during the six-month period between September 2006 and March 2007. After India's ignominous World Cup exit, of which he wasn't a part, he was picked in the squad to tour Bangladesh in May 2007. Mongia then took his skills to the Chandigarh Lions in the ICL, but was suspended by the unsanctioned league in October 2008. The ICL players were given amnesty by the BCCI after that, but Mongia hasn't played an official game since.


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Name : Ravi Shastri
Full Name : Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri
Nick Name : Ravi
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 27 May 1962
Place Of Birth : Bombay, Maharashtra, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Right-hand batsman
Bowling Style : Slow left-arm orthodox
Test Debut : 21 February 1981 v New Zealand
One Day Debut : 25 November 1981 v England
T20 Debut : no

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For over a decade, Ravi Shastri rendered yeoman service to Indian cricket in many ways. As an obdurate opening or middle-order batsman; as a left-arm spinner who was an integral part of the attack; and as long-time deputy to a couple of captains. In his time he was very much the glamour boy of Indian cricket, tall and good-looking and with an image to match. He had his detractors who charged that he batted too slowly, that he was selfish in his approach, that he continued to be in the team only because Gavaskar was captain. But the phlegmatic Shastri took all this in his stride, letting his performances on the field speak for themselves. In reality, as Shastri himself admitted, he was not particularly talented but had come up only through hard work.


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Name : Pragyan Ojha
Full Name : Pragyan Prayash Ojha
Nick Name : Ojhee
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 5 September 1986
Place Of Birth : Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
height : 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Left-handed
Bowling Style : Slow left arm orthodox
Test Debut : 24 November 2009 v Sri Lanka
One Day Debut : 28 June 2008 v Bangladesh
T20 Debut : 6 June 2009 v Bangladesh

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Probably the front-runner among India's upcoming left-arm spinners, Pragyan Ojha has converted the promise he showed at age-group levels to first-class level too. For good measure, he improved markedly in his second season, ending up among the top 10 bowlers by the end of the league stage of the 2006-07 Ranji Trophy, with 29 wickets at 19.89 in six games for Hyderabad. Consistent performances on a twin tour of Zimbabwe and Kenya earned him another shot with India A, against South Africa at home, and he took eight wickets in an innings victory in Delhi.


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Name : Unmukt Chand
Full Name : Unmukt Bharat Chand Thakur
Nick Name : ---
Parents : Bharat Chand Thakur and Rajeshwari Chand
Date Of Birth : 26 March 1993
Place Of Birth : Delhi, India
height : 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Right
Bowling Style : Right arm off break
Test Debut : Debut
One Day Debut : Debut
T20 Debut : Debut

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He has scored 435 runs during his stint with the Delhi u19 team. The 435 runs include 2 centuries and 1 half century. His outstanding performance in the u19, gave him a place in the Delhi Ranji squad. He scored 151 runs on a seaming track against a seasoned Railways attack in Ranji trophy 2010-11. That year he also scored 2 half centuries against Assam and Saurashtra. In fact he scored 400 runs for Delhi in 5 Ranji matches. He was the captain of the Delhi u19 team and the North Zone u19 team. He then went on to become the captain of the India Under-19 cricket team for the quadrangular series that was held in Vishakhapatnam, India. The quadrangular series included u19 teams from India, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia. He scored an unbeaten 122 against Sri Lanka U19. He ended the tournament with 336 runs from seven outings, just one behind Australia’s Cameron Bancroft.He is also a part of the IPL team, Delhi Daredevils. He has participated in Vinoo Mankad Trophy and the Cooch Behar Trophy at the junior level. He was the junior most player in the IPL IV. Playing for Delhi Daredevils he was clean bowled on the second ball by Lasith Malinga in the Delhi's Inaugural match against Mumbai Indians. He was caught by Rahul Dravid on the bowling of Shane Warne in his second match against Rajasthan Royals for 2 runs. He also participated in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.Currently he is playing Ranji for Delhi and scored 245 runs in 3 matches played so far. In April 2012 India U-19 cricket team have won quadrangular series in Australia under his captaincy.




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Name : Sreesanth
Full Name : Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Nick Name : Sree, Gopu
Parents : Santhakumaran Nair and Savithri Devi
Date Of Birth : 6 February 1983
Place Of Birth : Kothamangalam, Kerala, India
height : 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm fast-medium
Test Debut : 1 March 2006 v England
One Day Debut : 25 October 2005 v Sri Lanka
T20 Debut : 1 December 2006 v South Africa

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For three seasons, Sreesanth was hardly anything more than an answer to a trivia question - who is the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick ? His rise, though, was rapid, and since he played for a weak side, unnoticed. Not too many bowlers get selected for the Duleep Trophy in their first season, like Sreesanth did in 2002-03 after snapping up 22 wickets in his first seven games.


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Name : Naman Ojha
Full Name : Naman Vinaykumar ojha
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 20 July 1983
Place Of Birth : Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
height : 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : batsman
Batting Style : Right-hand
Bowling Style : no
Test Debut : Debut
One Day Debut : 5 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
T20 Debut : 12 June 2010 v Zimbabwe

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A capable top-order batsman and wicketkeeper, Ojha made his first-class debut for Madhya Pradesh in 2000-01. He has tasted success in the limited-overs format and made his mark in the 2008-09 Challenger Trophy, scoring 96 for India Green. The Rajasthan Royals came calling during the second season of the IPL and he made a mark in his second game, smashing a half-century. His first tryst with the big league was when he was included as a back-up wicketkeeper in the limited-overs sides for India's tour of Zimbabwe, when the selectors decided to rest several senior players, including MS Dhoni.
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Name : Mohit Sharma
Full Name : Mohit Mahipal Sharma
Nick Name : mohi
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 18 September 1988
Place Of Birth : Ballabhgarh, Haryana, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right arm medium-fast
Test Debut : Debut
One Day Debut : Debut
T20 Debut : 23 March 2014

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Although Mohit Sharma burst onto the domestic scene during Haryana's best Ranji Trophy season in 2011-12, he made his own headlines a year later. In his debut season Mohit had played just three matches when Haryana made an impressive run to the semi-finals, but during the 2012-13 Ranji season he emerged as one of the best fast bowlers in the country, finishing as the fifth-highest wicket-taker. Despite that, not many had seen or known about the youngster from Faridabad, who had been on the fringes ever since he rose through age-group cricket camps organised by the Haryana Cricket Association.


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Name : Sanju Samson
Full Name : Sanju Viswanath Samson
Nick Name : ---
Parents : Samson Viswanath and Lijy
Date Of Birth : 11 November 1994
Place Of Birth : Vizhinjam, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Wicketkeeper
Batting Style : Right-hand bat
Bowling Style : no
Test Debut : Debut
One Day Debut : Debut
T20 Debut : Debut

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Despite being a teenager, Sanju Samson has emerged as a prime contender to be the flag-bearer of cricket for the state of Kerala, one of the few regions in India where football's popularity and following outdoes that of cricket. Samson shifted to Thiruvananthapuram in his early teens after taking his first cricket lessons in Delhi, where his father worked as a police constable. In Thiruvananthapuram, Sanju started creating waves in junior circuit with his bat. His impressive technique combined with an ability to time the ball first earned him a place in Kerala's U-19 team and a consistent outing in the Cooch Behar Trophy (domestic U-19 championship) elevated him into India's team for the U-19 Asia Cup in 2012.


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Name : V. V. S. Laxman
Full Name : Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman
Nick Name : Very Very Special
Parents : Dr. Shantaram and Dr. Satyabhama
Date Of Birth : 1 November 1974
Place Of Birth : Hyderabad, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Batsman
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right-arm off spin
Test Debut : 20 November 1996 v South Africa
One Day Debut : 9 April 1998 v Zimbabwe
T20 Debut : ---

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At his sublime best, VVS Laxman is a sight for the gods. Wristy, willowy and sinuous, he can match - sometimes even better - Tendulkar for strokeplay. His on-side game is comparable to his idol Azharuddin's, yet he is decidedly more assured on the off side and has the rare gift of being able to hit the same ball to either side. The Australians, who have suffered more than most, paid the highest compliment after India's 2003-04 tour Down Under by admitting they did not know where to bowl to him. Laxman, a one-time medical student, finally showed signs of coming to terms with his considerable gifts in March 2001, as he tormented Steve Waugh's thought-to-be-invincible Australians with a majestic 281 to stand the Kolkata Test on its head. But even though he had another wonderful series against the Australians in 2003-04 with two centuries, one of them involving a back-from-the-dead, match-winning, 300-plus partnership with Kolkata ally Rahul Dravid at Adelaide, he hasn't quite managed the consistency that could have turned him into a batting great. Between dazzling and sometimes workmanlike hundreds, he has suffered the frustration of numerous twenties and thirties and has lost his place in the one-day side. Nothing, though, has deterred him from tormenting his favourite opponents with silken strokes and piles of runs: in the course of the double-hundred at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008, he became the second Indian batsman after Tendulkar to score more than 2000 runs against the Australians. A couple of years later, batting with a runner due to back spasms, he conjured up a magical unbeaten 73 in a thrilling run-chase in Mohali.


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Name : Parthiv Patel
Full Name : Parthiv Saneesh Nair
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 9 March 1985
Place Of Birth : Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Wicket-keeper batsman
Batting Style : Left-handed
Bowling Style : no
Test Debut : 8 August 2002 v England
One Day Debut : 4 January 2003 v New Zealand
T20 Debut : 4 June 2011 v West Indies

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Small even for his tender age, when Parthiv Patel led his side onto the stage during the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century Awards in London in July 2002, some people assumed he was the team mascot. But within a month he had instead become Test cricket's youngest wicketkeeper - at 17 years, 153 days - when called up to replace the injured Ajay Ratra for the second Test at Trent Bridge. And he didn't do too badly either, scoring a gutsy, unbeaten 19 which helped stave off an Indian defeat. Parthivl's glovework has varied from the competent to the shoddy - he was splendid in the home series against West Indies in 2002-03, but then struggled to inspire confidence thereafter, especially when standing up to the spinners. His ability with the bat ensured that he got an extended run - he scored an aggressive 62 at Sydney in 2003-04, and then faced up to Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami with plenty of poise, scoring 69 as an opener. However, those batting performances weren't enough to gloss over increasingly sloppy work behind the stumps, and the selectors' patience finally ran out after the third Test of the home series against Australia, when he was replaced by Dinesh Karthik. Parthiv's form took a turn for the better in 2007, on a twin tour of Zimbabwe and Harare for India A, where he hit three hundreds and a half-century. In the first match of a series against South Africa A at home Parthiv opened up with a fourth century on the trot.


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Name : Joginder Sharma
Full Name : Joginder Singh Sharma
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 23 October 1983
Place Of Birth : mokhra,Rohtak, Haryana, India
height : 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : All-rounder
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Right arm fast-medium
Test Debut : Debut
One Day Debut : 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
T20 Debut : 19 September 2007 v England

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Joginder Sharma has a few things in common with Kapil Dev. He plays for Haryana, can give the ball a mighty thwack and has the surprise factor with his nippy medium pace. Most importantly, he has the convention-defying streak that Kapil displayed everytime he played. Joginder bowls with a mixed action and can trouble the best with his lively seam bowling - like he did to Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Yuvraj Singh while playing for India A against India Seniors before the Australia series. With two successive hundreds and a ten-wicket haul at the start of the 2004-05 Ranji Trophy season, he won himself a place in India's one-day squad for the tour to Bangladesh. He was back to the grind of domestic cricket after that series but outstanding performances in the next two years won him a spot in the squad for the home series against West Indies in early 2007. Joginder will perhaps always be remembered as the bowler who dismissed Misbah-ul-Haq in the final of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 to cap mad scenes in Johannesburg. Sharma, India's least likely bowling hero, had bowled three outstanding overs for 13 runs, taking one wicket, but it was that last dismissal that turned him into a hero. He has not played another game for India since, but was picked up by the Indian Premier League's Chennai franchise, the Super Kings.


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Name : Ashish Nehra
Full Name : Ashish Nehra
Nick Name : ---
Parents : ---
Date Of Birth : 30 April 1979
Place Of Birth : Delhi, India
height : ---

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right Handed
Bowling Style : Left Arm Fast Medium
Test Debut : 24 February 1999 v Sri Lanka
One Day Debut : 21 June 2001 v Zimbabwe
T20 Debut : 9 December 2009 v Sri Lanka

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Ashish Nehra brings to the popping-crease most of the virtues of a classical left-arm fast bowler - pace, accuracy, subtle variations of line and length, an ability to move the ball off the wicket and a devastating late inswinger that can harass the best. He came out of his first full tour - to Zimbabwe in 2000-01 - with his reputation as one of the most promising new-ball bowlers on the international circuit vastly enhanced, and his performance at Bulawayo played a key role in India's winning a Test outside the subcontinent for the first time in 15 years. He struggled to establish himself thereafter, as inconsistency and injuries saw him slip down the pace bowling list. The high point of that difficult period came in the 2003 World Cup against England, where he scalped 6-23 and then threw up by the side of the pitch. Surgery on a troublesome ankle, and an indifferent tour of Australia followed, but having ceased to be an automatic pick, he performed creditably in Pakistan. His injury battles returned to haunt him when he pulled out midway through the 2005 Zimbabwe tour and he had a succession of operations on his ankle that slowed down his career. He hit the headlines with creditable showings in the IPL, particularly in the second season, and was recalled to the ODI squad for the tour of West Indies in June 2009.


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Name : Rahul Sharma
Full Name : Rahul Sharma
Nick Name : ---
Parents : Pradeep Sharma and Indu sharma
Date Of Birth : 30 November 1986
Place Of Birth : Jalandhar, Punjab, India
height : 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Cricket Life
Team : India
Main Role : Bowler
Batting Style : Right-handed
Bowling Style : Legbreak googly
Test Debut : debut
One Day Debut : 8 December 2011 v West Indies
T20 Debut : 1 February 2012 v Australia

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A tall legspinner capable of extracting extra bounce from pitches, Rahul Sharma made a name for himself with impressive performances for Pune Warriors in the 2011 IPL. He dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in Pune's match against Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium and then had figures of 2 for 7 in the return fixture at the DY Patil Stadium. Those performances helped him find a place in the Indian ODI squad for the home series against England in October 2011. He did not make the playing XI in that series or the Tests against West Indies that followed, but finally debuted in the fourth ODI against West Indies in Indore in December. He enjoyed a good bit of success in the match, striking with the last ball of each of his first three overs to derail West Indies.


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