INDIAN TEAM

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Born : 24 April 1973, Bombay
Major Teams : Mumbai, Yorkshire, India.
Known As : Sachin Tendulkar
Batting Style : Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style : Right Arm Off
Break Leg
Break Right Arm Medium

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By popular vote, the greatest batsman in the world today, Sachin Tendulkar has the cricketing world at his feet. The adulation he commands world over is unsurpassed, perhaps since the days of Don Bradman, to whom of course he has been compared, by no less than the great man himself. While he may not end with a Test career average of 99.94, there is little doubt that based on his vigorous style of batsmanship and his insatiable appetite for runs and big scores, he is the most complete batsman since Vivian Richards. In many ways though he has surpassed even that outstanding West Indian batsman.
When Tendulkar is on song, there is no more majestic sight in the cricketing world. The spectators at the stadium are on their feet cheering while all over the world, TV audiences are glued to the screen. He has scored heavily on all kinds of wickets the world
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Mahend
Mahendra Singh Dhoni


Born :July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar
Current age : 24 years 100 days
Major teams :India, Jharkhand
Also known as : Mahi
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Cricket: India names Dhoni to one-day captaincy
Mahendra Singh Dhoni took a huge step toward one of the biggest jobs in world cricket on Tuesday when he was named captain of India for its series of one-day matches against Australia and Pakistan, to be played over the next two months.

Dhoni, 26, who is leading India in the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa, can make a strong case for also taking charge of the five-day test team if he performs well in the one-day matches. The job carries the pressure of meeting the expectations of India's huge population for its highest-profile national sport but also the prospect of great wealth.

India's next five-day series, against Pakistan, does not start until Nov. 22. The alternative to Dhoni is believed to be Sachin Tendulkar, India's greatest contemporary cricketing hero, who was only moderately successful when he captained the team in 25 tests from 1996 to 2002.

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Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Born : 8 July 1972, Calcutta
Major Teams : Bengal, India, Lancashire.
Known As : Sourav Ganguly
Batting Style : Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style : Right Arm Medium

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Saurav Ganguly, the Prince of Calcutta has a fan following of millions and that is justifiedconsidering the number of winning knocks he has played for India. His batting is the perfect blend of elegance and power. He has all the traditional style that goes with left dedbatsmanship. He is also a superb/ perfect timer of the ball. The manner in which he steps out and pounces on the ball, like a tiger on a hapless prey, is something to be enjoyed on the spot. He is one of the most aggressive Captain India has ever had and has emerged as one thekey components of the Indian team. His ability to play shots on the off side is special because there are very few players who can hit the ball in that area as crisply as he does.
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Sreesanth


Full name : Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born : February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Current age : 23 years 18 days
Major teams :India, Kerala, Kerala Under-19s
Also known as : Gopu 1
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm fast-medium

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For three seasons, S Sreesanth was hardly anything more than an answer to a trivia question - who is the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick ? His rise, though, was rapid, and since he played for a weak side, unnoticed. Not too many bowlers get selected for the Duleep Trophy in their first season, like Sreesanth did in 2002-03 after snapping up 22 wickets in his first seven games. His progress was halted owing to a hamstring injury in the following year, but he returned stronger, with a more side-on action and increased pace and a superb display in the Challenger Trophy, in 2005, propelled him to the national squad for the Sri Lanka series.
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Robin Uthappa

Full name : Robin Venu Uthappa
Born : November 11, 1985, Coorg, Karnataka
Current age : 21 years 313 days
Major teams : India, India Under-19s, Karnataka, Reebok XI
Batting style : Right-hand bat
Bowling style : Right-arm medium
Fielding position : Wicketkeeper

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Aiyudda Robin Uthappa born 11 November 1985 in Kodagu, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer. A son of an international hockey referee, he made his one-day international debut in the seventh and final match of the English tour of India in April 2006. He had a successful debut, making 86 as an opening batsman before being run out. It was the highest score for any Indian debutant in a limited overs match.

Uthappa first came to the public's attention when he made 66 for India B against India A in the Challenger Trophy in 2005. The following year, in the same tournament, Uthappa made matchwinning 93-ball 100 against the same team which propelled him in the big league. Previously, he had been a member of the India under-19 team that won the Asia Cup. Once a wicketkeeper-batsman, his List A batting average of near 40 with a strike rate of approximately 90 has made him regarded as something of a limited overs cricket specialist.

He was recalled to the ODI side in January 2007 for the series against the West Indies where he smashed a 70 from just 41 balls.

He has been recently selected in the 15 member squad of the Indian Cricket team for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 to be held in West Indies in this March-April.
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