Rahul Dravid (Captain)
Born: 11-01-1973, Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Break Bowler & Occasional Wicketkeeper
Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Score: 270 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-18 v West Indies at St.John's, 2001-02
Captaincy record: played 13, won 4, lost 4, drawn 5.
MS Dhoni
Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born: 07-07-1981, Ranchi, Bihar
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicketkeeper
Test Debut: v Sri Lanka, Chennai, 2005-06
Highest Score: 148 v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 2005-06
Most dismissals in an Innings: 4 (all ct) v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 2005-06
4 (3 ct + 1 st) v England at Mohali,2005-06
Most dismissals in a match: 6 (5 ct + 1 st) v England at Mohali,2005-06
6 (5 ct + 1 st) v England at Mumbai ,2005-06
Wasim Jaffer
Full Name: Wasim Jaffer
Born: 16-02-1978, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Mumbai,1999-00
Highest Score: 100 v England at Nagpur, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 2-18 v West Indies at St.John's, 2001-02
Mohammad Kaif
Born : 01-12-1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00
Highest Score: 91 v England at Nagpur, 2005-06
Full Name: Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik
Born: 01-06-1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicketkeeper
Test Debut : v Australia at Mumbai, 2004-05
Highest Score: 93 v Pakistan at Kolkata, 2004-05
Most dismissals in an Innings: 4 (all ct) v South Africa at Kolkata, 2004-05
Most dismissals in a match: 6 (all ct) v South Africa at Kolkata, 2004-05
Anil Kumble
Born: 17-10-1970, Bangalore,Karnataka
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Leg Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Manchester, 1990
Highest Score: 88 v South Africa at Kolkata, 1997-98
Best Innings Bowling: 10-74 v Pakistan at Delhi,1998-99
VVS Laxman
Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born: 01-11-1974, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97
Highest Score: 281 v Australia at Kolkata, 2000-01
Best Innings Bowling: 1-32 v West Indies at St.John's, 2001-02
Full Name: Munaf Musa Patel
Born: 12-07-1983, Ikhar, Gujarat
Type : Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v England at Mohali, 2005-06
Highest Score: 11* v England at Mohali, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 4-25 v England at Mohali, 2005-06
Irfan Pathan
Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
Born: 27-10-1984,Baroda,Gujarat
Type : Left Hand Batsman & Left Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v Australia at Adelaide, 2003-04
Highest Score: 93 v Sri Lanka at Delhi, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 7-59 v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2005-06
Ramesh Powar
Full Name: Ramesh Rajaram Powar
Born: 20-05-1978,Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Type : Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut : Yet to be made
Suresh Raina
Full Name: Suresh Kumar Raina
Born: 27-11-1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
Virender Sehwag
Born: 20-10-1978, Delhi
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2001-02
Highest Score: 309 v Pakistan at Multan, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-17 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 2003-04
Harbhajan Singh
Full Name : Harbhajan Singh Plaha
Born: 03-07-1980, Jullundur (now Jalandhar),Punjab
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98
Highest Score: 66 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo QSC, 2001
Best Innings Bowling: 8-84 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01
VRV Singh
Full Name: Vikram Rajvir Singh
Born: 17-09-1984, Chandigarh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
Yuvraj Singh
Full Name: Yuvraj Singh
Born: 12-12-1981, Chandigarh
Type: Left Hand Batsman and Left Arm Slow Orthodox Bowler
Test Debut: v New Zealand at Mohali,2003-04
Highest Score: 122 v Pakistan at Karachi,2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-25 v Pakistan at Multan,2003-04
S Sreesanth
Full Name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born: 06-02-1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Nagpur, 2005-06
Highest Score: 29* v England at Mumbai, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 4-70 v England at Mumbai, 2005-06
Batting & Fielding
| Player | Tests | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100 | 50 | 0 | 90 | Ct | St |
| MS Dhoni | 9 | 13 | 1 | 434 | 148 | 36.16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 |
| R Dravid | 100 | 169 | 21 | 8553 | 270 | 57.79 | 22 | 42 | 6 | 9 | 138 | 0 |
| W Jaffer | 10 | 19 | 0 | 511 | 100 | 26.89 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| M Kaif | 9 | 16 | 1 | 398 | 91 | 26.53 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| KKD Karthik | 10 | 13 | 0 | 245 | 93 | 18.84 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 4 |
| A Kumble | 106 | 135 | 27 | 1892 | 88 | 17.51 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | 73 | 117 | 14 | 4441 | 281 | 43.11 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 80 | 0 |
| MM Patel | 2 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 11* | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| IK Pathan | 24 | 31 | 2 | 816 | 93 | 28.13 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| RR Powar | Yet to make Test debut | |||||||||||
| SK Raina | Yet to make Test debut | |||||||||||
| V Sehwag | 45 | 74 | 3 | 3709 | 309 | 52.24 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 55 | 76 | 16 | 930 | 66 | 15.50 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| VRV Singh | Yet to make Test debut | |||||||||||
| Yuvraj Singh | 15 | 22 | 3 | 726 | 122 | 38.21 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| S Sreesanth | 2 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 29* | 30.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling
| Player | Tests | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | 5WI | 10WM | SR | RpO |
| MS Dhoni | 9 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0-13 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 13.00 |
| R Dravid | 100 | 120 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 1-18 | 39.00 | 0 | 0 | 120.00 | 1.95 |
| W Jaffer | 10 | 66 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2-18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 33.00 | 1.64 |
| M Kaif | 9 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0-4 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 1.33 |
| A Kumble | 106 | 33553 | 1365 | 14671 | 510 | 10-74 | 28.76 | 32 | 8 | 65.79 | 2.62 |
| VVS Laxman | 73 | 252 | 10 | 100 | 1 | 1-32 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 252.00 | 2.38 |
| MM Patel | 2 | 480 | 16 | 217 | 10 | 4-25 | 21.70 | 0 | 0 | 48.00 | 2.71 |
| IK Pathan | 24 | 4922 | 181 | 2709 | 89 | 7-59 | 30.43 | 7 | 2 | 55.30 | 3.30 |
| V Sehwag | 45 | 657 | 12 | 419 | 3 | 1-17 | 139.66 | 0 | 0 | 219.00 | 3.83 |
| S Sreesanth | 2 | 443 | 16 | 231 | 9 | 4-70 | 25.66 | 0 | 0 | 49.22 | 3.13 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 55 | 14733 | 511 | 6844 | 227 | 8-84 | 30.14 | 17 | 4 | 64.90 | 2.79 |
| Yuvraj Singh | 15 | 138 | 1 | 89 | 1 | 1-25 | 89.00 | 0 | 0 | 138.00 | 3.87 |
Test Career Record against West Indies
Batting & Fielding
| Player | Tests | Inns | NO | Runs | Hs | Avg | 100 | 50 | 0 | 90 | Ct | St |
| R Dravid | 13 | 20 | 5 | 912 | 144* | 60.80 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| W Jaffer | 3 | 5 | 0 | 156 | 86 | 31.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| A Kumble | 13 | 17 | 6 | 208 | 52* | 18.91 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| VVS Laxman | 12 | 18 | 3 | 917 | 154* | 61.13 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| V Sehwag | 3 | 5 | 0 | 286 | 147 | 57.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 10 | 0 | 106 | 37 | 10.60 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Bowling
| Player | Tests | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Best | Avg | 5WI | 10WM | SR | RpO |
| R Dravid | 13 | 54 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1-18 | 18.00 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 2.00 |
| W Jaffer | 3 | 66 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 2-18 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 | 33.00 | 1.64 |
| A Kumble | 13 | 3354 | 124 | 1546 | 51 | 5-30 | 30.31 | 3 | 0 | 65.76 | 2.77 |
| VVS Laxman | 12 | 192 | 9 | 81 | 1 | 1-32 | 81.00 | 0 | 0 | 192.00 | 2.53 |
| V Sehwag | 3 | 60 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 1-27 | 51.00 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | 5.10 |
| Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 1838 | 77 | 723 | 34 | 7-48 | 21.26 | 3 | 0 | 54.06 | 2.36 |
Note: Dravid and Sehwag have represented India in 99 and 44 Tests respectively. They played for ICC World XI against Australia in Super 'Test' which has been accorded official status by the ICC.
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