Player profiles and statistics

The following are the profiles of the Indian Test players.

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly (Captain) Born: Calcutta, 8- 7-1972. Type: Left hand middle-order/opening batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. Team: Bengal. Also Lancashire in the English county in 2000. First-class debut: 1989-90 (for Bengal). Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996. Highest Test score: 173 v Sri Lanka at Bombay (WS), 1997-98. Best Test bowling: 3-28 v Australia at Calcutta, 1997-98. Test captaincy record (2000-01): P-3, W-2, D- 1.

Rahul Sharad 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. Team: Karnataka. Also Kent in the English county in 2000. First-class debut: 1990-91 (for Karnataka). Test debut: v England at Lord's, 1996. Highest Test score: 200* v Zimbabwe at Delhi, 2000-01.

Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar Born: Bombay, 4-12-1977. Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and right arm fast medium bowler. Team: Mumbai. First Class debut: 1996-97 (for Bombay). Test debut: v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998-99. Highest Test score: 41* v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00. Best Test bowling in an innings: 3-43 v Australia at Adelaide, 1999-00.

Hemang Kamal Badani Born: Madras, 14-11-1976. Type: Left hand middle-order batsman and left arm slow bowler. Team: Tamil Nadu. First-class debut: 1996-97. Test debut: not yet.

Shiv Sundar Das: Born: Bhubaneshwar, 5-11-1977. Type: Right hand opening batsman. Team: Orissa. First-Class debut: 1993-94. Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01. Highest Test score: 110 v Zimbabwe at Nagpur, 2000-01.

Harbhajan Singh: Born: Jalandhar, 3-7-1980. Type: Right hand tail end batsman and right arm off-break bowler. Team: Punjab. First- class debut: 1997-98 (for Punjab). Test debut: v Australia at Bangalore, 1997-98. Highest Test score: 15* v Zimbabwe at Harare, 1998-99. Best Test bowling in an innings: 3-30 v Pakistan at Delhi, 1998-99.

Narendra Deepchand Hirwani Born: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, 18-10- 1968. Type: Right hand tail-end batsman and right arm leg- break bowler. Teams: Madhya Pradesh (from 1984-85) & Bengal (in 1996- 97). First-class debut: 1984-85. Test debut: v West Indies at Madras, 1987-88. Highest Test score: 17 v New Zealand at Hyderabad, 1988-89. Best Test bowling in an innings: 8-61 v West Indies at Madras, 1987-88 (on debut). Best Test bowling in a match: 16-136 v West Indies at Madras, 1987-88 (on debut). Last Test appearance: v South Africa at Calcutta, 1996-97.

Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman Born: Hyderabad, 1-11-1974. Type: Right hand opening batsman and occasional right arm off- break bowler. Team: Hyderabad. First-class debut: 1992-93. Test debut: v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1996-97. Highest Test score: 167 v Australia at Sydney, 1999-00.

Nayan Ramlal Mongia Born: Baroda, 19-12-1969. Type: Right hand middle order batsman and wicket-keeper. Team: Baroda. First- class debut: 1989-90. Test debut: v Sri Lanka at Lucknow, 1993- 94. Highest Test score: 152 v Australia at Delhi, 1996-97. Best Test wicket-keeping performance (in an innings): 5 (5ct) v South Africa at Durban, 1996-97, and 5 (5ct) v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99. Best Test wicket-keeping performance (in a match): 8 (8ct) v South Africa at Durban, 1996-97, and 8 (8ct) v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99.

Sadagopan Ramesh Born: Madras, 16-10-1975. Type: Left hand opening batsman and occasional right arm off-break bowler. Team: Tamil Nadu. First-class debut: 1995-96 (for Tamil Nadu). Test debut: v Pakistan at Madras, 1998-99. Highest Test score: 143 v Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), 1998-99.

Rahul Laxman Sanghvi Born: Surat, Gujarat, 3-9-1974. Type: Left hand lower order batsman and left arm slow bowler. Teams: Railways (1994-95) and Delhi (since 1995-96). First-class debut: 1994-95 Test debut: not yet.

Javagal Srinath Born: Mysore (Karnataka), 31-8-1969. Type: Right hand lower order batsman and right arm fast medium bowler. Teams: Karnataka. Also Gloucestershire in 1995. First-class debut: 1989- 90 (for Karnataka). Test debut: v Australia at Brisbane, 1991-92. Highest Test score: 76 v New Zealand at Hamilton, 1998-99. Best Test bowling in an innings: 8-86 v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99. Best Test bowling in a match: 13-132 v Pakistan at Calcutta, 1998-99.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar Born: Bombay, 24-4-1973. Type: Right hand middle-order/ opening batsman and right arm slow bowler. Teams: Mumbai (Bombay). Also Yorkshire in 1992. First-class debut: 1988- 89 (for Bombay). Test debut: v Pakistan at Karachi, 1989-90. Highest Test score: 217 v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, 1999-00. Best Test bowling: 3-10 v South Africa at Mumbai, 1999-00. Test captaincy record (1996-97 to 1999- 00): P-25, W-4, L-9, D-12.

Zaheer Khan Born: Srirampur, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, 7-10-1978. Type: Right hand lower-order batsman and left arm fast-medium bowler. Team: Baroda. First-class debut: 1999-00. Test debut: v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01. Highest Test score: 7* v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01. Best Test bowling: 2-49 v Bangladesh at Dhaka, 2000-01.

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