India V Australia Cricket Series Border Gavaskar Trophy 2011-2012

Rahul Dravid the wall - indian cricket team

Full name Rahul Sharad Dravid


Born January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh

Major teams India, Scotland, Asia XI, ICC World XI, Karnataka, Kent, Marylebone Cricket Club, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore

Nickname The Wall

Playing role Top-order batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Education St. Joseph's Boys' High School

Rahul Dravid is believed to be one of the greatest batsman of all time. His classical style of playing has made him on of the most unique classical batsman of wall time. Most of the time in career he was under the shadow of Sachin tendulkar. Sachin, Saurav and Rahul are the three best batsman India has ever produced. Rahul Dravid is known as the wall for his tight defense and awesome technique. Some say he is the last classical Test match batsmen the world has seen recently.

He is not only a great batsman but also a great slip fielder.In the world cup, Australian tour, West indies tour, South Africa tour, New Zealand tour and England tour he was praised by all the top batsman of the world for his batting. After the impressive debut in Lord's with Sourav Ganguly, Dravid's breakthrough innings arrived at the Wanderers a few months later, against a South African attack accustomed to bullying visitors.He is now the second highest run scorer in test cricket.

Ishant Sharma - from Indian Cricket Team - right arm fast medium bowler - kolkata knight riders

Full name Ishant Sharma

Born September 2, 1988, Delhi


Major teams India, Deccan Chargers, Delhi, India Red, Kolkata Knight Riders, North Zone

Playing role Bo
wler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium


Ishant Sharma started for indian cricket team in the year of 2007-08. It was the test series in Australia. He is 6'4" tall high-arm action pace bowler whose bowling speed is around 140 kph. At the age of 18 he debut himself for ranji trophy. He replaced Munaf Patel in India's tour of Bangladesh in May 2007. He impressed everyone is his australian tour. Recently he played extremely well in west indies test series. He was out of the team for few year for his poor form and injury. West Indies tour gave him a lot of courage and he came back like a king. He played for kolkata knight riders.

Yusuf Pathan - Right handed Batsman and offspin bowler from india

Yusuf Pathan is one of the destructive batsman in the world. He is not only a hard-hitting batsman but also a part time off spin bowler. Irfan Pathan is his younger brother. Yusuf pathan can score very quickly. He came to limelight when he played for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League in 2008. He scored more than 400 runs in that season. He also scored the fastest fifty of the IPL's first season.After the successful IPL career he got chance for Indian world cup squad. Later he played for KKR ( kolkata Knight Ryders)  He is a regular member in T20 team of India.

Full name Yusuf Khan Pathan


Born November 17, 1982, Baroda, Gujarat


Current age 28 years 206 days


Major teams India, Baroda, India Green, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals


Playing role Allrounder


Batting style Right-hand bat


Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

 

Suresh Raina - Left handed batsman and right arm off break bowler from india captain of indian team's tour to west indies

Full name Suresh Kumar Raina

Born November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Current age 24 years 191 days

Major teams India, Chennai Super Kings, India Blue, India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh Under-16s

Also known as Sanu

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Suresh Raina is a young cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman who is very attacking to bowlers. He played nearly 100 ODIs and became a regualr member in ODI team. He is also debut test centurion. In Sri Lanka he got his debut in Test cricket.He played in IPL for Chennai Super King. He is leading the Indian team in West Indies tour.

Rohit Sharma 0 Right Handed batsman from Indian Cricket Team

Full name Rohit Gurunath Sharma

Born April 30, 1987, Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra

Current age 24 years 35 days

Major teams India, Deccan Chargers, India A, India Green, India Under-19s, Mumbai, Mumbai Cricket Association President's XI, Mumbai Indians, Mumbai Under-19s

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak



Rohit Sharma first came to limelight in the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. He played wonderfully for India. He got chance in the indian national cricket team.  Rohit Sharma  was bought for $750,000 by the Deccan Chargers in the IPL. In that season he made over 400 runs with four 50's. He got chance right after the IPL to the national cricket team.He is thought to be one of the most promising player in india cricket team.

Iqbal Abdullah - Left handed batsman and left handed spinner from india and kolkata knight riders

Iqbal Abdulla is a talented left-hand allrounder. He is a left handed batsman and orthodox spin bowler. He started his career representing the team of Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy in the session of  2007-08.He is an extra ordinary player and he is said to be one of the rising superstar of team india. He also played in india A team. He came to the limelight after playing for kolkata knight rider (KKR) in ipl 2011.

Full name Sayed Iqbal Abdulla

Born December 2, 1989, Azamgarh

Current age 21 years 179 days

Major teams India A, India Green, India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthod

Sourav Ganguly - dada - left handed opening batsman and right handed medium pace bowler , former captain of team india

"Dada" - Sourav Ganguly is known by this name. He was india's one of the all time best left handed batsman, and most successful captain. With his captaincy india won a lot of matches. Sourav was known for his personality and captaincy.

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Full name Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born July 8, 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal

Current age 38 years 326 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Bengal, East Zone, Glamorgan, India Under-19s, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire, Marylebone Cricket Club, Northamptonshire, Pune Warriors

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Height 5 ft 11 in

Education St Xavier's College

Paul Valthaty - Right handed batsman and right arm bowler of Kings xi panjab, dashing batsman from ipl india

Full name Paul Chandrashekar Valthaty

Born December 7, 1983, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra

Current age 27 years 173 days

Major teams Air India, Kings XI Punjab, Mumbai, Rajasthan Royals

Playing role Batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

He is an all-rounder  who bats right handed and bowls medium-pace. Paul Valthaty came to the light when he made an awesome century for Kings XI Punjab in IPL. He was a member of India's Under-19 squad of 2002 World Cup. He is a promising batsman for future team india.