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Thursday 24 July 2014

MS Dhoni Dhoni at an event in January 2013. Personal information Full nameMahendra Singh Dhoni Born7 July 1981(age 33) Ranchi, Bihar, India NicknameMahi, MS, MSD Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Batting styleRight-hand batsman Bowling styleRight-arm medium Role Wicket-keeper, India captain International information National side *. India Test debut(cap 251)2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka Last Test14 February 2014 v New Zealand ODIdebut(cap 158)23 December 2004 v Bangladesh Last ODI28 January 2014 v New Zealand ODI shirt no.7 T20I debut(cap 2)1 December 2006 v South Africa Last T20I10 October 2013 v Australia Domestic team information YearsTeam 1999/00–2004/05 Bihar 2004/05–present Jharkhand 2008–present Chennai Super Kings Career statistics Competition Test ODI FC T20Is Matches8124312243 Runs scored4,3428,0466,504772 Batting average38.7653.2837.1632.16 100s/50s6/289/549/420/0 Top score224183 *22448 * Ballsbowled9036120– Wickets010– Bowling average–31.00–– 5 wickets in innings–––– 10 wickets in match–––– Best bowling–1/14–– Catches/ stumpings219/37224/80327/5622/8 Source: ESPNCricinfo, 31 January 2014 Mahendra Singh Dhoni( pronunciation, commonly known asM. S. Dhoni; born 7 July 1981) is an Indian cricketerand the current captainof the Indian national cricket team. He is an attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]He made his One Day International(ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Testa year later against Sri Lanka. Dhoni is the captain of India in all three formsof the game.

Friday 11 July 2014


Yuvraj Singh
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Yuvraj Singh at a promotional event in January 2013.
Personal information
Born12 December 1981 (age 32)
ChandigarhIndia
NicknameYuvi
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting styleLeft-handed
Bowling styleSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsYograj Singh (father)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 247)16 October 2003 v New Zealand
Last Test5 December 2012 v England
ODI debut (cap 134)3 October 1999 v Kenya
Last ODI11 December 2013 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 15)13 September 2007 v Scotland
Last T20I06 April 2014 v Sri Lanka
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996–presentPunjab
2003Yorkshire
2008–2010Kings XI Punjab
2011–2013Pune Warriors India
2014–presentRoyal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIsT20IFC
Matches4029234106
Runs scored190083298686829
Batting average33.9336.3733.3844.92
100s/50s3/1113/510/720/32
Top score16913977*209
Balls bowled931149883162508
Wickets91112328
Bowling average60.7738.1816.2251.78
5 wickets in innings0101
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling2/95/314/175/94
Catches/stumpings31/-92/-9/-97/-
Source: Cricinfo, 5 December 2013
Yuvraj Singh (About this sound pronunciation ) (born 12 December 1981) is an Indian international cricketer. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed in the middle-order and bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He is the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh. Yuvraj has been a member of the Indian cricket team in ODIs since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice-captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008. He was the Man of the Tournament in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, and one of the top performers at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, both of which India won. In a match against Englandat the 2007 World Twenty20, he famously hit six sixes in one over bowled by Stuart Broad — a feat performed only three times previously in any form of senior cricket, and never in an international match between two Test cricket teams.
In 2011, Yuvraj was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left lung and underwent chemotherapy treatment in Boston and Indianapolis.[1][2] In March 2012, he was discharged from the hospital after completing the third and final cycle of chemotherapy and returned to India in April.[3][4] He made his international comeback in a Twenty20 match in September against New Zealand shortly before the 2012 World Twenty20.
Yuvraj was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award, in the year 2012 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee.[5] In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.

Early years and personal life[edit]

Yuvraj was born to parents Yograj Singh and Shabnam Singh.[6][7][8][9][10] After his parents divorced, Yuvraj chose to stay with his mother.[11] Tennis and roller skating were Yuvraj's favorite sports during his childhood and he was quite good at both. He had also won the National U-14 Roller Skating Championship. His father threw away the medal and told him to forget skating and concentrate on cricket.[12] He would take Yuvraj to training every day. He studied at the DAV Public School in Chandigarh. Yuvraj also did two short roles as child "star", Mehndi Sajda Di and Putt Sardara.

Career[edit]

Youth career[edit]

Yuvraj started his career from the Punjab Under-16s at the age of 13 years and 11 months in November of the 1995–96 season against Jammu and Kashmir-16s.[13]In 1996–97, Yuvraj was promoted to the Punjab Under-19s and scored 137 not out against Himachal Pradesh Under-19s.[14]
Yuvraj made his first-class debut in late-1997 against Orissa during the 1997/98 Ranji Trophy season. In that match, he did not score any runs.[15] His first breakout performance came in the Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy Final of 1999 against Bihar; Bihar were all out with a score of 357 and Yuvraj opened for Punjab and he made 358 runs alone. Yuvraj represented India in the series against Sri Lanka Under-19s in India in February 1999. In the third ODI, Yuvraj scored 89 runs from 55 balls.[16] In 1999-2000 Ranji Trophy, he scored 149 against Haryana.[17]
In the ICC Under-19 World Cup 1999/00 which India won under the captaincy of Mohammed Kaif, Yuvraj's all-round performance earned him the Player of the Tournament award and a call to the national squad.[18] His performance in the tournament included a quickfire 58 off 25 balls against Australia in the semis [19] and, 68 (62) and 4/36 against New Zealand in a group stage match.[20] Yuvraj was subsequently selected in 2000 for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy inBangalore.[21]

Wednesday 9 July 2014

sachin mass retirement


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Sachin Tendulkar
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Tendulkar at an awards event in January 2013
Personal information
Full nameSachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born24 April 1973 (age 41)[1]
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
NicknameTendlya, God of Cricket,[2][3] Little Master,[1] Master Blaster[4][5]
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight-arm mediumleg breakoff break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut(cap 187)15 November 1989 v Pakistan
Last Test14 November 2013 v West Indies
ODI debut(cap 74)18 December 1989 v Pakistan
Last ODI18 March 2012 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.10
Only T20I(cap 11)1 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988Cricket Club of India
1988–2013Mumbai
1992Yorkshire
2008–2013Mumbai Indians
2014Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches200463310551
Runs scored15,92118,42625,39621,999
Batting average53.7944.8357.9245.54
100s/50s51/6849/9681/11660/114
Top score248*200*248*200*
Balls bowled4,2408,0547,56310,230
Wickets4615471201
Bowling average54.1744.4862.1842.17
5 wickets in innings0202
10 wickets in match0n/a0n/a
Best bowling3/105/323/105/32
Catches/stumpings115/–140/–186/–175/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 November 2013
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (Listeni/ˌsəɪn tɛnˈdlkər/; born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian cricketer widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, popularly holding the title "God of Cricket" among his fans.[2] Some commentators, such as former West Indian batsman Brian Lara, have labelled Tendulkar the greatest cricketer of all time.[6][7][8][9] He took up cricket at the age of eleven, made his Test debut against Pakistan at the age of sixteen, and went on to representMumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four years. He is the only player to have scored one hundred international centuries, the first batsman to score a double century in a One Day International, the only player to complete more than 30,000 runs in international cricket.[10] and the 16th player and first Indian to aggregate 50,000 runs or more in all forms of domestic and international recognised cricket.[11]
In 2002 just half way through his career, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Don Bradman, and the second greatest ODI batsman of all time, behind Viv Richards.[12] Later in his career, Tendulkar was a part of the Indian team that won the 2011 World Cup, his first win in six World Cup appearances for India.[13] He had previously been named "Player of the Tournament" at the 2003 edition of the tournament, held in South Africa. In 2013, he was the only Indian cricketer included in an all-time Test World XI named to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.[14][15][16]
Tendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour, and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards. After a few hours of his final match on 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.[17][18] He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award.[19][20] He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[21] In 2012, Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.[22] He was also the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of group captain by the Indian Air Force.[23] In 2012, he was named an HonoraryMember of the Order of Australia.[24][25]
In December 2012, Tendulkar announced his retirement from ODIs.[26] He retired from Twenty20 cricket in October 2013[27] and subsequently announced his retirement from all forms of cricket,[28][29] retiring on 16 November 2013 after playing his 200th and final Test match, against the West Indies in Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium.[30] Tendulkar played 664 international cricket matches in total, scoring 34,357 runs.[10]