Pakistan Cricket Players: 2013

Sunday, 21 April 2013

Saeed Ajmal Biography

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Full name Saeed Ajmal

Born October 14, 1977, Faisalabad, Punjab

Major teams Pakistan, Faisalabad, Islamabad Cricket Association, Khan Research Labs, Water and Power Development Authority

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Ajmal has played for Faisalabad since his debut in 1995 at the age of 18, also representing Khan Research Laboratories and occasionally Islamabad. After a successful season in 2007–08 for Khan Research Laboratories, he was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2008 Asia Cup.

In a domestic match Faisalabad vs Rawalpindi , the Pindi coach told ajmal that camera footages could be sent to board . Thus Saeed did not bowl any doosra , as Pindi hampered to a win.

He made his debut against India, taking the wicket of Yusuf Pathan in an eight-wicket before taking two wickets in a ten-wicket victory over Bangladesh, although the team had no chance of progressing to the competition's final.

Ajmal is known as an excellent spinner of the ball and strong especially against left-handers. He has a well disguised doosra and keeps it as a mystery while he bowls. His technique is noted for causing more spin than speed as that is what Ajmal prefers Which in a sense is similar to Danish Kaneria who likes to bowl slow spin but Kaneria has a different case as when he picks up more speed he tends to loose the spin of the ball. When Pakistan started there tour of England in 2010 former Pakistani off-spinner and the founder of the doosra, Saqlain Mushtaq had a coaching session with Ajmal to advise him on his spin techniques Ajmal's spin technique came in special hand against England in 2010 has he took his first 5-wicket haul to help restrict England. Kevin Pietersen congratulated Ajmal on the amount of spin he achieved. Ajmal though started his international cricket in limited-overs cricket and was one of the early off-spinners to possess the skills of the doosra. A stat shows that out of Ajmal's 38 wickets in Twenty20 cricket 13 of them have been stumped the most for any bowler in the game. Also it was of Ajmal's off-break that Zulqarnain Haider collected his maiden international stumping.

In 2009, University of Western Australia test indicated that his arm is 8.5° tilted due to accident and 23.5° bowling action is allowed for him. Saeed Ajmal also said in an interview that he had learned the doosra on his own and that the rated Saqlain Mushtaq as the best off-spinner ever and rated Muttiah Muralitharan in second-place. He also stated that Muralitharan was a very nice and down to earth person. Ajmal said that he planned to introduce a new delivery at the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

Saeed Ajmal

Waseem Akram

Waseem Akram Biography

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Full name Wasim Akram
Born June 3, 1966 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Role Bowler
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm fast
International information
Test debut (cap 102) 25 January 1985: v New Zealand
Last Test 9 January 2002: v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 53) 23 November 1984: v New Zealand
Last ODI 4 March 2003: v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years Team
2003 Hampshire
2000/01 Lahore Blues
1992/93 – 2000/01 Pakistan International Airlines
1988 – 1998 Lancashire
1997/98 Lahore City
1985/86 Lahore City Whites
1984/85 – 1985/86 Pakistan Automobiles Corporation

Wasim Akram (Urdu: وسیم اکرم)(born June 3, 1966 in Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer. He was a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman, who represented the Pakistani cricket team in Tests and One-Day Internationals. He is widely regarded as one of the finest fast bowlers ever and holds world records for the most wickets taken in both ODIs (502) and List A cricket (881). Domestic career
Wasim signed for Lancashire in 1988 and went on to become one of their most successful overseas players. From 1988 to 1998, he spearheaded their attack in their NatWest Trophy, Benson & Hedges Cup and Sunday League winning sides. He was a favourite of the local fans who used to sing a song called "Wasim for England" at Lancashire's matches.

International career
Wasim made his Test debut for Pakistani cricket team against New Zealand in early 1985 and in only his second Test he made his presence felt with a ten-wicket haul. Like a few other Pakistani cricketers of his time, he was identified at club level and bypassed first-class domestic competition, entering international cricket directly. A few weeks prior to his selection into the Pakistani team, he was an unknown club cricketer who had failed to even make it to his college team. He was spotted by Javed Miandad, and as a result of his insisting was it that Wasim was given an oppurtunity to play for Pakistan. Later that season he paired with Imran, who became his mentor, at the World Championship of Cricket in Australia.

Wasim's rise in international cricket was rapid during the initial years. When Pakistan toured the West Indies in 1988, he looked to be the quickest bowler between the two sides. However, a serious groin injury impeded his career in the late 1980s. Following two surgeries, he re-emerged in 1990 as a bowler who focused more on swing and control than speed.

One-Day success
Wasim was instrumental in Pakistan's famous World Cup victory in 1992 in Australia. In the final against England his late flurry of an innings, 33 off 19 balls, pushed Pakistan to a respectable 249 for 6. Wasim then took the all-important wicket of Ian Botham early on, and when brought back into the attack later on, with the ball reverse swinging, he produced a devastating spell which led to Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis being clean-bowled in successive deliveries. His excellent performances earned him the Man of the Match award for the final.

He also captained Pakistan with some success. The high points of his captaincy were the 1996-97 victory in the World Series in Australia, two Test match wins in India in 1998-99 and in 1999, when Pakistan reached the World Cup final for the second time. The low point was the 1996 World Cup in Pakistan and India, when he had to pull out of the crucial quarter final match against India. After Pakistan's defeat, there were angry protests outside his homes, and a government inquiry was launched into the failure.

In 1999, he led Pakistan to the brink of victory in the World Cup before they rolled over and gave the final to Australia. This was the start of the match-fixing controversies, as people believed Wasim had set up the match for Australia. He was pardoned by Justice Qayyum.

He was Pakistan's top bowler in the 2003 World Cup taking 19 wickets in 7 matches. However, Pakistan failed to reach the "Super Six" phase of the tournament, and Wasim was one of the eight players to be sacked by the Pakistan Cricket Board as a result.

Wasim was diagnosed with diabetes at the peak of his career, but despite the initial psychological blow, he managed to regain his form and went on to produce fine cricketing displays. Since then he has actively sought to be involved in various awareness-raising campaigns for diabetes.

Playing style
“ Over my 15 or 16 years of playing international cricket in Tests and one-day internationals, Wasim Akram is definitely the most outstanding bowler I've ever faced. ”
— Former West Indies batsman Brian Lara.

An immensely talented player first discovered by Javed Miandad, Wasim played for his college(Govt. Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore) as an opening bowler and batsman. As a bowler, Wasim possessed genuine pace, accurate control of line and length and seam position, and could swing the ball both in and out. With a very deceptive ball-concealing action, he could bowl equally well from both sides of the wicket. His mastery of reverse swing with the old ball meant he was at his most dangerous towards the end of an innings, and earned him the nickname Sultan of Swing.

As well as often being able to find the edge of the bat, Wasim would also focus his attack on the stumps and had a particularly lethal yorker. Of his 414 Test wickets, 193 were taken caught, 119 were taken LBW and 102 were bowled. In partnership with Waqar Younis, he intimidated international batsmen in the 1990s. Together Wasim and Waqar, known as "the two Ws" of the Pakistani team, were one of the most successful bowling partnerships ever.

Wasim was also skilled with the bat and was regarded as a bowling all-rounder. He was especially effective against spinners. However, he liked to slog and was criticised for his lack of big scores and giving away his wicket too cheaply for a player of his talent. He did silence his critics in October 1996 when he scored 257, not out, of the team's total of 553 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura. He also made good scores in difficult times for the Pakistan team such as his 123 against Australia and his 45 not-out to take Pakistan to victory in a low-scoring match. Pakistan, needing six runs in two balls two win the Nehru Cup saw Wasim come out to bat. The first ball he faced was hit out of the ground and secured the cup. Ahmed Bilal was his coach who gave him tricks on reverse swing.

Records
In his Test career, Wasim took 414 wickets in 104 matches, a Pakistani record, at an average of 23.62, and scored 2,898 runs, at an average of 22.64.
In One-Day Internationals, Wasim took a world record 502 wickets in 356 appearances, at an average of 23.52, and scored 3,717 runs, at an average of 16.52.
Wasim was the first bowler in international cricket to take more than 400 wickets in both forms of the game, and only Muttiah Muralitharan has since achieved this.
Wasim also held the record for the most wickets in Cricket World Cups — a total of 55 in 38 matches. Australia's Glenn McGrath broke the record during the 2007 World Cup, ending with a final tally of 71 from 39 matches. On passing Wasim's record, McGrath said, "Wasim Akram, to me, is one of the greatest bowlers of all time. Left-armer, swung it both ways with the new ball and he was so dangerous with the old ball. To go past him is something I will always remember. Probably the other side of the coin is that if you play long enough, you're going to break records here and there."
Uniquely, Wasim took four hat-tricks in international cricket, two each in Tests and ODIs. He is one of only three bowlers to have taken two Test hat-tricks (the others being Hugh Trumble and Jimmy Matthews), and also one of only three bowlers to have taken two ODI hat-tricks (the others being fellow Pakistani Saqlain Mushtaq and Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka). Wasim's Test hat-tricks are unique, since they were taken in consecutive Test matches in the same series, against Sri Lanka in 1999. Wasim is also one of only two bowlers to have taken both a Test and ODI hat-trick (the other being fellow Pakistani Mohammad Sami).
Playing in a Test against the West Indies at Lahore in 1990-91, he became one of only six players to have taken four wickets in an over during a Test match. In Wasim's case, the feat was not part of a hat-trick, the third ball of the series being a dropped catch, which allowed a single.
Wasim has also achieved the highest score by a number eight batsman in Test cricket — 257 not out from 363 balls against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura. The innings contained 12 sixes which is also a world record for Test cricket.
He also has the joint-highest number of Man of the Match awards in Test cricket, along with South African Jacques Kallis, with 17.

Controversies
In 1992, after he had been successful against English batsmen, accusations of ball tampering began to appear in the English press, though no video evidence was ever found. Wasim and Waqar had been able to obtain prodigious amounts of movement from old balls. This phenomenon, termed reverse swing was relatively unknown in England at the time.

A far larger controversy was created when he was alleged to be involved in match fixing. An enquiry commission was set up by Pakistan Cricket Board headed by a Pakistan high court judge Malik Mohammed Qayyum. The judge wrote in his report that:

This commission feels that all is not well here and that Wasim Akram is not above board. He has not co-operated with this Commission. It is only by giving Wasim Akram the benefit of the doubt after Ata-ur-Rehman changed his testimony in suspicious circumstances that he has not been found guilty of match-fixing. He cannot be said to be above suspicion.

Retirement
Wasim retired in 2003, after a brief spell with Hampshire in England. Since then, Wasim has taken up commentary and can currently be seen as a sportscaster for the ESPN Star network, and is also running shows on ARY Digital.

He is married to Huma Mufti, daughter of Mr. Humayaun Mufti. Huma and Wasim have two sons from their marriage of thirteen years.

Waseem Akram

Mohammad Irfan

Mohammad Irfan Biography

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Pakistans-Mohammad-Irfan--006Name: Mohammad Irfan

D.O.B: June 6, 1982

Birth Place: Gaggu Mandi(Near Bahawalpur), Punjab

Height: 7 ft 1 in

Bowling Style: Left-arm medium-fast

Batting Style: Right-hand bat

Muhammad Irfan is upcoming left arm fast bowler who also declared tallest international cricketer of the world with the height of 7.1″ feet.

Muhammad Irfan surprised every one in the India tour 2012 with his pace and line or length. No Indian batsmen feel easy to play against him.

Irfan was play 2 ODI’s back in 2010 against England but not impress the selectors and cricket fans.

Waseem Akram, Ravi Shastri and other experts who working as a commentator praised about his talent.

He born in a small town in Gaggu Mandi which near Vehari. He played from KRL department and represent Multan Region in domestic circuit.

He made his debut in Feb 12, 2010 against Lahore Eagles and he impressed every one from his match and his match figure was 20 Runs in 8 overs and took 1 wicket. Shoaib Akhter was also played that match from KRL side.

Now time will tell how much talent inside him. Our best wishes with him.
Goo Luck.

Mohammad Irfan

Nasir Jamshed

Nasir Jamshed Biography
Full name Nasir Jamshed
Born December 6, 1989, Lahore, Punjab
Current age 22 years 133 days
Major teams Pakistan, Lahore Lions, Lahore Region Blues, National Bank of Pakistan, Pakistan Under-19s
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling Style

Following an impressive 74 for National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) on his first-class debut when aged only 15,
Nasir Jamshed was chosen for the Pakistan Under-19s side to play the visiting Sri Lankans., you know that you have unearthed a rare find.Jamshed may just be the opener Pakistan that have so desperately been in search of in the recent past. Jamshed's affinity for the willow goes back a long way.

He played his first match for the Pakistan U/19 team scoring 44 and 204 on debut against Sri Lanka. An U/19 World Cup victory followed in 2006 as the young Jamshed now finds himself playing with the best in the nation.Jamshed's break, however, came in the 2007-08 season where he scored 800 runs in ten Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches with the help of three centuries and was selected to play for the Patron's XI side that took on the touring Zimbabweans. A 182 off only 240 deliveries was enough for his name to be shortlisted for the 15-probables for the ODI series.

Nasir Jamshed

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi Biography
Nickname: Lala
D.O.B: March 1,1980,Khyber Agency,Karachi,Pakistan
Height: 5ft 11in (1.8M)
Family: Wife Nadiya Afridi, Daughter:Aqsa,Ansha,Ajwa
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Wrist Spin
Education: ..........College, University of Karachi
Interests: Golf, Swimming, Squash, Hunting

International Team: Pakistan
County Team: Hampshire
IPL Team: Deccan Chargers

Of Shahid Afridi it can safely be said that cricket never has and never will see another like him. To say he is an allrounder is to say Albert Einstein was a scientist; it tells a criminally bare story.

For a start, the slant of his all-round skills only became clear ten years into his career; he is a leg-spinning allrounder. Variety is his calling and as well as a traditional leg-break, he has two googlies, a conventional offie and a lethal faster one, though this is increasingly rare. All come with the threat of considerable, late drift. He fairly hustles through overs, which in limited-over formats is a weapon in itself and the package is dangerous.
In 2009 Afridi became one of the World’s most expensive cricketers in the IPL auction.Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi is a cricket player for the Pakistan National team. He exploded on to the cricket scene by scoring the fastest century in ODIs in his very first innings. He was initially selected as a bowler but after his big hitting in his 1st innings, he focused more on his batting. In recent years he has gone back to focusing on his bowling . His style of play is best suited to the shortest form of the game T20s.

Achievements:
Career Highlights of SHAHID AFRIDI :

(1) On 4 October 1996, playing his maiden international innings, Afridi hit the fastest One-Day century off 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Nairobi. His innings included 28 runs off one of Sanath Jayasuriya's overs, whose record he broke.

(2) Youngest player in history to make an ODI century at just 16 years and 217 days with his 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka. It included 11 sixes and 6 fours.

(3) Made a half-century from 26 balls and took 3 second-innings wickets in Pakistan's series- drawing Test victory against India in March 2005.

(4) Holds the joint record with Brian Lara for the third fastest ODI century off 45 balls in April 2005 against India. This actually was the first match that witnessed the Indian cricketer-turned-commentator Ravi Shastri make him the nickname Boom Boom Afridi.

(5) Equal highest aggregate sixes scored in the 50-over game, shared the legendary Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, and he the most sixes per innings record.

(6) Scored four consecutive sixes off a Harbhajan Singh over in a Test match against India in January 2006, matching a feat that Kapil Dev achieved in 1990.

(7) Was the First player to score 12 runs off one ball, by hitting the roof of the Millennium Stadium. This took place in a game of Power Cricket.

(8) Holds four of the top eight fastest ODI half centuries, twice completed in 18 balls and twice in 20 balls. He has also scored a half century of just 21 balls.

(9) Made 32 runs off a Malinga Bandara over in an ODI game at Abu Dhabi in 2007. He struck four consecutive sixes and it was the 2nd most expensive over in ODI history.

(10) Afridi is only third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis.

(11) Bernie Geoffrion, a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach was also nicknamed "Boom Boom" Geoffrion

Shahid Afridi

Ijaz Ahmed

Ijaz Ahmed Biography
Ijaz had the lowest batting average of the team with a Test average of 38 and an ODI average of 32 but he did hit six Test centuries against the worlds top-ranked side for much of his career Australia - which is a record number of centuries by a Pakistani against Australia shared with Javed Miandad.
However in Test cricket he had a habit of being dismissed for low scores as 33 of his 92 innings yielded single-figure scores and 54 of them yielded scores below 20.
Ijaz Ahmed came into the national side at the height of the Imran Khan era and remained on the fringes for near a decade despite several good scores he struggled to find consistency a trait for which his legendary captain had little patience though Imran appreciated his hard work and determination per Wasim Akram. Dropped after the 1992 World Cup (true to his overshadowed nature he played in most of the games including the final with few highlights many people are unaware of his presence in the team) he worked on his game and came back strongly the following season and established himself at the pivotal one down position. He was competent if not spectacular in this role for many years though he did play a few highly memorable knocks especially in ODIs. After the 1999 World Cup (where he performed poorly and was blamed for the batting collapse in the final) he was dropped he returned after a few months however by then the arrival of Younis Khan a player who matched Ijazs determination but exceeded his talent and technique (though he is also in the unorthodox mould)had made Ijazs place in the side at one down doubtful and indeed after a few matches against England and then New Zealand in 2000/2001 in which he was singularly unimpressive he was dropped never to return.
He was a regular in the ODI team especially as his 250 matches is the fifth-highest of all time in Pakistan behind Wasim Akram Inzamam-ul-Haq Saleem Malik and Waqar Younis. He appeared in 4 World Cups and was a World Cup winner in 1992. Ijaz was a powerful hitter especially on the leg side of the pitch.

Career highlights

A powerful hitter of the ball with his bat Ijaz got popularity after becoming the 2nd Pakistani Batsman who scored 10 ODI centuries after Saeed Anwar. He played some memorable innings against countries like India England Australia West Indies Srilanka and South Africa. At Lahore in 1997 Ijaz collapsed the Indian bowling attack by making a quick century of just 68 balls including 9 sixes remaining not out for 139* and this is his highest score in the ODI. In the following year He again returned with his 132 against Zimababwe in the 3rd and decisive ODI of home series. In Pepsi cup 1999 played in India Ijaz helped his team to victory in the second round match against India by scoring 90 not out. Pakistan was given an easy target of 197 but the number of overs were reduced from 50 to 47 due to slow over rate by Pakistan. Initially Pakistan lost its first 3 wickets for just 21 runs when Ijaz Ahamd joined his traditional partner Inzamam ul Haq and attained victory for their side both remaining not out on 90 and 78 respectively. In the same year after Pepsi cup Pakistan cricket team visited Sharjah to participate in the tri-nation cricket tournament with England and India. In the opening match against England Ijaz scored a memorable innings of 137 and was out just two runs short of his highest score which he has scored against India in 1997.

ODI centuries by Ijaz Ahmad

Ijaz Ahamd has scored ten centuries in One Day International against all the cricket playing countries having test status except West Indies against which he has never scored a century throughout his career. The list of his ODI centuries is as follows.

124* vs Bangladesh at Chittagong 29 Oct 1988.
102* vs Sri Lanka Brisbane 10 Feb 1990.
110 vs South Africa Rawalpindi 20 Oct 1994.
114* vs South Africa Durban 17 Dec 1994.
117 vs Zimbabwe Peshawar 3 Nov 1996.
139* vs India Lahore 2 Oct 1997.
117 vs India Dhaka 18 Jan 1998.
111 vs Australia Lahore 10 Nov 1998.
132 vs Zimbabwe Rawalpindi 24 Nov 1998.
137 vs England Sharjah 7 Apr 1999.

Test Batting

In test circket Ijaz Ahmad was much significant with his bat. Though appeared unreliable often Ijaz scored 12 test centuries. Ijaz Ahamd scored his first and only double century of test cricket against Srilanka when he scored 211. This was the same match in which Wasim Akram got his second wicket hat-trick a match which Pakistan eventually won by an innings and 170 runs. Ijaz has also been the top runs maker from Pakistani side against South Africa.

The event of 21 April 1997

On 21 April 1997 in a Test match against Sri Lanka Ijaz Ahmad was at the crease on 97 when the famous run out attempt by Sri Lankan fielder Romessh Kaluwitharana brought ambigouty in the decision. It was difficult for the umpires to tell whether Ijaz should be given run out or if it should be his partner Salim Malik. The TV replays suggested Salim Malik had been run out that he but eventually the third umpire K. T. Francis gave his decision against Ijaz Ahmad and so he remained short of his century. However after repeated replays of the event Ijaz Ahmad was called back to the crease and Salim Malik was declared as run out. After his return to crease Ijaz successfully completed his century. This was the first time for a batsman to return from the pavilion to the crease after being declared out since 1987.

Ijaz as a fielder

Ijaz Ahamd can be regarded as one of the best fielders the Pakistani cricket has ever produced. He was an excellent fielder often inside the circle at square position and mid on. His best fielding in match against Australia in 1999 world cup initial stage greatly restricted the overflow of runs by Australian batsmen in the final moments of the match. It was due to his best fielding that Pakistan won that match by 10 runs after a thrilling battle.

Isolation from the team and Come back

Ijaz Ahmad was a regular member of the team on one down position of 1999 cricket world cup played in England from 14th may to 20 June 1999. His performance appeared not too good. He also got injured in the first match of 1999 world cup when he was hit on the leg by West Indian pacer Dillon during a successful appeal for LBW at Bristol. This injury affected his performance in rest of the matches and he was dropped from the next match against Scotland. After the dramatic collapse of Pakistani Batting line up in 1999 world cup final against Australia Ijaz remained the top scorer of the innings with 22 runs. He was also the batsman who was surprisingly held responsible for the batting collapse in the final match. This regular succession of poor performances led to isolation of Ijaz from the national team and so he was not a part of the national team in the Toranto Cricket Festival of 1999 against the West Indies and Sharjah Cup of late 1999. Though he was given a chance in test series against Australia and the Cartlon & United Serie against India and Australia during which he performed well both in the test and one day series. In the third test Ijaz Ahmad scored his 12th test century and sixth against Australia at Perth a match which Pakistan eventually lost by an Innings and some runs. In the following triangular series Ijaz Ahmad scored three half centuries but still he was unable to take the confidence of selectors and was again dropped from the team for than an year.

Surprising Come Back

Following the captaincy crisis of the national team in the absence of the injued captain Moin Khan The Pakistan Cricket Board surprisingly started giving indications of making Ijaz as the interim captain of the team for then the incoming Singapore Challenge series against New Zealand and South Africa. Nevertheless he was not selected as captain but his come back in the team was confirmed after 14 months. So Ijaz Ahmad joined the team in Singapore in the absence of injured regular skipper Moin Khan. Waqar Younis was leading the team on emergency basis. Ijaz Ahmad made a brilliant batting come back in the Singapore Challenge Series against Newzealand and South Africa. He scored a quick innings of 49 not out of just 21 balls in a rain affected match which was reduced to 25 overs per side before toss. Ijazs Innings helped Pakistan giving a tough target of 192 runs to Newzealand in 25 overs a match which Pakistan eventually won by 29 runs. In the second match against the South Africans he scored 67 a match which was won by Pakistan later on. Ijaz Ahamd remained Man of the Match in both matches and also remained the top scorer in every match of this tournament. But again it was his misfortune that beyond all this good performance he was again dropped from then the incoming ICC Champions Trophy 2002 and was unseen on the national side for more than 7 months. He was again given a chance during Pakistans cricket team tour to Newzealand in 2003 where he was selected for the test squard but this time he didnt perform well and was dropped from then the incoming ODI series. He has never been a part of National Cricket team since then and eventually announced his formal retirement from both formats of cricket in late 2003.

Ijaz Ahmed

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Ms Dhoni

Ms Dhoni Biography

Mahendra Singh Dhoni was born on July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar. He brought up in this city. He has two siblings, a sister who is married and a brother who lives in Almora. Almora is a high-lying town at the foot of the Himalaya which is his father's home town. His father's name is Pan Singh and mother's name is Devki Devi.

He is the captain of Indian ODI and Twenty20 team and Vice captain of the Test team. He is a right armed batsman, right armed medium paced bowler. He plays as a wicketkeeper on the field. Dhoni started his first class career in the year 1999-2000. His one day international debut came after playing five years of first class cricket on the December 23, 2004 against Bangladesh. The venue of the match was in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Unfortunately, he was run out on the first ball he faced. It wasn't a great debut for him where batting is concerned.

Luck wasn't on his side in the first four matches he played. Where as on the fifth match which was played against Pakistan in Visakhapatnam, Dhoni came to the crease one down and managed to score 148 runs from just 123 balls. He hit 15 boundaries and four sixes. He got his first man of the match award that day. Not only a good wicketkeeper but Dhoni proved himself to be a first class batsman too. He is one of the few finest wicketkeeper batsman India has seen after a very long time.

On the October 31, Dhoni broke the record of highest runs scored by a wicket keeper by securing 183 runs against Srilanka. The match was played at Jaipur. Adam Gilchrist was the former record holder with 172 runs. Before he started playing cricket, he was a football goalkeeper. It's said he drinks around four liters of milk everyday but he denied it by saying that has been exaggerated a bit. He said he loves milk and drinks around a liter on a daily basis.

On the December 2, 2005, Dhoni made his Test cricket debut against Srilanka which was played in Chennai, India. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, CB Series of 2007-08, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2008 in which they beat Australia 2-0 and 2011 Cricket World Cup in which India beat Sri Lanka. He also captained Chennai Super Kings to victory in the recent IPL 2010.

Ms Dhoni