Indian squad: Pen sketches

Rahul Dravid (Captain)
Full Name : Rahul Dravid
Born: January 11,1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
State: Karnataka
Type: Right Hand Batsman, Right Arm Off Break Bowler & Occasional Wicket-keeper
Test Debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1995-96

Piyush Chawla
Full Name: Piyush Chawla
Born : December 24, 1988, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Leg-Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: Yet to be made

MS Dhoni
Full Name: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Born: July 07,1981, Ranchi, Bihar
State: Jharkhand
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Medium Bowler, Wicketkeeper
Test Debut: v Sri Lanka, Chennai, 2005-06
ODI Debut: v Bangladesh, Chittagong, 2004-05

Harbhajan Singh
Full Name : Harbhajan Singh Plaha
Born: July 3, 1980, Jalandhar, Punjab
State: Punjab
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v Australia, Bangalore, 1997-98
ODI Debut: v New Zealand, Sharjah, 1997-98

Wasim Jaffer
Full Name: Wasim Jaffer
Born: February 16, 1978, Mumbai, Maharashtra
State: Mumbai
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Mumbai,1999-00
ODI Debut: Yet to be made

Mohammad Kaif
Full Name : Mohammad Kaif
Born : December 1, 1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Bangalore, 1999-00
ODI Debut: v England,Kanpur, 2001-02

Anil Kumble
Full Name: Anil Kumble
Born: October 17,1970, Bangalore,Karnataka
State: Karnataka
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Leg Break Googly Bowler
Test Debut: v England, Manchester, 1990
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Sharjah, 1989-90

VVS Laxman
Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born: November 01,1974, Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh
State: Hyderabad
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Ahmedabad, 1996-97
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe, Cuttack, 1997-98

Irfan Pathan
Full Name: Irfan Khan Pathan
Born: October 27,1984, Baroda, Gujarat
State : Baroda
Type : Left Hand Batsman & Left Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut : v Australia, Adelaide, 2003-04
ODI Debut: v Australia, Melbourne, 2003-04

Suresh Raina
Full Name: Suresh Kumar Raina
Born: November 27, 1986, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Left Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2005

Virender Sehwag
Full Name: Virender Sehwag
Born: October 20, 1978, Delhi
State: Delhi
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break Bowler
Test Debut: v South Africa, Bloemfontein, 2001-02
ODI Debut : v Pakistan, Mohali, 1998-99

RP Singh
Full Name: Rudra Pratap Singh
Born: December 6, 1985, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh
State: Uttar Pradesh
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Left Arm Medium Fast Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan, Faisalabad, 2005-06
ODI Debut: v Zimbabwe,Harare, 2005

Sreesanth
Full Name: Shanthakumaran Sreesanth
Born: February 6, 1983, Kothamangalam, Kerala
State: Kerala
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: v Sri Lanka, Nagpur, 2005-06

Sachin Tendulkar
Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born: April 24,1973, Mumbai, Maharashtra
State: Mumbai
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Off Break - Leg Break- Right Arm Medium Bowler
Test Debut: v Pakistan, Karachi, 1989-90
ODI Debut: v Pakistan, Gujranwala, 1989-90

VRV Singh
Full Name: Vikram Rajvir Singh
Born: September 17, 1984, Chandigarh
State: Punjab
Type: Right Hand Batsman & Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Test Debut: Yet to be made
ODI Debut: Yet to be made

Test Career Records
Batting & Fielding:

Player	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s	0s	90s	Ct	St
Piyush CHAWLA	Yet to make debut
MS DHONI	6	8	1	328	148	46.86	1	1	0	0	12	2
Rahul DRAVID	97	163	20	8244	270	57.65	22	39	6	8	131	0
HARBHAJAN SINGH	52	71	15	879	66	15.70	0	2	11	0	27	0
Wasim JAFFER	7	13	0	261	86	20.08	0	3	2	0	12	0
Mohammad KAIF	8	15	1	307	64	21.93	0	2	0	0	12	0
Anil KUMBLE	103	131	27	1764	88	16.96	0	3	13	0	46	0
VVS LAXMAN	72	115	13	4441	281	43.54	9	24	7	2	79	0
Irfan PATHAN	21	26	2	695	93	28.96	0	5	4	2	6	0
Suresh RAINA	Yet to make debut
Virender SEHWAG	42	68	2	3614	309	54.76	11	10	5	1	36	0
RP SINGH	2	3	2	6	6	6.00	0	0	0	0	0	0
SREESANTH	Yet to make debut
Sachin TENDULKAR	129	206	21	10386	248*	56.14	35	41	12	6	81	0
VRV SINGH	Yet to make debut

Bowling:

Player	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	5WI	10WM	Avg	SR	RpO
MS DHONI	6	6	0	13	0	0-13	0	0	-	-	13.00
Rahul DRAVID	97	120	4	39	1	1-18	0	0	39.00	120.00	1.95
HARBHAJAN SINGH	52	13841	482	6460	219	8-84	17	4	29.50	63.20	2.80
Wasim JAFFER	7	66	3	18	2	2-18	0	0	9.00	33.00	1.64
Mohammad KAIF	8	18	0	4	0	0-4	0	0	-	-	1.33
Anil KUMBLE	103	32349	1309	14203	494	10-74	31	8	28.75	65.49	2.63
VVS LAXMAN	72	252	10	100	1	1-32	0	0	100.00	252.00	2.38
Irfan PATHAN	21	4316	158	2394	81	7-59	7	2	29.56	53.28	3.33
Virender SEHWAG	42	651	12	405	3	1-17	0	0	135.00	217.00	3.73
RP SINGH	2	522	8	345	9	4-89	0	0	38.33	58.00	3.97
Sachin TENDULKAR	129	3318	75	1882	37	3-10	0	0	50.86	89.68	3.40

Performance against England
Batting & Fielding:

Player	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100s	50s	0s	90s	Ct	St
Rahul DRAVID	9	13	1	911	217	75.92	3	4	0	1	14	0
HARBHAJAN SINGH	6	7	0	99	54	14.14	0	1	1	0	0	0
Wasim JAFFER	2	4	0	59	53	14.75	0	1	1	0	5	0
Anil KUMBLE	13	14	0	132	37	9.43	0	0	3	0	3	0
VVS LAXMAN	7	9	1	314	75	39.25	0	2	0	0	9	0
Virender SEHWAG	6	8	0	323	106	40.38	1	2	1	0	8	0
Sachin TENDULKAR	16	24	2	1683	193	76.50	6	8	0	2	14	0

Bowling:

Player	Mts	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Best	5WI	10WM	Avg	SR	RpO
HARBHAJAN SINGH	6	1633	58	729	25	5-51	3	0	29.16	65.32	2.68
Anil KUMBLE	13	4370	178	1864	62	7-115	3	1	30.06	70.48	2.56
Virender SEHWAG	6	144	2	73	1	1-32	0	0	73.00	144.00	3.04
Sachin TENDULKAR	16	240	6	121	1	1-27	0	0	121.00	240.00	3.03