gautam gambhir Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
gautam gambhir is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Gautam Gambhir
Born
October 14, 1981, Delhi
Age
42 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Legbreak
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 58 | 147 | 37 | 154 |
Inn | 104 | 143 | 36 | 152 |
Runs | 4154 | 5238 | 932 | 4218 |
Avg | 41.96 | 39.68 | 27.41 | 31.01 |
SR | 51.49 | 85.25 | 119.03 | 123.91 |
HS | 206 | 150 | 75 | 93 |
NO | 5 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
100s | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 22 | 34 | 7 | 36 |
4s | 517 | 561 | 109 | 491 |
6s | 10 | 17 | 10 | 59 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 58 | 147 | 37 | 154 |
Inn | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Balls | 12 | 6 | - | - |
Runs | 4 | 13 | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | 0 | - | - |
BBI | 4 / 0 | 13 / 0 | - | - |
BBM | 4 / 0 | 13 / 0 | - | - |
Eco | 2.0 | 13.0 | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Delhi
- Delhi Daredevils
- Essex
- India Maharajas
- India Red
- Indian Board President's XI
- Kolkata Knight Riders
- New Jersey Triton's
- Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Gambhir's journey as a first-class cricketer began in the 1999-2000 season. But, it was a couple of years later, in 2002, that the Delhi lad first stole the spotlight. Then playing for the Board President's XI against a touring Zimbabwe team, the left-hander smashed a double century scoring 218 runs. A year later, came the big moment: Gambhir secured his place in the Indian team for the TVS Cup, a triangular fixture.
Not as gifted as some of his contemporaries, initially Gambhir had to grin and bear it when selectors would just choose to overlook him. However, what separated him from the pack was his passion for the game and an almost insatiable appetite for runs.
At the topmost level, the stakes are high. Bowlers keep an eye out for even the minutest of shortcomings in the best of batsmen. And Gambhir had a chink in his otherwise formidable armour: His front foot would fall over a bit, which often made him an easy LBW prey to quality fast bowlers. This flaw in the technique proved to be the recurrent glitch that kept his bat quiet between 2003 and 2006. Having fixed the fault, Gambhir was again in the reckoning, scoring enough to stake a claim for a place in India's 2007 ODI World Cup squad. But, the selectors thought otherwise. They preferred to instead go with hard-hitting right-hander Robin Uthappa, who had, under his belt, some match-winning knocks at the top of the order.
The rejection severely jolted Gambhir, who even contemplated quitting the game. But, destiny had other plans in store for him. The same year in September, Gambhir was called back to open the batting with his Delhi mate Virender Sehwag for the T-20 World Cup. He grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
In the high-voltage final against Pakistan, Gambhir showed nerves of steel scoring 75 runs that made all the difference. He was the second highest scorer in the tournament with 227 runs in the 7 innings. After that feat, Gambhir always enjoyed the backing of skipper MS Dhoni, but failed to break into the team. It was sheer hard luck, as legends of the game like Tendulkar still graced the Indian top-order.
Gambhir was on the top of his game between 2008 and 2011. Always looking aggressive on the field, he hit the purple patch in those years scoring big and often match-winning knocks. In the 2008 CB series Down Under, Gambhir blazed a trail when he outscored the likes of Sachin, Ponting and Sangakara to emerge as the highest run-scorer of that ODI tri-series. Soon, Gambhir cemented his place in the ODI team, filling the big shoes of iconic left-hander Sourav Ganguly. The spectacular showing in the ODIs, earned him a place in the Test team, too.
Having scored his first Test century against Bangladesh at Chittagong in 2004 , it took Gambhir almost four years to score his second test ton. But the third one came only nine days after. Of his 9 test centuries, the one he scored at Napier in New Zealand in 2009 will be remembered for long. Batting for a staggering 643 minutes, Gambhir showed grit deploying his stoic defence and scoring a match-saving 137 runs.
By 2009, Gambhir had established himself as one of the top batsmen in International cricket. The same year, he received the prestigious ICC Test Cricketer of The Year award. Two years later, his decisive knock in the final of the 2011 ODI World Cup, which India won, made him a national hero of sorts.
Post -2011 World Cup, many even saw Gambhir as next-in-line to MS Dhoni. But then came the slide in his fortunes. One bad series was followed by another, runs dried up and questions begun to be asked of his technique. In the 17 Test matches between 2011 and 2012, he averaged just 31. Eventually, he faced the axe.
Between 2007 and 2011, Gambhir had done enough with the bat to stamp his name in bold letters in the history of Indian cricket as one of the best left-handed batsmen to have played for India across all formats.
In 2014 and 2016, Gambhir made two short comebacks to the test team, but could never simply get his act together. During this phase, even though Gambhir was struggling in the International arena, he was among the most valued players in the IPL.
KKR paid a handsome sum of Rs 11 crore in the IPL auction in 2011. Taking up the cudgels, Gambhir revamped the fortune of a struggling team, leading them to famous IPL title wins in 2012 and 2014.
Now, in the 2018, Gambhir will again be seen in action with Delhi Daredevils.
By Varun Dixit
As of 6th April 2018
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
India's Gautam Gambhir was one of the most complete batters in the game between 2008 and the 2011 World Cup, opening successfully in all three forms. He could be more aggressive than Virender Sehwag, played the kind of back-to-the-wall innings that would do Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman proud, and accumulated without taking many risks, much like Sachin Tendulkar did in the last quarter of his career. Either side of that period, though, Gambhir's technical flaws dominated his other attributes. Still, with over 10,000 runs in international cricket, and two significant innings in World Cup finals - not to mention leading Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL titles - Gambhir was a significant contributor to Indian cricket.
For about the first eight years of his career, he was the domestic cheque that would not be honoured at international level. While bowlers on the Ranji circuit swore by his abilities, he had only two international centuries to show after 32 matches when he was left out of the 2007 World Cup party.
He came back with massive runs in domestic cricket, a few important technical adjustments, and with the reputation of being the best player of spin in India outside of the international side. A century in his second ODI back and a title-winning 75 in the inaugural T20 World Cup paved the way for his Test return. Test fifties against Muthiah Muralidaran and Ajantha Mendis in 2008 told him he belonged.
Between October 2008 and February 2010, he scored eight centuries - to set up wins, to bat teams out, and to hold on for draws, including a near 11-hour marathon in Napier. In this period, he also managed half-centuries or more in 11 successive Tests, equalling Viv Richards. The Arjuna award, India's second-highest sporting honour, came his way, the ICC named him the Test player of 2009, and more tellingly perhaps, Sehwag called him the best Indian Test opener since Sunil Gavaskar.
Gambhir scored a match-winning 97 in the 2011 World Cup final. After that tournament, though, began a more serious, almost terminal decline. In England and Australia, where India lost eight Tests in a row, he was a walking wicket, poking at deliveries outside off. From being a captaincy candidate at one time, he went to struggling to keep his place in the side.
With the arrivals of M Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan, Gambhir was sidelined until the England tour in 2014, when he was called up as back-up opener. But his return after more than a year out of international cricket ended on a sour note when he was dropped after two Tests. He was on firmer ground in the IPL - having been a mainstay at Delhi Daredevils and then going to Knight Riders for a record US$2.4 million in the 2011 auction. He top-scored for that team in four seasons, including during their first title win in 2012.
Gambhir retired from all cricket in 2018. He received the Padma Shri, India's second-highest civilian honour, and became a member of Parliament a year later, but continued his association with the game, as a commentator.