Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nick Name	Mahi
Profession	Cricket Player
Date of Birth	July 7, 1981
Birth Place	Ranchi, Bihar
Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Education	School: DAV school, Ranchi College: Gossner College
Family	Father: Pan Singh (MECON employee) Mother: Devki Devi Sister: Jayanti Gupta Brother: Narendra His father is from Talasaalam near Almora and his mother is from Nainital district.
Cricket	Batting style: Right hand batsman Bowling style: Right arm medium Field position: Wicket keeper
Major teams played	India, Asia XI, Jharkhand
Cricket Debut	Test debut : India v Sri Lanka at Chennai – Dec 2-6, 2005 ODI debut : Bangladesh v India at Chittagong (MAA) – Dec 23, 2004 Twenty20 Int. debut : South Africa v India at Johannesburg – Dec 1, 2006
Favorites	Cricketers: Adam Gilchrist and Sachin Tendulkar Actor : Amitabh Bachan Actress : Angelina Jolie Model : Deepika Padukone Singer: Lata Mangeshkar Movies : Agneepath and Sholay Outfit : T-shirt, jackets, designer jeans and designer-boots. Accessories :Chunky Watches. Food: Chicken butter masala with naan, chicken tikka pizza and all home made foods Sports: badminton, hockey, football, table tennis Bollywood idol:John Abraham
Hobbies and interests	* Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar * Loves to ride bikes * Enjoys playing badminton * loves gossips * hip-hop
Dislikes	* English songs * Working out at gyms
Drives	Scorpio, Pajero
Computer games	Likes to play Counter Strike, Black Hawk Down, Men of Valor
Pets	* Sam (German Shepherd) * Zara (black Labrador)
Milk-a-holic	He drinks a litre of milk everyday. It can be milkshake, hot chocolate or anything.
Lucky number	7
Hates	people with double standards and those who ‘butter him up’.
His characteristics	* Thinks positive * Highly confident about himself * Is aggressive on the field
Cricketing Facts	* He was selected for the district and club level in both football and cricket. But his football instructor Mr. K. R. Banerjee sent him to play cricket. * Based on his club cricket performances, he was picked for the 1997-98 Vinoo Manked Trophy U-16 Championship. * He was run out on the first ball he faced on his debut. * On the 31st of October, he broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur.(Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs) * He hit the most number of sixes by an Indian in an Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket, which is a total of 10 sixes.
Records	* Holds the record for highest runs scored by a wicketkeeper, i.e. 183 not out. His innings of 183 not out is the highest score made by anyone in the second innings of an ODI. * Became the first Indian to hit 10 sixes in an ODI. * Made a record of scoring 120 runs in an ODI from boundaries and sixes(15 boundaries and 10 sixes). * Is the only second Indian to reach 1st position on LG’s ICC ODI batting rankings.
Other Achievements	* Won the Pepsi & MTV Youth Icon of the year 2006. * Nominated for NDTV Youth Icon of the year 2006.
Long hair	believes that his long hair has brought him luck in cricket
Endorsements	A price of Rs 50 lakh for an endorsement. Endorses Reebok, GE Money, Godrej, NDTV, Siyaram’s, Orient PSPO, Bharat Petroleum, Mysore Sandal soap, PEPSI, Parle Milk Shakti, Exide, Royal Stage, Reliance Mobile, Sonata, Videocon, TVS, Nazara
“School Chalein Hum”	To do his bit for his town, he readily agreed to lend his name for the campaign to be launched by the administration. (The school dropout rate in Ranchi, is around 45 per cent)
College Education	Only his exam forms were filled but he never sat for one as he was busy playing matches.
Memorable Cricket	School days: In 1997 he was in the tenth standard, and it was the school league final, a limited overs match, and got 213 not out. His partner Shabbir Hussian got 119. The made around 378 runs in an opening wicket partnership. That was one of the turning points in his career. Present: When India won the 2007 World Twenty20 under his captaincy.
Famous opinion	“I feel we (cricketers from small towns) are tougher than players from metros. In Ranchi, there were no academics, good gyms or high-profile coaches, so we had to learn the cricket hard way. “
Motto of his life	Never give up

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma India Full Name: Rohit Gurunath Sharma Date of Birth: Apr 30, 1987, Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra Major Team: India, Deccan Chargers, India A, India Green, India Under-19s, Mumbai, Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI, Mumbai Under-19s Playing Roll: Batsman Batting Style: Right Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak

International Debut: 2007

Batting and fielding records M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St   ODI 79 73 16 1928 114 33.82 2440 79.02 2 11 131 23 28 - T20I 25 21 6 441 79* 29.40 351 125.64 - 4 33 20 8 - Bowling records M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W   ODI 79 27 407 354 7 2/27 2/27 50.57 5.22 58.14 - - - T20I 25 4 38 55 1 1/22 1/22 55.00 8.68 38.00 - - - Career Statistics ODI Debut: Ireland v India at Belfast, Jun 23, 2007 Twenty20 Debut: England v India at Durban, Sep 19, 2007

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

India

Full name Shanthakumaran Sreesanth

Born February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala

Current age 29 years 10 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Kerala, Kerala Under-19s,Kings XI Punjab, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, Warwickshire

Also known as Gopu

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	27	40	13	281	35	10.40	539	52.13	0	0	38	4	5	0
ODIs	53	21	10	44	10*	4.00	121	36.36	0	0	2	0	7	0
T20Is	10	3	2	20	19*	20.00	14	142.85	0	0	4	0	2	0
First-class	69	93	29	593	35	9.26	1351	43.89	0	0			16	0
List A	82	36	15	127	33	6.04	285	44.56	0	0			9	0
Twenty20	53	17	10	72	19*	10.28	91	79.12	0	0	13	0	9	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	27	50	5419	3271	87	5/40	8/99	37.59	3.62	62.2	4	3	0
ODIs	53	52	2476	2508	75	6/55	6/55	33.44	6.07	33.0	2	1	0
T20Is	10	9	204	288	7	2/12	2/12	41.14	8.47	29.1	0	0	0
First-class	69		12336	7251	201	5/40		36.07	3.52	61.3	8	6	0
List A	82		3874	3690	104	6/55	6/55	35.48	5.71	37.2	3	1	0
Twenty20	53	52	1062	1476	45	3/29	3/29	32.80	8.33	23.6	0	0	0

Profile

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. His progress was halted owing to a hamstring injury in the following year, but he returned stronger, with a more side-on action and increased pace, and a superb display in the Challenger Trophy, in 2005, propelled him to the national squad for the Sri Lanka series. In the last game of his impressive debut season, he snapped up 6 for 55 against England. Idiosyncratic, with an aggressive approach - to the stumps and the game - he can be expensive in one-dayers, but is also a wicket-taking bowler. He does it in Tests, too - in Antigua in June 2006 he fired out Ramnaresh Sarwan and Brian Lara (for 0) in successive overs, and then took five wickets in Jamaica and played a key role in bowling India to a historic triumph. The year was one of several highlights, including a haul of eight wickets against South Africa in Johannesburg, which helped India win their first Test in the country. However, things turned sour two years later in the inaugural IPL, when he was involved in a spat with Harbhajan Singh, who slapped him at the end of a match. Sreesanth signed with Warwickshire and enjoyed a satisfactory first season, but injuries and a steady decline in form kept him out of the national team. His problems with discipline are well documented; he was warned by the BCCI with suspension from domestic cricket if he violated the code of conduct. But his ability with the ball continued to keep him in contention for a place in the Indian team in Tests and ODIs.

Virat Kohli

Full name Virat Kohli

Born November 5, 1988, Delhi

Current age 23 years 103 days

Major teams India, Delhi, India Red, India Under-19s,Royal Challengers Bangalore

Playing role Middle-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	8	15	0	491	116	32.73	1030	47.66	1	3	48	3	10	0
ODIs	78	75	10	3001	118	46.16	3588	83.63	8	19	287	16	39	0
T20Is	8	7	1	140	31	23.33	118	118.64	0	0	16	2	3	0
First-class	38	59	7	2622	197	50.42	4713	55.63	8	11	346	16	37	0
List A	109	105	13	4352	124	47.30	5032	86.48	12	26	441	38	55	0
Twenty20	91	82	13	2109	84*	30.56	1647	128.05	0	10	207	62	38	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	3	66	35	0	-	-	-	3.18	-	0	0	0
ODIs	78	17	268	252	2	1/20	1/20	126.00	5.64	134.0	0	0	0
T20Is	8	3	40	42	2	1/13	1/13	21.00	6.30	20.0	0	0	0
First-class	38	17	534	289	3	1/19	2/42	96.33	3.24	178.0	0	0	0
List A	109	23	326	304	2	1/20	1/20	152.00	5.59	163.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	91	30	313	433	6	2/25	2/25	72.16	8.30	52.1	0	0	0

Profile:

A typical modern-day cricketer, Virat Kohli plays his game aggressively, bares his emotions loudly in public, yet retains the element of maturity that forms an integral part of every good and great player. Anil Kumble said he had thought hard before calling Kohli the best under-22 player in international cricket - that would rate as perhaps the best compliments he has received. It is also proof of Kohli's transformation as a player.