Thursday 21 July 2011

Irfan Pathan

Biography for Irfan Pathan

Date of Birth
27 October 1984, Gujrat, India

Nickname
Guddu

Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)

Trivia
Had a guest appearance in Indian movie - Mujhse shaadi karoge.

Won ICC's emerging player of the year in 2004.

Good friends with team mate Suresh Raina.

Made his international debut against Australia at age 19.

His father is a Muzzein, a priest-like figure in a local Vadodra Mosque.

Personal Quotes
I don't believe in terms like 'number one bowler,' because till you are performing, people regard you as the best bowler in the team. If someday you fail to perform, the same people will say bad things about you

All the members in the team are my best friends. There is nothing like I am not friendly with a particular player. The whole team is like a family and whenever I feel like I can drop into anyone's room.

Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan Hat-trick

Irfan Pathan to MS Dhoni

Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan
Yusuf Pathan Biography
Yusuf Khan Pathan (born 17 November 1982 in Baroda) is an Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He is a powerful and aggressive right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His half-brother Irfan Pathan is also an Indian cricketer. Though younger than Yusuf, it was Irfan who entered the Indian team first.
Following his impressive performances in the 2007 Deodhar Trophy and the Inter-state domestic Twenty20 competition held in April 2007, Pathan was made a part of the Indian squad for the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship, held in South Africa in September 2007. He made his Twenty20 international debut in the final against Pakistan. He opened the batting for India in the match, and scored 15 runs in the process.
After a good domestic season in 2007/08, he was signed by the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League for USD 475,000 (INR 1.9 crore). In the 2008 IPL season, he scored 435 runs and took 8 wickets. He recorded the season’s fastest half century (from 21 balls) against the Deccan Chargers, and was also the Man of the Match in the final against the Chennai Super Kings.
Following his good showing in the IPL, he was selected for the Indian one-day team. After the IPL though he played all the games in the Kitply Cup and Asia Cup he got to bat only four times. He couldn’t perform very well with the bat and the ball in the Asia Cup and in the Kitply Cup and so he wasn’t selected for the Series.against Sri Lanka. He performed well in domestic circuit and impressed the selectors and was selected for the England ODI series in November. He scored a fifty off just 29 balls in the second ODI against England in Indore, on his 26th birthday.
Yusuf had made his One-Day International debut for India against Pakistan at Dhaka on 10 June 2008. He became a regular feature of the national One-Day International team, but has yet to make his test debut .
Even though Pathan could not repeat his first IPL performance in the second season, he was selected in the Indian team to play the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 championships in England. In the second of the Super 8 matches of India, he made an unbeaten 33 from 17 balls against England, despite his team losing the game and crashing out of the tournament before the semi-finals.
In late-2009, Pathan was dropped from the limited overs team after a series of unproductive performances and the allrounder’s position was taken over by Ravindra Jadeja.
In the final of the 2010 Duleep Trophy cricket tournament, Pathan scored a hundred in the first innings and a double hundred in the second and led his team West Zone to a three wicket win over South Zone. Pathan made 108 in the first innings and an unbeaten 210 from 190 balls in the second innings. This became a world record in cricket for the highest successful run chase in first class cricket history.
On 13 March 2010, Pathan scored a century off 37 balls, in an Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians. The innings also included record 11 consecutive hits to the boundary (6, 6, 6, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 4).
On 7th December 2010 Pathan magic seals win for India. Pathan clobbered the New Zealand attack with his aggressive innings, Yusuf Pathan smashed an unbeaten 123 from 96 balls and shared an unbroken 133-run partnership with Saurabh Tiwary to guide India to a huge target of 316 with seven balls to spare and give the hosts a 4-0 lead in the series.Y Pathan scored his maiden century against New Zealand in the 4th ODI at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bangalore.,he was named match of the match. Yusuf Pathan hammered a career-best 123 not out off just 96 balls as India pulled off a thrilling five-wicket win in the fourth one-day international against New Zealand on 7th Dec, 2010 Tuesday. The all-rounder clubbed seven fours and seven sixes on the way to his maiden one-day century to help the hosts overhaul New Zealand’s challenging 315-7 with seven balls to spare at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.
At the awards distribution ceremony he stated that “this knock will boost my career”.[citation needed]. Indian captain Gautam Gambhir said “I have always said Pathan can finish games on his own, and that’s what he did today,” “I had never seen something like this before. But I knew till the time Pathan was there, we would win the game.”
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori said “It was a great game of cricket,” “We were in the game, but Pathan was pretty amazing and took the game away from us.”

Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan 210 (190 balls) against South Zone - 4

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Saurav Ganguly

Saurav Ganguly
Saurav Ganguly Biography
Saurav Chandidas Ganguly (first name also spelt Sourav) (born 8 July 1972, in Calcutta, West Bengal) is the captain of Indian national cricket team. He is ambidextrous, a left-handed batsman and a right-handed bowler.

He made his ODI debut in 1992 but his talent was noticed in India's 1996 tour of England when he scored centuries in both innings of his debut test match (an third test of the series). He became only the third cricketer ever to score a century in his first two innings after Lawrence Rowe and Alvin Kallicharan. He scored 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton in the 1999 cricket World Cup, the highest by an Indian in World Cup cricket.

His record is good both in test and one-day cricket: 11 centuries in tests and 22 in one-dayers at an average of around 42 in both. He has scored over 9,000 runs in one-dayers. At the first class level as well as in List A limited overs cricket, he has scored over 10,000 runs with 19 first class centuries. (He has scored more centuries at the international level than in domestic cricket.) He scored 7 ODI centuries in the year 2000.

With Sachin Tendulkar, he formed what was arguably the most successful opening pair ever in one-day cricket. This pair has the highest number of century partnership (16) for the first wicket. They together have scored 5621 runs at an average of 49.30. His position as opener has now been replaced by Virender Sehwag. He is known for hitting the "big sixes". He is also a useful extra bowler as a medium pacer.

Ganguly's record as captain is outstanding. Numerically, he has more test wins to his credit than any other Indian captain. He is the only Indian Captian to win both the One Day and Test Series in Pakistan Soil. More importantly, he has been credited with transforming the Indian players into a vibrant team with an excellent team spirit.

On the other hand, he is a temperamental player and has often attracted controversy. He is religious, and, some commentators have suggested, also superstitious. It appears that he makes various decisions — some trivial, such as the number on his jersey, and others important, such as batting position — based on numerological considerations.

Saurav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly 141 vs South Africa | 2000 ICC Knock Out

Sourav Ganguly's First ball in Test Cricket | 21st June 1996

Suresh Raina

Suresh Raina
Suresh Raina biography
Suresh Kumar Raina, born 27 November 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, is an Indian cricketer from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Raina has been a member of the Indian cricket team for ODIs since July 2005, and was included in the Test squad in early 2006, but has yet to make his Test debut. Domestically he plays for Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy and Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy. He is primarily a left-hand batsman, who is known for his ability to hit the stumps from the infield. He is also a very occasional off-spinner.

The youngest in a family of five children, Raina decided to take up cricket seriously in 1999, and moved from his home town of Ghaziabad, near New Delhi to Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, to attend the specialist government Sports College. He rose to become the captain of the Uttar Pradesh U-16s came to prominence amongst Indian selectors in 2002, when he was selected at the age of 15 and a half years for the U-19 tour to England, where he made a pair of half-centuries in the U-19 Test matches.

Raina had a difficult start to his international career, being dismissed for a golden duck by a doosra from spinner Muttiah Muralitharan.[4] After scoring 37 runs in the tournament at an average of 12.33, and with the return of Ganguly from suspension, Raina was omitted from the starting XI for the tour of Zimbabwe. With Ganguly being sacked after a row with Indian coach Greg Chappell and Mohammed Kaif injured, Raina played in five of the matches against Sri Lanka in India, mostly as a supersub, and made a cameo 39 not out to guide the team to victory in the fourth ODI.

An aggressive young batsman who has dismantled bowling attacks across the country, the prodigious Raina puts people in mind of Yuvraj Singh. A string of fine performances at the junior levels - where he frequently bullied his way to double-hundreds - landed him a spot in the India Under-19 squad. His 620 runs in six games, in the 2005-06 season, propelled Uttar Pradesh to Ranji Trophy glory and a couple of composed knocks, when given the opportunity in one-dayers, got Rahul Dravid to gush: "Raina has shown what a phenomenal player he can turn into." His electric fielding added zing to the one-day side and it came as no surprise when, even before getting an ODI fifty, he was fast-tracked into the Test side against England in March 2006, and on the subsequent tour to the West Indies. However, his early promise turned into a false dawn - he couldn't manage a half-century in 15 innings - and lost his place in the one-day side on the South African tour.

Raina is the youngest in his family with five kids but was lucky to be born and brought up in Gaziabad in Uttar Pradesh as the goverment there encourages the young boys to take sports seriously by giving the admissions and scholarships in goverment colleges. Although Rania was homesick kid in his early days, he managed to controll his emotions when he joined the Lucknow sports college in 1999.

He is Sagittarius by his zodiac sign. His lucky numbers are 2,7,9 and lucky colours are yellow and sky blue. During this time you might get recognition and promotion in your job and in business also there is probability of getting gains. You shall also expand your business and get successful due to you management skills, patience and diplomacy.

Menial ailments might bother like cough, cold, headache etc. Just follow ideal dietary and exercise routine to not let them get aggravated. Certain auspicious placement of planets shall bring quick recovery from health problems and your working efficiency shall remain intact.

Suresh Raina

IPL 2010 Final: Best of Suresh Raina

Greatest Catch Ever

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni Biography

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team (Team India) and is a wicketkeeper batsman. He plays right handed and also bowls right arm medium. His fans and family members call him Mahi.

First Name Mahendra
Last Name Dhoni
Birth Name Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Nick Name Mahi
Date of Birth Tuesday, July 07, 1981
Place of Birth Ranchi, Jharkhand
Mother Devaki Devi
Father Pan Singh
Sister Jayanti
Brother Narendra
Wife Sakshi Rawat
Education DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali
Height 5 ft 9 inch (1.75 m)
Marital Status Married
Occupation Cricketer
Batting Style Right handed
Bowling Style Right Hand Medium
Role in Team Captain and Batsmen/Wicketkeeper
Debut Test Debut: Vs Sri Lanka, 2 December 2005
ODI Debut: Vs Bangladesh, 23 December 2004
T20 Debut: Vs South Africa, 1 December 2006
Highest Batting Rankings: Tests: 26 on 15 february 2010
ODI: 1 on 13 April 2006
Highest Bowling Rankings: Tests: 99 on 16 November 2009
ODI: 218 on 30 September 2009
Awards And Achievements: Man of the Series Award: 4 Times
Man of the Match Award: 15 Times
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, 2007-08
Padma Shri, 2009
ICC ODI Player of the Year, 2009

Early Life

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on 7th July 1981 to Pan Singh and Devki Devi in Ranchi city of Jharkhand. He has a brother Narendra and sister Jayanti. Dhoni studied at DAV Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamali, Jharkhand from where he evolved as a footballer. His first passion was football and he represented his home town at district and club level. He was the goalkeeper in his football team.

He was introduced to cricket by his football coach and was sent to play cricket for a local club. The outcome was surprising as he impressed his coach with his wicket-keeping skills. As a result he was picked for 1997/98 season of Vinoo Mankad Trophy and did outstanding in the tournament.

Personal Life

Dhoni got married to Sakshi Rawat on July 4 2010, his school friend who has done hotel management. Their father’s worked together in MECON Ranchi and had very good relationship. The wedding came as a surprise to Dhoni fans as they married the day after being engaged.

Cricket Career

Dhoni started focusing on cricket after high school. He played for his club, for the U-19 Bihar team in 1998/99 and represented Bihar in Ranji Trophy 1999 season. He played his first first-class match for India A team against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club. His performance in this tour got the attention of then Indian Captain Saurav Ganguly and Ravi Shastri.

Team India

Dhoni came into the spotlight after the Zimbabwe tour and was picked for Bangladesh tour in 2004/05. He played his first ODI against Bangladesh on December 23, 2004 and was run out on duck. He was then picked for Pakistan ODI series and made his first century in his fifth ODI with a brilliant 148 off 123 balls.

But he announced his arrival in International cricket with a brilliant and fast paced innings of 183* off just 145 balls against Sri Lanka at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. That inning broke many records and India won that game. Dhoni was adjudged the man of the match and the man of the series.

He made his test debut against Sri Lanka 30 December 2, 2005 and scored 30 runs in his first innings as a test player. Dhoni scored his maiden test century against Pakistan at Faisalabad.

Many series followed and Dhoni improved with every passing match. India was ousted in the first round from ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 and from their on a new chapter started in his life. He was awarded the captaincy of Team India for the first ever T20 Cricket World Cup in South Africa in 2007. Dhoni led the team to victory and got praises from the former players. This led to him being appointed as the ODI captain of team India for the 7 match series against Australia in September 2007.
Awards & Achievements
Dhoni got national attention after he led team India to T20 World Cup victory in South Africa. He was awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2007/08 and then the prestigious Padma Shri in 2009. He was adjudged the ICC ODI player of the year 2009.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

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Kapil Dev

Biography forKapil Dev

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

Birth Name
Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj
Trivia
Considered to be the best pace bowler all-rounder produced by India, and India's best pace bowler to date.

Member of India's cricket team (1978-1994).

Voted India's Cricketer of the Century in 2002.

Once held the world record for number of test wickets taken.

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Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev 97 off 93 balls 3rd test vs England 1982

Kapil Dev bowling - Too hot to handle for inzimam ul haq

Friday 15 July 2011

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh Biography

Yuvraj Singh is a young Indian cricketer who plays the role of an all rounder in Team India. He is a left handed middle order batsman and bowls slow left arm orthodox. He is well known as Yuvi among his fans and fellow cricketers.

First Name Yuvraj

Last Name Bhandal

Birth Name Yuvraj Singh Bhandal

Nick Name Yuvi

Date of Birth Saturday, 12 Dec 1981

Place of Birth Chandigarh, India

Mother Shabnam Singh

Father Yograj Singh

Brother Zoraver Singh

Education -

Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Marital Status Single

Occupation Cricketer

Batting Style Left Handed

Bowling Style Slow left arm orthodox

Role in Team Batting All-rounder

Debut Test debut: October 16, 2003 vs Newzealand

ODI debut: October 3, 2000 vs Kenya

T-20 debut: September 13, 2007 vs Scotland

IPL debut: April 19, 2008 vs Chennai Super Kings

Highest Batting Rankings In Test: 42

In ODI: 2

Awards and Achievements Man of the Tournament in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

T20 International Performance of the year, 2008

Early Life

Yuvraj Singh Bhandal was born on 12th December 1981 in Chandigarh, Punjab to a Sikh jatt family of Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh. He has a younger brother Zoraver Singh. He is an Indian cricketer since 2000 and best known for his all round abilities.

Cricket Career

Yuvraj Singh was first seen in domestic cricket when he was named the captain of Punjab U-19 Cricket Team. Then he was picked for the U-19 cricket world cup team in January 2000 and the team won the tournament lead by Mohammad Kaif.

He made his ODI debut against Kenya on October 3, 2000 in the Knockout Cup. He scored his first half century a quick 84 off 82 balls against Australia.

But he actually arrived in the International frame when with Mohammad Kaif he led Team India to NatWest Series victory against England in July 2002. That lead to his selection for Team India in 2003 Cricket World cup.

He made his test debut against New Zealand on October 16 2003 in Mohali. Not many of his test innings are note worthy but he played some good innings but in loosing causes. His highest test score is 169 against Pakistan.

He made his T20 debut against Scotland on September 13, 2007. On September 19, 2007 in the T20 match against England he hit Stuart Broad for six consecutive sixes in an over and became the first player to achieve the feat in International Cricket. He made many records in that innings with fastest fifty in T20 and in any form of cricket.

In the 2011 Cricket World Cup he was adjudged the man of the tournament for his brilliant all round display (362 runs at 90.50 and 15 wickets at 25.13).

Yuvraj Singh

Yuvaraj singh t20 sixers

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