India Cricketer Harbhajan Singh Profile

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Name
Harbhajan Singh

Nationality
Indian

Date of Birth3 July 1980, Jalandhar, Punjab

Batting Style
Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style
Right Arm Off Break

Test DebutAgainst Australia at Bangalore in 1997/98

Latest Test
West Indies v India at Kingston - Jun 30-Jul 2, 2006

ODI Debut
Against New Zealand at Sharjah in 1997/98

Latest ODI
India v Australia at Chandigarh - Oct 29, 2006

Achievements

One-Days ( Man of the Match : 3 times )
Batting -Matches: 137 Runs: 667 Avg: 13.61 HS: 46
Bowling -Wkts Taken: 162 Avg: 31.00 Econ: 4.09


Tests ( Man of the Match : 5 times )
Batting - Matches: 57 Runs: 986 Avg: 16.16 HS: 66
Bowling - Wkts Taken: 238 Avg: 29.87 Econ: 2.81


Test debut
India v Australia at Bangalore - Mar 25-28, 1998


ODI debut
India v New Zealand at Sharjah - Apr 17, 1998

Harbhajan Singh Profile:

A player of passion, with talent to match, Harbhajan Singh is India's most successful offspin bowler. Bowling with a windmilling, whiplash action, remodelled after he was reported for throwing, he exercises great command over the ball, has the ability to vary his length and pace, and can turn it the other way too. His main wicket-taking ball, however, is the one that climbs wickedly on the unsuspecting batsman from a good length, forcing him to alter his stroke at the last second. In March 2001, it proved too much for the all-conquering Australians, as Harbhajan collected 32 wickets in three Tests, including the first Test hat-trick by an Indian, while none of his team-mates managed more than three. He has never quite managed to reach those heights again, but he remains an irresistible force on home pitches where he can be unplayable once he manages an opening. Purists might mutter about a lack of loop and flight, but he is very much a product of his times where short boundaries and heavy bats afford little latitude to slow bowlers. His overseas record, despite two five-fors against West Indies in India's last tour there in 2006, remains a worry: he averages nearly 40 per wicket outside India, while at home he averages just over 25. He can be occasionally explosive with the bat and has scored nearly 1000 runs. At 26, he remains the prime candidate to carry on India's rich legacy in spin after the the retirement of Anil Kumble.

India Cricketer Harbhajan Singh Profile

Harbhajan Singh's profile, Harbhajan Singh biography, India Off Spinner Harbhajan Singh, Bhajji, Harbhajan Singh

Name
Harbhajan Singh

Nationality
Indian

Date of Birth3 July 1980, Jalandhar, Punjab

Batting Style
Right Hand Bat

Bowling Style
Right Arm Off Break

Test DebutAgainst Australia at Bangalore in 1997/98

Latest Test
West Indies v India at Kingston - Jun 30-Jul 2, 2006

ODI Debut
Against New Zealand at Sharjah in 1997/98

Latest ODI
India v Australia at Chandigarh - Oct 29, 2006

Achievements

One-Days ( Man of the Match : 3 times )
Batting -Matches: 137 Runs: 667 Avg: 13.61 HS: 46
Bowling -Wkts Taken: 162 Avg: 31.00 Econ: 4.09


Tests ( Man of the Match : 5 times )
Batting - Matches: 57 Runs: 986 Avg: 16.16 HS: 66
Bowling - Wkts Taken: 238 Avg: 29.87 Econ: 2.81


Test debut
India v Australia at Bangalore - Mar 25-28, 1998


ODI debut
India v New Zealand at Sharjah - Apr 17, 1998

Harbhajan Singh Profile:

A player of passion, with talent to match, Harbhajan Singh is India's most successful offspin bowler. Bowling with a windmilling, whiplash action, remodelled after he was reported for throwing, he exercises great command over the ball, has the ability to vary his length and pace, and can turn it the other way too. His main wicket-taking ball, however, is the one that climbs wickedly on the unsuspecting batsman from a good length, forcing him to alter his stroke at the last second. In March 2001, it proved too much for the all-conquering Australians, as Harbhajan collected 32 wickets in three Tests, including the first Test hat-trick by an Indian, while none of his team-mates managed more than three. He has never quite managed to reach those heights again, but he remains an irresistible force on home pitches where he can be unplayable once he manages an opening. Purists might mutter about a lack of loop and flight, but he is very much a product of his times where short boundaries and heavy bats afford little latitude to slow bowlers. His overseas record, despite two five-fors against West Indies in India's last tour there in 2006, remains a worry: he averages nearly 40 per wicket outside India, while at home he averages just over 25. He can be occasionally explosive with the bat and has scored nearly 1000 runs. At 26, he remains the prime candidate to carry on India's rich legacy in spin after the the retirement of Anil Kumble.

India Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni Profile

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Full name Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Born July 7, 1981, Ranchi

Current age 29 years 277 days

Major teams India, Asia XI, Bihar, Chennai Super Kings,Jharkhand

Also known as Mahi

Playing role Wicketkeeper batsman

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

His hobbies and interests include:

Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
Loves to ride bikes
Enjoys playing computer games and badminton
Not interested in:

English songs
Working out at gyms
Special qualities:

Thinks positive
Highly confident about himself
Is aggressive on the field
His Idol:
Adam Gilchrist

Cricketing profile

Mahendra Singh Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the 23rd of December 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasnt a great debut for him where batting is concerned. Luck wasnt on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time.

On the 31st of October, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka which was played at Jaipur. Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs.

Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper. Its said he drinks around four litres of milk everyday but he denied it by saying that has been exaggerated a bit. He said he loves milk and drinks around a litre on a daily basis.

On the 2nd of December 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India.

Personal profile

Dhoni was born and brought up in the city of Ranchi. He has two siblings. A sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father's home town. His father's name is Pan Singh and mother's name is Devki Devi.

India Cricketer Yuvaraj Singh Profile

Yuvaraj Singh Profile and Biography

Full nameYuvraj Singh

Nick NameYuvi

Date Of Birth
12-12-1981

CityChandigarh

Teams 
India, Yorkshire, Punjab

Test Debut
Against New Zealand at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on 16-10-2003

ODI Debut
Against Kenya at Gymkhana Club Ground on 03-10-2000

Batting StyleLeft-hand bat

Bowling StyleSlow left-arm orthodox

Yuvraj's Profile

At 19, Yuvraj is already an all rounder who has proven himself. One need look no further than his performance in the domestic youth competitions and in the Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka. In the final of the Cooch Behar Trophy in the 1999-2000 season, Yuvraj made 358 against Bihar. Any batsman who has the ability to play an innings of that length is bound to be a force to reckon with. Following that performance up with what was an extremely successful World Cup in Sri Lanka, Yuvraj caught the eye of many a cricket pundit. He was named player of the series for scoring heavily through the World Cup, including a tremendous half century that came off just 20 balls in the semifinals against Australia.

Generously gifted, Yuvraj Singh is looked upon as a strong, fearless natural destined for great things. Two months short of his 19th birthday, he made an almost messianic entry into international cricket, toppling Australia in the Nairobi Mini-World Cup in 2000-01, with a blistering 84 and some scintillating fielding. In time he was to supplement these skills with clever, loopy left-arm spin. While Yuvraj's ability to hit the ball long and clean were instantly recognised, he was soon found to be troubled by quality spin and perceived to lack commitment, traits for which he temporarily lost his place in the one-day side. But on returning, for the last two one-dayers against Zimbabwe in early 2002, he swung the series India's way with a matchwinning innings in each game, and then went to England and played a key role in three Indian chases in their dream run in the NatWest tri-series. It took 15 months more, and an injury to his captain, Sourav Ganguly, for Yuvraj to get a Test look-in. On the third such opportunity, against Pakistan on the first day on a greentop at Lahore, he stroked a stunning century off 110 balls. The 2005-06 season proved to be a watershed for Yuvraj, with 1161 runs at 58 in the one-dayers, as he transformed himself into one of the keystones in India's batting line-up. He was soon preferred over VVS Laxman in Tests when India went in with five batsmen, but a lean series in the West Indies meant that he was still struggling to match potential with performance.

India Cricketer Zaheer Khan Profile

Zaheer Khan Profile 

Full name Zaheer Khan
Born October 7, 1978, Shrirampur, Maharashtra
Current age 30 years 177 days
Major teams India, Asia XI, Asia XI, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Baroda, Mumbai, Surrey, Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast-medium

Career statistics

Test debut Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Nov 10-13, 2000
Last Test New Zealand v India at Napier, Mar 26-30, 2009

Test statistics
ODI debut Kenya v India at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 3, 2000
Last ODI New Zealand v India at Auckland, Mar 14, 2009

ODI statistics
T20I debut South Africa v India at Johannesburg, Dec 1, 2006
Last T20I New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 27, 2009

T20I statistics
First-class debut 1999/00
Last First-class New Zealand v India at Napier, Mar 26-30, 2009
List A debut 1999/00
Last List A New Zealand v India at Auckland, Mar 14, 2009
Twenty20 debut Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Cardiff, Jun 27, 2006
Last Twenty20 New Zealand v India at Wellington, Feb 27, 2009






Zahir Khan's Profile

Like Waqar Younis a decade before, Zaheer Khan yorked his way into the collective consciousness of the cricket world: his performances at the ICC Knockout Trophy in Kenya in September 2000 announced the arrival of an all-too-rare star in the Indian fast-bowling firmament. He might just as easily have come from the Pakistani pace stable: well-built, quick and unfazed by a batsman's reputation, Zaheer could move the ball both ways off the wicket and swing the old ball at some pace. After initially struggling to establish himself as a new-ball bowler, he came of age on the 2002 tour of the West Indies, when he led the line with great heart. His subsequent displays in England and New Zealand - not to mention some eye-catching moments at the World Cup - established him at the forefront of India's new pace generation, but a hamstring injury saw him relegated to bit-part performer as Indian cricket scripted some of its finest moments away in Australia and Pakistan. After that, his pace has dropped and his attitude was questioned, as a new breed of pace bowlers pushed him aside to move to the front of the queue. Zaheer's response was to head to Worcestershire and take 78 wickets in the 2006 county season, a performance that earned him a recall for the tour of South Africa. He was the perfect foil for Sreesanth there, and he then regained his status as leader of the pack with a matchwinning display at Trent Bridge, as India won only their fifth Test on English soil.

Cricketer Shane Robert Watson Profile

Shane Watson Profile

Full name Shane Robert Watson

Born June 17, 1981, Ipswich, Queensland

Current age 29 years 298 days

Major teams Australia, Hampshire, New South Wales, Queensland, Rajasthan Royals, Tasmania

Nickname Watto
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Height 1.83 m


Shane Watson Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Jan 2-5, 2005
Last Test	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 3-7, 2011
Test statistics
ODI debut	South Africa v Australia at Centurion, Mar 24, 2002
Last ODI	Bangladesh v Australia at Dhaka, Apr 9, 2011
ODI statistics
T20I debut	South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, Feb 24, 2006
Last T20I	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 14, 2011
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2000/01
Last First-class	Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 3-7, 2011
List A debut	2000/01
Last List A	Bangladesh v Australia at Dhaka, Apr 9, 2011
Twenty20 debut	Essex v Hampshire at Chelmsford, Jul 2, 2004
Last Twenty20	Australia v England at Melbourne, Jan 14, 2011

Shane Watson Profile

To conquer international cricket, Shane Watson first had to beat his fragile body. Despite boasting an athletic figure made for photo shoots, Watson's frame was so brittle it threatened to break him. He refused to give up. Not through recurrences of back stress fractures, hamstring strains, calf problems, hip complaints, a dislocated shoulder or a suspected heart attack that turned out to be food poisoning.

He changed his training, preferring pilates to weights, gave up alcohol, but not his dream. It finally paid off in 2009, when he was chosen as a Test opener in the middle of the Ashes series. Many batsmen would have been uncomfortable with the promotion from the middle order, especially after failing when given the job with Queensland, but Watson has been used to re-inventing himself. In his first eight Tests in the new role he scored seven fifties and a 120. With a history of setbacks, it was not a surprise that his first Test century became such a drama, but after two scores in the 90s and an 89, he finally brought it up at the MCG - thanks to a single from a dropped catch. He has earned some luck.

At the crease he is an aggressive brute with a broad chest, a right-handed disciple of Matthew Hayden, and someone who often doesn't need to follow-through to gain a boundary. However, his drives and pulls are delivered in a much smoother style than his former Queensland team-mate and his technique is worth copying.

As a bowler he is willing and speedy, but not quite as good as he thinks he is, and is prone to post-delivery exchanges. He picks up handy wickets and delivers useful overs in all forms, although he is a run-getter first and not someone who would usually be picked on bowling alone. After years of doubt he has developed into a very modern, complete and enviable package