Ravichandran Ashwin Biography of Indian Cricketer

Ravichandran Ashwin Biography 

Full name     Ravichandran Ashwin 

Born     17 September 1986 (age 24)

Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

Nickname     Dada

Batting style     Right-handed

Bowling style     Right-arm offbreak

Role     bowler

International information

National side     India

ODI debut (cap 185)     5 June 2010 v Sri Lanka

Last ODI     24 March 2011 v Australia

ODI shirt no.     99

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2006/07–present     Tamil Nadu

2008–present     Chennai Super Kings

Career statistics

Competition     Tests     ODI     FC     LA

Matches         11     34     46

Runs scored         71     1170     456

Batting average         23.66     35.45     22.80

100s/50s         0/0     2/7     0/2

Top score         38     107*     79

Balls bowled         636     8494     2516

Wickets         19     134     61

Bowling average         26.68     28.12     29.04

5 wickets in innings         n/a     11     3

10 wickets in match         n/a     3     n/a

Best bowling         3-24     6-64     6/42

Catches/stumpings         -/–     15/–     14/–

Ravichandran Ashwin ( born 17 September 1986) is an Indian national Cricket Team Player, who plays for India and Tamil Nadu cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and right arm off-break bowler. He is the only bowler of recent times apart from Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka to bowl the carrom ball. He played two matches for team India during world cup, 2011.

Career

Ashwin is an all-rounder for Tamil Nadu and has taken 6/64 against Vidarbha in first-class cricket.He made his debut against Andhra Pradesh in Twenty20 cricket.He did his Engineering (B.Tech IT) in SSNCE. He plays first-class cricket for Tamil Nadu and has played in the Duleep Trophy for South Zone.He was nicknamed "Dada" during his U-19 days while touring Dharamsala.

He played for Chennai Super Kings in the 2010 Indian Premier League.He made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka on 5 June 2010. He scored 38 runs from 32 balls (4 fours and 1 six) in a losing game.

He became the highest wicket taker of the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 tournament for Chennai Super Kings in the tournament with 13 wickets and was adjudged as the player of the tournament and also got the Golden Wicket.During IPL 2011 auction which happened on 5 and 6 January 2011, he has been retained by Chennai Super Kings for the amount of 850000$.Presently, he is the economical bowler in Indian Premier League history with an economy rate of 6.12.

Later, in that month he was selected in the ICC World Cup 2011 squad to represent India along with the spinners Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla. He played 2 matches for India in that series. He made his World Cup debut on 20 March 2011 against the West Indies with bowling figures of 10-0-41-2. He played his second world cup match against Australia in the second quarter final at Ahmadabad (10-1-52-2).

In the IPL 2011 Saurabh Tiwary hit the ball back at Ashwin and it hit Ashwin in the head, he was taken off the pitch immediately for a scan but no injuries happened.

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Umesh Yadav Biography and Photos of Indian Cricketeter

Umesh Yadav Biography 

Full name     Umeshkumar Tilak Yadav

Born     25 October 1987 (age 23)

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Batting style     Right-handed

Bowling style     Right-arm fast

International information

National side     India

ODI debut (cap 184)     28 May 2010 v Zimbabwe

Last ODI     3 June 2010 v Zimbabwe

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2008/09–2010/11     Vidarbha

Career statistics

Competition     ODI     FC     LA     T20

Matches     3     18     14     13

Runs scored     3     109     55     6

Batting average     –     13.62     18.33     –

100s/50s     –/–     –/–     –/–     –/–

Top score     3*     24*     13*     3*

Balls bowled     132     2,933     637     271

Wickets     1     57     13     10

Bowling average     129.00     26.49     42.07     35.70

5 wickets in innings     –     4     –     –

10 wickets in match     –     –     –     –

Best bowling     1/61     7/74     3/40     2/24

Catches/stumpings     1/–     10/–     3/–     4/–

Uamsh Yadav is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Vidarbha.

Yadav made his cricketing debut for Air India in the All-India Invitation Tournament of 2008-09, making two appearances in this two-day, 100-over competition, and the following month, two appearances for Vidarbha Cricket Association XI Buchi Babu Invitation Tournament - a two-day, 90-over competition.

Later in the season, Yadav made two appearances for Vidarbha Under-22s in the CK Naduyu trophy, and, in November 2008, made his first-class debut in the Ranji Trophy. From the tailend, Yadav scored 0 not out in the first innings in which he batted, and an unbeaten 15 in the second innings, in partnership with Mohammad Hashim - though this was not enough to save the team from a ten-wicket defeat. Yadav bowled 4-72 in the first innings of the match. He is a fast bowler with his pace operating around 140 Km/h. Debuted against Zimbabwe in ODI in June 2010. He has been selected to play for Delhi Dare Devils during 2011 IPL auction.

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Piyush Chawla Biography and Photos of Indian Cricketer

Piyush Chawla Biography

Full name     Piyush Pramod Chawla

Born     24 December 1988 (age 22)

Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Height     5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Batting style     Left-handed batsman

Bowling style     Right arm leg break

Role     All-rounder

International information

National side     India

Test debut (cap 255)     9 March 2006 v England

Last Test     11 April 2008 v South Africa

ODI debut (cap 167)     12 May 2007 v Bangladesh

Last ODI     2 July 2008 v Pakistan

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2005/06–present     Uttar Pradesh

2008–present     Kings XI Punjab

2009     Sussex

Career statistics

Competition     Tests     ODI     FC     List A

Matches     2     21     48     64

Runs scored     5     28     1,687     605

Batting average     2.50     5.60     27.20     22.40

100s/50s     0/0     0/0     1/12     0/4

Top score     4     13*     102*     93

Balls bowled     205     1,102     10,290     3,136

Wickets     3     28     194     95

Bowling average     45.66     32.53     26.35     27.49

5 wickets in innings     0     0     13     0

10 wickets in match     0     n/a     2     n/a

Best bowling     2/66     4/23     6/46     4/23

Catches/stumpings     0/–     9/–     21/–     20/–

Piyush Pramod Chawla About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: पियुष चावला, born 24 December 1988, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India) is an Indian cricketer who has played for the India U-55 team and the Central Zone. His Hometown is Moradabad,(Uttar Pradesh). He is seen as a leg-spinning allrounder in domestic cricket, but has not fired as a batsman in the One Day International format.

Chawla bowling in the nets.

He first played for India U-19 against the England U-19 team in 2004-05, claiming 13 wickets from two Under-19 Tests at a bowling average of just above 12. He also played in the 2005-06 home series against Australia U-19, where they won the five-match limited overs series 4-1, taking eight wickets.Piyush Chawla has a bowling speed of between 80 km to 85 rather he has also reached a maximum of 91km/ph. He although cannot run faster than a turtle. This might be due to his binge eating habits resulting from his upbringing in the sordid neighborhoods of Kanpur.

In the 2005-06 Challenger Trophy, Chawla was selected to play for India B. Although he only bowled three of a possible ten overs in the first match of the series, conceding 21, he picked up two wickets in the next match against India A, and as India B reached the final against the Seniors, he took the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar - bowled with a googly - in an effort described by Cricinfo as "impressive" Piyush also dismissed Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to end with three for 49, but the Seniors still won by three wickets. Two weeks later, he made his first class debut for Central Zone against South Zone in the Duleep Trophy, and scored 60 in a 92-run eighth-wicket stand with Harvinder Singh. He also finished with match bowling figures of 27.2-3-100-6, admittedly only getting one of the top five batsman once. He has been known by Kiran More since the age of 15 and at only 17 has potentially got a great cricketing future in front of him. He proved himself again when he took 4 wickets in 8 overs conceding only 8 runs in the U-19 World Cup final of 2006. He also made 25 (n.o.) runs.

Chawla at fielding practice.

This resulted in his selection in the Indian Test Squad for the 1st Test against England in Nagpur, in March 2006, and was selected for his debut in the 2nd Test against England in Mohali, making him the second youngest Test debutant for India after Sachin Tendulkar. It was in this Test that he claimed his sole wicket of Andrew Flintoff.

Piyush played his first ODI with India on 12 May 2007, against Bangladesh. His debut was highly successful, with him taking 3 wickets. In the second ODI with Ireland, he was equally impressive with three wickets.

In 2009, Chawla signed for Sussex County Cricket Club for a month, as cover for Yasir Arafat who was with Pakistan.

In his first County Championship match against Worcestershire, he took a total of 8 wickets in the match, and came in at number 9 in the first innings, and scored 102* from only 86 balls.

Piyush was also selected for 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies.

Piyush Chawla has also been selected as part of Indian Team's 15-man World Cup Squad for the 2011 World Cup. He started off strongly in the warm up matches leading India to victory with his bowling performance against Australia. However in the tournament itself he didn't live up to his initial billing and played no part in the knock out stages.

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Ishant Sharma Biography of Indian Cricketer

This Blog is about Ishant Sharma Biography

Full name     Ishant Sharma

Born     2 September 1988 (age 22)

Delhi, India

Nickname     Lambu

Height     1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

Batting style     Right handed

Bowling style     Right arm fast-medium

Role     Bowler

International information

National side     India

Test debut (cap 258)     25 May 2007 v Bangladesh

Last Test     2 July 2011 v West Indies

ODI debut (cap 169)     29 June 2007 v South Africa

Last ODI     28 August 2010 v Sri Lanka

ODI shirt no.     29

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2006/07–present     Delhi

2008–2010     Kolkata Knight Riders

2011–present     Deccan Chargers

Career statistics

Competition     Tests     ODIs     FC     List A

Matches     35     47     57     67

Runs scored     328     47     393     111

Batting average     12.14     4.70     10.62     9.25

100s/50s     0/0     0/0     0/0     0/0

Top score     31*     13     31*     31

Balls bowled     6711     2,153     10846     3,172

Wickets     116     64     200     98

Bowling average     32.72     32.12     29.11     28.95

5 wickets in innings     3     0     5     0

10 wickets in match     1     0     2     0

Best bowling     6/55     4/38     7/24     4/25

Catches/stumpings     11/–     12/–     17/–     14/–

Ishant Sharma born 2 September 1988, in Delhi, India), is an Indian cricketer. He is a right arm fast-medium bowler at pace around 145 km/h (90 mph). He has a high arm delivery action and is able to move the ball in both directions.

At the age of 18, Sharma was called to join the Indian squad for the tour of South Africa in 2006-07. However, after receiving the call and organizing travel arrangements, it was decided not to send him on the tour.He has then grabbed all the opportunities that came to his hand and succeeded in both forms of the game. He has earned the nickname Lambu (meaning Tall Guy), which refers to his lean and tall build, measuring 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

Domestic and first-class career

Ishant plays for Delhi in domestic cricket and has taken 21 wickets in four first class games, including a five wicket haul against Baroda on the opening day of a match Delhi drew after failing to bowl Baroda out on the fourth day.

Ishant toured England with the India Under-19s in 2006 and Pakistan in 2006–07. He played three youth tests and six youth One Day Internationals for India.

Rise in international cricket

Sharma at fielding practice.

In May 2007, he was selected in the test team for the Bangladesh tour and played as a replacement for the fast bowler Munaf Patel. Over there he played for his national side in the second test where he bowled 3 overs including one maiden and conceded only five runs without taking a wicket.Later on, he was called for the tour of England in July–August 2007.

Ishant Sharma got a call back in the team in the 3rd Test Match during Pakistan's tour of India in December 2007 due to injury of India's frontline pacers Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, and Sreesanth.On the batting paradise pitch, Sharma toiled hard for cementing and securing his place permanently in the Indian team while picking 5 wickets during the third test in Bangalore.This performance earned him a place in India's squad for the tour of Australia.

Sharma was left out in the Boxing Day Test at Melbourne during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy as India retained their main fast bowlers, Zaheer Khan and RP Singh. However, in January 2008 Sharma was called to represent India once again to replace the injured Zaheer Khan in the second test at the SCG. Sharma started the first day of the match strongly and was involved in a controversial decision from Steve Bucknor when Andrew Symonds nicked the ball to keeper MS Dhoni off his bowling but was given not out. He bowled reasonably in the match, however without much luck.

Although he had little success, the management retained him for the third Test match at Perth. On the fourth day of the match he bowled an exceptional spell to Australian captain Ricky Ponting that resulted in his wicket and helped India claim victory.He used the pace and bounce of the WACA wicket to trouble the batsmen. In the following test played in Adelaide he picked up two wickets and impressed everyone with his bowling. He didn't bowl above 140–145 km/h mark in the test matches so that he could bowl longer spells as needed in this version of the game. He clocked a highest of 147.7 km/h (91.1 mph) at the Adelaide test his highest till then.

On 10 February 2008, Sharma bagged four important wickets in the 4th ODI of CB Series against Australia. He ended up with the figures of 4/38 and claimed the man of the match award.He scalped two important wickets on 18 February 2008 versus Australia in the 7th ODI of CB series.

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Jaydev Unadkat Biography of Indian Cricketer

Jaydev Unadkat Biography 

Jaydev Unadkat also known as Jaydev Dipakbhai Unadkat is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Kolkata Knight Riders,and has also played the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Early life

Unadkat was born in Porbandar, Gujarat on October 18, 1991. Unadkat attended St. Mary's School, Porbandar as well as completed School in 2009 and was the topper from his school in both his 10th and 12th grade examinations. He received his cricket coaching at Duleep Sinh School of Cricket in Porbandar where he was first noticed by his coach Ram Odedra.

Career

On the second day of his playing against the Rajasthan Royals in the IPL he took three wickets and did some impressive fielding. His performance on this day brought him the man of the match trophy. He has played 3 matches for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League. Unadkat's consistent performance has helped him enter the Indian team. He was recently selected for the test against Australia.He is an aggressive bowler as well as a fielder.

He debuted for India against South Africa on 16th December 2010 for the 1st Test, Centurion. He was brought in place of Zaheer Khan who sat out because of injury. He took no wickets during this series.

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Munaf Patel Biography of Indian Cricketer

This blog is about Munaf Patel
Biography

Full name     Muna Musa Patel

Born     12 July 1983 (age 28)

Ikhar, Gujarat, India

Nickname     Muke, Munna

Height     6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Batting style     Right-handed

Bowling style     Right arm medium-fast

Role     Bowler

International information

National side     India

Test debut (cap 255)     9 March 2006 v England

Last Test     3 April 2009 v New Zealand

ODI debut (cap 163)     3 April 2006 v England

Last ODI     2 April 2011 v Sri Lanka

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2003/04–2004/05     Mumbai

2005/06–2008/09     Maharashtra

2008/09–present     Baroda

2008–2010     Rajasthan Royals

2011-present     Mumbai Indians

Munaf Musa Patel About this sound pronunciation (help·info)(born 12 July 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat, India) is an Indian cricketer who has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team.

Born to a Muslim family, Patel first gained prominence in 2003 at the age of 20 before he had even played first class cricket for Gujarat, when he was invited to the MRF Pace Foundation in Chennai by the Indian chairman of selectors Kiran More. There he attracted the attention of visiting Australian captain Steve Waugh, and the director Dennis Lillee, a former Australian fast bowler, with his raw pace. With the backing of Sachin Tendulkar, he was signed by Mumbai in a transfer deal, in late 2003, without ever representing his native Gujarat.

In 2004, he struggled with injuries, and was criticized by India A coach Sandeep Patil, who believed that he had a mental problem dealing with his injuries. He was also sent to Australian Institute of Sport for bio-mechanical analysis on his bowling action, to improve its efficiency. In August 2005, he transferred to Maharashtra, and after taking 10 wickets against England in a tour match for the Board President's XI, he was rewarded with his selection in the Indian Test Squad for the 2nd Test against England in Mohali, when he made his Test debut. Patel recorded the figures of 7/97 on debut, including 4/25 in the second innings and demonstrated an ability to swing the ball in both directions.

In the 2005–2006 Test Series against West Indies, Munaf proved he was arguably the fastest bowler in India, bowling regularly at speeds of over 85 miles per hour (137 km/h) and has produced balls at a pace over the 90 miles per hour (140 km/h) mark.[citation needed] However, more impressive than his ability to bowl at a very quick pace has been his control, a skill lacking in recent Indian fast bowlers. In the West Indies, however, Munaf suffered the ignominy of being hit for 6 fours in an over by Ramnaresh Sarwan. Patel fell short of the record of conceding the most runs off an over by 4 runs.

Patel bowling in the nets.

In the second match of the DLF Cup in Malaysia, Munaf came up with figures of 3/54 against Australia, picking up the wickets of Phil Jacques, Michael Clarke and Stuart Clark. In the final game of the same tournament, he dismissed Australian captain Ricky Ponting for just 4, on the way to 1/32 off 9 overs.

In the first match of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy against England, Munaf Patel again produced figures of 3/18 – winning the match for India and gaining the man of the match award.

Patel at fielding practice.

He was part of the Indian 2007 World Cup squad which failed to progress from the group stage and played during India's One-day International series against Bangladesh shortly after the tournament before playing two games in England in August 2007. He took four wickets before being ruled out of the remainder of the series through injury. He was subsequently left out of the squad to play Pakistan in November although was recalled to the Test squad following injuries to R. P. Singh and S. Sreesanth.

He was selected for the 2009 tour to Sri Lanka and played in the opening match. He bowled five wicketless overs for 32 runs. He then picked up a groin injury before the second match and was replaced in the squad by Lakshmipathy Balaji.

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Abhimanyu Mithun Biography of Indian Cricketer

This Blog is about Abhimanyu Mithun
Biography

Full name     Abhimanyu Mithun

Born     25 October 1989 (age 21)

Bangalore, India

Height     6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Batting style     Right-handed

Bowling style     Right-arm medium-fast

Role     Bowler

International information

National side     India

Test debut     18 July 2010 v Sri Lanka

Only ODI (cap 180)     27 February 2010 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years     Team

2008–     Karnataka

2009     Royal Challengers Bangalore

Career statistics

Competition     ODI     FC     LA     T20

Matches     1     10     10     3

Runs scored     24     95     38     0

Batting average     24.00     13.57     7.60     0.00

100s/50s     0/0     0/0     0/0     0/0

Top score     24     39*     24     0

Balls bowled     48     2017     474     42

Wickets     0     52     8     0

Bowling average     –     23.26     51.12     –

5 wickets in innings     0     3     0     0

10 wickets in match     n/a     1     n/a     n/a

Best bowling     0/63     6/71     2/29     0/5

Catches/stumpings     0/–     1/–     0/–     0/–

Abhimanyu Mithun (born 25 Oct 1989) is an Indian international cricketer. In first class cricket, he plays for Karnataka. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Mithun was called up to the India squad for the first Test against South Africa in 2009–10, only ten weeks after making his first-class debut. He has also played in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He made his debut in One Day Internationals in the third and final one day match against South Africa in the 2010 season. His Test debut was against Sri Lanka on 18 July 2010, at Galle, in which he claimed four wickets. He batted at No. 11 in the first innings, but after looking more solid than his fellow bowlers, he was promoted to No. 9 in the second innings and scored 25.

Career

As a teenager, Mithun was a discus thrower, competing at state-level. Despite training at his father's gym throughout his teens, he failed to progress with his discus throwing, and a friend suggested that he join a cricket camp. Until the age of 17, he hadn't bowled with a leather ball.Royal Challengers Bangalore's head coach Ray Jennings eulogised about him, describing him as an "express bowler", but he had a quiet IPL.His first-class debut reinvigorated the potential; he claimed six wickets in the first innings, followed by five wickets in the second, including a hat-trick. During the ensuing season, he displayed his credentials, claiming another five-wicket haul, and taking 47 wickets to finish as the highest wicket-taker in the 2009–10 Ranji Trophy.His call-up to the India national team to replace the injured Sreesanth came little more than ten weeks after his first-class debut, but his Karnataka coach Sanath Kumar was not surprised; "From day one we knew he had the potential, he has the pace, bowling around 140kmh, and he has performed in every game, whether it is junior cricket or first-class cricket.

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