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Test Profiles
Sourav Ganguly -
Virender Sehwag -
Sanjay Bangar -
Rahul Dravid -
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman -
Parthiv Patel -
Ajit Agarkar -
Harbhajan Singh -
Zaheer Khan -
Ashish Nehra
Murali Kartik -
Mohammad Kaif -
SS Das -
Ajay Ratra -
Tinu Yohannan
Sourav Ganguly (Captain)
Born: Calcutta, 8-7-1972
Type: Left hand middle-order / opening batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.
Teams: Bengal & Lancashire (in 2000)
Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Test score: 173 v Sri Lanka at Mumbai (WS), 1997-98
Test captaincy record: (2000-01 to 2002-03): Played 30, Won 13, Lost 8, Drawn 9)
Previous tours to NZ: 1998-99
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 65 | 108 | 11 | 4071 | 173 | 41.97 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 51 | - |
Home | 30 | 50 | 6 | 1698 | 173 | 38.59 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 34 | - |
Away | 35 | 58 | 5 | 2373 | 147 | 44.77 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 17 | - |
vs NZ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 165 | 101* | 55.00 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 65 | 2048 | 70 | 1143 | 23 | 49.70 | 3/28 | - | - | 89.04 | 3.35 |
Home | 30 | 570 | 20 | 288 | 5 | 57.60 | 3/28 | - | - | 114.00 | 3.03 |
Away | 35 | 1478 | 50 | 855 | 18 | 47.50 | 3/71 | - | - | 82.11 | 3.47 |
vs NZ | 2 | 102 | 4 | 65 | 0 | - | 0/13 | - | - | - | 3.82 |
Virender Sehwag
Born: Delhi, 20-10-1978
Type: Right hand middle order batsman and right arm off-break bowler
Team: Delhi
Fc debut: 1997-98
Test debut: v South Africa at Bloemfontein, 2001-02
Highest Test score: 147 v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03
Best bowling: 1-27 v West Indies at Kolkata, 2002-03
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 12 | 17 | 0 | 832 | 147 | 48.94 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | - |
Home | 6 | 8 | 0 | 446 | 147 | 55.75 | 1 | 3 | - | 7 | - |
Away | 6 | 9 | 0 | 386 | 106 | 42.89 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 12 | 240 | 2 | 152 | 2 | 76.00 | 1/27 | - | - | 120.00 | 3.80 |
Home | 6 | 96 | 1 | 67 | 1 | 67.00 | 1/27 | - | - | 96.00 | 4.19 |
Away | 6 | 144 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 85.00 | 1/32 | - | - | 144.00 | 3.54 |
Sanjay Bangar
Born: Beed (Maharashtra), 11-10-1972
Type: Right hand opening/middle order batsman and right arm medium pace bowler.
Team: Railways
Fc debut: 1993-94
Test debut: v England at Mohali, 2001-02
Highest Test score: 100 not out v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2001-02
Best bowling (in an innings): 2-28 v England at The Oval, 2002
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 10 | 14 | 2 | 449 | 100* | 37.42 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | - |
Home | 6 | 9 | 2 | 335 | 100* | 47.86 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
Away | 4 | 5 | 0 | 114 | 68 | 22.80 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 10 | 660 | 30 | 316 | 5 | 63.20 | 2/48 | - | - | 132.00 | 2.87 |
Home | 6 | 228 | 13 | 125 | 0 | - | 0/14 | - | - | - | 3.29 |
Away | 4 | 432 | 17 | 191 | 5 | 38.20 | 2/48 | - | - | 86.40 | 2.65 |
Rahul Dravid (Vice Captain)
Born: Indore (Madhya Pradesh), 11-1-1973
Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler. Can also keep wickets
Teams: Karnataka & Kent (in 2000)
Fc debut: 1990-91
Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996
Highest Test score: 217 v England at The Oval, 2002
Best bowling (in an innings): 1-18 v West Indies at St John's, 2001-02
Previous tours to NZ: 1998-99
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 67 | 114 | 13 | 5483 | 217 | 54.29 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 85 | - |
Home | 31 | 53 | 5 | 2349 | 200* | 48.94 | 5 | 12 | - | 43 | - |
Away | 36 | 61 | 8 | 3134 | 217 | 59.13 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 42 | - |
vs NZ | 2 | 4 | 1 | 321 | 190 | 107.00 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 67 | 120 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 39.00 | 1/18 | - | - | 120.00 | 1.95 |
Home | 31 | 48 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | 0/0 | - | - | - | 1.88 |
Away | 36 | 72 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 24.00 | 1/18 | - | - | 72.00 | 2.00 |
Sachin Tendulkar
Born: Bombay, 24-4-1973
Type: Right hand middle-order / opening batsman and right arm slow bowler
Teams: Mumbai (Bombay) & Yorkshire (in 1992)
Fc debut: 1988-89
Test debut: v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90
Highest Test score: 217 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 1999-00
Best bowling (in an innings): 3-10 v South Africa at Mumbai (WS), 1999-00
Test captaincy record: (1996-97 to 1999-00: Played 25, Won 4, Lost 9, Drawn 12)
Previous tours to NZ: 1989-90, 1993-94, 1998-99
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 103 | 165 | 16 | 8711 | 217 | 58.46 | 31 | 34 | 10 | 67 | - |
Home | 45 | 73 | 8 | 4194 | 217 | 64.52 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 35 | - |
Away | 58 | 92 | 8 | 4517 | 193 | 53.77 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 32 | - |
vs NZ | 6 | 9 | 1 | 398 | 113 | 49.75 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 103 | 2286 | 63 | 1220 | 27 | 45.19 | 3/10 | - | - | 84.67 | 3.20 |
Home | 45 | 1136 | 35 | 573 | 13 | 44.08 | 3/10 | - | - | 87.38 | 3.03 |
Away | 58 | 1150 | 28 | 647 | 14 | 46.21 | 2/7 | - | - | 82.14 | 3.38 |
vs NZ | 6 | 114 | 2 | 68 | 4 | 17.00 | 2/7 | - | - | 28.50 | 3.58 |
V V S Laxman
Born: Hyderabad, 1-11-1974
Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler.
Team: Hyderabad
Fc debut: 1992-93
Test debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97
Highest Test score: 281 v Australia at Calcutta, 2000-01
Best bowling (in an innings): 1-32 v West Indies at St John's, 2001-02
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 42 | 68 | 7 | 2660 | 281 | 43.61 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 50 | - |
Home | 19 | 30 | 2 | 1267 | 281 | 45.25 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 29 | - |
Away | 23 | 38 | 5 | 1393 | 167 | 42.21 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 21 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 42 | 252 | 10 | 100 | 1 | 100.00 | 1/32 | - | - | 252.00 | 2.38 |
Home | 19 | 42 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | 2.43 |
Away | 23 | 210 | 10 | 83 | 1 | 83.00 | 1/32 | - | - | 210.00 | 2.37 |
Parthiv Patel
Born: Ahmedabad, 9 March 1985
Batting Style: Left hand middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper
Team: Gujarat.
Fc debut: 2001-02
Test debut: v England at Nottingham, 2002
Highest Test score: 47 v West Indies at Calcutta, 2002-03
Best wicket-keeping (in an innings): 2 dismissals (2 ct) v England at Nottingham, 2002 & 2 dismissals (1 ct+ 1st) v West Indies at Kolkata, 2002-03
Best wicket-keeping (in a match): 3 dismissals (all cts) v West Indies at Chennai, 2002-03
Previous tours to NZ: 2001-02 (for U-19 World Cup)
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | P | 5 | 7 | 144 | 47 | 36.00 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Home | 3 | 4 | 1 | 118 | 47 | 39.33 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
Away | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 19* | 26.00 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
Ajit Agarkar
Born: Bombay, 4-12-1977
Type: Right hand lower order batsman and right arm fast medium pace bowler.
Team: Mumbai
Fc debut: 1996-97
Test debut: v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998-99
Highest Test score: 109 not out v England at Lord's, 2002
Best bowling (in an innings): 3-43 v Australia at Adelaide, 1999-00
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 15 | 23 | 2 | 335 | 109* | 15.95 | 1 | - | 8 | 3 | - |
Home | 4 | 5 | 1 | 56 | 41* | 14.00 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - |
Away | 11 | 18 | 1 | 279 | 109* | 16.41 | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 15 | 2949 | 111 | 1576 | 34 | 46.35 | 3/43 | - | - | 86.74 | 3.21 |
Home | 4 | 672 | 30 | 313 | 6 | 52.17 | 2/50 | - | - | 112.00 | 2.79 |
Away | 11 | 2277 | 81 | 1263 | 28 | 45.11 | 3/43 | - | - | 81.32 | 3.33 |
Harbhajan Singh
Born: Jalandhar, 3-7-1980
Type: Right hand tail end batsman and right arm off-break bowler
Team: Punjab
Fc debut: 1997-98
Test debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98
Highest Test score: 66 v Zimbabwe at Bulawayo, 2001-02
Best bowling (in an innings): 8-84 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01
Best bowling (in a match): 15-217 v Australia at Chennai, 2000-01
Previous tours to NZ: 1998-99
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 31 | 45 | 10 | 474 | 66 | 13.54 | - | 2 | 8 | 12 | - |
Home | 16 | 22 | 8 | 149 | 37 | 10.64 | - | - | 5 | 8 | - |
Away | 15 | 23 | 2 | 325 | 66 | 15.48 | - | 2 | 3 | 4 | - |
vs NZ | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.00 | - | - | - | - | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 31 | 8489 | 323 | 3736 | 139 | 26.88 | 8/84 | 11 | 2 | 61.07 | 2.64 |
Home | 16 | 4669 | 200 | 1940 | 90 | 21.56 | 8/84 | 9 | 2 | 51.88 | 2.49 |
Away | 15 | 3820 | 123 | 1796 | 49 | 36.65 | 5/115 | 2 | - | 77.96 | 2.82 |
vs NZ | 1 | 180 | 7 | 72 | 0 | - | 0/11 | - | - | - | 2.40 |
Zaheer Khan
Born: Srirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, 7-10-1978
Type: Right hand lower-order batsman and left arm fast-medium bowler
Team: Baroda
Fc debut: 1999-00
Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01
Highest Test score: 46 v West Indies at Bridgetown, 2001-02
Best bowling (in an innings): 4-41 v West Indies at Mumbai, 2002-03
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 22 | 29 | 6 | 222 | 46 | 9.65 | - | - | 8 | 6 | - |
Home | 7 | 8 | 1 | 42 | 23* | 6.00 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - |
Away | 15 | 21 | 5 | 180 | 46 | 11.25 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 22 | 4230 | 154 | 2284 | 62 | 36.84 | 4/41 | - | - | 68.23 | 3.24 |
Home | 7 | 1100 | 42 | 592 | 19 | 31.16 | 4/41 | - | - | 57.89 | 3.23 |
Away | 15 | 3130 | 112 | 1692 | 43 | 39.35 | 4/76 | - | - | 72.79 | 3.24 |
Ashish Nehra
Born: Delhi, 29-4-1979
Type: Right hand tail-end batsman and left arm fast-medium bowler
Team: Delhi
Fc debut: 1997-98
Test debut: v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 1998-99
Highest Test score:19 v England at Lord's, 2002
Best bowling (in an innings): 4-72 v Zimbabwe, 2001-02
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 11 | 16 | 7 | 49 | 19 | 5.44 | - | - | 7 | 2 | - |
Home | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Away | 10 | 15 | 6 | 49 | 19 | 5.44 | - | - | 7 | 2 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 11 | 2392 | 89 | 1279 | 32 | 39.97 | 4/72 | - | - | 74.75 | 3.21 |
Home | 1 | 138 | 9 | 66 | 1 | 66.00 | 1/66 | - | - | 138.00 | 2.87 |
Away | 10 | 2254 | 80 | 1213 | 31 | 39.13 | 4/72 | - | - | 72.71 | 3.23 |
Murali Kartik
Born: Madras, 11-9-1976
Type: Left hand lower order batsman and left arm slow bowler
Team: Railways
Fc debut: 1996-97
Test debut: v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00
Highest Test score: 43 v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01
Best bowling (in an innings): 3-123 v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 4 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 43 | 12.20 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 4 | 885 | 40 | 309 | 9 | 34.33 | 3/123 | - | - | 98.33 | 2.10 |
Mohammad Kaif
Born: Allahabad, 1-12-1980
Type: Right hand middle order batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler
Team: Uttar Pradesh
Fc debut: 1997-98
Test debut: v South Africa at Bangalore, 1999-00
Highest Test score: 37 v Sri Lanka at Galle, 2001-02
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 4 | 8 | 1 | 141 | 37 | 20.14 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | 0/4 | - | - | - | 1.33 |
Shiv Sunder Das
Born: Bhubaneshwar, 1-7-1977
Type: Right hand opening batsman
Team: Orissa
Fc debut: 1993-94
Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01
Highest Test score: 110 v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2000-01
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 23 | 40 | 2 | 1326 | 110 | 34.89 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 34 | - |
Home | 10 | 16 | 0 | 623 | 110 | 38.94 | 2 | 3 | - | 15 | - |
Away | 13 | 24 | 2 | 703 | 82* | 31.95 | - | 6 | 3 | 19 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 23 | 40 | 2 | 1326 | 110 | 34.89 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 34 | - |
Home | 10 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 0/7 | - | - | - | 2.33 |
Away | 13 | 48 | 2 | 28 | 0 | - | 0/28 | - | - | - | 3.50 |
Ajay Ratra
Born: Faridabad, 13-12-1981
Type: Right hand lower order batsman and wicket-keeper
Team: Haryana
Fc debut: 1998-99
Test debut: v West Indies at Port of Spain, 2001-02
Highest Test score: 115 not out v West Indies at St John's, 2001-02
Best wicket-keeping (in an innings): 3 dismissals (2 cts+ 1st) v England at Lord's, 2002
Best wicket-keeping (in a match): 5 dismissals (3 cts+ 2sts) v England at Lord's, 2002
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 6 | 10 | 1 | 163 | 115* | 18.11 | 1 | - | 1 | 11 | 2 |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | 1.00 |
Tinu Yohannan
Born: Quilon, 18-2-1979
Type: Right hand tail end batsman and right arm fast-medium bowler
Team: Kerala
Fc debut: 1999-00
Test debut: v England at Mohali, 2001-02
Highest Test score: 3 not out v England at Ahmedabad, 2001-02
Best bowling (in an innings): 2-56 v England at Mohali, 2001-02
Previous tours to NZ: Not yet
Batting & Fielding
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 0 | Ct | St |
Overall | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3* | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Bowling
| M | Balls | Md | Runs | W | Ave | Best | 5 | 10 | SR | R/o |
Overall | 2 | 336 | 8 | 213 | 4 | 53.25 | 2/56 | - | - | 84.00 | 3.80 |
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