Vinod Kambli

Vinod Ganpat Kambli is a former Indian cricketer, who played for India as a middle-order batsman, as well as for Mumbai and Boland, South Africa. He is a childhood friend of the Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Despite having the Highest career batting average for an Indian test cricketer of 54 and he played his last test when he was just 23 years.He was not even considered for Test cricket and only considered for one day cricket. Currently, he appears as a cricket expert and commentator on various television channels. He has also appeared on various reality shows and done few serials and Bollywood films as an actor. He played a supporting role in the Kannada film Bettanagere.

Name: Vinod Ganpat Kambli
Birth Date:       18 January 1972
Nickname:        -
Country:           India
Batting-Style:   Left-hand bat
Bowling Style: Right arm off break
Role:                Batsman
Jersey No:        -

ODI Career
- Matches : 104
- Runs Scored : 2477
- Best Run : 106
- 100s/50s : 2/14
- Balls Bowled : 4
- Best Bowling : 1/7
- Wickets : 1
- Catches/stumpings : 15

Test Career
- Matches : 17
- Runs Scored : 1084
- Best Run : 227
- 100s/50s : 4/3
- Balls Bowled : -
- Best Bowling : -
- Wickets : -
- Catches/stumpings : 7

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Born in a Marathi family and brought up in Bangalore, he started playing cricket at the age of 12 and later represented Karnataka at the under-15, under-17, and under-19 levels. Hailed as The Wall, Dravid was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000 and received the Player of the Year and the Test Player of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony in 2004. In December 2011, he became the first non-Australian cricketer to deliver the Bradman Oration in Canberra.

As of December 2016, Dravid is the fourth-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, and Jacques Kallis, and is only the second Indian cricketer, after Tendulkar to score 10,000 runs both in Tests and in ODIs. In 2004, after completing his century against Bangladesh in Chittagong, he became the first and the only player till date to score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries. As of October 2012, he holds the record for the most number of catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket, with 210. Dravid holds a unique record of never getting out for a Golden duck in the 286 Test innings which he has played.

In August 2011, after receiving a surprise call in the ODI series against England, Dravid declared his retirement from ODIs as well as Twenty20 International (T20I), and in March 2012, he announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket. He appeared in the 2012 Indian Premier League as captain of the Rajasthan Royals.

Rahul Dravid, along with Glenn McGrath were honored during the seventh annual Bradman Awards function in Sydney on 1 November 2012. Dravid has also been honored with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan award, India's fourth and third highest civilian awards respectively.

Name: Rahul Sharad Dravid
Birth Date:       11 January 1973
Nickname:       The Wall | Jammy | Mr. Dependable
Country:           India
Batting-Style:  Right-handed
Bowling Style: Right arm off spin
Role:                Batsman, occasional wicketkeeper, Coach
Jersey No:        19 & 5

ODI Career
- Matches : 344
- Runs Scored : 10889
- Best Run : 153
- 100s/50s : 12/83
- Balls Bowled : 186
- Best Bowling : 2/43
- Wickets : 4
- Catches/stumpings : 196/14

Test Career
- Matches : 164
- Runs Scored : 13288
- Best Run : 270
- 100s/50s : 36/63
- Balls Bowled : 120
- Best Bowling : 1/18
- Wickets : 1
- Catches/stumpings : 210/0

Inzamam-ul-Haq

Inzamam-ul-Haq is also known as Inzy, is a former Pakistani cricketer. He is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run scorer for Pakistan in One-Day Cricket and the third-highest run scorer for Pakistan in Test cricket, after Younis Khan and Javed Miandad. He was the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2003–07 and is considered to be one of the best leaders in Pakistan Cricket history. Inzamam is currently serving as the chief selector of Pakistan cricket team.

Inzamam rose to fame in the semi-final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He remained one of the team's leading batsmen throughout the decade in both Test and ODI cricket. In 2003, he was appointed a captain of the team. His tenure as captain ended after Pakistan's early exit from the 2007 Cricket World Cup. On 5th October 2007, Inzamam retired from international cricket following the second Test match against South Africa, falling three runs short of Javed Miandad as Pakistan's leading run scorer in Test cricket. Following his retirement, he joined the Indian Cricket League, captaining the Hyderabad Heroes in the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 competition. In the ICL's second edition, he captained the Lahore Badshahs, a team composed entirely of Pakistani cricketers.

Name: Inzamam-ul-Haq
Birth Date:       03 March 1970
Nickname:       Inzy
Country:          Pakistan
Batting-Style:  Right-handed
Bowling Style: Slow left-arm orthodox
Role:                Batsman
Jersey No:        8

ODI Career
- Matches : 378
- Runs Scored : 11739
- Best Run : 127*
- 100s/50s : 10/83
- Balls Bowled : 58
- Best Bowling : 1/0
- Wickets : 3
- Catches/stumpings : 113

Test Career
- Matches : 120
- Runs Scored : 8830
- Best Run : 329
- 100s/50s : 25/46
- Balls Bowled : 9
- Best Bowling : 0/8
- Wickets : 0
- Catches/stumpings : 81

Mahela Jayawardene

Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene known as Mahela Jayawardene, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is regarded as one of the modern greats of batsmanship, specially due to his mastery of playing spin bowling. Jayawardene's highest test score, 374 against South Africa is the highest test score by a right handed batsman in the history of test cricket. It is also regarded as the highest absolutely chance-less innings by a batsman in test cricket history.

Jayawardene made his Test cricket debut in 1997 and his One Day International (ODI) debut the following season. In 2006 he made the highest ever score by a Sri Lankan in Test cricket, scoring 374 in the second Test of Sri Lanka's home series against South Africa. He has a test cricket average of over 50 and a One Day average in the 30s. He is the first player in the history of Sri Lankan cricket to score over 10,000 Test runs. Despite his relatively low ODI average, Jayawardene is considered to be one of the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka.

He is one of only four Sri Lankans the others being Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan to have the prestigious record of having scored more than 10,000 runs in ODIs. Along with teammate Sangakkara, he recorded for the most partnership runs for the 3rd wicket in Tests, scoring 5890 runs surpassing 5826 run stand of Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar, during the first test match against Pakistan at Galle International Stadium, which was his last test at the venue. He scored 56 runs at that match, where his counterpart scored 221 runs.

Jayawardene was a key member of the team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 and was part of the team that made to the final of 2007 Cricket World Cup, 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

Name: Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene
Birth Date:      27 May 1977
Nickname:      Maiya
Country:          Sri Lanka
Batting-Style:  Right-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Role:                Batsman
Jersey No:        -

ODI Career
- Matches : 448
- Runs Scored : 12650
- Best Run : 144
- 100s/50s : 19/77
- Balls Bowled : 593
- Best Bowling : 2/56
- Wickets : 8
- Catches/stumpings : 218

Test Career
- Matches : 149
- Runs Scored : 11814
- Best Run : 374
- 100s/50s : 34/50
- Balls Bowled : 589
- Best Bowling : 2/32
- Wickets : 6
- Catches/stumpings : 205

Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting is an Australian former cricketer who was captain of the Australia national cricket team during its 'golden era'; between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very occasional bowler. Ponting holds the record of being the only cricketer in the history of Test cricket to be a part of 100 Test match wins. He was named "Cricketer of the decade 2000". He led Australia to victory at the 2003 and 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member of the 1999 World Cup winning team under Steve Waugh.

He represented the Tasmanian Tigers in Australian domestic cricket, the Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's domestic T20 competition the Big Bash League, and played in the Indian Premier League with the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008. He is widely considered by many to be one of the best batsmen of the modern era, alongside Sachin Tendulkar of India and Brian Lara of the West Indies. On 1 December 2006, he reached the highest rating achieved by a Test batsman in the last 50 years.

Ponting made his first-class debut for Tasmania in November 1992, when just 17 years and 337 days old, becoming the youngest Tasmanian to play in a Sheffield Shield match. However, he had to wait until 1995 before making his One Day International (ODI) debut, during a quadrangular tournament in New Zealand in a match against South Africa. His Test debut followed shortly after, when selected for the first Test of the 1995 home series against Sri Lanka in Perth, in which he scored 96. He lost his place in the national team several times in the period before early-1999, due to lack of form and discipline, before becoming One Day International captain in early-2002 and Test captain in early 2004.

Name: Ricky Thomas Ponting
Birth Date:       19 December 1974
Nickname:        Punter
Country:           Australia
Batting-Style:   Right-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Role:                 Batsman
Jersey No:         -

ODI Career
- Matches : 375
- Runs Scored : 13704
- Best Run : 164
- 100s/50s : 30/82
- Balls Bowled : 150
- Best Bowling : 1/12
- Wickets : 3
- Catches/stumpings : 160

Test Career
- Matches : 168
- Runs Scored : 13378
- Best Run : 257
- 100s/50s : 41/62
- Balls Bowled : 575
- Best Bowling : 1/0
- Wickets : 5
- Catches/stumpings : 195

Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar is an Indian former cricketer who played during the 1970s and 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in cricket history, Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman. He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005. He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match three times. He was the first Test batsman to score 10,000 Test Runs in a Career and now stands at number 12 on the group of 12 players of with 10,000 Test Runs.

Gavaskar was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45 against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious in Test history. His captaincy of the Indian team, however, was less successful. Turbulent performances of the team led to multiple exchanges of captaincy between Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, with one of Gavaskar's sackings coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Gavaskar is a recipient of the Indian civilian honours of the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan. In 2012, he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Cricket in India.

On 28 March 2014, Supreme Court of India, appointed Gavaskar as the Interim BCCI President primarily to oversee 7th Season of Indian Premier League. The Court also directed him to relinquish his job as a Cricket Commentator.

Name: Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Birth Date:      10 July 1949
Nickname:       Sunny | Little Master
Country:          India
Batting-Style:  Right-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Role:                Batsman
Jersey No:        -

ODI Career
- Matches : 108
- Runs Scored : 3092
- Best Run : 103*
- 100s/50s : 1/27
- Balls Bowled : 20
- Best Bowling : 1/10
- Wickets : 1
- Catches/stumpings : 22

Test Career
- Matches : 125
- Runs Scored : 10122
- Best Run : 236*
- 100s/50s : 34/45
- Balls Bowled : 380
- Best Bowling : 1/34
- Wickets : 1
- Catches/stumpings : 108

Gundappa Viswanath

Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath is a former Indian cricketer. He was one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. Viswanath played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983 making 91 appearances and scoring over 6000 runs. He also played in One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1982 including the World Cups of 1975 and 1979. At state level, he played for Karnataka (formerly Mysore) throughout his career.

Viswanath, popularly nicknamed Vishy, had an elegant and wristy batting style which emphasised timing rather than power. Though he had a complete repertoire of shots around the wicket, Viswanath's favourite was the square cut, a shot he often used to great effect against fast bowlers. He usually fielded at slip position.

Name: Gundappa Ranganath Viswanath
Birth Date:      12 February 1949
Nickname:       Vishy
Country:          India
Batting-Style:  Right-hand bat
Bowling Style: Legbreak
Role:                Batsman
Jersey No:        -

ODI Career
- Matches : 25
- Runs Scored : 439
- Best Run : 75
- 100s/50s : 0/2
- Balls Bowled : 0
- Best Bowling : 0
- Wickets : 0
- Catches/stumpings : 3

Test Career
- Matches : 91
- Runs Scored : 6080
- Best Run : 222
- 100s/50s : 14/35
- Balls Bowled : 70
- Best Bowling : 1/11
- Wickets : 1
- Catches/stumpings : 63

Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara is a former Trinidadian international cricket player. He is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, including the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history.

Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings after scoring 400 not out against England at Antigua in 2004. He is the only batsman to have ever scored a century, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career. Lara also shares the test record of scoring the highest number of runs in a single over in a Test match, when he scored 28 runs off an over by Robin Peterson of South Africa in 2003 (matched in 2013 by Australia's George Bailey).

Brian Lara is popularly nicknamed as "The Prince of Port of Spain" or simply "The Prince". He has the dubious distinction of playing in the second highest number of test matches (63) in which his team was on the losing side, just behind Shivnarine Chanderpaul (68).

Name: Brian Charles Lara
Birth Date:        2 May 1969
Nickname:        Princey
Country:           West Indies
Batting-Style:   Left-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm leg break
Role:                 Batsman
Jersey No:         9

ODI Career
- Matches : 229
- Runs Scored : 10405
- Best Run : 169
- 100s/50s : 19/63
- Balls Bowled : 49
- Best Bowling : 2/5
- Wickets :  4
- Catches/stumpings : 120

Test Career
- Matches : 131
- Runs Scored : 11953
- Best Run : 400*
- 100s/50s : 34/48
- Balls Bowled : 60
- Best Bowling : -
- Wickets :  0
- Catches/stumpings : 164

Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly affectionately known as Dada (meaning "elder brother" in Bengali), is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team, Currently, he is appointed as the honourable President of the CAB and President of the Editorial Board with Wisden India.

Ganguly was introduced into the world of cricket by his elder brother, Snehasish. He is regarded as one of India's most successful captains in modern times, and one of the greatest ODI batsmen of all time. He started his career by playing in state and school teams. Currently, he is the 8th highest run scorer in One Day Internationals (ODIs) and was the 3rd batsman in history to cross the 10,000 run landmark, after Sachin Tendulkar and Inzamam Ul Haq. In 2002, the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the sixth greatest ODI batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Dean Jones and Michael Bevan.

Name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Birth Date:       8 July 1972
Nickname:        Dada | The Prince of Calcutta | The Maharaja | The God of the Off Side
Country:           India
Batting-Style:   Left-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium
Role:                 Batsman
Jersey No: -

ODI Career
- Matches : 311
- Runs Scored : 11363
- Best Run : 183
- 100s/50s : 22/72
- Balls Bowled : 4561
- Best Bowling : 5/16
- Wickets :  100
-Catches/Stumpings : 100

Test Career
- Matches : 113
- Runs Scored : 7212
- Best Run : 239
- 100s/50s : 16/35
- Balls Bowled : 3117
- Best Bowling : 3/28
- Wickets :  32
-Catches/Stumpings : 71

Anil Kumble

Anil Radhakrishna Kumble is the current head coach of the Indian cricket team, and a former Indian cricketer and captain. A right-arm leg spin (leg break googly) bowler, he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and remains the third-highest wicket taker of all time (as of 2015, behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne). Unlike his contemporaries, Anil Kumble was not a big turner of the ball, but relied primarily on pace, bounce, and accuracy. He was nicknamed "Jumbo". Kumble was selected as the Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year in 1993 and one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year three years later.

Born in Bengaluru, Karnataka, Kumble developed an early interest in cricket as he grew up watching players like B. S. Chandrasekhar before becoming a full-fledged cricketer. He made his First-class debut at the age of 19 while representing Karnataka. Soon he was picked up for the Austral-Asia Cup in 1990 before making his Test debut against England later that year. Since then he has represented the Indian Test team on more than 132 Test matches and was responsible for many of India's victories. Kumble became a part of the regular ODI team during the early 1990s and held some of the best performances during this time; which included his six for 12 (six wickets for 12 runs) against the West Indies. The year 1996 proved to very successful for him as he was selected for the World Cup and emerged out as the most successful bowler of the tournament; he played seven matches and captured 15 wickets at an average of 18.73. In 1999 while playing against Pakistan, Kumble dismissed all the ten batsmen in a Test match innings, being among the only two players to achieve this feat; the other player being Jim Laker of England.

Kumble was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2005. After having played for 18 years, he announced his retirement from international cricket in November 2008. In October 2012, Kumble was appointed the chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC)'s cricket committee.

Name: Anil Radhakrishna Kumble
Birth Date:        17 October 1970
Nickname:        Jumbo
Country:           India
Batting-Style:   Right-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm leg break
Role:                 Bowler
Jersey No: -

ODI Career
- Matches : 271
- Runs Scored : 938
- Best Run : 26
- 100s/50s : 0/0
- Balls Bowled : 14496
- Best Bowling : 6/12
- Wickets :  337
- Catches/stumpings : 85

Test Career
- Matches : 132
- Runs Scored : 2506
- Best Run : 110*
- 100s/50s : 1/5
- Balls Bowled : 40850
- Best Bowling : 10/74
- Wickets :  619
- Catches/stumpings : 60

Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer, often considered one of the greatest cricketers of India. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002, Kapil Dev is considered as one of the greatest all-rounders of all time. He was also India's national cricket coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.

Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent out swinger, and was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. He also developed a fine in swinging yorker during the 1980s, which he used very effectively against tail-enders. As a batsman, he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also India's highest wicket taker in both major forms of cricket, Tests and ODIs. He is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored more than 5,000 runs in Tests, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game. On 8 March 2010, Kapil Dev was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Name: Kapil Dev Ram lal Nikhanj
Birth Date:        6 January 1959
Nickname:        Haryana Hurricane
Country:           India
Batting-Style:   Right-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm Fast
Role:                 All-rounder
Jersey No:        -

ODI Career
- Matches : 225
- Runs Scored : 3783
- Best Run : 175*
- 100s/50s : 1/14
- Balls Bawled : 11202
- Best Bawling : 5/32
- Wickets :  253
- Catches/stumpings : 71

Test Career
- Matches : 131
- Runs Scored : 5248
- Best Run : 163
- 100s/50s : 8/27
- Balls Bawled : 27740
- Best Bawling : 9/83
- Wickets :  434
- Catches/stumpings : 64

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut on 15 November 1989 against Pakistan in Karachi at the age of sixteen, and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International, the holder of the record for the number of runs in both ODI and Test cricket, and the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. also he is Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha (Nominated) in India.

Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Birth Date:       24 April 1973
Nickname:       Tendlya | Little Master | Master Blaster
Country:           India
Batting-Style:   Right-handed
Bowling Style: Right-arm medium, leg break, off break
Role:                 Batsman
Jersey No:        10

ODI Carreer
- Matches : 463
- Runs Scored : 18,426
- Best Run : 200*
- 100s/50s : 49/96
- Balls Bowled : 8054
- Best Bowling : 5/32
- Wickets :  154
-Catches/stumpings : 140

Test Carreer
- Matches : 200
- Runs Scored : 15921
- Best Run : 248*
- 100s/50s : 51/68
- Balls Bowled : 4240
- Best Bowling : 3/10
- Wickets :  46
-Catches/stumpings : 115