Jacques Kallis – A Complete All Rounder from South Africa

Full name Jacques Henry Kallis

Born October 16, 1975, Pinelands, Cape Town, Cape Province

Current age 35 years 81 days

Major teams South Africa, Africa XI, Cape Cobras, Glamorgan, ICC World XI, Middlesex, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Warriors, Western Province

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Career statistics
Test debut South Africa v England at Durban, Dec 14-18, 1995
Last Test South Africa v India at Durban, Dec 26-29, 2010

ODI statistics

ODI debut South Africa v England at Cape Town, Jan 9, 1996
Last ODI Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Nov 8, 2010

T20I debut South Africa v New Zealand at Johannesburg, Oct 21, 2005
Last T20I West Indies v South Africa at North Sound, May 19, 2010

First-class debut 1993/94
Last First-class South Africa v India at Durban, Dec 26-29, 2010
List A debut 1994/95
Last List A Pakistan v South Africa at Dubai, Nov 8, 2010

Twenty20 debut Eastern Cape v Western Province Boland at Port Elizabeth, Apr 13, 2004
Last Twenty20 Mumbai Indians v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Durban, Sep 19, 2010

Profile
No batsman prizes his wicket more highly, and no wicket in all of cricket is more highly prized. Jacques Kallis is the broad-shouldered colossus of the South African team, a figure whose looming presence inspires calm in some and dread in others. Few players who belong to the modern age are a better fit for the notion of the classical cricketer. Kallis is a fine, forceful batsman who has at his disposal both a rock-solid technique and a mind impervious to distraction. Though his role as a bowler diminishes with each passing season, he will be remembered as a purveyor of sometimes surprising pace and swing, and awkward bounce. In the slips, his sure-handedness and rattlesnake reflexes make ridiculous catches look regulation.

Indian Cricket Player Yusuf Pathan

Yusuf Pathan : India

Full name Yusuf Khan Pathan

Born November 17, 1982, Baroda, Gujarat

Current age 28 years 23 days

Major teams India, Baroda, India Green, Rajasthan Royals

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Relation Half-brother – IK Pathan

Career statistics
ODI debut India v Pakistan at Dhaka, Jun 10, 2008
Last ODI India v New Zealand at Bangalore, Dec 7, 2010

ODI statistics
T20I debut India v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Sep 24, 2007
Last T20I Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Jun 13, 2010

T20I statistics
First-class debut 2001/02
Last First-class Baroda v Uttar Pradesh at Vadodara, Nov 17-20, 2010

List A debut 2004/05
Last List A India v New Zealand at Bangalore, Dec 7, 2010
Twenty20 debut Baroda v Mumbai at Mumbai, Apr 3, 2007
Last Twenty20 Baroda v Maharashtra at Vadodara, Oct 25, 2010

Profile

Yusuf Pathan first made his mark as a hard-hitting batsman and offspinner for the Baroda Under-16 team in the Vijay Merchant Trophy in 1999-2000. His impressive showings saw him quickly climb the rungs to the Baroda U-19 and the West Zone U-19 sides. He made his Ranji debut against Saurashtra in 2001-02, but it wasn’t until the 2004-05 season, by when younger brother Irfan Pathan was donning the national colours, that he established himself as a regular in the Baroda squad. Pathan ended the 2004-05 season as Baroda’s fourth-highest scorer and third-highest wicket-taker.

Zaheer Khan – Indian Fast Bowler Profile & Biography

Indian Cricketer Zaheer Khan

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.

Ajantha Mendis – Sri Lanka Player Profile

Full name Balapuwaduge Ajantha Winslo Mendis
Born March 11, 1985, Moratuwa
Current age 23 years 137 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sri Lanka Army, Wayamba
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak

Career statistics

ODI debut West Indies v Sri Lanka at Port of Spain, Apr 10, 2008

Last ODI India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008

First-class debut Lankan Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Army at Welisara, Nov 17-19, 2006

Last First-class Sri Lanka Army v Moratuwa Sports Club at Panagoda, Mar 21-23, 2008

List A debut Sri Lanka Army v Lankan Cricket Club at Colombo (RPS), Nov 8, 2006

Last List A India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008

Twenty20 debut Sri Lanka Army v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (CCC), Feb 28, 2007

Last Twenty20 Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab at Kolkata, May 25, 2008

Profile

Although classified as a right-arm, slow-medium bowler, Ajantha Mendis is a spinner who bowls a mixture of googlies, offbreaks, top-spinners, flippers and legbreaks. Batsmen have been confounded by the variety of deliveries he has up his sleeve and are at a loss to figure out what his stock delivery is. Mendis was a prolific wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Army in the 2007-08 season and had taken 46 wickets at an average of 10.56 and strike-rate of 31 from six matches. His performances did not go unnoticed for Mendis was called up to the Sri Lanka squad for the tour of West Indies in April 2008. After impressing on debut in the Caribbean, Mendis only grew in stature – in particular, because of his ‘flicker’, which he releases with an unusual snap of his fingers. In a short span Mendis has flummoxed some international batsmen who’ve played spin pretty well in their careers. Just ask the Indians, who were clueless against him in the Asia Cup final, where Mendis netted 6 for 13 in his eighth one-day international. His 17 wickets in the tournament duly earned him the Man-of-the-Series award and soon after earned a call-up to the Test squad to face India at home.

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Gautam Gambhir Profile and Biography

Full name Gautam Gambhir

Born October 14, 1981, Delhi

Current age 26 years 226 days

Major teams India, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, India Red, Indian Board President’s XI, Rajasthan Cricket Association President’s XI

Batting Style : Left Hand Bat

Bowling Style : Leg Break

Test Debut

India v Australia at Mumbai, 4th Test, 2004/05

Latest Test

India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Dec 8-12, 2007

ODI Debut

India v Bangladesh at Dhaka, TVS Cup, 2003

Latest ODI

Australia v India at Sydney, Feb 24, 2008
Twenty20 Debut Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007
Last Twenty20 Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008

Achievements

One-Days ( Man of the Match : 1 times )
Batting – Matches: 44 | Runs: 1402 | Avg: 35.05 | HS: 113
Bowling – Overs: 1 | Wkts Taken: 0 | Avg: 13 | Econ: 13.00

Tests

Batting – Matches: 14 | Runs: 692 | Avg: 32.95| HS: 139
Bowling – Overs: 0 | Wkts Taken: 0 | Avg: 0 | Econ: 0

Twenty20 Match
Batting – Matches: 14 | Runs: 407 | Avg: 33.91 | HS:75 | 100s: 0 | 50s: 5
Bowling – Wkts Taken: 0| Avg: 0 | Econ: 0