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Squads - India

Indian team for the first Test: Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Dinesh Karthik (wicketkeeper), Irfan Pathan, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Laxmipathy Balaji.

Board President's XI: Mohammed Kaif (captain), Y Venugopal Rao (vice-captain), Dheeraj Jadhav, Satyajit Parab, Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Parthiv Patel (wicketkeeper), Ramesh Powar, Gagandeep Singh, Shib Shankar Paul, RP Singh, R Ramkumar, Ranadeb Bose, Niraj Patel.

Test Career Records | Test Career Records v Pakistan

Player profiles of the Indian team:

Ajit Agarkar

Full Name : Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar
Born: 04-12- 1977, Bombay (now Mumbai). Maharashtra
Major Teams: Mumbai, India,Middlesex
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998-99
Highest Score: 109* v England at Lord’s, 2002
Best Innings Bowling: 6-41 v Australia at Adelaide,2003-04

L.Balaji

Full Name : Lakshmipathy Balaji
Born: 27-09-1981, Madras (Now Chennai),Tamil Nadu
Major Teams : Tamil Nadu, India
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 2003-04
Highest Score: 11 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi,2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 4-63 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi,2003-04

Rahul Dravid

Full Name : Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born: 11-01-1973, Indore,Madhya Pradesh
Major Teams: Karnataka, India, Kent.
Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Break Bowler & Occasional Wicket-keeper
Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Score: 270 v Pakistan at Rawalpindi, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-18 v West Indies at St.John’s, 2001-02

Gautam Gambhir

Born: 14-10-1981, Delhi
Major Teams: Delhi, India.
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Leg Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia at Mumbai, 2004-05
Highest Score: 139 v Bangladesh at Chittagong,2004-05

Sourav Ganguly

Full Name : Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Born: 08-07-1972, Calcutta (now Kolkata),Bengal
Major Teams: Bengal, India, Lancashire.
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Score: 173 v Sri Lanka at Mumbai WS, 1997-98
Best Innings Bowling: 3-28 v Australia, Kolkata, 1997-98
Captaincy record: played 44, won 18, lost 12, drawn 14.

Harbhajan Singh

Full Name : Harbhajan Singh Plaha
Born: 03-07-1980, Jullundur (now Jalandhar),Punjab
Major Teams: Punjab, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98
Highest Score: 66 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo QSC, 2001
Best Innings Bowling: 8-84 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01

Mohammad Kaif

Born: 01-12- 1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Major Teams: Uttar Pradesh, India,Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00
Highest Score: 64 v Australia at Chennai,2004-05

Dinesh Karthik

Full Name: Krishankumar Dinesh Karthik
Born: 01-06-1985, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Major Teams: Tamil Nadu, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Wicket-keeper
Test Debut: v Australia at Mumbai, 2004-05
Highest Score: 46 v South Africa at Kolkata,2004-05
Most dismissals in an Innings: 4 (all ct) v South Africa at Kolkata,2004-05
Most dismissals in a match: 6 (all ct) v South Africa at Kolkata,2004-05

Zaheer Khan

Born: 07-10-1978, Shrirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
Major Teams: Baroda, India,Surrey
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Left Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Bangladesh, Dhaka, 2000-01
Highest Score: 75 v Bangladesh at Dhaka,2004-05
Best Innings Bowling: 5-29 v New Zealand at Hamilton,2002-03

Anil Kumble

Born: 17-10-1970, Bangalore,Karnataka
Major Teams: Karnataka, India, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Leg Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: v England at Manchester, 1990
Highest Score: 88 v South Africa at Kolkata, 1997-98
Best Innings Bowling: 10-74 v Pakistan at Delhi,1998-99

VVS Laxman

Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born: 01-11-1974, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh
Major Teams: Hyderabad, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97
Highest Score: 281 v Australia at Kolkata, 2000-01
Best Innings Bowling: 1-32 v West Indies at St.John’s, 2001-02

Ashish Nehra

Born: 29-04-1979, Delhi
Major Teams: Delhi, India.
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Left Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Sri Lanka at Colombo SSC, 1998-99
Highest Score: 19 v England at Lord’s, 2002
Best Innings Bowling: 4-72 v Zimbabwe at Harare, 2001

Irfan Pathan

Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
Born: 27-10-1984,Baroda,Gujarat
Major Teams : Baroda,India
Type : Left Hand Batsman & Left Hand Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v Australia at Adelaide, 2003-04
Highest Score: 55 v Australia at Bangalore, 2004-05
Best Innings Bowling: 6-51 v Bangladesh at Dhaka,2004-05

Virender Sehwag

Born: 20-10-1978, Delhi
Major Teams: Delhi, India, Leicestershire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2001-02
Highest Score: 309 v Pakistan at Multan, 2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-17 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 2003-04

Sachin Tendulkar

Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: 24-04-1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Major Teams: Mumbai, India, Yorkshire
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break - Leg Break- Right Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90
Highest Score: 248* v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2004-05
Best Innings Bowling: 3-10 v South Africa at Mumbai WS,1999-00

Yuvraj Singh

Born: 12-12-1981, Chandigarh
Major Teams: Punjab, India, Yorkshire.
Type: Left Hand Batsman and Left Arm Slow Orthodox Bowler
Test Debut: v New Zealand at Mohali,2003-04
Highest Score: 112 v Pakistan at Lahore,2003-04
Best Innings Bowling: 1-25 v Pakistan at Multan,2003-04


Test Career Records

Batting & Fielding
PlayerTestsInnsNORunsHSAve100500CtStMoM
AB Agarkar22354479109*15.451-95--
L Balaji54015113.75--2---
R Dravid8614618736327057.5218355119-7
G Gambhir57030713943.8611-4--
SC Ganguly7912812490117342.251125853-4
Harbhajan Singh4360116956614.18-21019-4
M Kaif71312946424.50-2-7--
KKD Karthik560974616.17---172-
Zaheer Khan3748124417512.25-11410--
A Kumble921172215508816.32-31340-6
VVS Laxman619810379528143.13720670-2
A Nehra17251177195.50--105--
IK Pathan101112115521.10-114-1
V Sehwag31501253530951.7388429-2
SR Tendulkar120193219879248*57.4434381275-10
Yuvraj Singh610230211237.7511-8--

Bowling
PlayerTestsBallsMdnsRunsWktsAveBest5WI10WMSRRpO
AB Agarkar22435914924735346.666-411-82.253.40
L Balaji51038455521342.464-63--79.853.19
R Dravid86120439139.001-18--120.001.95
SC Ganguly7922768112662550.643-28--91.043.34
Harbhajan Singh4311679417527518927.918-8415361.792.71
M Kaif718040-0-4---1.33
Zaheer Khan376823237367710136.415-293-67.553.23
A Kumble922901511961237144427.8610-7428665.352.56
VVS Laxman61252101001100.001-32--252.002.38
A Nehra17344712218664442.414-72--78.343.25
IK Pathan1021489210793927.676-513155.083.01
V Sehwag3153193343111.331-17--177.003.77
SR Tendulkar12030607317013647.253-10--85.003.34
Yuvraj Singh684143143.001-25--84.003.07

Test Career Records v Pakistan

Batting & Fielding
PlayerTestsInnsNORunsHSAve100500CtStMoM
AB Agarkar120383619.00------
L Balaji33011113.67--2---
R Dravid610047127047.101119-1
SC Ganguly4712497741.50-3-4--
Harbhajan Singh24298*4.50--1---
Zaheer Khan1000-----1--
A Kumble69169188.63--24-1
VVS Laxman61002627126.20-2110--
A Nehra11111*----1--
IK Pathan330644921.33--11--
V Sehwag340438309109.501112-1
SR Tendulkar10161600194*40.002222-1
Yuvraj Singh34023011257.5011-2--

Bowling
PlayerTestsBallsMdnsRunsWktsAveBest5WI10WMSRRpO
AB Agarkar1138580180.001-80--138.003.48
L Balaji3636243691230.754-63--53.003.48
SC Ganguly4662360-0-9---3.27
Harbhajan Singh237813173534.603-30--75.602.75
Zaheer Khan1138676176.001-76--138.003.30
A Kumble61648678403722.7010-743144.543.06
VVS Laxman6240140-0-4---3.50
A Nehra1162680326.672-60--54.002.96
IK Pathan3804443421228.504-100--67.002.55
V Sehwag3360270-0-8---4.50
SR Tendulkar103186186823.252-35--39.753.51
Yuvraj Singh354132132.001-25--54.003.56
MoM = Man of the Match

Statistics : Rajneesh Gupta

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