Player Profiles

Pragyan Ojha

He is India’s new spin hope, as the slow bowlers’ department looked empty after Kumble, Harbhajan and Piyush Chawla. The fact that he is a left hander means that it will only add to the variations in the bowling attack, and obviously will be a threat to Murali Kartik.
Although he had a mediocre first season […]

VVS Laxman

Wristy stroke play and sublime shots are what best describe the way this master Hyderabadi batsman plays his cricket. He has a special liking towards the Australian bowling attacks, cracking up a fantastic 281 against Steve Waugh’s team in Kolkata in 2001 to turn the test match and the series on its head. Then he […]

Anil Kumble

He is not a regular leg spinner but even then he has won India more test matches than any other bowler, or player for that matter. With a bowling speed that is associated more to a medium pacer than a spinner, armed with grit and determination, with just a hint of extra bounce and turn, […]

Harbhajan Singh

Harbhajan Singh has mixed passion with aggression to become India’s most successful off-spin bowler. Although his action has been subject to a lot of attention and he has undergone three bio-mechanical tests to erase any faults, he still exercises great command over the ball, has the ability to vary his length and pace, and can […]

Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly has been there and done that, everything from fame to hitting big runs to leading the squad to controversies. He first appeared on the horizon in 1992 on the Australian tour. While he didn’t get a chance to play, he was termed an arrogant brat for his rude behaviour with the seniors.

However, […]

Rahul Dravid

Without any doubts, he is the best No. 3 batsman to play for India and is also considered to be amongst the best in the world for the same reason. Known as ‘The Wall’, he has been India’s best and most dependable batsman in recent years, and his importance to the team cannot be bellied.
A […]

Ishant Sharma

Tall, sturdy and well built, this lanky fast bowler from Delhi has taken the cricketing world by storm. He made his debut against Bangladesh but was very raw at that time in early 2007. However it was in the 2007-08 Test series in Australia that he made his presence felt.

Standing at 6′4", his […]

Robin Uthappa

Sturdy and well built, Robin Uthappa is the son of an international hockey referee but chose to make cricket his career instead. He has played Ranji Trophy for a long time and consistently done well till the selectors could no longer ignore a player like him.
He plundered 854 runs in 7 Ranji matches in […]

Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma is yet to cement his place in the Indian team and already has been earmarked for greatness. It so happens that he has also been termed as the replacement for the great Sachin Tendulkar, when the master decides to call it a day.

Thus it comes as no surprise that this right handed […]

Suresh Raina

An aggressive young batsman from Uttar Pradesh, he has a penchant for hitting double hundreds. His talent has already seen him being labeled the next Yuvraj Singh, but he is still quite a bit distance away from fulfilling that tag.

He has dismantled bowling attacks across the country and in a manner that reflects a bully, […]

Yusuf Pathan

His younger brother has already swept millions of Indian girls with his charm, now it is the turn of Yusuf to impress everyone with his swagger, never mind the looks.

He first caught attention as some one who could hit the ball hard and long as well as a useful off spinner in the making […]

Pragyan Ojha

He is India’s new spin hope, as the slow bowlers’ department looked empty after Kumble, Harbhajan and Piyush Chawla. The fact that he is a left hander means that it will only add to the variations in the bowling attack, and obviously will be a threat to Murali Kartik.

Although he had a mediocre first […]

Praveen Kumar

He joins a long list of current crop of players from small states and has three Uttar Pradesh team mates in the Indian team with him, in RP Singh, Mohd. Kaif, Suresh Raina and Piyush Chawla. Playing for his state in the domestic circuit, he has earned a workmanlike reputation. It is said that […]

Gautam Gambhir

A lanky left hander from Delhi, Gautam Gambhir isn’t one of those batsmen whom you will call elegant in their stroke play. For his each shot comes forth as a move under sheer determination. Not to forget, his attacking strokeplay is the reason why he is perched at the top pedestal in Indian cricket […]

Yuvraj Singh

Gifted with a backlift that resembles that of the great Brian Lara, Yuvraj Singh is one of the most talented cricketers to have burst on the Indian cricketing scene. He made the boldest entry in international cricket, when all of 18years old, he swept away the Australians with a classy 84 in the mini-world […]

RP Singh

Rudra Pratap Singh is another of the current crop of cricketers who hail from small towns and states, yet have made it big in the most famous sport in the country. He comes from Uttar Pradesh and joins Praveen Kumar, Suresh Rain and Mohd. Kaif in the Indian team.

He first made the headlines in […]

S. Sreesanth

Sreesanth is the only Kerala bowler to have taken a Ranji Trophy hat-trick. That has been his calling card for a long time, but suddenly 2007 has been a season in which he really came of age. Bowling well in the test series in South Africa was topped up by a consistent performance in […]

Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan is considered by many as the most talented swing bowler to emerge from India since Kapil Dev. Add to that his batting skills and he was thought to be the first genuine all rounder for India after the Haryana Hurricane.

When he made his Test debut in Australia in 2003-04, he was already […]

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag is an audacious talent who has been compared to many a great batsman before him. Viv Richards, Bradman, Lara and also his idol Sachin Tendulkar, but the best part is that he is a mix of all of them. The way he shot to stardom on the international scene is the stuff […]

Piyush Chawla

He is the spinner elect in the eyes of the selectors as the one to replace Anil Kumble when the legendary leg spinner retires from the game.

As a 17 year old, he made an immediate impact on his first-class debut and has the rare distinction of dismissing Sachin Tendulkar with a googly in the […]