INDIAN CRICKET Test status granted 1932 First Test match v England at Lord's, London, 25–28 June 1932 Captain M.S. Dhoni Coach Gary Kirsten Official ICC Test and ODI ranking 1st (Test) 2nd (ODI) Players MS Dhoni Rahul Dravid Gautam Gambhir Harbhajan Singh Ravindra Jadeja Dinesh Karthik Zaheer Khan Virat Kohli Praveen Kumar VVS Laxman Amit Mishra Abhimanyu Mithun Ashish Nehra Pragyan Ojha Suresh Raina Virender Sehwag Ishant Sharma Rohit Sharma Sachin Tendulkar Yuvraj Singh ....................................................................................................................
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ShakibAlHasan Born March 24, 1987, Magura, Jessore Major teams Bangladesh, Bangladesh A, Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Khulna Division, Worcestershire Batting style Left-hand bat Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Shakib Al Hasan is a left-arm spinner and talented batsman, he ensured his place in the Bangladesh squad for the U-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka with a blistering performance in the final of the tri-nations U-19 ODI tournament in Bangladesh. Firstly, he took 3 for 39 in the Sri Lankan innings and then scored 100 to guide Bangladesh to victory. Although primarily selected for his bowling, he has shown great potential with the bat. Hasan made his one-day debut in the final match against Zimbabwe in July 2006. He scored an unbeaten 30 and helped steer Bangladesh to victory. Since then Hasan has proved to be an asset to his team. He scored his maiden ODI hundred, against Canada in a tri-series before the 2007 World Cup and a year later hit his first against a better attack - Pakistan's. His bowling has been penetrative and economical and his partnership with fellow left-armer Abdur Razzak has been a bonus for Bangladesh. Shakib rattled New Zealand with 7 for 36 in the 2008 Chittagong Test, which till date are the best figures by a Bangladesh bowler in an innings. His sensational batting took Bangladesh to their first ever tri-series final, against Sri Lanka, the following year. He's one of the most valuable and consistent performers in the team. SHAKIB AL HASAN
Shakib was awarded as The Wisden Cricketer magazine's Test Cricketer of the Year for 2009. He became Bangladesh's captain in July 2009 after Mashrafe Mortaza injured himself in his first match in charge. Initially a temporary position until Mortaza recovered, Hasan's success against the West Indies, securing his side's first overseas series win, ensured he retained the position even once Mortaza had recovered. In July 2010, he stepped down from the ODI captaincy to concentrate on his personal performance.
DIEGO MARADONAis the best Argentinian footballer, a stocky, charming and hard-partying star who dominated his country's favorite sport. Maradona is best remembered for helping Argentina win the 1986 World Cup with two goals in a quarterfinal match against England; on the first he punched the ball in with his hand, a sneaky maneuver that went unseen by the referee. (Maradona credited the goal to "a little bit of Maradona's head, a little bit of the hand of God.") He was twice suspended for use of banned substances. An Internet poll conducted by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association named Maradona the top player of the 20th century.Diego He is one of the best football players of all times. Video Of Maradona..
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Full name Edison Arantes do Nascimento Date of birth 23 October 1940 (1940-10-23) International career Brazil: 1957 - 1971 91 caps, 77 goals (Brazil's record scorer) 66 wins; 14 draws; 11 losses Individual 1970 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball 1958 FIFA World Cup Silver Ball Copa America top scorer: 1959 Honours 1958 FIFA World Cup™ winner 1962 FIFA World Cup winner 1970 FIFA World Cup winner FIFA World Cup appearances 14 caps, 12 goals 12 wins; 1 draw; 1 loss Sweden 1958 Brazil 2-0 USSR Brazil 1-0 Wales (1 goal) Brazil 5-2 France (3) Brazil 5-2 Sweden (2) Chile 1962 Brazil 2-0 Mexico (1) Brazil 0-0 Czechoslovakia England 1966 Brazil 2-0 Bulgaria (1) Portugal 3-1 Brazil Mexico 1970 Brazil 4-1 Czechoslovakia (1) Brazil 1-0 England Brazil 3-2 Romania (2) Brazil 4-2 Peru Brazil 3-1 Uruguay Brazil 4-1 Italy (1) Club career 1956 - 1974 Santos 1975 - 1977 New York Cosmos (USA) Honours World and continental Copa Libertadores winner: 1962, 1963 Intercontinental Cup winner: 1962, 1963 National Taca Brasil winner: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 Robertao Tournament winner: 1968 North American Soccer League winner: 1977 Regional Paulista State Championship winner: 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1973 Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament winner: 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966 Individual FIFA Player of the Century FIFA Order of Merit: awarded in 2004 MasterCard Team of the Century inductee International Olympic Committee's Athlete of the Century FIFA 100 inductee South American Footballer of the Year: 1973 North American Soccer League MVP: 1976 Copa Libertadores top scorer: 1965 Taca Brasil top scorer: 1961, 1963, 1964 Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament top scorer: 1963 Paulista State Championship top scorer: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1973 Scored 1,281 goals in his career, a world record video 0f Pele
Bombay, Maharashtra, India NicknameLittle Master, Tendlya, Master Blaster, The Master,The Little Champion,The Great Man. Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Batting styleRight-handed Bowling style Right-arm leg spin / Right-arm off spin RoleBatsman
International information National sideIndia Test debut(cap 187) 15 November 1989 v Pakistan Last Test6 February 2010 v South Africa ODI debut (cap 74) 18 December 1989 v Pakistan Last ODI24 February 2010 v South Africa ODI shirt no. 10
Domestic team information Years - Team 1988–present Mumbai 2008–present Mumbai Indians (Indian Premier League) 1992Yorkshire.
Tendulkar was born in Bombay (now Mumbai). His father, Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist, named Tendulkar after his favourite music director, Sachin Dev Burman. Tendulkar's elder brother Ajit encouraged him to play cricket. Tendulkar has two other siblings: a brother Nitin, and sister Savita. He is the most prolific run scorer in one-day internationals with 17,598 runs. With a current aggregate of 13447 Test runs, he surpassed Brian Lara's previous record tally of 11,953 runs as the highest run scorer in test matches in the second Test of Australia's 2008 tour of India in Mohali. Tendulkar described "It is definitely the biggest achievement in 19 years of my career" on the day he achieved the record. He also holds the record of highest number of centuries in both Test and ODI cricket. Throughout his career, he has made a strong impact on Indian cricket and was, at one time, the foundation of most of the team's victories. In recognition with his impact on sport in a cricket-loving country like India, Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. He was also chosen as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1997 and is ranked by the Wisden 100 as the second best test batsman and best ODI batsman of all time.Tendulkar has also consistently done well in Cricket World Cups. Tendulkar was the highest run scorer of the 2003 Cricket World Cup and 1996 Cricket World Cup. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in 1998 he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one day internationals. Tendulkar is also one of the very few players who are still playing in international cricket from the 1980s. On 24 February 2010, Tendulkar broke the previous world record for highest individual run scorer in an ODI and became the first male cricketer to score double century in ODI. He scored 200 runs and broke the previous record of 194 runs jointly held by Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar and Zimbabwe's Charles Coventry.
He has been Man of the Match 13 times in Test matches and Man of the Series four times, out of them twice in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. The performances earned him respect from Australian cricket fans and players. Similarly he has been Man of the Match 60 times in One day International matches and Man of the Series 14 times.
WORLD CHAMPION2010 SPAIN Nickname(s) La Roja (The Red One) La Furia Roja (The Red Fury) Association Real Federación Española de Fútbol Head coach Vicente del Bosque Captain Iker Casillas FIFA code ESP FIFA ranking 2 Highest FIFA ranking 1 (July 2008 – June 2009) Lowest FIFA ranking 26 (March 1998) First international match Spain 1–0 Denmark (Brussels, Belgium; 28 August 1920) Biggest win Spain 13-0 Bulgaria Bulgaria (Spain; 21 May 1933) Biggest defeat Italy 7–1 Spain (Amsterdam, Netherlands; 4 June 1928) England 7–1 Spain (London, England; 9 December 1931) World Cup Appearances 13 (First in 1934) Best result Winners, 2010 European Championship Appearances 8 (First in 1964) Best result Winners, 1964, 2008 Confederations Cup Appearances 1 (First in 2009) Best result 3rd place, 2009 The Spanish national football team represents Spain in international football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation.ore the 1.000.000 Spaniards & visitors collapsed the city of Madrid celebrating & thanking the new 2010 FIFA World Champions.
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