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Profile: Sachin Tendulkar Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra Current age 36 years 199 days Major teams India, Asia XI, Mumbai, Mumbai Indians, Yorkshire Nickname Tendlya, Little Master Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm offbreak, Legbreak googly Height 5 ft 5 in Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School By [...]

Yashpal Sharma The determined Yashpal Sharma consolidated the Indian middle order batting in end of 1970s and early 80s. The resolute batsman, cementing the middle order of Indian cricket team, from, 1979 to 1983, Yashpal Sharma, was born on August 11, 1954, in Ludhiana, of Punjab . Yashpal Sharma rose to prominence , for his [...]

Chetan Chauhan The opener, Chetan Chauhan`s magnetic innings was a sports` lover`s delight. Chetan Chauhan, born on July 21, 1947, in Bareilly, of Uttar Pradesh, was a opening collaborator with the unparalleled Sunil Gavaskar, in the late 1970s and the early 80s . Chauhan`s competence was proved by the pattern of the grave role that [...]

Surinder Amarnath The potential of a good cricketer, inherent in Surinder Amarnath, was evident in his performance-level. Playing cricket was a hereditary affair, for Surinder Amarnath. Born on December 30, 1948, in Kanpur, in Uttar Pradesh, Surinder was the son of the first Indian captain, Lala Amarnath, and the younger brother of the illustrious cricketer, [...]

Sudhakar Rao The Karnataka cricket-celebrity, Sudhakar Rao, had the colorful variety of myriad strokes. Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao, born on 8 August, 1952, in Bangalore, of India, is an ex-Indian cricketer. He is a right-hand batsman and a bowler with a right-arm offbreak style. This man of versatility has even played the role of a wicket [...]

Pochiah Krishnamurthy Pochiah Krishnamurthy was a wonderful wicket keeper with awe-inspiring adherence to duty. The tall statured , Pochiah Krishnamurthy, born on July 12, in 1947, functioned as a responsible wicket-keeper to the Indian team. Krishnamurthy was a right-hand batsman and a legbreak bowler. This peaceful player of Hyderabad, in Andhra Pradesh, relished the fast [...]

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar The nonchalant Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, changed the fated handicap into the resplendence of spin-bowling. Born on May 17, 1945, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, turned out to be an integral member, constituting the world-known Indian Spin Quartet. The other three master leg-spinners, were , E.A.S.Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinavasa Venkataraghavan. This hero from Mysore, nurtured this [...]

Dilip Vengsarkar Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar, was verily one of the finest batsman in Indian cricket. Dilip Vengsarkar, born on April 6, 1956, was a right-hand batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler. This genius teenager, originating from, Rajapura, in Maharashtra, had represented India, Mumbai and Staffordshire, throughout his career. His superb 110 for Mumbai, against [...]

Parthasarathy Sharma Parthasarathy Sharma`s feats in the domestic arena, surpasses his success rate in Test cricket. Parthasarathy Sharma, born on 5th January 1948, was a robust, right-hand middle order batsman, and a right-arm medium pace bowler. This cricket-star, hailing from Alwar, in Rajasthan, had participated in 5 Tests and 2 One-Day Internationals, ranging from 1974 [...]

Syed Kirmani Syed Kirmani, has given the art of wicket keeping, the aura of perfection. Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani, born on December 29, 1949 , in Madras, has redefined the art of wicket-keeping in Indian cricket . This sports-genius, had represented the state of Karnataka, as well as India . More famous under the sobriquet [...]