| Name(s) |
GAUTAM GAMBHIR |
| Date of
Birth |
October 14, 1981 |
|
Identity |
Indian
international cricketer |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- November 03, 2004: He made
his test debut on this day; against Australia.
- April 11, 2003: He made his ODI
debut on this day; against Bangladesh.
- January 27, 2013: He played his
last ODI match on this day; against England.
- September 13, 2007: Hemade
his T20I debut on this day; against Scotland.
- 2008: He was conferred the
Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting award.
- 2009: He was the number one
ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings. The same year, he was
the recipient of the ICC Test Player of the Year award.
- 2012: Under his captaincy,
the Kolkata Knight Riders won their maiden IPL title.
- December 28, 2012: Last
T20I match played by him on this day; against Pakistan.
- 2014: Under his captaincy,
the Kolkata Knight Riders once again won the IPL title.
- February 2014: As upto this
date, he was the highest run-scorer for India in Twenty20
Internationals.
- September 2016: By this date, he
had scored 9 centuries and 22 half-centuries in test
matches, and 11 centuries and 34 half-centuries in ODI
matches. His batting averages were about 40 for test matches
and about 39.6 in ODI matrches.
- September 27, 2016: He returned
to India's Test squad after two years gap in place of
injured Lokesh Rahul for the last two matches of the Cricket
Test series against New Zealand.
-
April 28, 2017: He tweeted that he
would meet all the expenses of the children of martyred CRPF
men killed by Naxal terrorists in Sukma.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is a left-handed opening batsman.
- He plays domestic cricket for Delhi, and captains
Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
- He captained the Indian team in six ODIs from late-2010
to late-2011 with India winning all six matches.
- He is the only Indian and one of four
international cricketers to have scored five hundreds in
five consecutive Test matches.
- He is the only Indian batsman to have scored
more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series.
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