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