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Home > Cricket > India's tour of Pakistan 2006 > Player profiles

India player profiles

Compiled by: Rajneesh Gupta

  • Check bottom of page for player statistics (career | vs Pak | in 2005)

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    All statistics are updated upto and including Faisalabad Test (25-1-06)

    Rahul Dravid (Captain)

    Full Name : Rahul Dravid
    Born: 11-1-1973, Indore
    Major Teams: Karnataka, India, Kent, ICC World XI
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Spinner, Occasional Wicket-keeper
    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 8, won 3, lost 2, drawn 3.

    Ajit Agarkar

    Full Name : Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
    Born: 4-12-1977, Bombay (now Mumbai)
    Major Teams: Mumbai, India.
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Medium Pace Bowler
    Test Debut: v Zimbabwe, Harare, 1998-99
    Highest Score: 109* v England at Lord’s, 2002
    Best Innings Bowling: 6-41 v Australia at Adelaide, 2003-04



    M S Dhoni (Wicket-keeper)

    Full name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
    Born: 07-07-1981, Ranchi
    Major teams: Jharkhand, India
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Wicket-keeper
    Test Debut: v Sri Lanka, Chennai, 2005-06
    Highest Score: 51* v Sri Lanka, Delhi, 2005-06
    Most dismissals in an innings: 2 (all ct) v Sri Lanka at Delhi, 2005-06
    2 (1 ct + 1 st) v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, 2005-06
    Most dismissals in a match:
    3 (2 ct +1 st) v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, 2005-06

    Gautam Gambhir

    Full Name: Gautam Gambhir
    Born: 14-10-1981, Delhi
    Major Teams: Delhi, India
    Type: Left Hand Batsman, Leg Spinner
    Test Debut: v Australia at Mumbai, 2004-05
    Highest Score: 139 v Bangladesh at Chittagong, 2004-05

    Sourav Ganguly

    Full Name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
    Born: 8-07-1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata), Bengal
    Major Teams: Bengal, India, Lancashire
    Type: Left Hand Batsman, Right Arm Medium Pace Bowler
    Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
    Highest Score: 173 v Sri Lanka at Mumbai, 1997-98
    Best Innings Bowling: 3-28 v Australia, Kolkata, 1997-98

    Harbhajan Singh

    Full Name: Harbhajan Singh Plaha
    Born: 3-07-1980, Jullundur (now Jalandhar)
    Major Teams: Punjab, India.
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Spinner
    Test Debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98
    Highest Score: 66 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 200
    Best Innings Bowling: 8-84 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01

    Wasim Jaffer

    Full name: Wasim Jaffer
    Born: February 16, 1978, Bombay (now Mumbai)
    Major teams: Mumbai, India
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Spinner
    Test Debut: v South Africa at Mumbai,1999-00
    Highest Score: 86 v West Indies at St John’s, 2001-02
    Best Innings Bowling: 2-18 v West Indies at St John’s, 2001-02

    Zaheer Khan

    Full Name: Zaheer Khan
    Born: 7-10-1978, Shrirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
    Major Teams: Baroda, India, Surrey
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Left Arm Medium Pace Bowler
    Test Debut: v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2000-01
    Highest Score: 75 v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2004-05
    Best Innings Bowling: 5-29 v New Zealand at Hamilton, 2002-03

    Anil Kumble

    Full Name: Anil Kumble
    Born: 17-10-1970, Bangalore
    Major Teams: Karnataka, India, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Leg Spinner
    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


    V V S Laxman

    Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
    Born: 1-11-1974, Hyderabad
    Major Teams: Hyderabad, India
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Spinner
    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

    Parthiv Patel (Wicket-keeper)

    Full Name: Parthiv Ajay Patel
    Born: 9-03-1985, Ahmedabad
    Major Teams: Gujarat, India.
    Type: Left Hand Batsman, Wicket-keeper
    Test Debut: v England at Nottingham, 2002
    Highest Score: 69 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 2003-04
    Most dismissals in an Innings: 4 (all ct) v New Zealand at Hamilton, 2002-03
    4 (3 ct + 1 st) v Australia at Nagpur, 2004-05
    Most dismissals in a match:
    5 (4 ct +1 st) v Australia at Nagpur, 2004-05

    Irfan Pathan

    Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
    Born: 27-10-1984, Baroda
    Major Teams: Baroda, India
    Type: Left Hand Batsman, Left Hand Medium Pace 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

    Virender Sehwag

    Full Name: Virender Sehwag
    Born: 20-10-1978, Delhi
    Major Teams: Delhi, India, Leicestershire, ICC World XI
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Spinner
    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

    RP Singh

    Full name: Rudra Pratap Singh
    Born: 6-12-1985
    Major teams: Uttar Pradesh, India
    Type:: Right Hand Batsman, Left Arm Medium Pace Bowler
    Test Debut: Yet to make Test debut

    Sachin Tendulkar

    Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
    Born: 24-04-1973, Bombay (now Mumbai)
    Major Teams: Mumbai, India, Yorkshire
    Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Spinner, Right Arm Leg Spinner, Right Arm Medium Pace Bowler
    Test Debut: v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90
    Highest Score: 248* v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2004-05
    Best Innings Bowling: 3-10 v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00

    Yuvraj Singh

    Full Name: Yuvraj Singh
    Born: 12-12-1981, Chandigarh
    Major Teams: Punjab, India, Yorkshire.
    Type: Left Hand Batsman, Left Arm Spinner
    Test Debut: v New Zealand at Mohali, 2003-04
    Highest Score: 112 v Pakistan at Lahore, 2003-04
    Best Innings Bowling: 1-25 v Pakistan at Multan, 2003-04

    Test career records
    Batting & Fielding:
    MtsInnsNORunsHsAve100s50s0sCtSt
    AB AgarkarTest Career26395571109*16.7910960
    v Pakistan220383619.0000000
    MS DhoniTest Career56129714859.40110102
    v Pakistan210148148148.0010051
    R DravidTest Career9616120823927058.43223961300
    v Pakistan11182104027065.00521140
    G GambhirTest Career1321268413936.00131120
    v Pakistan3611795235.8001010
    SC GangulyTest Career8713812515017340.8712258590
    v Pakistan81212977727.0003080
    Harbhajan SinghTest Career5271158796615.700211270
    v Pakistan692833811.8600250
    Wasim JafferTest Career71302618620.08032120
    v PakistanYet to play
    Zaheer KhanTest Career4152144767512.530115100
    v Pakistan3212020*20.0000110
    A KumbleTest Career1021292717528817.180313460
    v Pakistan1115517937*17.9000260
    VVS LaxmanTest Career7111313440128144.019247780
    v Pakistan111835269035.07052130
    PA PatelTest Career192876696931.86044397
    v Pakistan3311316965.50021100
    IK PathanTest Career202426519329.5905460
    v Pakistan8912189027.2501220
    V SehwagTest Career41662360530956.3311105360
    v Pakistan81201267309105.5842150
    RP SinghTest Career110666.0000000
    v Pakistan110666.0000000
    SR TendulkarTest Career1282042110337248*56.49354112780
    v Pakistan15221869194*41.3825250
    Yuvraj SinghTest Career1217349511235.36132110
    v Pakistan55023411246.8011040

    Bowling:
    MtsBallsMdnsRunsWktsBest5WI10WMAveSRRpO
    AB AgarkarTest Career264857168274558 6-411047.3383.743.39
    v Pakistan228282023 2-1220067.3394.004.30
    MS DhoniTest Career560130 0-1300--13.00
    v Pakistan260130 0-1300--13.00
    R DravidTest Career961204391 1-180039.00120.001.95
    v PakistanYet to bowl
    SC GangulyTest Career87240883134225 3-280053.6896.323.34
    v Pakistan81503780 0-300--3.12
    Harbhajan SinghTest Career52138414836460219 8-8417429.5063.202.80
    v Pakistan615745286015 6-1521057.33104.933.28
    Wasim JafferTest Career7663182 2-18009.0033.001.64
    v PakistanYet to bowl
    Zaheer KhanTest Career4177032604220118 5-293035.7665.283.29
    v Pakistan3682194359 4-610048.3375.783.83
    A KumbleTest Career10232068130414020491 10-7431828.5565.312.62
    v Pakistan113532135193060 10-744232.1758.873.28
    VVS LaxmanTest Career71252101001 1-3200100.00252.002.38
    v Pakistan11240140 0-400--3.50
    IK PathanTest Career204063151222775 7-596229.6954.173.29
    v Pakistan8195677107120 4-1000053.5597.803.29
    V SehwagTest Career41645124033 1-1700134.33215.003.75
    v Pakistan81022650 0-300--3.82
    RP SinghTest Career128261645 4-890032.8056.403.49
    v Pakistan128261645 4-890032.8056.403.49
    SR TendulkarTest Career128326475184237 3-100049.7888.223.39
    v Pakistan1548673089 2-350034.2254.003.80
    Yuvraj SinghTest Career121381891 1-250089.00138.003.87
    v Pakistan51081781 1-250078.00108.004.33

    All statistics are updated upto and including Faisalabad Test (25-1-06)

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