India Test Player Profiles

Born: Calcutta, 8-7-1972
Type: Left hand middle-order / opening batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.
Team: Bengal. Also for Lancashire in the English county in 2000
First-class debut: 1989-90 (for Bengal)
Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Test score: 173 v Sri Lanka at Bombay (WS), 1997-98
Best Test bowling: 3-28 v Australia at Calcutta, 1997-98
Test captaincy record (2000-01): P4, W2, L1, D1

Rahul Sharad DRAVID (Vice Captain)

Born: Indore (Madhya Pradesh), 11-1-1973
Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler. Can also keep wickets
Team: Karnataka. Also for Kent in the English county in 2000.
First-class debut: 1990-91 (for Karnataka)
Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Test score: 200* v Zimbabwe at Delhi, 2000-01

Ajit Bhalchandra AGARKAR

Born: Bombay, 4-12-1977
Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and right arm fast medium bowler
Team: Mumbai (Bombay)
Fc debut: 1996-97 (for Bombay)
Test debut: v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998-99
Highest Test score: 41* v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00
Best Test bowling in an innings: 3-43 v Australia at Adelaide, 1999-00

Hemang Kamal BADANI

Born: Madras, 14-11-1976
Type: Left hand middle-order batsman and left arm slow bowler
Team: Tamil Nadu
First-class debut: 1996-97
Test debut: not yet

Shiv Sunder DAS

Born: Bhubaneshwar, 5-11-1977
Type: Right hand opening batsman
Team: Orissa
First-class debut: 1993-94
Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01
Highest Test score: 110 v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2000-01

HARBHAJAN SINGH

Born: Jalandhar, 3-7-1980
Type: Right hand tail end batsman and right arm off-break bowler
Team: Punjab
First-class debut: 1997-98 (for Punjab)
Test debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98
Highest Test score: 17* v Australia at Mumbai, 2000-01
Best Test bowling in an innings: 4-121 v Australia at Mumbai, 2000-01

Narendra Deepchand HIRWANI

Born: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 18-10-1968
Type: Right hand tail-end batsman and right arm leg-break bowler
Teams: Madhya Pradesh (from 1984-85) & Bengal (in 1996-97)
First-class debut: 1984-85
Test debut: v West Indies at Madras, 1987-88
Highest Test score: 17 v New Zealand at Hyderabad, 1988-89
Best Test bowling in an innings: 8-61 v West Indies at Madras, 1987-88 (on debut)
Best Test bowling in a match: 16-136 v West Indies at Madras, 1987-88 (on debut)
Last Test appearance: v South Africa at Calcutta, 1996-97

Vangipurappu Venkata Sai LAXMAN

Born: Hyderabad, 1-11-1974
Type: Right hand opening batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler
Team: Hyderabad
First-class debut: 1992-93
Test debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97
Highest Test score: 167 v Australia at Sydney, 1999-00

Nayan Ramlal MONGIA

Born: Baroda, 19-12-1969
Type: Right hand middle order batsman and wicket-keeper
Team: Baroda
First-class debut: 1989-90
Test debut: v Sri Lanka at Lucknow, 1993-94
Highest Test score: 152 v Australia at Delhi, 1996-97
Best Test wicket-keeping performance (in an innings):5 (5ct) v South Africa at Durban, 1996-97, and 5 (5ct) v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99
Best Test wicket-keeping performance (in a match): 8 (8ct) v South Africa at Durban, 1996-97, and 8 (8ct) v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99

Sadagoppan RAMESH

Born: Madras, 16-10-1975
Type: Left hand opening batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler.
Team: Tamil Nadu
First-class debut: 1995-96 (for Tamil Nadu)
Test debut: v Pakistan at Madras, 1998-99
Highest Test score: 143 v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 1998-99

Rahul Laxman SANGHVI

Born: Surat, Gujarat, 3-9-1974
Type: Left hand lower order batsman and left arm slow bowler
Teams: Railways (1994-95) and Delhi (since 1995-96)
First-class debut: 1994-95
Test debut: : v Australia at Mumbai, 2000-01
Highest Test score: 2 v Australia at Mumbai, 2000-01
Best Test bowling in an innings: 2-67 v Australia at Mumbai, 2000-01

Javagal SRINATH

Born: Mysore (Karnataka), 31-8-1969
Type: Rght hand lower order batsman and right arm fast medium bowler
Teams: Karnataka. Also appeared for Gloucestershire in 1995.
First-class debut: 1989-90 (for Karnataka)
Test debut: v Australia at Brisbane, 1991-92
Highest Test score: 76 v New Zealand at Hamilton, 1998-99
Best Test bowling in an innings: 8-86 v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99
Best Test bowling in a match: 13-132 v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99

Sachin Ramesh TENDULKAR

Born: Bombay, 24-4-1973
Type: Right hand middle-order / opening batsman and right arm slow bowler
Teams: Mumbai (Bombay). Also appeared for Yorkshire in 1992
First-class debut: 1988-89 (for Bombay)
Test debut: v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90
Highest Test score: 217 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 1999-00
Best Test bowling: 3-10 v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00
Test captaincy record (1996-97 to 1999-00): P25, W4, L9, D12

Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad

Born: Born: Bangalore, 5-8-1969
Type: Rght hand tailend batsman and right arm fast medium bowler
Team: Karnataka
First-class debut: 1999-91(for Karnataka)
Last Test:
Test debut: v Australia at Sydney, 1999-00
Highest Test score:30* v New Zealand at Hamilton, 1998-99
Best Test bowling: 6-33 v Pakistan at Madras, 1998-99

Sagi Lakshmi VENKATAPATHY RAJU

Born: Hyderabad, 9-7-1969
Type: Right hand tail-end batsman and left arm slow bowler
Team: Hyderabad
First-class debut: 1985-86
Last Test: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98
Test debut: v New Zealand at Christchurch, 1989-90
Highest Test score:31 v New Zealand at Christchurch, 1989-90 and Australia at Melbourne, 1991-92
Best Test bowling(in an innings):6-12 v Sri Lanka at Chandigarh, 1990-91
Best Test bowling (in a match): 11-125 v Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad, 1993-94

SARANDEEP SINGH

Born: Amritsar, 21-10-1979
Type: Right hand tail-end batsman and right arm off-break bowler
Team: Punjab
First-class debut: v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2000-01
Last Test: v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2000-01
Best Test bowling : 4-136 v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2000-01

Ashish NEHRA

Born: Delhi, 29-4-1979
Type: Right hand tail-end batsman and left arm fast medium pace bowler
Team:Delhi
First-class debut: 1997-98
Test debut: v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 1998-99
Last Test: v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 1998-99
Best Test bowling : 1-94 v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 1998-99

ZAHEER KHAN

Born: Srirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, 7-10-1978
Type: Right hand lower-order batsman and left arm fast-medium bowler
Team: Baroda
First-class debut: 1999-00
Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01
Highest Test score: 7* v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01
Best Test bowling: 2-49 v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01

Indian Coach: John Geoffrey WRIGHT

Country: New Zealand
Known as: John Wright
Nickname: Shake
Education: BSc in Biochemistry from University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Family Links with cricket: Father GT Wright played for Canterbury, while brother MJE Wright appeared for for Northern Districts.
Born: Darfield, Christchurch, Canterbury, 5-7-1954
Type: Left hand opening batsman and occasional right arm medium pace bowler
Coaching assingments: with Kent Cricket Club from 1997 to 2000. Coach of Indian cricket team since November 2000.
Teams: Northern Districts (1975-76 to 1983-84), Canterbury (1984-85 to 1988-89) and Auckland (1989-90 to 1992-93). Also appeared for Derbyshire in English county from 1977 to 1988.
First-class tenure: 1975-76 to 1992-93
Highest Fc score: 192 for Canterbury v Central Districts at New Plymouth, 1986-87
Best bowling: 1-4

First-class career:

M	Inns	No	Runs	Avg	HS	100	50
366	636	44	25073	42.35	192	59	126
Ct	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avge	Best	5w	10w
192	370	339	2	169.50	1-4	-	-

Test debut: v England at Wellington, 1977-78
Last Test: v Australia at Auckland, 1992-93
Highest Test score: 185 v India at Christchurch, 1989-90
Test captaincy record (1987-88 to 1990): P14, W3, L3, D8

Test career:

M	Inns	No	Runs	Avg	HS	100	50
82	148	7	5334	37.83	185	12	23
Ct	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avge	Best	5w	10w
38	30	5	0	-	-	-	-

LOI debut: v England at Scarbrough, 15-7-1978
Last LOI match: v Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), 12-12-1992
Highest LOI score: 101 v England at Napier, 16-3-1988
LOI captaincy record (19-3-1983 to 25-5-1990): P31, W16, L15

LOI career:

M	Inns	No	Runs	Avg	HS	100	50
149	148	1	3888	26.45	101	1	24
Ct	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Avge	Best	5w	R/o
51	24	8	0	-	-	-	2.00

India - Test career batting and fielding
Player	M	Inns	No	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50	0	Ct	St
Agarkar, AB	9	14	1	118	41*	9.08	-	-	7	3	-
Das, SS	4	7	1	244	110	40.67	1	1	-	7	-
Dravid, RS	41	71	7	3370	200*	52.66	8	17	2	47	-
Ganguly, SC	39	66	6	2720	173	45.33	7	14	4	32	-
Harbhajan Singh	9	13	7	48	17*	8.00	-	-	3	2	-
Hirwani, ND	20	35	3	866	167	27.06	1	5	4	23	-
Laxman, VVS	43	66	8	1436	152	24.76	1	6	6	96	8
Mongia, NR	13	25	1	1009	143	42.04	2	6	2	9	-
Ramesh, S	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	-	-	1	-	-
Srinath, J	50	71	18	808	76	15.25	-	4	8	21	-
Tendulkar, SR	80	127	13	6557	217	57.52	24	26	7	56	-
Zaheer Khan	2	1	1	7	7*	-	-	-	-	1	-
Nehra, A	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Prasad, BKV	29	41	16	161	30*	6.44	-	-	9	6	-
Raju, SLV	27	33	10	236	31	10.26	-	-	3	6	-
Sanghvi, RL	1	2	0	2	2	1.00	-	-	1	-	-
Sharandeep Singh	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Note: HK Badani not appeared in Tests

India - Test career Bowling
Player	M	Balls	Md	Runs	W	Ave	Best	5	10	SR	R/o
Agarkar, AB	9	1776	76	848	23	36.87	3/43	-	-	77.22	2.87
Das, SS	4	18	0	7	0	-	0/7	-	-	-	2.33
Dravid, RS	41	66	1	21	0	-	0/0	-	-	-	1.91
Ganguly, SC	39	1317	39	721	20	36.05	3/28	-	-	65.85	3.29
Harbhajan Singh	9	1894	66	942	25	37.68	4/121	-	-	75.76	2.98
Hirwani, ND	17	4298	157	1987	66	30.11	8/61	4	1	65.12	2.77
Laxman, VVS	20	150	4	68	0	-	0/1	-	-	-	2.72
Ramesh, S	13	24	0	19	0	-	0/5	-	-	-	4.75
Srinath, J	50	11584	436	5539	185	29.94	8/86	7	1	62.62	2.87
Tendulkar, SR	79	1350	48	687	19	36.16	3/10	-	-	71.05	3.05
Zaheer Khan	2	384	14	195	5	39.00	2/49	-	-	76.80	3.05
Nehra, A	1	168	5	94	1	94.00	1/94	-	-	168.00	3.36
Prasad, BKV	29	6261	246	2950	85	34.71	6/33	6	1	73.66	2.83
Raju, SLV	27	7392	356	2741	92	29.79	6/12	5	1	80.35	2.22
Sanghvi, RL	1	74	3	78	2	39.00	2/67	-	-	37.00	6.32
Sharandeep Singh	1	426	17	206	6	34.33	4/136	-	-	71.00	2.90

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