Best Cricketers

Murali Vijay's Batting Averages

CLASS MAT INNS NO RUNS HS AVE SR 100 50 4S 6s BF
TEST 18 29 0 1108 167 38.20 49.04 3 3 137 9 2259
ODIs 14 13 0 253 33 19.46 66.40 0 0 30 1 381
IPL 64 64 4 1600 127 26.66 127.89 2 7 140 66 1251
First-class 69 113 5 5026 266 46.53 50.64 13 18 618 70 9924
List A 58 57 1 2408 155 43 - 7 9 - - -
Twenty 20 108 106 4 2570 127 25.19 122.79 2 12 228 100 2093

                                          Murali Vijay

Born: Apr 01 , 1984, Chennai
Age: 29 years 8 months
Team: India, Chennai Super Kings
Batting Style: RHB
Bowling Style: RAB
Test Debut: vs Australia -November 6, 2008
ODI Debut: vs South Africa -February 27, 2010
Twenty20 Debut: vs Afghanistan - May 1, 2010

Achievements And Accolades

Kapil Dev, the man who remained India's main strike bowler for almost 15 years, needs no introduction. On many occasions he single-handedly won matches for India and easily became the most popular pin-up boy of the country. For an Indian fast bowler, taking 434 wickets in test cricket is indeed a great achievement. When Kapil was just 20, he set a new record of scoring 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets. He made this record within a period of one year and 109 days only. 
Kapil Dev was the man who marshaled his boys to the most famous victory in Indian Cricket- the cricket world cup of 1983. Not only did he jelled the team together but also played the most memorable knock, in the history of the world cup cricket, against Zimbabwe. Kapil came to bat when India were almost out of the match at 17/5. And then he played like God and robbed the match from the opposition. He was rightly named the Wisden International Cricketer of the Year in 1983.

Achievements And Accolades

Kapil Dev, the man who remained India's main strike bowler for almost 15 years, needs no introduction. On many occasions he single-handedly won matches for India and easily became the most popular pin-up boy of the country. For an Indian fast bowler, taking 434 wickets in test cricket is indeed a great achievement. When Kapil was just 20, he set a new record of scoring 1000 runs and taking 100 wickets. He made this record within a period of one year and 109 days only. 
Kapil Dev was the man who marshaled his boys to the most famous victory in Indian Cricket- the cricket world cup of 1983. Not only did he jelled the team together but also played the most memorable knock, in the history of the world cup cricket, against Zimbabwe. Kapil came to bat when India were almost out of the match at 17/5. And then he played like God and robbed the match from the opposition. He was rightly named the Wisden International Cricketer of the Year in 1983.

                                Kapil Dev 

Kapil Dev - Kapil Dev Although cricket became popular during the British raj but it was largely because of two players that the game became a household name in India in 80's. These two were Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev. Kapil indeed ruled the minds and hearts of an entire generation in the 1980s and the one that followed. Till the rise of Kapil Dev, India was known for deadly spinners and his emergence coincided with the decline of the famous spin quartet of Bedi, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and S. Venkataraghavan

Kapil Dev was the greatest pace bowler India has produced, and their greatest fast-bowling all rounder. Such was the charisma and stamina of this man that at one point of time he became the highest wicket taker in test and one day cricket. Along with Imran Khan, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee, Kapil Dev was considered the greatest all rounder of his times.

Date of Birth: January 6, 1959, Chandigarh, India

Teams: Haryana, Northampton shire, Worcestershire, India

Batting Style: Right Hand

Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium Pace

Test Debut: India v Pak at Faisalabad, 1st Test, 1978-79

                            Suresh Kumar Raina  Profile

Full name Suresh Kumar Raina 

Born November 27, 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 

Current age 19 years 156 days 

Major teams India, India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI, Rajasthan Cricket 

Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Under-16s 

Also known as Sanu 

Batting style Left-hand bat 

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

                                   Most Test matches  of Dhoni

Most Test matches as Indian captain
50 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
49 - Sourav Ganguly
47 - Sunil Gavaskar & Mohammad Azharuddin
40 - MAK Pataudi
34 - Kapil Dev
25 - Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid
22 - Bishan Singh Bedi
Most wins in first 50 Tests as captain
37 - Steve Waugh (Australia)
35 - Ricky Ponting (Australia)
27 - Sir Viv Richards (West Indies)
26 - MS Dhoni (India - in 49 Tests)
26 - Michael Vaughan (England) & Mark Taylor (Australia)
25 - Hansie Cronje (South Africa)

Johannesburg: With the commencement of the first Test between India and South Africa at the Wanderers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian to captain the country in 50 Test matches.
Dhoni is the first Indian, second Asian and 14th overall to captain his country in 50 Tests.
Sir Viv Richards (West Indies), Mark Taylor (Australia) and Andrew Strauss (England) also captained their respective countries in 50 Tests.
In his 49 Test matches as Indian captain, Dhoni has won 26, lost 12 and drawn 11.
At home, Dhoni has won 21 Tests, lost 3 and drawn 6, while out of India he has won 5 Tests, lost 9 and drawn 5.
Dhoni overtook former captain Sourav Ganguly to achieve the milestone.
Dhoni is also the only batsman in the current Indian side with Test experience in South Africa.
The only Asian cricketer who has captained his country in more Tests is Arjuna Ranatunga of Sri Lanka in 56 Tests.

                   Pathan Takes Five in India's Victory

Colombo: Irfan got 5 for 25 as Sri Lanka were all out for 120 as India won by 26 runs against Sri Lanka in their opening warm-up match of the World Twenty20 at the P Sara Oval on Saturday 

Continuing his fine run, Pathan ripped through the Lankan top order before coming back to dismiss the lower middle order in the end.
The Baroda speedster was ably supported by comeback man Lakshmipathy Balaji, who claimed 3/28.

Set a victory target of 147, Sri Lanka received an early jolt as Pathan castled opener Dilshan Munaweera on the last ball of the first over.

The 27-year-old then dismissed Tillakaratne Dilshan with the last ball of his second over to leave the hosts reeling at 15 for two from the first three overs.
Kumar Sangakkara (32) combined with Angelo Mathews (16) to resurrect the Lankan innings but with Balaji getting better off the later, the target seemed to be a distant one for the hosts.

                           Career Statistics

Test Debut: Australia v India at Adelaide, 12-16, Dec 2003
ODI Debut: Australia v India at Melbourne, Jan 09, 2004
Twenty20 Debut: South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 01, 2006

                                    Irfan Pathan Profile

Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
Date of Birth: Oct 27, 1984, Baroda, Gujarat
Major Team: India, Baroda, Kings XI Punjab, Middlesex
Playing Roll: Bowling All Rounder
Batting Style: Left
Bowling Style: Left-arm medium-fast

                                                               Bishan Singh Bedi

                                    Achievements & Recognitions 

Wisden awarded him with Cricketer of the Year award in the year 1972, and the Best Bowling Performance of the Century award in the year 2002, for his best performance against England at The Oval in the year 1971, where he took 6 wickets for 38 runs. 
Batting Nightmare 

On the batting front, although, Chandrasekhar really didn’t fare quite well. He had a batting average of 4 runs, and highest percentage of ducks (0 runs) in the history of Cricket with 23 ducks scored by him throughout his career. Interestingly, he also created a world record by scoring less number of runs in his Test Cricket career with 167 runs, than the number of wickets that he took during the period with 242 wickets.

                       Key Bowling Attributes 

As a bowler, Chandrasekhar was famous for taking a very long run-up, and used to bowl at medium pace usually. During his career, he played 58 Test Matches and grabbed 242 wickets. He found the Batsman Ken Barrington from England to be the most difficult one to bowl to. 

                          Test Cricket Record 

Chandrasekhar began his career in Test Cricket in a match played against England at Bombay (now Mumbai) in the year 1964, although he gave his best performance in a match against England played at The Oval Cricket Ground on the 23rd of August 1971. He managed to take 6 wickets for 38 runs in this match, which eventually got India the coveted victory in the Series.
Amazingly, Chandrasekhar was never confident of his bowling and said that he was more likely to deliver a mediocre ball instead of a good one. Still, he was considered to be the most difficult bowler among the Spin Quartet, and helped India see a number of victories in international Cricket. 

                                          Early Life 

Chandrasekhar was born and brought up in Mysore, a city located in Karnataka. At quite an early age he got attracted towards the game of Cricket. Although nature played a cruel joke with him when his right wrist was badly affected by a Polio attack in his childhood, Chandrasekhar turned this shortcoming into his strong point by using his left arm for bowling that eventually led him to become one of the most successful Leg Spinners in the history of the game. 

                                Key Bowling Attributes 

As a bowler, Chandrasekhar was famous for taking a very long run-up, and used to bowl at medium pace usually. During his career, he played 58 Test Matches and grabbed 242 wickets. He found the Batsman Ken Barrington from England to be the most difficult one to bowl to. 

                                 PROFILE

Full Name: Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar 

Born: May 17, 1945, Mysore, Karnataka 

Major teams: India, Karnataka, Mysore 

Batting style: Right-hand bat 

Bowling style: Leg break 

The Batting Maestro

Azharuddin has been most famous for his wonderful wrist flicks that transformed a Cricket match into a poetic creation with aesthetic nuances of a masterpiece. Eventually, Azharuddin showed the best of his batting capabilities against spin bowlers. In fact, John Woodcock, one of the well known Cricket writers had once quoted that asking an Englishman to bat like Mohammad Azharuddin would be like expecting a greyhound to win the London Derby! His smooth and clean batting style was often compared with the same of David Gower, a batsman from England.

Darker Side of the Story

But as every story has its dark twists, Azharuddin’s life too saw its bad moments. Hansie Croje, the captain of the South African Cricket team who had confessed his role in international match fixing, had taken Azharuddin’s name regarding his involvement in the scandal. Further, Central Bureau of Investigation, the prime investigation agency of India looked into the matter and found Azharuddin guilty of receiving money from bookies to fix Cricket matches. The CBI also found Azharuddin involved in bringing other players along with him into the dirty game, and as a consequence the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) banned Azharuddin from playing Cricket for his lifetime in the year 2000. Ironically, Azharuddin had played 99 Test Cricket matches in his life till then and was on the verge to enter the coveted 100 Test Cricket Club. Although the ban was lifted in the year 2006, he couldn’t make the dream come true.

Political Foray 

On the 19th of February 2009, Azharuddin formally joined the Indian National Congress Party. He contested the General Elections 2009 from the Moradabad seat in Uttar Pradesh  and is now a Member of Parliament.

                             Achievements

Scored 22 centuries in Test Cricket with an average score of 45 runs.
Scored 7 centuries in One Day International (ODI) Cricket with an average of 37 runs.
Has been the only player to have hit three consecutive centuries in first three Tests
Has been the only player in the world Cricket to have taken 156 catches in One Day International (ODI) Cricket
Got India 14 Test and 103 ODI wins during his captainship, making him one of the most successful Cricket captains India has ever got
Has scored fastest ODI century by an Indian off 62 balls
The first player to have played more than 300 ODIs Was awarded Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1991

                                      PROFILE

Full Name: Mohammad Azharuddin 
Born: 8th of February, 1968, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), India 
Major teams: India, Derbyshire, Hyderabad
Batting style: Right-hand bat
Bowling style: Right-arm medium

                    Latest Achievements 

Under the able Captainship of Dhoni, the Indian One Day International (ODI) Cricket team continued to maintain its record of victory. First of all, the team defeated Australia consecutively in 2 final matches of the Commonwealth Bank Series played in March 2008. The series was played between India, Australia and Sri Lanka. In the first final, Australia scored 239 at the loss of 8 wickets in 50 overs. India bounced back with 242 runs in just 45.5 overs at the loss of 4 wickets. Sachin Tendulkar was the highest scorer with 117 Not Out, while Dhoni scored 15 Not Out. In the second final, India scored 258 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs with Sachin again being the largest contributor with 91 runs. Dhoni scored 36 Not Out in the innings. The Australian team crashed out at 249 runs with 2 balls remaining, and India became the winner of the championship. 
After this, in the India tour of Sri Lanka in Jan-Feb 2009, India simply washed out Sri Lanka with 4-1 win in the ODIs while they also crashed Sri Lanka in the single Twenty-20 match played between the two countries. In this series, Dhoni was the maximum scorer in the 4th ODI played on 5th of Feb 2009. He scored 94 runs out of 96 balls in the match. 
Then again in the India Tour of New Zealand in the year 2008-09, India played Test, ODI and Twenty-20 Series against New Zealand. In the Test Series, India won 1 match out of the 3 matches while 2 were drawn, making India the winner of the series. Dhoni scored a total of 155 runs in the series with his highest score of 56 not out. While in the ODI Series, India defeated New Zealand by 3-1, as 1 match out of the 5 matches went without any result. In this series, Dhoni scored 184 total runs with highest of 84 not out. Similarly, India won both the Twenty-20 matches of the Twenty-20 Matches Series, and Dhoni scored a total of 30 runs with highest score of 28 not out in the Twenty-20 matches

                          The Beginning 

Dhoni entered the Bihar Cricket team in the year 1998-99, and was further selected for the India-A Cricket team in the year 2004. Later the same year, he made his debut in the National Cricket team of India. 
The Charisma Begins 
In his 5th One Day International (ODI) Cricket match against Pakistan, Dhoni scored 148 runs which was the biggest score made by an Indian wicketkeeper till then. He managed to accomplish this score just off 123 balls in the match played at Vishakhapatnam on the 5th of April 2005. Later the same year, he scored 183 not out against Sri Lanka in the Bi-lateral One Day International (ODI) Series, outclassing his own record. This match was played at Jaipur and India had to outsmart a huge 299 runs score set by the Sri Lankans. Dhoni got India this great victory with his wonderful 183 runs within just 145 balls. This score set a yet another record for being the highest score made in the second innings of a One Day International (ODI) Cricket match, and still lies unbeaten by any other batsman. At the end of the Series, Dhoni finished with highest total score of 346 runs and grabbed the coveted Man of the Series award. 
He scored good number of runs in a consistent manner for a period of time, and soon grabbed the No. 1 position in the One Day International (ODI) Cricket rankings issued by International Cricket Council (ICC) in the year 2005-06. 

                                   Early Days

Dhoni was born in Ranchi, the state capital of Jharkhand on the 7th of July 1981, and was brought up in the same city. His parents originally hailed from a village in Uttarakhand. In his childhood Dhoni played Badminton and Football, and was sent by his Football coach to play Cricket. He began the journey as the wicketkeeper at the Commando Cricket Club in the year 1995, and was selected for the Under-16 Vinoo Mankad Trophy in the year 1997-98.

Full Name: Mahendra Singh DhoniBorn: July 7, 1981, Ranchi, BiharMajor teams: India, JharkhandBatting style: Right-hand batFielding Position: Wicketkeeper

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the best known Indian Cricket players, who was made the Captain of the Indian Cricket team in the year 2007. One of the most flamboyant Indian Cricket stars ever, Dhoni is also fondly known as Mahi by the huge number of his fans particularly comprising of a big percentage of females. And not only his looks and style Dhoni equally proved to be a hard hitting batsman and one of the best Captains the Indian Cricket team has ever seen. 

Rahul Dravid: 

If you are a fan of Indian cricket team then you should agree with me regarding the inclusion of Rahul Dravid in the list of best Indian cricketers of all time. He has all the qualities to be in the list. Rahul Dravid who is widely called “The Wall of Indian cricket” for his passionate batting style is considered as the last classical batsman. In his cricket career, he has achieved many records. He is the third highest Test run scorer after Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. He is the second Indian batsman to have scored more than 12000 runs in International cricket. He has also more than 10000 runs in ODI cricket. 

He has the record of having taken the highest number of catches in Test cricket. He took more than 200 catches and surpassed the Australian legend Mark Waugh. In 2000, he was included as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. In 2004, in the inaugural award ceremony ICC awarded him the ICC Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year. 

On 9 March 2012, this passionate cricketer announced his retirement from all forms of cricket game with the BCCI president, N Srinivasan and former captain Anil Kumble at a press conference in Bangalore.
It would be hard for Indian selectors to get someone who could fill up the game in the national team. 

Anil Kumble: 

Anil Kumble is regarded as one of the greatest Indian cricketers. This right-arm leg spin bowler is still the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and one-day international. Of all bowlers, he is the third highest wicket taker after Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne in Test cricket. He is one of only three bowlers who have taken more than 600 Test wickets in the oldest format of cricket game.

Playing 132 Tests, he took 619 wickets. He is one of the two bowlers to have taken ten wickets in an innings. He claimed this rare achievement against Pakistan in the second Test played in Delhi between 4 and 8 February 1999. He got 337 wickets in 271 ODI matches.

He guided Indian cricket team for few home and away series. He got the Test captaincy on November 2007 and succeeded Rahul Dravid. His captaincy was the combination of both success and failure. He announced his retirement from cricket on 2 November 2008. In 2005, Indian government honoured him with Padma Shri award, the fourth highest civilian honour, for his contribution to Indian cricket for 18 years. 

                                    Kapil Dev: 

Former Indian captain, Kapil Dev, should be considered not only as one of the best cricketers but also the best captains in the history of Indian cricket. He successfully led his team to a first World Cup victory in 1983 where they defeated West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's, London. The well-known cricket magazine, Wisden, named him as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. Not only that but also he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on 8 March 2010. 

Kapil Dev was a good all rounder. Since making his Test debut in 1978, he played 131 matches and scored 5248 runs at an average of 31.05 with the career best of 163. With the ball, he took 434 and became the highest wicket taker before it was broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. Till then, he was India’s highest wicket taker in both major forms of cricket, Test and ODI. 

He is the only player who has taken more than 400 wickets and more than 5000 runs in Test cricket. This performance made him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game. After him, we cannot find anyone who can touch or break his record set as an all-rounder. 

                               Sunil Gavaskar: 

Sunil Gavaskar is undoubtedly one of the greatest players in the history of cricket game. This former Indian cricketer is considered as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history. He made his international debut in 1971 and played cricket for sixteen years. In his career, he has achieved many records including the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. His record of 34 Test centuries was unbroken for almost two decades until it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005.
He is the first player who has scored more than 10,000 runs in Test cricket. Playing 125 Test matches, he has scored 10122 runs with an average of 51.12 with a career best of unbeaten 236 runs. Since making his ODI debut in 1974, he played 108 matches and scored 3092 runs with an average of 35.13.
He scored just one century in ODI format of cricket game. 

Sunil Gavaskar was well known for his batting style against fast bowling. He will be memorable for his unbeaten 103 performance in 1983 World Cup which India won. He was not a good captain and under his captaincy India went 31 matches without a victory.

Sachin Tendulkar: 

It is hard to find anyone who hasn’t heard the name of this legendary player. Sachin Tendulkar who is affectionately called Little Master by his fans is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. The 39-year-old Tendulkar made his international debut in 1989 and still continue playing cricket. In his twenty-two years of cricket career, he has achieved many records in both Test and one-day international cricket. He is the highest run scorer and highest centurion in both format of the cricket game. So far he has scored 15470 runs in Test and 18426 runs in ODI respectively. He is the only player to reach the milestone of scoring a hundred centuries, including 51 centuries in Test and 49 centuries in ODI. He is also the only player to score fifty centuries in Test cricket.

He is the first player to have scored double century in ODI cricket. He is also the first player to cross 10000 runs in one day cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar is called the God of cricket. For his batting technique, he is compared with another legend cricketer, Sir Don Bradman. He was the member of 2011 ICC World Cup winning team.
Indian government honoured him with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Currently, he has been nominated for receiving the Bharat Ratna award.

Besides playing cricket he is involved in some social activities. He helps many charity organizations. He is a passionate follower of Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi. 

Full name Wasim Akram

Born 3 June 1966 (age 43)Lahore, Punjab, PakistanHeight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)Batting style Left hand batBowling style Left arm fastRole (All-rounder) bowler and batsmanInternational informationNational side PakistanTest debut (cap 102) 25 January 1985 v New ZealandLast Test 9 January 2002 v BangladeshODI debut (cap 53) 23 November 1984 v New ZealandLast ODI 4 March 2003 v ZimbabweODI shirt no. 3Domestic team informationYears Team2003 Hampshire2000-2001 Lahore1997-1998 Lahore1992-2002 Pakistan International Airlines1988-1998 Lancashire1986-1987 Lahore1985-1986 Lahore1984-1986 Pakistan Automobiles Corporation
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 104 356 257 594
Runs scored 2898 3717 7161 6993
Batting average 22.64 16.52 22.73 18.90
100s/50s 3/7 0/6 7/24 0/17
Top score 257* 86 257* 89*
Balls bowled 22627 18186 50278 29719
Wickets 414 502 1042 881
Bowling average 23.62 23.52 21.64 21.91
5 wickets in innings 25 6 70 12
10 wickets in match 5 0 16 0
Best bowling 7/119 5/15 8/30 5/10
Catches/stumpings 44/0 88/0 97/0 147/0

Mahendra Singh Dhoni About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni, 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.

He is 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 40 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. 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, Asia cup 2010 and 2011 World Cup. His Test and ODI records are the best for Indian captains to date. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. 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.

Dhoni also holds the post of Vice-President of India Cements Ltd. (ICL) after resigning from Air India. ICL is the owner of the IPL team Chennai Super Kings, and Dhoni has been its captain since the first edition of IPL.

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 and he has been ranked as 31st richest sportsman in the world according to the Forbes Highest Paid Athletes for the year 2012. Dhoni’s total earnings are estimated to be USD 26.5 million according to Forbes. Thus he has became the richest Indian sportsman surpassing Sachin Tendulkar.

The TIME magazine added him in its "Time 100" list of 100 most influential people of 2011. SportsPro has rated MS Dhoni as the 16th most remarkable athlete in the world.
In March 2013 he became the most successful Indian Test captain when he eclipsed Sourav Ganguly’s record of 21 victories from 49 Tests.

2013 Season Statistics
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Statistics
Batting and Fielding
Batting and Fielding
  Mat NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
Career 79 20 1834 70* 37.42 1332 137.68 0 10 142 67 33 17
2013 1 0 51 51 51.00 26 196.15 0 1 5 3 1 0
2012 19 5 358 51* 29.83 278 128.77 0 1 26 9 12 2
2011 16 4 392 70* 43.55 247 158.70 0 2 25 23 5 5
2010 13 2 287 66* 31.88 210 136.66 0 2 26 8 5 6
2009 14 5 332 58* 41.50 261 127.20 0 2 22 9 4 4
2008 16 4 414 65 41.40 310 133.54 0 2 38 15 6 0
Bowling
  Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w
Career 79 0 0 0 0/0 - - - 0 0
2013 1 0 0 0 0/0 - - - 0 0

Full name   - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born      - 7 July 1981 (age 31)
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Nickname -Mahi, MS, MSD, Captain Cool
Height          - 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style  - Right-hand batsman
Bowling style   - Right-hand medium
Role           -  Wicket-keeper, India captain

International information

Test debut (cap 251) 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test 22 March 2013 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158) 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI 27 January 2013 v England
ODI shirt no. 7

T20I debut (cap 2) 1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I 28 December 2012 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years Team
1999/00–2004/05 Bihar
2004/05- Jharkhand
2008– Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC T20Is
Matches 77 219 118 42
Runs scored 4,209 7,259 6,371 748
Batting average 39.70 51.85 37.69 31.16
100s/50s 6/28 8/48 9/42 0/0
Top score 224 [1] 183* 224 48*
Balls bowled 78 12 108 –
Wickets 0 1 0 –
Bowling average – 14.00 – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – 1/14 – –
Catches/stumpings 212/36 206/68 320/55 21/8

Mahendra Singh Dhoni About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born 7 July 1981), commonly known as M. S. Dhoni, 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.

He is 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 40 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. 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, Asia cup 2010 and 2011 World Cup. His Test and ODI records are the best for Indian captains to date.

 He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent 2011 IPL and in the Champions League. 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.

M. S. DHONI BAGS CASTROL INDIAN CRICKETER OF THE YEAR AWARD; SACHIN IS CASTROL BATSMAN OF THE YEAR; RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN, CASTROL BOWLER OF THE YEAR
The Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence in 2011 were given away at a star studded awards ceremony held in Bengaluru today. The ceremony was attended by eminent cricketers like Erapalli Prasanna, Ajit Wadekar, Syed Kirmani, Gundappa Vishwanath, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virender Shewag, Gautam Gambir, Venkatesh Prasad, Ravinchandran Ashwin, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, and junior cricketer Unmukt Chand.
The Castrol Awards for Cricketing Excellence are the premier cricketing awards recognizing outstanding performances by Indian cricketers - past, present and future.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was declared the Castrol Indian Cricketer of the Year 2011 whilst Ajit Wadekar received the Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award and India’s Under 19 World Cup winning Captain Unmukt Chand was awarded the Castrol Junior Cricketer of the Year Award.

Commenting on the Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed upon him, Ajit Wadekar said: “It is indeed an honor to receive the Castrol Lifetime Achievement Award. I am delighted that Castrol is not just focusing on the present but also on the past and future cricketers”.
India Under 19 Captain, Unmukt Chand, fresh from his Under 19 World Cup win was delighted to receive the Castrol Junior Cricketer of the Year Award for 2011. Commenting on the Award, Unmukt said: “It is my privilege to receive the Castrol Junior Cricketer of the Year Award specially as it was handed over to me by Virat who has been an Under 19 World Cup winning Captain himself and a real inspiration not just to me but my team mates as well”.

The other prestigious awards given away during the evening included:
Sachin Tendulkar (Castrol Batsman of the Year)
Ravichandran Ashwin (Castrol Bowler of the Year)
Rahul Dravid (Castrol Test Cricketer of the Year)
Suresh Raina (Castrol ODI Cricketer of the Year
Castrol Special Achievement Awards were also given away to Yuvraj Singh (for outstanding performance during the ICC World Cup 2011), Virender Sehwag (Highest run scorer in ODIs) and Sachin Tendulkar (for his 100th century).
Two new awards were also instituted this year for performance under pressure. The Castrol standout Performance Under Pressure Award was presented to Gautam Gambhir for his outstanding performance in the ICC 2011 World Cup final. The Castrol Performance Under Pressure Award for the player who consistently delivered under pressure throughout the year, was won by Virat Kohli.

India Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won this year's ICC People's choice Award, thus becoming on the second Indian Cricketer to win the coveted prize after just -retied Sachin Tendulkar .
Dhoni has now become only the third Cricketer to win this award after Tendulkar, who was the first-ever recipient in 2010, and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, who won it in 2011 and 2012.

Other nominees for this year's ICC People's Choice Award were Australia's Michael Clarke, England's Alastair Cook, India's Virat Kohli, and South Africa's AB de Villiers.
BCCI secretary San jay Patel received the award from Howard Lee, Director Home Entertainment, LG Electronics India Pvt Ltd, on behalf of Dhoni, who is currently in South Africa with the India cricket team.

The award, which was introduced at the 2010 ICC Awards in Bengaluru, was voted upon by close to 188,000 cricket fans around the world. The voting opened on November 2 and closed at midnight on November 23, an ICC statement said.
The short list was nominated by an elite panel of cricket experts, which is headed by ICC Cricket Committee Chairman and former India captain Anil Kumble. Other members of the panel are England's Alec Stewart, New Zealand's Catherine Campbell, Pakistan's Waqar Younis & South Africa's Graeme Pollock.

The five players were nominated by the panel using the criteria set out by LG and the ICC.

This dictated that the nominees should have displayed some of the attributes regarded by LG as being in line with its corporate qualities such as innovation, dynamism, strength in decision-making, performing well under pressure and executing a plan to distinction, the statement read.
On winning the People's Choice award, Dhoni said: "This is one of the awards that has given me tremendous satisfaction, since it comes from the key stakeholders of the game - the fans.

"Recognition from the people who support and encourage us day in and day out, only inspires me to put in that much more, and go the extra mile for them. I would like to thank all those people who have voted in my favour..

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Full Name-  Ravichandran Ashwin
Born - 17 September,  1986 , Madras, Tamilnadu
Current age- 27 years 86 days
Major Teams- India, Chennai super kings, Tamilnadu
Playing Role- All rounder
Batting style- Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style- Right arm offbreak

Full name- Gautam Gambhir

Born- October 14,  1981 Delhi

Current age- 32 years 56 days

Major Teams - India , Delhi , Delhi daredevils, Essex,  India red, Indian board presidents , Kolkata knight riders, Rajasthan cricket Association president's XI

Playing role- Top- order batsman

Batting style- Left -Hand bat

Bowling Style- Legbreak 

• In October 2005,  he was appointed captain  the one day side, begin with a thumping 6-1 hammering of sri lanka in a home series, and was soon given responsibility of   the Test side as well, taking over from the controversy shrouded sourav ganguly.
• He get Arjuna Award in 1999.
• one of the wisden's five cricketers of the year  for the year 2000

Highest Score -  153
(ODIS)

Highest Score- 270
(Tests)

             



Mom-   Pushpa Dravid

Father- Sharad Dravid

Brother- Vijay Dravid

Wife - Vijeta Pendharkar

Full name- Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born- April 24, 1973 Bombay
Current Age- 40 years
Major Teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai , Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire
Nickname- Tendlya, Little Master
Playing Order - Top -order Batsman
Batting Style- Right Hand Bat

Batting and Fielding Averages
                               Mat   Inns   NO   Runs   HS    Ave  BF SR 100 50    4s  6s    Ct    St

Tests                      200   329     33     15921   248*   53.78              51  68            69   115  0
ODIS                      463   452    41      18426    200* 44.83              49  96  2016  195  140 0        
T20Is                        1     1         0        10        10      10.00  12  83.33 0  0      2      0       1    0    
First-class              310   490    51     25396   248*   57.84                  81 116                  186  0    
List A                     551   538   55     21999    200*  45.54                   60 114                  175 0
 Twenty20               96    96     11        2797    100*  32.90   2310   121.08 1 16 359 38 28 0