Mahendra
Singh Dhoni
(DOB : 07/07/81) |
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Wicketkeeper-batsman
Dhoni has become something of an iconic figure with his devastating strokeplay. His 183
not out against Sri Lanka is the record score for a wicketkeeper in odis and he has been
named captain for the ICC World Twenty20. |
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Yuvraj
Singh
(DOB: 12/12/81) |
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Something of a
one-day specialist, left-handed batsman yuvraj has destroyed some of the best bowling
attacks in world cricket. He has been promoted to vice-captain for the icc world twenty20.
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Virender
Sehwag
(DOB: 20/10/78) |
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A talented and
aggressive batsman, boasts almost 5,000 limited overs runs and has the ability to bat
anywhere in the top six. |
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Harbhajan
Singh
(DOB: 03/07/80) |
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Attacking
off-spinner harbhajan has overcome investigations into his bowling action to become one of
the most dangerous slow bowlers in world cricket. He has improved with the bat and still
harbours an ambition to be classed as an all-rounder. |
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Ajit
Agarkar
(DOB: 04/12/77) |
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Another one-day
specialist, all-rounder agarkar started his limited-overs career with a flourish to set a
world record for the fastest bowler to 50 odi wickets. |
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Dinesh
Karthik
(DOB: 01/06/75) |
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An able back-up
with the gloves for stand-in captain dhoni, karthik was recently dropped from the first xi
after a run of disappointing scores. |
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Gautam
Gambhir
(DOB: 14/10/81) |
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Gambhir has
struggled to hold down a regular place in the india side since making his international
breakthrough in 2004-05. |
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Robin
Uthappa
DOB: 11/11/85) |
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Hard-hitting
opener with an impressive strike rate who is still finding his feet at international level
having only made his debut against england in april 2006. |
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Joginder
Sharma
(DOB: 23/10/83) |
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Having made his
one-day debut in 2004, joginder was overlooked for the recent tour of england after
struggling against west indies earlier in the year. |
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Yusuf
Pathan
(DOB: 17/11/82) |
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He operates as
an off-spin bowler while providing another hard-hitting batsman for india, and has a
first-class average of over 30 runs. |
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Piyush
Chawla
(DOB: 24/12/88) |
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Another of
india's rising stars, all-rounder chawla only made his one-day debut against bangladesh in
may. |
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Shanthakumaran
Sreesanth
(DOB: 06/02/83) |
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Sreesanth is an
aggressive right-arm medium-fast bowler who has been in and out of both the one-day and
test side. |
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Irfan
Pathan
(DOB: 27/10/84) |
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Started his
career primarily as a left-arm seam bowler, but has since developed his batting to become
a bowling all-rounder. |
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Rudra
Pratap Singh
(DOB: 06/12/85) |
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A left-arm
paceman who made his international debut in the one-day side against zimbabwe in 2005. He
has drifted in and out of the squad since then but was called up to the side to tour
england in 2007. |
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Rohit
Sharma
(DOB: 30/04/87) |
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Sharma received
his first senior call-up for the short tour of Ireland earlier this year after making his
mark in the Under-19 World Cup. |
