Gautam Gambhir India Players :

Gautam Gambhir

India

Full name Gautam Gambhir
Born October 14, 1981, Delhi
Current age 33 years 85 days
Major teams India, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, Essex, India Red, Indian Board President's XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan 
Cricket Association President's XI
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
                 Gautam Gambhir (About this sound articulation (help·info); conceived 14 October 1981) is an Indian global cricketer. He is a left-given opening batsman who plays residential cricket for Delhi, and chiefs Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2003, and played his first Test the accompanying year against Australia. He captained the Indian group in six Odis from late-2010 to late-2011 with India winning every one of the six matches. He had essential influence in India's wins in the finals of both the 2007 World Twenty20 (75 from 54 balls) and the 2011 Cricket World Cup (97 from 122 balls).
             Gambhir is the main Indian and one of four universal cricketers to have scored five hundreds in five successive Test matches. He is the main Indian batsman to have scored more than 300 runs in four back to back Test arrangement. As of February 2014, he is the most astounding run-scorer for India in Twenty20 Internationals. Under Gambhir's captaincy, the Kolkata Knight Riders won their lady IPL title in 2012 and again in 2014. Individual Indian colleague Virender Sehwag called Gambhir "the best Indian opener since Sunil Gavaskar

Early and personal life:

          Gambhir was conceived in New Delhi to Deepak Gambhir, who deals with a materials business, and Seema Gambhir, a housewife. Gambhir has a sister, Ekta, who is two years more youthful to him. Gambhir was received by his grandparents eighteen days after his introduction to the world and existed with them from that point forward. Gambhir began playing cricket at 10 years old. He got his educating from Modern School, New Delhi and moved on from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He stayed at his maternal uncle Pawan Gulati's habitation in the '90s. Gambhir considers Gulati to be his tutor and would frequently ring him before vital matches. Gambhir was guided by Sanjay Bharadwaj of Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy in Delhi, and Raju Tandon. Gambhir was chosen for the first admission of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore in 2000. 

      

In October 2011, Gambhir wedded Natasha Jain, who has a place with an unmistakable business crew. He at present dwells in Delhi's Rajendra Nagar neighborhood.

International career: 

Early career:

       

   Gambhir scored two progressive twofold hundreds in 2002 (one of them against the meeting Zimbabweans) made him a solid contender for India's opening space in every one of the three manifestations of the diversion. He made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in the TVS Cup in 2003. In his third match, he scored 71 and was named Man of the Match. His lady century (103 off 97 balls) came against Sri Lanka in 2005. In 2004, he made his Test introduction against Australia in the fourth and last Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy however did himself no favors by getting out for 3 and 1. He offered compensation in his second Test, nonetheless, scoring 96 against the South Africans. His lady Test century came against Bangladesh in December 2004. Gambhir then made various begins in the home arrangement against Pakistan in 2005, however had the capacity make one and only half-century in six innings. He made 97 in Zimbabwe later that year, yet neglected to achieve 30 against Sri Lanka at home, over and over battling against Chaminda Vaas, and was consequently dropped from the Test group. He was supplanted in Tests by Wasim Jaffer, who made a twofold hundred and a hundred in seven Tests.
                While Gambhir was out of the Test group, he played various One Day Internationals for India somewhere around 2005 and 2007. Notwithstanding, he was not chosen for the 2007 World Cup as the selectors settled on a top-request of Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, and Sachin Tendulkar. It influenced him seriously and Gambhir later said that "When I got dropped for the World Cup, there were times I would not like to play any longer. I would not like to practice. I couldn't propel myself." With no other vocation choices, Gambhir remain faithful to cricket. After India's first-round passageway from the competition, Gambhir was chosen for the One Day International on India's 2007 voyage through Bangladesh. Accepting the arrangement could be his last risk, Gambhir scored his second century on that visit and was thusly chosen for the One Day International on India's visit to Ireland in 2007. He scored an unbeaten 80 against Ireland in the first session of that visit and was recompensed the man of the match recompense for that exertion. In the post-match meeting, he showed that performing all the more reliably was a top need for his vocation as he had done so previously.
2008 and beyond:
           2008 began well for Gambhir. At home, he scored an unbeaten 130 in the Ranji Trophy last to help Delhi beat Uttar Pradesh by nine wickets only two days prior to the group for the ODI competition in Australia was to be advertised.

        Gambhir was compelled to miss the Test arrangement in Australia because of a shoulder damage. In the 2007–08 CB Series, he scored an unbeaten 102 at The Gabba against Sri Lanka in a match washed out because of downpour. After three weeks at Sydney, he scored a vocation best 113 off 119 balls against Australia, in a high scoring match which India lost by 18 runs. He completed the CB arrangement as the main run-scorer with 440 runs.
           In 2008 Gambhir at last cemented his spot in the Indian Test group with a string of high scores. Opening the batting with Delhi partner Virender Sehwag, he scored 858 runs at in excess of 61 in seven matches as of December including a twofold century against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. However in the same match he was included in contention when he elbowed bowler Shane Watson while taking a run. Gambhir stated it was unintentional, yet was banned for one Test. Gambhir scored 463 runs in the arrangement, which in spite of missing the last match was more than whatever other player in the arrangemen
               On 12 February 2012, Gautam Gambhir scored 92 off 111 balls in an ODI match against Australia at the Adelaide Oval, to help India win their first match against the hosts at that venue. It was additionally India's most elevated fruitful run pursue in Australia. For his exertion, Gambhir won the Man of the Match honor. On 14 February 2012, against Sri Lanka, Gambhir once more passed up a great opportunity for an ODI hundred when he was released run out for a fine 91 off 106 balls. This thump from Gambhir was instrumental in securing an exciting tie in that match.in August 2012, the Indian determination panel gave him back bad habit captaincy of the T20 squad for the World Cup.

Indian Premier League:

Gambhir was grabbed by the Delhi Daredevils establishment in the first player closeout of the Indian Premier League at a cost of Us$725,000 a year. He turned into the second most elevated run-scorer of the inaugural season with 534 runs from 14 matches. He was elevated to the post of Captain of the Delhi Daredevils for IPL Season 2010. Toward the end of the competition he turned into the main player from Delhi Daredevils to score more than 1000 runs in the IPL.

In the 2011 IPL player closeout, Gambhir was the most looked for after player, getting an offer of $2.4 million from The Kolkata Knight Riders, making him the most astounding paid cricketer ever. He was then delegated as the captain of the group. Under Gambhir's captaincy, the Kolkata Knight Riders met all requirements for the IPL playoffs furthermore made it to the Champions League Twenty20 shockingly. He inevitably drove the side to their first title in 2012 by crushing protecting champions Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets at their home ground in Chennai. Gambhir is the main run-scorer of the Kolkata Knight Riders. Amid the same season, he scored 6 half-hundreds of years out of an aggregate of nine from his group and got to be just the second player to cross the 2000 runs stamp in the historical backdrop of the IPL and the second most elevated run scorer ever in the competition.

Achievements:

Most Runs in Calendar Year:

• Most ODI runs by an Indian Cricketer in 2008.

Most Centuries:

•     Most ODI centuries in 2008 by an Indian Cricketer.

•     Most Test centuries in 2009 by an Indian Cricketer.

Others:

•     ICC Test player of the year 2009.

External links: 

• Cricinfo Profile: Gautam Gambhir.

• Gautam Gambhir on Twitter.