Sachin Tendulkar

India
1989-
ROLE
Right Hand Bat, Leg Break Googly
BORN
Tuesday, 24th April 1973. Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
TEST DEBUT
Wednesday, 15th November 1989 1st Test v. Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi (Aged: 16)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 166
Runs: 13447 Ave: 55.56
Wkts: 44 Ave: 52.25
Catches: 104
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test v. South Africa at Kolkata
 Yuvraj Singh
India
2003-
ROLE
Left Hand Bat, Slow Left Arm Orthodox
BORN
Saturday, 12th December 1981. Chandigarh
TEST DEBUT
Thursday, 16th October 2003 2nd Test v. New Zealand at Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali (Aged:
21)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 33
Runs: 1582 Ave: 35.95
Wkts: 8 Ave: 53.87
Catches: 30
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test v. Bangladesh at Dhaka
 Harbhajan Singh
India
1998-
ROLE
Right Arm Off Breaks, Right Hand Bat
BORN
Thursday, 3rd July 1980. Jalandhar, Punjab, India
TEST DEBUT
Wednesday, 25th March 1998 3rd Test v. Australia at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
(Aged: 17)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 83
Runs: 1585 Ave: 16.86
Wkts: 355 Ave: 30.94
Catches: 40
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test v. South Africa at Kolkata
 R.P. SINGH
India
2006-
ROLE
Left Arm Fast Medium, Right Hand Bat
BORN
Friday, 6th December 1985. Lucknow, Uttar, India
TEST DEBUT
Saturday, 21st January 2006 2nd Test v. Pakistan at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad (Aged: 20)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 13
Runs: 91 Ave: 6.50
Wkts: 40 Ave: 39.10
Catches: 6
Last Test: 2008 2nd Test v. South Africa at Ahmedabad
 Mahendra Dhoni
India
2005-
ROLE
Wicket Keeper, Right Hand Bat
BORN
Tuesday, 7th July 1981. Ranchi, Bihar, India
TEST DEBUT
Friday, 2nd December 2005 1st Test v. Sri Lanka at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk,
Chennai (Aged: 24)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 43
Runs: 2428 Ave: 42.59
Wkts: 0 Ave: n/a
Catches: 113
Stumpings: 20
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test v. South Africa at Kolkata
 Sourav Ganguly
India
1996-2008
ROLE
Left Hand Bat, Right Arm Medium
BORN
Saturday, 8th July 1972. Kolkata, Bengal, India
TEST DEBUT
Thursday, 20th June 1996 2nd Test v. England at Lord's London (Aged: 23)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 113
Runs: 7212 Ave: 42.17
Wkts: 32 Ave: 52.53
Catches: 71
Last Test: 2008 4th Test v. Australia at Nagpur
 Rahul Dravid
India
1996-
ROLE
Right Hand Bat, Right Arm Off Breaks
BORN
Thursday, 11th January 1973. Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
TEST DEBUT
Thursday, 20th June 1996 2nd Test v. England at Lord's, London (Aged: 23)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 139
Runs: 11395 Ave: 53.75
Wkts: 1 Ave: 39.00
Catches: 193
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test v. Bangladesh at Dhaka
 Zaheer Khan
India
2000-
ROLE
Left Arm Fast Medium, Right Hand Bat
BORN
Saturday, 7th October 1978. Shrirampur, Maharashtra, India
TEST DEBUT
Friday, 10th November 2000 Only Test v. Bandladesh at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
(Aged: 22)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 72
Runs: 969 Ave: 13.45
Wkts: 242 Ave: 32.98
Catches: 18
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test v. South Africa at Kolkata
 Virender Sehwag
India
2001-
ROLE
Right Hand Bat, Right Arm Off Breaks
BORN
Friday, 20th October 1978. Delhi, India
TEST DEBUT
Saturday, 3rd November 2001 1st Test v. South Africa at Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein (Aged:
23)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 76
Runs: 6691 Ave: 53.52
Wkts: 32 Ave: 43.90
Catches: 60
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test v. South Africa at Kolkata
 Kapil Dev
India
1978-1994
ROLE
Right Hand Bat, Right Arm Medium-fast
BORN
Tuesday, 6th January 1959. Chandigarh, India
TEST DEBUT
Monday, 16th October 1978 1st v. Pakistan at Faisalabad (Aged: 19)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 131
Runs: 5248 Ave: 31.05
Wkts: 434 Ave: 29.64
Catches: 64
Last Test: 1994 1st v. New Zealand at Hamilton

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Test Profile 1978-94

Kapil Dev was the first bowler of any pace produced by India after partition. For 30 years they had produced
nothing but gentle medium-pacers who would take the shine off the ball for their world-class spinners, an
imbalance in attack which made it difficult to succeed abroad. Kapil's example has meant that India has now
established a strong line of bowlers of fast- medium and above. His natural outswing was as big a weapon as his
sharp pace and his big hitting batting would have gained him a Test place on its own. He saved the follow-on at
Lord's in 1990 by hitting Eddie Hemmings for four successive 6s. Kapil transformed Indian cricket when he led
his team to victory over West Indies in the 1983 World Cup Final. His finely-judged outfield catch to remove
Viv Richards set up the win. He reached 100 Test wickets when he was still only 21, taking many against
Pakistan when Tests between the neighbours resumed in the 1980s. He took 8-58 in Lahore in 1982-83, and 7-
220 in a massive feat of stamina in Faisalabad. He took 9-83 against West Indies in Ahmedabad in 1983-84 and
8-106 against Australia at Adelaide in the same season. He surprised Australia in Melbourne in 1981 when he
took 5-28 and tumbled them out for 83 in a shock victory. He made 100 not out against the West Indies fast
bowlers in Trinidad in 1983, followed by 98 in Antigua. He captained India in two World Cups, his biggest
personal contribution being at Tunbridge Wells in 1983 when Zimbabwe had reduced India to 17 for 5 Kapil
came in and scored 175 not out. (Bob Harragan)
 Sunil Gavaskar
India
1971-1987
ROLE
Right Hand Bat, Right Arm Medium
BORN
Sunday, 10th July 1949. Bombay, India
TEST DEBUT
Saturday, 6th March 1971 2nd v. West Indies at Port-of-Spain (Aged: 21)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 125
Runs: 10122 Ave: 51.12
Wkts: 1 Ave: 206
Catches: 108
Last Test: 1987 5th v. Pakistan at Bangalore

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: Test Profile 1971-87

Sunil Gavaskar once told England skipper Tony Lewis he would go on batting forever, until he was 90. He
meant years, but that would probably have been less incredible than his real career, when he went on batting
until he was past 10000. That incredible number of Test runs points out the Gavaskar philosopy, the old Indian
cricketing philosophy of timelessness. His aim was to smother the opposition in a blanket of runs, made with
care and precision over as long a period as necessary. Sometimes it backfired, as when he batted through India's
60 overs in the first-ever World Cup match for 36 not out, or upset the crowd when he wanted India to carry on
batting in their first innings into the fifth and last day of a Test match. Most times, though, he was right, as in
his 220 and 124 in the fifth Test of his first series in Trinidad in 1970-71, or his three centuries against Australia
in 1977-78, or nearly right, as in his 221 at the Oval in 1979 which would have lead India to victory over
England but for a disputed catch. In the end they finished just 9 short of an unlikely target of 438. He made 34
Test centuries, many against the West Indies and once scored 340 for Bombay against Bengal and he made all
these runs despite being only 5ft 4in. No wonder they called him 'The Little Master.' Gavaskar's uncle, M. K.
Mantri, opened the batting and kept wicket for India in the early 1950s. Gundappa Viswanath, the Indian
middle-order batsman, was his brother-in-law. His son Rohan - named after the West Indian captain Rohan
Kanhai - also played international cricket for India. For much of the 1970s Gavaskar's little medium pacers were
used to open the bowler for India, although he freely admitted his only job was to take the shine off the ball for
the Indian spin quartet. (Bob Harragan)
 Irfan Pathan
India
2003-
ROLE
Left Arm Medium Fast, Left Hand Bat
BORN
Saturday, 27th October 1984. Baroda, Gujarat
TEST DEBUT
Friday, 12th December 2003 2nd Test v. Australia at Adelaide Oval (Aged: 19)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 29
Runs: 1105 Ave: 31.57
Wkts: 100 Ave: 32.26
Catches: 8
Last Test: 2008 2nd Test v. South Africa at Ahmedabad
Anil Kumble
India
1990-2008
ROLE
Leg Break Googly,
Right Hand Bat
BORN
Saturday, 17th October
1970. Bangalore,
Karnataka, India
TEST DEBUT
Thursday, 9th August
1990 2nd Test v.
England at Old Trafford,
Manchester (Aged: 19)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 132
Runs: 2506 Ave: 17.77
Wkts: 619 Ave: 29.65
Catches: 60
Last Test: 2008 3rd Test
v. Australia at Delhi
 Gautam Gambhir
India
2004-
ROLE
Left Hand Bat, Leg
Breaks
BORN
Wednesday, 14th
October 1981. Delhi,
India
TEST DEBUT
Wednesday, 3rd
November 2004 4th test
v. Australia at Bombay
(Aged: 23)
TEST CAREER
Matches: 31
Runs: 2798 Ave: 54.86
Wkts: 0 Ave: n/a
Catches: 25
Last Test: 2010 2nd Test
v. South Africa at
Kolkata