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Team India Test profiles

By Rajneesh Gupta
May 29, 2006 18:56 IST
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Rahul Dravid (Captain)
Born: 11-01-1973, Indore,Madhya Pradesh
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 at St.John's, 2001-02
Captaincy record: played 13, won 4, lost 4, drawn 5.

MS Dhoni
Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born: 07-07-1981, Ranchi, Bihar
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicketkeeper
Test Debut: v Sri Lanka, Chennai, 2005-06
Highest Score: 148 v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 2005-06
Most dismissals in an Innings: 4 (all ct) v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 2005-06
                                                   4 (3 ct + 1 st) v England at Mohali,2005-06
Most dismissals in a match: 6 (5 ct + 1 st) v England at Mohali,2005-06
                                               6 (5 ct + 1 st) v England at Mumbai ,2005-06

Wasim Jaffer
Full Name: Wasim Jaffer
Born: 16-02-1978, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Mumbai,1999-00
Highest Score: 100 v England at Nagpur, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 2-18 v West Indies at St.John's, 2001-02

Mohammad Kaif
Born : 01-12-1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00
Highest Score: 91 v England at Nagpur, 2005-06

Dinesh Karthik
Full Name: Krishna Kumar Dinesh Karthik
Born: 01-06-1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicketkeeper
Test Debut : v Australia at Mumbai, 2004-05
Highest Score: 93 v Pakistan at Kolkata, 2004-05
Most dismissals in an Innings: 4 (all ct) v South Africa at Kolkata, 2004-05
Most dismissals in a match: 6 (all ct) v South Africa at Kolkata, 2004-05

Anil Kumble
Born: 17-10-1970, Bangalore,Karnataka
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Leg Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Manchester, 1990
Highest Score: 88 v South Africa at Kolkata, 1997-98
Best Innings Bowling: 10-74 v Pakistan at Delhi,1998-99

VVS Laxman
Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born: 01-11-1974, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97
Highest Score: 281 v Australia at Kolkata, 2000-01
Best Innings Bowling: 1-32 v West Indies at St.John's, 2001-02

Munaf Patel
Full Name: Munaf Musa Patel
Born: 12-07-1983, Ikhar, Gujarat
Type : Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v England at Mohali, 2005-06
Highest Score: 11* v England at Mohali, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 4-25 v England at Mohali, 2005-06

Irfan Pathan
Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
Born: 27-10-1984,Baroda,Gujarat
Type : Left Hand Batsman & Left Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v Australia at Adelaide, 2003-04
Highest Score: 93 v Sri Lanka at Delhi, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 7-59 v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2005-06

Ramesh Powar
Full Name: Ramesh Rajaram Powar
Born: 20-05-1978,Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Type : Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut : Yet to be made

Suresh Raina
Full Name: Suresh Kumar Raina
Born: 27-11-1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made

Virender Sehwag
Born: 20-10-1978, Delhi
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2001-02
Highest Score: 309 v Pakistan at Multan, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-17 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 2003-04

Harbhajan Singh
Full Name : Harbhajan Singh Plaha
Born: 03-07-1980, Jullundur (now Jalandhar),Punjab
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98
Highest Score: 66 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo QSC, 2001
Best Innings Bowling: 8-84 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01

VRV Singh
Full Name: Vikram Rajvir Singh
Born: 17-09-1984, Chandigarh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made

Yuvraj Singh
Full Name: Yuvraj Singh
Born: 12-12-1981, Chandigarh
Type: Left Hand Batsman and Left Arm Slow Orthodox Bowler
Test Debut: v New Zealand at Mohali,2003-04
Highest Score: 122 v Pakistan at Karachi,2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-25 v Pakistan at Multan,2003-04

S Sreesanth
Full Name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born: 06-02-1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Nagpur, 2005-06
Highest Score: 29* v England at Mumbai, 2005-06
Best Innings Bowling: 4-70 v England at Mumbai, 2005-06

Test Career Record
Batting & Fielding
Player Tests Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100 50 0 90 Ct St
MS Dhoni 9 13 1 434 148 36.16 1 2 0 0 25 5
R Dravid 100 169 21 8553 270 57.79 22 42 6 9 138 0
W Jaffer 10 19 0 511 100 26.89 1 4 2 0 13 0
M Kaif 9 16 1 398 91 26.53 0 3 0 1 12 0
KKD Karthik 10 13 0 245 93 18.84 0 1 0 1 29 4
A Kumble 106 135 27 1892 88 17.51 0 4 13 0 48 0
VVS Laxman 73 117 14 4441 281 43.11 9 24 8 2 80 0
MM Patel 2 3 1 19 11* 9.50 0 0 0 0 3 0
IK Pathan 24 31 2 816 93 28.13 0 6 4 2 7 0
RR Powar Yet to make Test debut
SK Raina Yet to make Test debut
V Sehwag 45 74 3 3709 309 52.24 11 11 7 1 36 0
Harbhajan Singh 55 76 16 930 66 15.50 0 2 11 0 29 0
VRV Singh Yet to make Test debut
Yuvraj Singh 15 22 3 726 122 38.21 2 3 2 0 14 0
S Sreesanth 2 3 2 30 29* 30.00 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bowling

Player Tests Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg 5WI 10WM SR RpO
MS Dhoni 9 6 0 13 0 0-13 - 0 0 - 13.00
R Dravid 100 120 4 39 1 1-18 39.00 0 0 120.00 1.95
W Jaffer 10 66 3 18 2 2-18 9.00 0 0 33.00 1.64
M Kaif 9 18 0 4 0 0-4 - 0 0 - 1.33
A Kumble 106 33553 1365 14671 510 10-74 28.76 32 8 65.79 2.62
VVS Laxman 73 252 10 100 1 1-32 100.00 0 0 252.00 2.38
MM Patel 2 480 16 217 10 4-25 21.70 0 0 48.00 2.71
IK Pathan 24 4922 181 2709 89 7-59 30.43 7 2 55.30 3.30
V Sehwag 45 657 12 419 3 1-17 139.66 0 0 219.00 3.83
S Sreesanth 2 443 16 231 9 4-70 25.66 0 0 49.22 3.13
Harbhajan Singh 55 14733 511 6844 227 8-84 30.14 17 4 64.90 2.79
Yuvraj Singh 15 138 1 89 1 1-25 89.00 0 0 138.00 3.87

Test Career Record against West Indies
Batting & Fielding

Player Tests Inns NO Runs Hs Avg 100 50 0 90 Ct St
R Dravid 13 20 5 912 144* 60.80 2 6 0 2 12 0
W Jaffer 3 5 0 156 86 31.20 0 2 1 0 4 0
A Kumble 13 17 6 208 52* 18.91 0 1 2 0 6 0
VVS Laxman 12 18 3 917 154* 61.13 2 6 1 0 8 0
V Sehwag 3 5 0 286 147 57.20 1 1 0 0 5 0
Harbhajan Singh 6 10 0 106 37 10.60 0 0 3 0 7 0

Bowling

Player Tests Balls Mdns Runs Wkts Best Avg 5WI 10WM SR RpO
R Dravid 13 54 3 18 1 1-18 18.00 0 0 54.00 2.00
W Jaffer 3 66 3 18 2 2-18 9.00 0 0 33.00 1.64
A Kumble 13 3354 124 1546 51 5-30 30.31 3 0 65.76 2.77
VVS Laxman 12 192 9 81 1 1-32 81.00 0 0 192.00 2.53
V Sehwag 3 60 0 51 1 1-27 51.00 0 0 60.00 5.10
Harbhajan Singh 6 1838 77 723 34 7-48 21.26 3 0 54.06 2.36

Note: Dravid and Sehwag have represented India in 99 and 44 Tests respectively. They played for ICC World XI against Australia in Super 'Test' which has been accorded official status by the ICC.

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