CHAMINDA VAAS

<strong>Full name Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas
Nick Name --
DOB 27-01-1974
City Mattumagala
Teams Sri Lanka, Worcestershire, Hampshire, Colts Cricket Club, ACC Asian XI, Deccan Chargers, Middlesex
Test Debut Against Pakistan at Asgiriya Stadium on 26-08-1994
ODI Debut Against India at Municipal Stadium on 15-02-1994
Batting Style Left-hand bat
Bowling Style Left-arm fast-medium

Full Name of MS Dhoni : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Birth Date of MS Dhoni: 07 Jul, 1981
Popular Name : MS Dhoni
Role of MS Dhoni : Captain,Wicketkeeper, Batsman
Playing Style of MS Dhoni : Right-hand bat

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Explosive batsman who struck 148 in his fifth ODI in a home series against Pakistan in April 2005 and a match-winning 183 not out against Sri Lanka at home later that year to record the highest one-day score by a wicketkeeper. Hugely popular with fans for long hair and model looks and has a fleet of motorbikes. Has good temperament and can curb natural aggression when needed. The selectors, headed by chairman Dillip Vangsarkar, have named this Jharkhand lad, the current Twenty20 skipper, as captain of the Indian ODI team. He is also the vice-captain of

the Test team.

About Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag, nicknamed ‘Viru’, is an international cricketer, who is known for his aggressive right-hand batting style. He was born to Mr.Krishan and his wife Krishna Sehwag on October 20, 1978 in Delhi, India and has three siblings. Virender Sehwag got married to Aarti Alhawat in April 2004 and they have a son born on October 18, 2007.
Virender Sehwag made his Test match debut in 2001 as a middle-order batsman for the Indian team against South Africa with a century to his name, scoring 105. After home series in 2001-02 against England and Zimbabwe, Virender Sehwag was promoted up the order to open the innings in the 2002 England tour and he remained in the order ever since. During the 2002-03 season, he scored his maiden home century of 147 against West Indies, earning his first Man of the Match award and on December 26, 2003 test match against Australia, he scored 195. In 2004, Virender Sehwag scored the first ever triple century by an Indian with 309 runs against Pakistan, earning the Man of the Match award and later, the Man of the Series award. The same year, he scored 155 against Australia in Chennai and 164 in the First Test of the series against South Africa and 88 in the second, claiming the Man of the Series award once again. At the 2005 three-match Test series against Pakistan, Virender Sehwag scored a total of 544 runs at an average of 90.66, and he went on to cross 3000 runs becoming the fastest Indian to reach it in terms of innings played. For his performance in the earlier 12-months period, Virender Sehwag got selected in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Team of the Year and also got nominated for the Test Player of the Year award. He captained the side in the third Test match of a series against Sri Lanka in the absence of Rahul Dravid, leading the team to victory.
In January 2005, Virender Sehwag scored 254 against Pakistan, which was the highest ever Test score at a strike rate of above 100 and the second fastest double century. In the process, he was also involved in the 410 run partnership with Rahul Dravid, which was just four run short of a record opening partnership in Test matches. In the second Test match of the 2006 West Indies tour, Virender Sehwag hit 180 runs in 190 balls and also took four wickets and for his good efforts, he was named the Man of the Match. In the fourth Test match of the December 2007 series against Australia, he scored a match-saving 151 in the second innings, his first century in the second innings of a test match. In the April 2008 home series against South Africa, Virender Sehwag claimed the fastest Test triple century with 319 in the first Test in Chennai, becoming the third batsman to score 2 triple centuries.Virender Sehwag made his One Day International (ODI) debut in April 1999, but came to prominence in March 2001, when he earned a Man of the Match award for his all-round performance in a game against Australia. In August 2001, in a tri-series involving India, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand, Virender Sehwag was given the opportunity to open the innings for India on the absence of Sachin Tendulkar. In the finalist-decider against New Zealand, he scored his maiden ODI century in just 69 balls, the second fastest ODI century by an Indian. In 2002, he scored the Indian second fastest half-century in just 22 balls against Kenya in Bloemfontein. In the India-England ODI Series in January 2002, Virender Sehwag entered the pitch as an opening batsman on Sourav Ganguly’s absence, and this time he sealed the opening spot for himself, by proving that he is more fruitful at the top of the order. In the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, Virender Sehwag scored 271 runs at an average of 90.33, earning two Man of the Match awards in the tournament.
He, with Sourav Ganguly, had two big ODI partnerships, 192 against England, in which he scored 126 from 104 balls, and 196 against West Indies, in which he scored unbeaten 114 from 82 balls. Virender Sehwag was the only batsman to score a century in the 7 match ODI series against New Zealand, scoring two centuries, 108 in Napier and 112 in Auckland. He played in the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup and scored his tournament highest of 82 in the final against Australia. At the 2003-04 ODI series, Virender Sehwag scored one century and 3 fifties and in 2004 and at the 2004-05 ODI series, he earned 3 Man of the Match awards. In the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, he scored 114 from 87 deliveries against Bermuda in India’s total score of 413, which is the highest team total in a World Cup match.
Virender Sehwag is naturally an attacking batsman and Twenty20 (T20) format is considered to suit his style of play better. He played in 19 T20 matches and scored 374 runs with a highest score of 68, and in Indian Premier League (IPL), Virender Sehwag is the Delhi Daredevils’ most expensive player with a contract worth $833,750. He lead the team from the front in 13 matches during the inaugural IPL season, scoring 403 runs, with a highest score of unbeaten 94, and also claimed 3 wickets with his off-spin bowling.
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THE GREAT WALL OF INDIA

India won their frist series on English soil after 21 years.India won the 3-test series 1-0.The frist Test was drawn with the rain helping india salvage a draw and third Test also ending similarly with England managing to hold on. This was the frist indian victory against England in England after they won 2-0 in 1986..Rahul Dravid's weddingRahul Dravid on Sunday May 4, 2003 married Vijeta Pendharkar, a doctor from Nagpur. The marriage was strictly a private affair. The couple obliged photographers by coming to the reception of Taj West End Hotel, where the dinner was being held, for ten minutes. One Day International Cricket Records...OID Records...1)The only batsman to have been involved in two ODI partnerships exceeding 300 runs.2) First batsman to be involved in a 300 run partnership in a Cricket World Cup along with Sourav Ganguly in the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton.3)Involved in all three highest 4th wicket partnerships against South Africa, two with Yuvraj Singh.4)Involved in the highest partnership in the history of ODI cricket with a 331 run partnership along with Sachin Tendulkar vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999-2000.5)Has the record of not being dismissed on duck for 120 consecutive ODI matchesWorld Cup Records...1)He was the leading run scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs.2)Highest score by a wicketkeeper in a World Cup.Information about his Personal Records...Test Records1)Dravid has been involved in the most century partnerships in Test history - 65 (May 2007)2)Dravid has the second highest Test batting average among those who have scored over 9,000 Test runs (May 2007)3)Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 Tests.4)Longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut5)Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home (until the ICC decides to add more nations to the list of Test playing nations his record can only be equalled, not broken).6)Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain).7)He is the fastest to reach 9000 runs in Test cricket. In all he took 176 innings to do this, bettering the previous record set by Brian Lara by 1 innings.8)Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.9)With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid bettered the previous Indian record of 50+ scores in 6 consecutive Tests for a single batsman. This record was shared by Vijay Hazare, Chandu Borde, Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sadagoppan Ramesh. As of October 2006 this streak is unbroken.10)He is currently joint 4th along with Brian Lara among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (5288 as of August 9th 2006). Only Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Border and Vivian Richards have scored more away Test runs.11)9th batsman to score twin hundreds in a Test twice, and only the 2nd Indian to do so, after Sunil Gavakar.12)1st Indian to score 5 double hundreds, each bigger than the previous (200* vs Zimbabwe, 217 vs England, 222 vs New Zealand, 233 vs Australia, 270 vs Pakistan).One-day against IrelandThe comprehensive 9-wicket win in the rain-hit one-dayer against Ireland notwithstanding, Indian captain Rahul Dravid identified areas for the team to improve.Dravid said the visitors were found wanting a bit in bowling at the death as Ireland, reduced to 111 for 6, went on to post 193 with Niall O'Brien and captain Trent Johnston adding 48 runs for the seventh wicket."We got wickets upfront and backed it up with good batting. But bowling at the death, we lacked a bit of experience there. Hopefully we can improve in that department as the season progresses," Dravid said after the match.Sourav Ganguly (75 no) and Gautam Gambhir (80 n.o.) shared a 164-run stand for the unbroken second wicket as India overhauled the revised target of 171 with four overs to spare."Small totals can be tricky. And we did not have enough practice in the conditions going into the match. The two of them really batted well; showed good common sense," Dravid said. "For a young leg-spinner, he gripped the ball very well in these conditions. He is only going to grow as he plays more matches," the skipper said."We had enough runs on the board to be competitive. We got Sachin Tendulkar [Images] out early but after that their experience showed. Ours was an inexperienced team," he said"I have batted at that spot for my state team. So it wasn't a problem," he saidRahul's Test Record to Stand a WallMatches :- 109Batting :-Innings :- 185Not Out's :- 22Runs :- 9366Hundreds :- 24Fifties :- 47Average :- 57.46Highest Score :- 270 vs PAKBowling :-Overs :- 20Maidens :- 4Runs :- 39Wickets :- 1Average :- 39Best :- 1/18 vs WINFielding :-Catches :-149Run outs :- 1Stumping :- 0One Day International RecordsMatches :- 315
Batting
Innings :- 292
Not Out’s :- 38
Runs :- 10189
Hundreds :- 12
Fifties :- 78
Average :- 40.11
Highest Score :- 153vs NZL
Fielding
Catches :- 183
Run outs :- 5
Bowling
Overs :-31.0
Maidens :- 1
Runs :- 170
Wickets :- 4
Average :- 42.5
Best :-2/43 vs South Africa
Stumpings :- 14
"The Wall" the history.....Name:-Rahul Sharad DravidBrith day:-11th january 1973Brith Place:- Indor (Madhya Pradesh)Father:- Sharad DravidMother:- Pushpa DravidWife:-Vijeta PendharkarBrother:-Vijay DravidCarriar:-He started his international cricket career in 1996. He is, at present, ranked among the 10 best Test batsmen by the ICC in world cricket and has the highest Test batting average of any Indian batsman in history. Rahul is one of only 3 Indian batsmen to have scored 9,000 runs in test cricket (the other two being Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar). On February 14, 2007, he became the 6th player in history and only the 3rd Indian after Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly to score 10,000 runs in ODI cricket. As of now, he is the highest ranked Indian basman in the ICC Test rankings and the 2nd highest rated Indian batsman in the ICC ODI rankings.He was named "The Wall". He grew steadily in to a technically sound batsman. He is now one of the best and most valuable cricketer in India. A great team player. Playing even the odd role of wicket keeping.Still wall of india

Sourav Ganguly is not just the ‘Prince of Calcutta’ but he is also the ‘Monarch of Indian Cricket’.

Full name: Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Date of birth: 08 July 1973

Age: 33 years

Place of birth: Calcutta (now Kolkata),

IndiaSpeaks: English, Hindi, and Bengali fluently

Schools attended: St. Xavier's, Calcutta

Degree: B.A., St. Xavier'sZodiac

sign: Cancer

Occupation: Former captain and player of the Indian teamMajor

Teams: Bengal, India, ACC Asian XI, Lancashire and Glamorgan (England)

ODI debut: India vs. West Indies at Brisbane, World Series, 1991/1992

Test debut: India vs. England at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1996

Batting style: Left hand bat

Bowling style: Right arm medium

Height: 5'11''

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Family: Parents - Chandidas and Nirupa GangulySibling (s) - Brother Snehashish GangulyWife - Dona RoyChildren - Daughter Sana (born Nov 3, 2001)

Greatest influences: Dad, Debu Mitra (coach), and cricketers Ravi Shashtri and AzharuddinAddress: 2/6 Biren Roy RoadBehala, Kolkata - 700 008West Bengal, IndiaMartial status: Happily married to Dona RoyShoe size: 10Car: Red Mercedes convertibleMentor: Father, Chandi GangulyFavorite sport: Cricket and Soccer

Favorite cricketers: Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, and Steve WaughFavorite sportswoman: Steffi GraffFavorite

actor: Amitabh Bachchan, SRK, Abhishek Bachchan, and Soumitra Chatterjee

Favorite actress: Aishwariya Rai and Raveena Tandon

Favorite Soccer player: Brazillian soccer player, Pele

Favorite Tennis player: Pete Sampras and Leander Paes

Favorite movie: Sholay (Hindi)

Favorite foods: Biryani, Alu Posto and Chingri Macher Malaikari (Bengali dishes), Black Dal

Favorite holiday: London and Darjeeling

Favorite city: Calcutta and London

Favorite author: Satyajit Ray

Favorite car: Mercedes convertible

Cricket philosophy: Look at someone who has a lot to learn. Be different and prove yourcritics wrongPhilosophy in life: Be a good human beingMost relaxing thing to do: Watch his wife do a dance routine

Best moment: Daughter Sana's birthHates most about himself: Gets excited too quicklyMost embarrassing moment: Dancing with Hrithik Roshan for the Hero Honda advertisementImpressed with: Steve Waugh's never-say-die attitude, and Rahul Dravid's attitude to lifeMost valued cricket gear: First Test cap and first bat

Most prized possession: Daughter Sana .....................