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Amit Anil Pagnis (born 18 September 1978, in Mumbai) is an Indian first-class cricketer. A left-handed batsman, Pagnis has made over 5000 runs in Indian domestic cricket. He captained India in the 1998 Under 19 World Cup in South Africa.
When Australia toured India, he hammered Shane Warne's bowling for 30-ball 50 runs in a warm up match with India. He danced down the pitch on square turning balls and did it. It was done at Sachin Tendulkar's instructions, who was captaining Mumbai team then. It set up India team well on that Aussie tour – premiere Aussie bowler was rendered ineffective.
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Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Hailed as the world's most prolific batsman of all time, he is the all-time highest run-scorer in both ODI and Test cricket with more than 18,000 runs and 15,000 runs, respectively. He also holds the record for receiving the most player of the match awards in international cricket. Tendulkar was a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha by presidential nomination from 2012 to 2018.
The Border–Gavaskar Trophy(BGT) is an International Test cricket trophy played between India and Australia. The series is named after distinguished former captains, Australia's Allan Border and India's Sunil Gavaskar. It is played via Test series scheduled using International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme. The winner of a Test series wins the trophy. If a series is drawn, the country holding the trophy retains it. Given the competitive nature of the India-Australia rivalry and the high standings of both teams, the Border-Gavaskar trophy is considered to be one of the most prestigious bilateral trophies in 5-day cricket.
Amit Mishra is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm leg-break bowler and right-handed tail-ender batsman. He plays for Haryana in the domestic Ranji Trophy and for the T20 franchise Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. He has represented India in Test, ODIs and T20s. Mishra was a member of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy.
Salil Ashok Ankola is a former international cricketer who played one Test match and 20 One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1989 to 1997 for India. A right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played first-class cricket for Mumbai, regularly opening the bowling. Ankola's consistency for Mumbai team earned him a spot for representing India during their tour of Pakistan in 1989–90. After the first Test match at Karachi, he was dropped for the subsequent matches in the series owing to injuries. After a brief phase of playing first-class cricket, Ankola was called for the Indian ODI team during 1993, eventually led to being a part of the 1996 Cricket World Cup. At 28, Ankola retired from international cricket to pursue acting. Since then he went on to appear in a number of Indian soap operas and a few Hindi films. In 2020, he was selected as the chief selector of the Mumbai Cricket Association. He was a selector of the National team from January 2023 till August 2024.
Rohit Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who currently plays for and captains the India national cricket team in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches. Previously, he also captained the team in Twenty20 International (T20I) matches and led India's win in 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, subsequent to which he retired from T20s in June 2024. He is considered to be one of the best batsmen of his generation and one of the greatest opening batters of all time, He is also known as Hitman for his timing, elegance, six-hitting abilities and leadership skills. On 3rd November of 2024, he became the only Indian captain to get whitewashed at home in a 3 match Test Series.
The Haryana cricket team is a domestic cricket team run by the Haryana Cricket Association, representing the state of Haryana, India. The team participates in the Ranji Trophy, the top tier domestic first-class cricket tournament in India, as well as the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the top tier domestic List A tournament in India, and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a domestic T20 tournament in India. It has won the Ranji Trophy once and finished as runner-up once. It has also won the Irani Cup once. Famous Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev played for Haryana at the domestic level.
Amol Anil Muzumdar is an Indian cricket coach and former cricketer who previously played for the cricket teams of Mumbai and Assam. He was primarily a right-handed batsman. He held the record for the most runs scored in the Ranji Trophy, India's premier domestic first-class cricket competition, beating the record previously held by Amarjit Kaypee. In October 2023, BCCI appointed Amol as the head coach of the India women's national cricket team.
Delhi Capitals are a professional franchise cricket team based in Delhi that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The franchise is jointly owned by the GMR Group and the JSW Sports. The team's home ground is Arun Jaitley Stadium, located in New Delhi. The team is captained by Rishabh Pant and coached by Hemang Badani. The Capitals appeared in their first IPL final in 2020 against Mumbai Indians under former captain Shreyas Iyer.
Ajinkya Rahane is an Indian cricketer and former captain and former vice-captain of the Indian team in Test cricket, who has played for Indian cricket team in all formats as a batsman. He currently captains Mumbai in Ranji trophy and plays for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL. Rahane plays primarily as a middle-order batsman in the Test format and as a top-order batsman in white-ball forms of the game. As a captain of the national team, India has only lost one match under his captaincy.
Amit Uniyal is an Indian first-class cricketer. An all rounder, he played for Punjab in first-class cricket, and for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik is an Indian commentator and former professional cricketer and coach who played for the India national cricket team and is currently the batting coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. He was also the captain of the Tamil Nadu cricket team in domestic cricket. He made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004. He was the 4th Indian batsman to play 300 T20 matches. Karthik was a member of the team that won both the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Karthik is also the first Indian ever to win a Player of The Match award in a T20 International, having done so in 2006. Known for his six hitting ability, aggressive batting style, longevity and ability to finish games strong, Karthik was viewed as a crucial asset in the IPL and the India national cricket team for almost two decades.
Nikhil Haldipur is an Indian first class cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and represented West Bengal,India B, India A, Rest of India, East Zone and Goa.
Suryakumar Ashok Yadav is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed middle-order batter. He represents the India national cricket team and captains the Twenty20 International side. He was part of the national team that won the 2023 Asia Cup and the 2024 T20 World Cup.
The Australia national cricket team toured India in the 2004–05 season and played a four-match Test series, during October and November 2004, against India, Australia winning the series 2–1 with one match drawn, their first series win on Indian soil since their 1969-70 tour. The future Australian Test captain, Michael Clarke, made his Test debut in the first match, scoring 151 in the first innings. In the fourth match of the series, Clarke took 6 wickets for 9 runs in the second innings.
Karn Vinod Sharma is an Indian cricketer. He plays as an all-rounder for the Railways cricket team. He is a left-hand batsman and leg break bowler. He made his Twenty20 International debut against England in 2014. He made his One Day International debut for India against Sri Lanka on 13 November 2014. He made his Test debut against Australia in Adelaide on 9 December 2014.
The West Indies cricket team toured India, playing two Test matches and a three-match One Day International series against the Indian national team from 31 October to 27 November 2013. The series, not initially in the ICC Future Tours Programme, was hastily arranged by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following the postponement of India's scheduled tour to South Africa to December, with that series itself reduced to 2 Tests and 3 ODIs due to a spat between the BCCI and Cricket South Africa.
Prithvi Pankaj Shaw is an Indian cricketer who has played for the Indian cricket team in all formats. In domestic cricket, he plays for Mumbai and Delhi Capitals. Under his captaincy, the Indian team won the 2018 Under-19 World Cup.
Shreyas Santosh Iyer is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a right-handed batter. He has played in all formats for the Indian cricket team. Iyer scored a century in his debut test match and a half-century in the second innings against New Zealand in November 2021, thus becoming the first Indian player to achieve the milestone. Iyer plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and captained the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League from 2022 to 2024. He played for the India Under-19 cricket team at the 2014 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was named in the India Squad for 2023 Cricket World Cup, and scored a century against New Zealand in the semi-finals. He was a part of the Indian squad that won the 2023 Asia Cup. He won his first IPL title as captain in the 2024 Indian Premier League, becoming the 5th Indian player to lead a team to the IPL title victory.
Hardik Himanshu Pandya is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. An all-rounder who bats right-handed in the middle-order and bowls right-arm fast-medium deliveries. He is currently one of the best all-rounders in the world in white-ball cricket. Pandya has represented India in all 3 formats. He captains Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He occasionally plays for his regional team Baroda in domestic cricket. He captained Indian team for some time and was the vice captain of the team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup, where he bowled the last match-winning over in the final.
Ishan Kishan is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team as a wicket-keeper batsman. He made his international debut in March 2021 against England. He plays for Jharkhand in domestic cricket. In the Indian Premier League (IPL) he plays for Mumbai Indians.