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sachin tendulkar

     

Full name	Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born	24 April 1973 (1973-04-24) (age 37)Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Nickname	The God of Cricket,[1] Little Master, Tendlya,[2] Master Blaster,[3] The Master,[4][5] The Little Champion,[6] The Great Man[7]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 187)	15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test	9 October 2010 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 74)	18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI	24 February 2010 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	10
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988–present	Mumbai
2008–present	Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League)
1992	Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	171	442	270	529
Runs scored	14,240	17,594	22,432	21,150
Batting average	56.96	45.12	59.03	45.87
100s/50s	49/58	46/93	74/101	57/111
Top score	248*	200*	248*	200*
Balls bowled	3,994	8,020	7,359	10,196
Wickets	44	154	69	201
Bowling average	52.25	44.26	60.73	42.01
5 wickets in innings	0	2	0	2
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	3/10	5/32	3/10	5/32
Catches/stumpings	106/–	132/–	173/–	169/–

one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and One Day International cricket He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket. Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, Tendulkar is the first player to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined, he now has 95 centuries in international cricket. Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009, and has been honored with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honor. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first personality without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Force. He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

    
Dhoni has come to be regarded as one of the coolest heads to captain the Indian ODI side. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, Dhoni also led team India to number one position in ICC rankings in test cricket for the first time. Dhoni has also been the recipient of many awards including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first Indian player to achieve this feat), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour in 2009. As of January 2010, Dhoni is the highest ranked ODI batsman on the ICC Rankings List.
                            
                      Krishnamachari Srikkanth

is a former captain of the Indian cricket team and the current chairman of the selection committee. e was gifted with good eye and super quick reflexes. Consistency was not his forte. With more technical batsman in the side during his times like Gavaskar, Vengsarkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Ravi Shastri etc, he could fancy hitting the bowlers all over. He was an integral member of the Indian squad when they won the 1983 Prudential World Cup. After retirement he took up the mantle of coaching the India 'A' team and was a quite successful stint. He has since been a broadcaster and commentator with various sports and news channels. he was appointed the Chief Selector of the Indian Cricket team

   Rahul Dravid  

one of the most experienced cricketers in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. Known as the Wall due to his ability to bat for long durations. He is the second Indian batsman, after Sachin Tendulkar, and the fifth international player to have scored more than 11,000 runs in Test cricket He is the first and the only batsman to score a century in all ten Test playing nations.^[6] With more than 199 catches, Dravid currently holds the world record for the highest number of catches in Test cricket.^[7] Dravid has also been involved in more than 80 century partnerships with 18 different partners — a world record

                                                         
                                                         

Full name	Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born	7 July 1981 (1981-07-07) (age 29)Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India
Nickname	Mahi
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Right-hand medium
Role	Wicket-keeper, India captain
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 251)	2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	9 October 2010 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 158)	23 December 2004 v Bangladesh
Last ODI	20 October 2010 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	7
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1999/00 – 2004/05	Bihar
2004/05-	Jharkhand
2008–	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	List A
Matches	46	171	87	227
Runs scored	2,556	5,733	4,718	7,735
Batting average	41.90	50.73	38.04	49.90
100s/50s	4/18	7/37	7/32	13/48
Top score	148	183*	148	183*
Balls bowled	12	12	42	39
Wickets	0	1	0	2
Bowling average	–	14.00	-	18.00
5 wickets in innings	-	-	-	-
10 wickets in match	-	-	-	-
Best bowling	0/1	-	-	1/14
Catches/stumpings	119/20	170/55	227/39	237/70