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Saturday 22 April 2017

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

Friday 21 April 2017

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

Thursday 20 April 2017

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