Zaheer Khan

                                                                  

Full Name: Zaheer Khan Date of Birth: Oct 07, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra Major Team: India, Asia XI, Asia XI, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Baroda, Mumbai, Surrey, Worcestershire Playing Roll: Bowler Batting Style: Right Bowling Style: Left Arm Fast Height: 6.0 ft

International Debut: 2000

Batting and fielding records M Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St   Test 84 114 23 1123 75 12.34 2160 51.99 - 3 128 24 18 - ODI 195 99 35 790 34* 12.34 1085 72.81 - - 68 24 39 - T20I 12 4 2 13 9 6.50 10 130.00 - - - 1 2 - Bowling records M Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Eco SR 4W 5W 10W   Test 84 150 16818 9193 291 7/87 10/149 31.59 3.28 57.79 14 10 1 ODI 195 189 9665 7915 271 5/42 5/42 29.21 4.91 35.66 7 1 - T20I 12 12 250 327 13 4/19 4/19 25.15 7.85 19.23 1 - - Career Statistics Test Debut: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, 10-13, Nov 2000 ODI Debut: Kenya v India at Nairobi, Oct 03, 2000 Twenty20 Debut: South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 01, 2006

Interesting Facts

• Zaheer holds the record for the highest Test score by a No. 11.
• He took 9 wickets for Mumbai in Ranji finals of 2006-07.
• Zaks is the the first Worcestershire player to take 10 wickets in a match on debut for over 100 years.
• He is the third Indian to score a half century and take five wickets in an innings in the same match against Australia.

Who is Zaheer
Zaheer Khan is the spearhead of Indian bowling attack in recent times. He has evolved as a reliable option for captain in times when break throughs are needed. He started his career in in the year 2000 with an ODI against Kenya in ICC Champions Trophy. He was selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. Zaheer Khan is rated in the class fo Wasim Akram & Waqar Younis and he can swin the ball both ways.

Rahul Sharad Dravid

 

India

Full name Rahul Sharad Dravid

Born January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Current age 39 years 36 days

Major teams India, Scotland, Asia XI, ICC World XI,Karnataka, Kent, Marylebone Cricket Club, Rajasthan Royals,Royal Challengers Bangalore

Nickname The Wall

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Education St. Joseph's Boys' High School

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	31258	42.51	36	63	1654	21	210	0
ODIs	344	318	40	10889	153	39.16	15284	71.24	12	83	950	42	196	14
T20Is	1	1	0	31	31	31.00	21	147.61	0	0	0	3	0	0
First-class	298	497	67	23794	270	55.33			68	117			353	1
List A	449	416	55	15271	153	42.30			21	112			233	17
Twenty20	69	62	6	1605	75*	28.66	1369	117.23	0	7	178	25	14	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	164	5	120	39	1	1/18	1/18	39.00	1.95	120.0	0	0	0
ODIs	344	8	186	170	4	2/43	2/43	42.50	5.48	46.5	0	0	0
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	298		617	273	5	2/16		54.60	2.65	123.4		0	0
List A	449		477	421	4	2/43	2/43	105.25	5.29	119.2	0	0	0
Twenty20	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Profile

Rahul Dravid is probably one of the last classical Test match batsmen. His progress into the national side may have been steady and methodical rather than meteoric, but once there, Dravid established himself at the vanguard of a new, defiant generation that were no longer easybeats away from home. Armed with an orthodox technique drilled into him by Keki Tarapore, he became the cement that held the foundations firm while the flair players expressed themselves. Yet, for a man quickly stereotyped as one-paced and one-dimensional, he too could stroke the ball around when the mood struck him.

Gautam Gambhir

 

India

Full name Gautam Gambhir

Born October 14, 1981, Delhi

Current age 30 years 125 days

Major teams India, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, India Red,Indian Board President's XI, Kolkata Knight Riders,Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Leg-break

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	48	87	5	3712	206	45.26	7118	52.14	9	19	460	7	33	0
ODIs	127	123	11	4588	150*	40.96	5305	86.48	9	30	498	17	34	0
T20Is	25	24	1	697	75	30.30	574	121.42	0	7	81	8	6	0
First-class	133	228	21	10774	233*	52.04			32	48			82	0
List A	231	225	17	7995	150*	38.43			17	49			64	0
Twenty20	93	91	12	2395	86	30.31	1969	121.63	0	19	281	28	15	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	127	1	6	13	0	-	-	-	13.00	-	0	0	0
T20Is	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	133		385	277	7	3/12		39.57	4.31	55.0		0	0
List A	231		37	36	1	1/7	1/7	36.00	5.83	37.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	93	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Profile

Feisty and firm, capricious and correct, insatiable and insecure, Gautam Gambhir is one of the most complete batsmen of the current era. He is adept at opening in all three forms of the game. He can be more aggressive than Virender Sehwag, he can play the kind of back-to-the-wall innings that would do Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman proud, and he can accumulate without taking any risks, much like Sachin Tendulkar has been doing in the last quarter of his career.
He walks down the track to the fastest of bowlers, and an unfriendly word or three with the fielding side only help him concentrate harder, though it's not as if he needs external motivation to make the most of his time as a cricketer. He almost lost the fight to his own high standards and to the fickle selectors, which left him "not wanting to play anymore" when he was dropped for the 2007 World Cup, and insecure when he did make it back. For about eight first years of his career, he was the domestic cheque that would not be honoured at international level. While the bowlers on the Ranji circuit swore by this little left-hand batsman, he had just two international centuries to show after 13 Tests and 19 ODIs when he was left out of the World Cup party.
He came back with massive runs in domestic cricket, a few important technical adjustments, and with the reputation of being the best player of spin in India, outside the international side. A century in his second ODI back and a final-winning fifty in the inaugural World Twenty20 paved the way for his Test return. Test fifties against Murali and Mendis in the summer of Murali and Mendis in 2008 told him he belonged. In his next 13 Tests, he scored eight centuries: centuries to set up wins, centuries to bat opposition out, and centuries to hold on for draws, including the near 11-hour marathon in Napier. The Arjuna Award came his way, the ICC named him the Test player of 2009, but much more tellingly Sehwag called him the best Indian Test opener since Sunil Gavaskar. The only plausible flaw in Sehwag's claim is Sehwag himself.