Wriddhiman Saha Biography of Cricketer

This blog is about Wriddhiman Saha
Biography

Full name     Wriddhiman Prasanta Saha

Born     24 October 1984 (age 26)

Saktigarh, Siliguri, India

Nickname     Papali, Pops

Batting style     Right-handed

Role     Wicket-keeper

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2007–     Bengal cricket team

2008-2010     Kolkata Knight Riders

2011–     Chennai Super Kings

2008     India A

Career statistics

Competition     Test     FC     LA     T20

Matches     1     25     36     25

Runs scored     36     1292     987     419

Batting average     18.00     34.91     49.35     26.18

100s/50s     0/0     3/5     1/5     0/2

Top score     36     159     102*     71

Catches/stumpings     0/0     65/3     35/7     1/3

Wriddhiman Prasanta Saha (born 24 October 1984) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and specialist wicket-keeper. Saha has played Test cricket for India and represents Bengal and the Chennai Super Kings in Indian domestic cricket.

Bengal

Saha made it through the ranks of the youth system, playing for the Under-19s and the Under-22s team before stepping up to first-class cricket. Saha made his one-day debut in the Ranji Trophy competition of 2006/07, against Assam. While he did not get the chance to perform with the bat during this game, he scored a duck in his debut innings in the following match. As he was nearing the end of his brief run in the Ranji Trophy, he played three one-day games for the East Zone in the Deodhar Trophy.

Saha made his first-class debut in the 2007-08 Ranji Trophy, against Hyderabad he scored 111 not out, becoming the 15th Bengal player to score a hundred on Ranji debut. Saha also made the East Zone team in the Duleep Trophy in the 2007-08 season.

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Pahthiv Ajay Patel Biography

This blog is about Pahthiv Ajay Patel
Biography
Full name     Parthiv Ajay Patel
Born     9 March 1985 (age 26)
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Pakistan
Height     1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Batting style     Left-handed
Role     Wicket-keeper
International information
National side     India
Test debut (cap 244)     8 August 2002 v England
Last Test     8 August 2008 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 148)     4 January 2003 v New Zealand
Last ODI     8 June 2011 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years     Team
2004/05–present     Gujarat
2008–2010     Chennai Super Kings
2011–present     Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Career statistics
Competition     Test     ODIs     FC     List A
Matches     20     20     117     97
Runs scored     683     359     6147     2124
Batting average     29.69     25.64     40.17     26.55
100s/50s     0/4     0/3     14/33     0/15
Top score     69     56*     206     86
Balls bowled     –     –     18     –
Wickets     –     –     0     –
Bowling average     –     –     –     –
5 wickets in innings     –     –     0     –
10 wickets in match     –     –     0     –
Best bowling     –     –     0/9     –
Catches/stumpings     41/8     17/6     287/44     102/37
Patel made his ODI debut against New Zealand in January 2003.He was selected in the Indian squad for the 2003 Cricket World Cup but did not play any games, with Rahul Dravid being used as a make-shift wicket-keeper to allow the use of an extra batsman or bowler. With this policy in place, Patel only made intermittent appearances in ODIs, usually when Dravid was injured or being rested (in full or from wicket-keeping duties). He played 13 ODIs in a two year span, and during an interrupted career managed only an average of 14.66 and a top-score of 28. After many heartbreaks Parthiv returned to the Indian team in 2010 in the 4th and 5th Odi vs New Zealand. He celebrated this moment by hitting two back to back half centuries.Later on he was called up for replacing injured Sachin Tendulkar in India tour south africa .

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Saurabh Tiwary Biography

This blog is about Saurabh Tiwary 

Biography

Full name     Saurabh Sunil Tiwary

Born     30 December 1989 (age 21)

Jairampur, Thana Bihpur, Bhagalpur, Bihar, India

Batting style     Left-handed

Bowling style     Right-arm off-break

International information

National side     India

ODI debut     20 October 2010 v Australia

Last ODI     10 December 2010 v New Zealand

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2005–present     Jharkhand

2008–2010     Mumbai Indians

2011–present     RC Bangalore

Career statistics

Competition     ODI     FC     LA     T20

Matches     3     23     24     34

Runs scored     49     1,707     831     830

Batting average     –     46.13     41.55     31.92

100s/50s     0/0     6/5     0/8     0/5

Top score     37*     169     76     69

Balls bowled     0     78     118     0

Wickets     –     0     4     –

Bowling average     –     –     27.25     –

5 wickets in innings     –     0     0     –

10 wickets in match     –     0     0     –

Best bowling     –     0/7     2/40     –

Catches/stumpings     2/–     11/–     9/–     10/–

Saurabh Sunil Tiwary,(born December 30, 1989 in Bhagalpur, Bihar) is an Indian One Day International and first class cricketer. Tiwary is a left-handed middle order batsman. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia.He was born in a bihari family in Bhagalpur, Bihar and brought up in Jamshedpur.

Indian Premier League

He represented Mumbai Indians from the 2008 Indian Premier League. He has become a regular player for them in the IPL 2010, where he was dubbed as a left-handed version of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Both are from Jharkhand, stocky, and Tiwary sports the long hair that Dhoni used to have before late 2008.

He has won the Under-23 player of the tournament for IPL 2010 representing Mumbai Indians as he had a fairly successful tournament, scoring 419 runs in 16 matches, at an average of 29.92 and strike rate of 135.59. He was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore for the 2011 Indian Premier League at a price of USD 1.6 million.

He was called into the squad for the 2010 Asia Cup, but did not play. He made his ODI debut against Australia in Visakhapatnam in October 2010 after a few first-choice players were rested.

All this apart he is still yet to prove his merit in the main form of cricket - Tests and ODIs.

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Dinesh Karthik Biography

This blog is about Dinesh Karthik
Biography
Full name     Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik (KKDK)
Born     1 June 1985 (age 26)
Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
Batting style     Right-handed
Bowling style     Right arm-off break
Role     Wicket-keeper-Batsman
International information
National side     India
Test debut (cap 250)     3 November 2004 v Australia
Last Test     17 January 2010 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 156)     5 September 2004 v England
Last ODI     5 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years     Team
2002/03–present     Tamil Nadu
2008/2010     Delhi Daredevils
2011–present     Kings XI Punjab
Career statistics
Competition     Tests     ODIs     FC     List A
Matches     23     45     79     107
Runs scored     1,000     869     4,660     2,370
Batting average     27.77     28.96     39.15     30.00
100s/50s     1/7     0/4     13/23     2/12
Top score     129     79     213     117*
Balls bowled     –     –     114     –
Wickets     –     –     0     –
Bowling average     –     –     –     –
5 wickets in innings     –     –     0     –
10 wickets in match     –     –     0     –
Best bowling     –     –     0/9     –
Catches/stumpings     51/5     27/5     215/19     92/21
Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik (KKDK), About this sound pronunciation (help·info)) (born 1 June 1985 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India) is a wicketkeeper-batsman who has made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004 and has been a regular member of the team for varying periods since then, including a stint in 2007 as a specialist opening batsman and non-wicket-keeper. Karthik was a batsman in his junior career, but turned to wicket-keeping in order to improve his future prospects. Throughout his career, Karthik has been criticized for unreliable glove-work symptomatic of a non-specialist wicket-keeper.[citation needed]

Rising through the junior ranks, Karthik made his first-class debut in late-2002 for Tamil Nadu as a 17-year-old, and was dropped in his first season despite his healthy run-scoring because of his problematic glovework. He fought his way back into the team and after playing for India at the 2004 Under-19 World Cup, made his ODI and Test cricket debut in late-2004. This came after India had struggled to find a reliable glove-work in the past few years.

Karthik was the regular wicket-keeper in Tests, making rare appearances in ODIs. During this period, Karthik struggled and averaged less than 20 with the bat, and he was replaced as Test wicketkeeper by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had been prolific and destructive with the bat in ODIs, in late-2005. After donning the mantle of an opener for Tamil Nadu and raising himself to the standard of a specialist batsman at domestic level, he was recalled to the national squad as a batsman in late-2006 after injuries and form slumps hit other batsmen, playing occasional matches in both forms of cricket on the tour to South Africa, and scoring a helf-century in a Test as an opener. Following India's elimination from the first round of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the selectors made multiple changes, and Karthik became a non-wicket-keeping opening batsman in the Test team and regularly played ODIs, batting in the middle order.

He made his maiden Test century against Bangladesh and then was India's leading scorer in the Test tour of England, helping India to win their first series in England in 21 years. However, Karthik suffered a form slump in late-2007 and was dropped from the Test team, and since then has only made sporadic international appearances, although he continues to score heavily in domestic cricket. These have come in occasional appearances as a specialist batsman when other players were rested or injured, or as a wicket-keeper when Dhoni was sidelined. Karthik's glove-work for India continues to be criticized.
Early years

Karthik began playing cricket at the age of ten, after a two year stint living in Kuwait, where his father Krishna Kumar worked. Karthik was taught by his father, a first-division cricketer from Chennai. Disappointed that his own career was hindered when he was forced by his family to put his education first, Karthik's father did not want his son to suffer the same way, and trained him hard from an early age.Karthik honed his reflexes at this young age by having his father throw hard leather balls at him at high speed. Initially he played in the youth teams for Tamil Nadu as a batsman who was learning to keep wicket, and was regarded by Robin Singh as having very high levels of fitness.

Karthik steadily ascended the youth ranks. He made his debut for Tamil Nadu Under-14s in early-1999, and after scoring 78 and 26 in his two interstate matches, was promoted to the Under-16 team in November, still less than 14 and half years old.After spending the entire 1999–2000 season in the Under-16s, he was promoted to the Under-19 team at the start of the 2000–01 season, aged 15 years and 3 months, despite scoring only 52 runs at 10.40 at Under-16 level and still being eligible for that age group.The selectors’ decision did not result in increased productivity from Karthik; he scored 133 runs at 22.16 in seven innings with a top-score of 39, and was demoted back to the Under-16s in November, and responded immediately with 124 in his first innings against Karnataka. He added two further fifties in the season, including a 99 against Kerala. Karthik ended with 367 runs at 52.42 for the season.

Karthik regained his position in the Under-19 team at the start of the following season, which he opened with 150 against Goa. After scoring 314 runs at 46.42 in eight matches, he was promoted to the Under-22 team and made 78 runs at 39.00 in five matches. Karthik was rewarded with selection for South Zone, which represents the country’s south, in the Under-19 zonal competition. He was not a success with the bat, scoring 0, 1 and 2 in his 3 innings.In April 2002, Karthik was selected to play against the touring Australian Cricket Academy, and scored 125 in the second of two matches.

At the start of the rest of the 2002–03 season, Karthik began to make an imposing case for senior selection. In his opening match of the season for the Tamil Nadu Under-19s, he scored 227 in his team’s 392/7 against Goa, and after making a duck in the first innings against Hyderabad, he hit 126 not out in the second innings. He then registered his third century in four innings, cracking 235 against Andhra Pradesh. His form tapered off and he only made 111 runs in his next six innings, but was nevertheless called up to the senior team to make his first-class debut.
Early international career
Karthik at fielding practice.
Karthik was selected for his first Indian squad in August 2004 for the ODI team, after the selectors decided to cease using Rahul Dravid as a makeshift wicket-keeper and also due to the poor form of alternative wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel.He played in only one match against England at Lord's, where he got out after scoring one run. Despite dropping England captain Michael Vaughan from the bowling of Anil Kumble, he eventually stumped Vaughan down the legside and took another catch.He played another match in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy against Kenya, taking three catches as India persisted with Dravid's wicket-keeping for the majority of the English tour. Karthik was not required to bat as India only lost four wickets in their innings.He was subsequently replaced in the ODI team by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who took over the gloves from Dravid on a full-time basis; Karthik did not play another ODI until April 2006.

Karthik made his Test debut in the 4th Test between Australia and India in Mumbai, when Parthiv Patel was dropped following a poor run of form with the gloves.He only managed 14 in two innings and two catches, but was praised for his wicket-keeping on a pitch with variable bounce and spin in which 40 wickets fell in two days’ playing time. Karthik tasted victory immediately as India scraped home by 13 runs.Karthik was retained for India’s next engagement, a two-Test home series against South Africa. In a high-scoring draw in which both teams passed 450 in the first innings, Karthik managed only a solitary run in the First Test in Kanpur. In the Second Test in Calcutta, he scored 46 to help extend India’s first innings lead to 106 runs, as the hosts completed an eight-wicket win.

Karthik had a chance to score heavily in India’s two-Test tour of Bangladesh in December 2004. Against a team that had never won a Test, India encountered little difficulty in sweeping the series, winning both matches by an innings. They passed 500 in both matches, but Karthik was unable to able to join the high-scoring, managing only 25 and 11.

Karthik returned to domestic cricket at the conclusion of the Tests while his colleagues played in the ODIs, and played in two Ranji Trophy matches for Tamil Nadu, scoring only 100 runs at 25.00 in four innings.In January 2005, a series of one-day domestic tournaments were held, and Karthik had a chance to press his claims for selection in that format, having never played more than three List A matches in a sequence. In five matches for Tamil Nadu, he only had three innings, but scored 72 and 80 in two of them. He was then called into South Zone’s senior team for the first time, to play in the zonal one-day competition. He scored 106 runs at 26.50 in four outings for the southerners. In the Challenger Trophy, Karthik played for India A against India B and India Seniors, and made little impact, scoring 17 and 3. He then played for South Zone in the first-class Duleep Trophy, but continued to have modest returns with the bat, scoring 101 runs at 25.25 in two outings, although he was run out in one innings after making a start and reaching 59.

Despite these lean performances, Karthik was retained for the three-Test series at home to Pakistan in March. In a high-scoring draw in the First Test in Mohali, Karthik made only six as India amassed 516. Karthik then put on his best Test batting performance to this point, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata against Pakistan. India batted first and Karthik made a start and reached 28, before being run out. India made 407 and Pakistan almost broke even, replying with 393. In the second innings, Karthik scored, combining with Rahul Dravid in a 166-run partnership to set up a target of 422. This proved too much for the tourists on the deteriorating pitch and India won the match by 196 runs.In the next match, he made only 10 and 9 as India collapsed and lost ten wickets on the final day of an otherwise high-scoring match—1280 runs had been scored for only 22 wickets in the first three innings.

Karthik was not selected for the ODIs against Pakistan and returned to action in one-dayers for Tamil Nadu in the meantime, but managed only 59 runs at 19.66 in three matches. In contrast, Dhoni scored 148 in an ODI against Pakistan and kept his position as the ODI gloveman safe. Despite Dhoni’s heavy run-scoring in the ODIs, the selectors continued to persist with Karthik for the Tests in the face of his low scoring at both domestic and international level in the preceding 12 months. Karthik started the tour of Zimbabwe with 40 in a warm-up match against the Zimbabwe Board XI. The hosts, depleted due to political purges conducted by their government, were no match for India and lost by an innings and ten wickets respectively. India scored heavily against their weakened opponents, amassing 554 and 366 in their completed innings, but Karthik failed on both occasions, twice making a single.

Karthik returned to India and made 26 and 11 in the Challenger Trophy for India A, which was not enough for him to force his way into India’s squad for the home ODIs against Sri Lanka and South Africa. In the meantime, he played in the Duleep Trophy and had the chance to make his case for Test retention. However, he scored only 106 runs at 26.50 in two matches and South Zone lost both of these and were eliminated, and Karthik spent the next month on the sidelines.

When the team for the three Tests at home to Sri Lanka was announced, Karthik was dropped in place of Dhoni. In ten Tests since his debut, Karthik had managed only 245 runs at an average of 18.84 with only one half-century and one other score beyond 25.In contrast, Dhoni's had been a prolific run-scorer in ODIs, and had won the man of the series award against Sri Lanka and scored 183 not out in one match.

Karthik continued to play for Tamil Nadu in the Ranji Trophy, but only scored 30 in his first four innings of the season. This dropped him down the pecking order as Patel was favoured as the reserve wicket-keeper on the 2006 tour to Pakistan. Immediately after the announcement, Karthik scored 134 against Mumbai in a losing effort, but was unable to back up with any scores beyond 50 in his five remaining innings in the competition.

Karthik then had mixed results in the domestic one-day competitions. He scored only one half-century in six matches for Tamil Nadu, a 79, and one further fifty in three matches for South Zone, ending with a total of 209 runs at 23.22.

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Naman Ojha Biography

This blog is about Naman Ojha
Biography
Full name     Naman Vijaykumar Ojha
Born     20 July 1983 (age 28)
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
Batting style     Right-hand
Role     Wicket-keeper
International information
National side     India
Only ODI     5 June 2010 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
Years     Team
2001-present     Madhya Pradesh
2009-2010     Rajasthan Royals
2011-present     Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition     ODI     FC     LA     T20
Matches     1     63     66     30
Runs scored     1     3,380     2,181     706
Batting average     1.00     33.13     35.17     27.15
100s/50s     0/0     2/27     6/10     0/5
Top score     1     214*     167     94*
Balls bowled     –     –     –     –
Wickets     –     –     –     –
Bowling average     –     –     –     –
5 wickets in innings     –     –     –     –
10 wickets in match     –     –     –     –
Best bowling     –     –     –     –
Catches/stumpings     0/1     172/25     79/22     13/7
Naman Vinaykumar Ojha (born 20 July 1983) is an Indian first-class cricketer. He represents Madhya Pradesh in first-class cricket. He is a wicket keeper and a hard hitting batsman.He represented Rajasthan Royals in the 2009 Indian Premier League in South Africa.[2] He opened the batting for the Royals and played some important innings. He scored two half centuries and hit 11 sixes in the tournament.

At the start of his career, he used to play at Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh in a club called DCC (District Coaching Centre) guided by Arun Singh.[citation needed]

Naman Ojha is the wicketkeeper of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket team. He was born on July 20, 1983 belongs to Oriya family in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. His full name is Naman Vinay Kumar Ojha. He is a right-handed batsman of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket team.

Naman Ojha, started his "First-class" Cricket career in 2000/01 from Madhya Pradesh Cricketer. He has played in altogether 50 "First-class" matches with an average of 33.07. His total score in these matches is 2811 runs, which includes one century and 24 half-centuries. The maximum score made by Naman Ojha in any of the "First-class" matches is 214 runs. While in bowling, Naman Ojha did not get the chance to prove his skill as he is the wicketkeeper of the team. He played his latest "First-class" match against Gujarat team, which was held at Delhi from December 25 to 28 in 2007.

In the "List A" matches, Naman Ojha debuted in 2001/02. Till then, he has played in overall 39 "List A" matches with an average of 30.55. His total score in these matches is 1100 runs, which consists of a century and seven half-centuries. The maximum score of Naman Ojha in any of the "List A" matches is 121 runs. His latest "List A" match was against Uttar Pradesh team, which was held at Indore on February 23 in 2007.

The "Twenty20" Cricket career of Naman Ojha commenced against Haryana team, which was held at Ahmedabad on April 15 in 2007. He has played in four "Twenty20" matches with an average of 12.00. The total scorecard reading of Naman Ojha in these matches is 48 runs, which include five fours and two sixes. His highest score in any of the "Twenty20" matches is 18 runs and striking rate is 111.62. Naman Ojha played his latest "Twenty20" match against Tamil Nadu, which was held at April 19 in 2007.

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Rohit Sharma Biography of Indian Cricketer

This blog is about Rohit Sharma 

Biography 

Full name     Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Born     30 April 1987 (age 24)

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Batting style     Right-handed

Bowling style     Right arm off spin

Role     Batsman

International information

National side     India

ODI debut (cap 168)     23 June 2007 v Ireland

Last ODI     16 June 2011 v West Indies

T20I debut (cap 17)     19 September 2007 v England

Last T20I     4 June 2011 v West Indies

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2006/07–present     Mumbai

2008-2010     Deccan Chargers

2011-present     Mumbai Indians

Career statistics

Competition     ODI     FC     List A     T20I

Matches     66     43     124     21

Runs scored     1,505     3,409     3,363     414

Batting average     31.35     60.87     34.67     34.50

100s/50s     2/8     10/15     5/17     0/4

Top score     114     309*     142*     79*

Balls bowled     329     864     1,025     30

Wickets     6     10     26     1

Bowling average     44.16     48.20     32.46     37.00

5 wickets in innings     0     0     0     0

10 wickets in match     n/a     0     n/a     n/a

Best bowling     2/27     3/23     4/28     1/22

Catches/stumpings     25/–     24/–     46/–     7/–

Rohit Gurunath Sharma(born 30 April 1987) is an Indian cricketer. Sharma is a right-handed middle-order batsman and occasional right-arm offbreak bowler. Having started his international playing career at the age of 20, Sharma quickly exhibited his athletic fielding and cool temperament to compliment his graceful strokeplay. He is pegged by many analysts to be a permanent fixture on the Indian cricket team in the next decade.

Early life

Rohit Sharma was born to Telugu speaking parents from Andhra Pradesh. His mother Purnima Sharma hails from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.Sharma completed his primary education at Our Lady Of Vailankanni High School, Mumbai. He was later enrolled in the Swami Vivekanand International School on a scholarship, after his talent was noticed by the school's cricket coach Dinesh Lad at a summer camp.He excelled in the Giles and Harris Shield school cricket tournaments,after which he was selected for the Mumbai Under-17 team.He was later chosen for India's Under-17 and Under-19 teams, and made his mark at the 2006 U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, finishing among the top run-getters in the tournament.He was enrolled as a student at Rizvi College, Mumbai, before he was called up to the national side.

Playing career

List A

Sharma made his List A debut for West Zone against Central Zone in the Deodhar Trophy in March 2006, at Gwalior.It was his unbeaten innings of 142 in 123 balls against North Zone at Udaipur in the same tournament,that brought him into the limelight.Performances for the India A sides in Abu Dhabi and Australia followed, leading to him being selected for the 30 member probables list for the Champions Trophy,although he did not make the final squad. This was before he had made his Ranji Trophy debut. He was also selected for the Challenger Trophy.

International

Sharma was first selected for the limited-overs matches on India's tour to Ireland in 2007. He made his One Day International debut against Ireland at Belfast,although he did not bat in the match.

Sharma bowling in the nets.

Sharma eventually made his mark at the international stage on 20 September 2007, when he led India to victory by scoring an unbeaten 50 (which came off 40 deliveries) against South Africa in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. The win reserved India a berth in the semifinals of the tournament. At one stage India were 61-4, but his partnership of 85 runs with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India to post a total of 153-5.He was eventually declared Man of the Match.Sharma then proceeded to score 30 runs off 16 balls in the final against Pakistan.

Sharma scored his maiden ODI half-century against Pakistan, at Jaipur on 18 November 2007 and was selected as part of India's 16-man squad for the CB series in Australia. Here, he scored 235 runs at an average of 33.57 with 2 fifties,including his score of 66 in the 1st final at Sydney partnering Sachin Tendulkar for most of India's successful runchase.

However, Sharma's ODI performances suffered a downturn after this and his middle-order position was taken over by Suresh Raina, and eventually, Virat Kohli took his position as the reserve batsman.

In December 2009, Sharma scored a triple century in the Ranji Trophy and was recalled to the ODI team for the tri-nations tournament in Bangladesh as Tendulkar was being rested. However, Kohli and Raina were selected ahead of him in the playing eleven, and he did not play in any of India's five matches. In the meantime, he missed the Ranji Trophy final.

He scored his maiden ODI century (114) against Zimbabwe on May 28, 2010. He followed it up with another century in the next match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka on May 30, 2010 by scoring 101 not out.

He was dropped from the Indian squad for 2011 World Cup.

He was selected for the West Indies tour of 2011 after the IPL in a squad where senior batsmen such as Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and skipper MS Dhoni were rested, and Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir were out to injuries. The side was captained by Suresh Raina with Harbhajan Singh as his deputy. He contributed 26 of 23 balls (2 sixes) in the only T20I at Queen's Park Oval and strung a 71-run partnership with Subramaniam Badrinath leading to an Indian victory.

In the ODI series that followed, he carried on with his form. The 1st ODI was also played at Queen's Park Oval.He had a 43-run partnership with left-handed opener Shikhar Dhawan, and then a 80-run partnership with skipper Suresh Raina. Rohit was elected man of the match for his 68 not out of 75 balls (3 fours, 1 six). In the 3rd ODI played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua; Sharma scored a matching winning 86 of 91 balls against the West Indies. Rohit along with Harbhajan Singh got India out of trouble to win the match after they were reduced to 92 for 6. He was widely appraised for his calm and matured performance. Sharma won his first Man of the Series award for excellent batting performance through out the ODI series.

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Sachin Tendulkar Biography of Indian Cricketer

This blog is about Sachin Tendulkar 

Biography 

Full name     Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born     24 April 1973 (age 38)

Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India

Nickname     Little Master, Tendlya,[1] The God of Cricket,[2] Master Blaster,[3] The Master,[4]The Little Champion,

Height     5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)

Batting style     Right-handed

Bowling style     Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace

Role     Batsman

International information

National side     India

Test debut (cap 187)     15 November 1989 v Pakistan

Last Test     2 January 2011 v South Africa

ODI debut (cap 74)     18 December 1989 v Pakistan

Last ODI     2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka

ODI shirt no.     10

Domestic team information

Years     Team

1988–present     Mumbai

2008–present     Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League)

1992     Yorkshire

Career statistics

Competition     Test     ODI     FC     LA

Matches     177     453     280     540

Runs scored     14,692     18,111     23,585     21,663

Batting average     56.95     45.16     59.86     45.89

100s/50s     51/59     48/95     77/105     59/113

Top score     248*     200*     248*     200*

Balls bowled     4,096     8,032     7,461     10,220

Wickets     45     154     70     201

Bowling average     53.07     44.32     59.86     42.11

5 wickets in innings     0     2     0     2

10 wickets in match     0     n/a     0     n/a

Best bowling     3/10     5/32     3/10     5/32

Catches/stumpings     106/–     136/–     174/–     171/–

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar About this sound pronunciation (help·info)born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket.He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket.In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he has played with or against.Tendulkar was an integral part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team at the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.

Tendulkar is the first and the only player in Test Cricket history to score fifty centuries, and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined; he now has 99 centuries in international cricket.On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000 and 14,000 runs in that form of the game,having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously.Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test and ODI matches.Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first personality without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force.He has received honorary doctorates from Mysore University and Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences  He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.

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