Squads

India: Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Dinesh Karthik, Murali Kartik, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Ashish Nehra, Irfan Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan

Statistics: Career | Against South Africa

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Sourav Ganguly (Captain)
Full Name : Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Born: 8 July 1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata)
Major Teams: Bengal, India, Lancashire.
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Score: 173 v Sri Lanka at Mumbai WS, 1997-98
Best Innings Bowling: 3-28 v Australia, Calcutta, 1997-98
Captaincy record: played 40, won 15, lost 12, drawn 13.

Rahul Dravid
Full Name : Rahul Dravid
Born: 11 January 1973, Indore
Major Teams: Karnataka, India, Kent.
Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Break Bowler & Occasional Wicketkeeper
Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Score: 270 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-18 v West Indies, St.John’s, 2001-02

Gautam Gambhir
Full Name: Gautam Gambhir
Born: 14 October 1981, Delhi
Major Teams: Delhi, India.
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Leg Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia at Mumbai, 4th Test, 2004-05
Highest Score: 3 v Australia at Mumbai, 4th Test, 2004-05

Harbhajan Singh
Full Name : Harbhajan Singh
Born: 3 July 1980, Jullundur
Major Teams: Punjab, India.
Known As: Harbhajan Singh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 3rd Test, 1997-98
Highest Score: 66 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo QSC, 2001
Best Innings Bowling: 8-84 v Australia, Chennai, 2000-01

Mohammad Kaif
Full Name: Mohammad Kaif
Born: 1 December 1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Major Teams: Uttar Pradesh, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00
Highest Score: 64 v Australia at Chennai,2004-05

Dinesh Karthik
Full Name: Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik
Born: 1 June 1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Major Teams: Tamil Nadu, India A, India Under-19s, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicketkeeper
Test Debut: v Australia at Mumbai, 2004-05
Highest Score: 10 v Australia at Mumbai, 2004-05

Murali Kartik
Full Name: Murali Kartik
Born: 11 September 1976, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Major Teams: Railways, India.
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Slow Left Arm Orthodox Spin Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00
Highest Score: 43 v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01
Best Innings Bowling: 4-44 v Australia, Mumbai WS,2004-05

Anil Kumble
Full Name: Anil Kumble
Born: 17 October 1970, Bangalore
Major Teams: Karnataka, Northamptonshire, India, Leicestershire.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Leg Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Manchester, 1990
Highest Score: 88 v South Africa at Calcutta, 1997-98
Best Innings Bowling: 10-74 v Pakistan at Delhi,1998-99

VVS Laxman
Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born: 1 November 1974, Hyderabad
Major Teams: Hyderabad, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97
Highest Score: 281 v Australia at Calcutta, 2000-01
Best Innings Bowling: 1-32 v West Indies at St.John’s, 2001-02

Ashish Nehra
Full Name: Ashish Nehra
Born: 29 April 1979, Delhi
Major Teams: Delhi, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Left Arm Medium Fast Bowler
Test Debut: v Sri Lanka, Colombo SSC, 1998-99
Highest Score: 19 v England at Lord’s, 2002
Best Innings Bowling: 4-72 v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2001

Irfan Pathan
Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
Born: 27 October 1984,Baroda
Major Teams : Baroda
Type : Left Hand Batsman & Left Hand Medium Fast Bowler
Test Debut : v Australia at Adelaide, 2003-04
Highest Score: 55 v Australia at Bangalore, 2004-05
Best Innings Bowling: 4-100 v Pakistan at Multan,2003-04

Virender Sehwag
Full Name: Virender Sehwag
Born: 20 October 1978, Delhi
Major Teams: Delhi, India, Leicestershire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Bloemfontein, 2001-02
Highest Score: 309 v Pakistan at Multan, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-17 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 2003-04

Sachin Tendulkar
Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: 24 April 1973, Bombay
Major Teams: Mumbai, India, Yorkshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break - Leg Break- Right Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90
Highest Score: 241* v Australia at Sydney, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 3-10 v South Africa at Mumbai WS,1999-00

Zaheer Khan
Full Name: Zaheer Khan
Born: 7 October 1978, Shrirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Major Teams: Baroda, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Left Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2000-01
Highest Score: 46 v West Indies at Bridgetown,2001-02
Best Innings Bowling: 5-29 v New Zealand at Hamilton,2002-03

India: Test Career Records
Batting & Fielding

Batsman	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Ct	St
RS Dravid	82	141	17	7022	270	56.63	17	33	4	111	-
G Gambhir	1	2	0	4	3	2.00	-	-	-	-	-
SC Ganguly	75	124	12	4645	173	41.47	11	22	8	53	-
Harbhajan Singh	39	56	11	609	66	13.53	-	2	10	16	-
M Kaif	7	13	1	294	64	24.50	-	2	-	8	-
KKD Karthik	1	2	0	14	10	7.00	-	-	-	1	1
M Kartik	7	9	0	88	43	9.78	-	-	2	2	-
A Kumble	88	113	22	1509	88	16.58	-	3	13	40	-
VVS Laxman	57	94	10	3707	281	44.13	7	20	6	67	-
A Nehra	17	25	11	77	19	5.50	-	-	10	5	-
IK Pathan	7	8	1	178	55	25.43	-	1	1	2	-
V Sehwag	27	45	1	2250	309	51.14	7	7	4	26	-
SR Tendulkar	116	188	19	9540	241*	56.45	33	38	12	73	-
Zaheer Khan	33	44	10	325	46	9.56	-	-	14	9	-

Bowling

Bowler	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
RS Dravid	82	120	4	39	1	39.00	1/18	-	-	120.00	32.50
SC Ganguly	75	2126	72	1191	23	51.78	3/28	-	-	92.43	56.02
Harbhajan Singh	39	10720	386	4803	172	27.92	8/84	14	3	62.33	44.80
M Kaif	7	18	0	4	0	-	0/4	-	-	-	22.22
M Kartik	7	1596	56	727	22	33.05	4/44	-	-	72.55	45.55
A Kumble	88	27836	1144	11886	424	28.03	10/74	27	6	65.65	42.70
VVS Laxman	57	252	10	100	1	100.00	1/32	-	-	252.00	39.68
A Nehra	17	3447	122	1866	44	42.41	4/72	-	-	78.34	54.13
IK Pathan	7	1554	65	776	18	43.11	4/100	-	-	86.33	49.94
V Sehwag	27	531	9	334	3	111.33	1/17	-	-	177.00	62.90
SR Tendulkar	116	2928	74	1600	35	45.71	3/10	-	-	83.66	54.64
Zaheer Khan	33	6095	212	3291	93	35.39	5/29	3	-	65.54	54.00

India v South Africa
Batting & Fielding

Batsman	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Ct	St
RS Dravid	10	20	1	648	148	34.11	1	3	-	10	-
SC Ganguly	9	18	1	425	73	25.00	-	2	2	2	-
Harbhajan Singh	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	1	1	-
M Kaif	1	2	0	35	23	17.50	-	-	-	-	-
M Kartik	2	4	0	18	14	4.50	-	-	1	-	-
A Kumble	14	24	4	435	88	21.75	-	1	1	3	-
VVS Laxman	7	12	2	283	89	28.30	-	2	1	8	-
A Nehra	1	2	2	17	17*	-	-	-	-	-	-
V Sehwag	2	3	0	149	105	49.67	1	-	-	3	-
J Srinath	13	20	4	136	41	8.50	-	-	4	4	-
SR Tendulkar	14	26	1	948	169	37.92	3	3	1	10	-
Zaheer Khan	1	2	0	0	0	0.00	-	-	2	1	-

Bowling

Bowler	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
SC Ganguly	9	312	10	151	3	50.33	2/36	-	-	104.00	48.40
Harbhajan Singh	1	324	8	168	3	56.00	2/79	-	-	108.00	51.85
M Kaif	1	18	0	4	0	-	0/4	-	-	-	22.22
M Kartik	2	522	22	201	6	33.50	3/123	-	-	87.00	38.51
A Kumble	14	4600	192	1743	56	31.13	6/53	2	-	82.14	37.89
A Nehra	1	150	3	130	2	65.00	2/121	-	-	75.00	86.67
V Sehwag	2	30	0	22	0	-	0/22	-	-	-	73.33
J Srinath	13	3315	129	1567	64	24.48	6/21	4	-	51.80	47.27
SR Tendulkar	14	256	7	138	5	27.60	3/10	-	-	51.20	53.91
Zaheer Khan	1	172	7	107	0	-	0/9	-	-	-	62.21