Gautam Gambhir

Personal info.

Born 14 October 1981 New Delhi , India Full name Gautam Gambhir Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Batting style Left-handed Bowling style Right arm leg break Role Opening- and Top order Batsman

International info.

National side India Test debut (cap 249 ) 3 November 2004 v Australia ODI debut (cap 149 ) 11 April 2003 v Bangladesh

More info.

He has beena member of the Indian national cricket team since 2003 ( ODIs ) and 2004 ( Tests ). Gambhir had been aprolific run-scorer in domestic cricket with an average of over 50 but his two successive double-hundreds in 2002 (one of them against the visiting Zimbabweans ) made him a strong contender for India's opening slot. He became only the fourth Indian batsman toscore a double century in a tour game at home; the previous three being Sunil Gavaskar , Dilip Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar . He is the only Indian batsman to score more than 300 runs in fourconsecutive Test series. He is alsothe only Indian, and one of only four international cricketers, to have scored five hundreds in five consecutive test matches. On July 2009, for a period of ten days he was the number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings.

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