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Indian squad: Pen sketches

By Rajneesh Gupta
February 28, 2006 19:57 IST
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Rahul Dravid (Captain)
Full Name : Rahul Dravid
Born: January 11,1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
State: Karnataka
Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Break Bowler & Occasional Wicket-keeper
Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1995-96

Piyush Chawla
Full Name: Piyush Chawla
Born : December 24, 1988, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Leg-Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: Yet to be made

MS Dhoni
Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born: July 07,1981, Ranchi, Bihar
State: Jharkhand
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Medium Bowler, Wicketkeeper
Test Debut: v Sri Lanka, Chennai, 2005-06
ODI Debut: v Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2004-05

Harbhajan Singh
Full Name : Harbhajan Singh Plaha
Born: July 3, 1980, Jalandhar, Punjab
State: Punjab
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia, Bangalore, 1997-98
ODI Debut: v New Zealand, Sharjah, 1997-98

Wasim Jaffer
Full Name: Wasim Jaffer
Born: February 16, 1978, Mumbai, Maharashtra
State: Mumbai
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Mumbai,1999-00
ODI Debut: Yet to be made

Mohammad Kaif
Full Name : Mohammad Kaif
Born : December 1, 1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Bangalore, 1999-00
ODI Debut: v England,Kanpur, 2001-02

Anil Kumble
Full Name: Anil Kumble
Born: October 17,1970, Bangalore,Karnataka
State: Karnataka
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Leg Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: v England, Manchester, 1990
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 1989-90

VVS Laxman
Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born: November 01,1974, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh
State: Hyderabad
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Ahmedabad, 1996-97
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, Cuttack, 1997-98

Irfan Pathan
Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
Born: October 27,1984, Baroda, Gujarat
State : Baroda
Type : Left Hand Batsman & Left Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v Australia, Adelaide, 2003-04
ODI Debut: v Australia, Melbourne, 2003-04

Suresh Raina
Full Name: Suresh Kumar Raina
Born: November 27, 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2005

Virender Sehwag
Full Name: Virender Sehwag
Born: October 20, 1978, Delhi
State: Delhi
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Bloemfontein, 2001-02
ODI Debut : v Pakistan, Mohali, 1998-99

RP Singh
Full Name: Rudra Pratap Singh
Born: December 6, 1985, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Left Arm Medium Fast Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan, Faisalabad, 2005-06
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe,Harare, 2005

Sreesanth
Full Name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born: February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
State: Kerala
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Nagpur, 2005-06

Sachin Tendulkar
Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: April 24,1973, Mumbai, Maharashtra
State: Mumbai
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break - Leg Break- Right Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan, Karachi, 1989-90
ODI Debut: v Pakistan, Gujranwala, 1989-90

VRV Singh
Full Name: Vikram Rajvir Singh
Born: September 17, 1984, Chandigarh
State: Punjab
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut:  Yet to be made

Test Career Records
Batting & Fielding:

Player Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s 90s Ct St
Piyush CHAWLA Yet to make debut
MS DHONI 6 8 1 328 148 46.86 1 1 0 0 12 2
Rahul DRAVID 97 163 20 8244 270 57.65 22 39 6 8 131 0
HARBHAJAN SINGH 52 71 15 879 66 15.70 0 2 11 0 27 0
Wasim JAFFER 7 13 0 261 86 20.08 0 3 2 0 12 0
Mohammad KAIF 8 15 1 307 64 21.93 0 2 0 0 12 0
Anil KUMBLE 103 131 27 1764 88 16.96 0 3 13 0 46 0
VVS LAXMAN 72 115 13 4441 281 43.54 9 24 7 2 79 0
Irfan PATHAN 21 26 2 695 93 28.96 0 5 4 2 6 0
Suresh RAINA Yet to make debut
Virender SEHWAG 42 68 2 3614 309 54.76 11 10 5 1 36 0
RP SINGH 2 3 2 6 6 6.00 0 0 0 0 0 0
SREESANTH Yet to make debut
Sachin TENDULKAR 129 206 21 10386 248* 56.14 35 41 12 6 81 0
VRV SINGH Yet to make debut

Bowling:

Player Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5WI 10WM Avg SR RpO
MS DHONI 6 6 0 13 0 0-13 0 0 - - 13.00
Rahul DRAVID 97 120 4 39 1 1-18 0 0 39.00 120.00 1.95
HARBHAJAN SINGH 52 13841 482 6460 219 8-84 17 4 29.50 63.20 2.80
Wasim JAFFER 7 66 3 18 2 2-18 0 0 9.00 33.00 1.64
Mohammad KAIF 8 18 0 4 0 0-4 0 0 - - 1.33
Anil KUMBLE 103 32349 1309 14203 494 10-74 31 8 28.75 65.49 2.63
VVS LAXMAN 72 252 10 100 1 1-32 0 0 100.00 252.00 2.38
Irfan PATHAN 21 4316 158 2394 81 7-59 7 2 29.56 53.28 3.33
Virender SEHWAG 42 651 12 405 3 1-17 0 0 135.00 217.00 3.73
RP SINGH 2 522 8 345 9 4-89 0 0 38.33 58.00 3.97
Sachin TENDULKAR 129 3318 75 1882 37 3-10 0 0 50.86 89.68 3.40

Performance against England
Batting & Fielding:
Player Mts Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100s 50s 0s 90s Ct St
Rahul DRAVID 9 13 1 911 217 75.92 3 4 0 1 14 0
HARBHAJAN SINGH 6 7 0 99 54 14.14 0 1 1 0 0 0
Wasim JAFFER 2 4 0 59 53 14.75 0 1 1 0 5 0
Anil KUMBLE 13 14 0 132 37 9.43 0 0 3 0 3 0
VVS LAXMAN 7 9 1 314 75 39.25 0 2 0 0 9 0
Virender SEHWAG 6 8 0 323 106 40.38 1 2 1 0 8 0
Sachin TENDULKAR 16 24 2 1683 193 76.50 6 8 0 2 14 0

Bowling:

Player Mts Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best 5WI 10WM Avg SR RpO
HARBHAJAN SINGH 6 1633 58 729 25 5-51 3 0 29.16 65.32 2.68
Anil KUMBLE 13 4370 178 1864 62 7-115 3 1 30.06 70.48 2.56
Virender SEHWAG 6 144 2 73 1 1-32 0 0 73.00 144.00 3.04
Sachin TENDULKAR 16 240 6 121 1 1-27 0 0 121.00 240.00 3.03

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