Anil Kumble is a former Indian cricket captain,coach and commentator who played Test and One Day International cricket for his national team over an international career of 18 years. Widely regarded as one of the best leg spin bowlers in Test Cricket History,he took 619 wickets in Test cricket and is the fourth highest wicket taker of all time as of 2022. In 1999 while playing against Pakistan,Kumble dismissed all ten batsmen in a Test match innings,joining England's Jim Laker as the second player to achieve the feat. Unlike his contemporaries,Kumble was not a big turner of the ball,but relied primarily on pace,bounce,and accuracy. He was nicknamed "Apple" and "Jumbo". Kumble was selected as the Cricketer of the Year in 1993 Indian Cricket,and one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year three years later.
Yuvraj Singh is a former Indian international cricketer who played in all formats of the game. He is an all-rounder who batted left-handed in the middle order and bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He has won 7 Player of the Series awards in ODI cricket,which is joint 3rd highest by an Indian,shared with former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. He is also the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi actor Yograj Singh.
Christopher Henry Gayle,OD is a Jamaican cricketer who has been playing international cricket for the West Indies since 1999. Nicknamed “the Universe Boss”,Gayle is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most destructive batsmen to have played Twenty20 cricket,and by some as the best ever. He played a crucial role in the West Indies teams that won 2004 ICC Champions Trophy,2012 ICC World Twenty20 and 2016 ICC World Twenty20.
Sanjay Bapusaheb Bangarpronunciation (help·info) is an Indian cricket commentator and the head coach of the IPL franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is a former Indian international cricketer. He played as an all-rounder and represented the India national cricket team in Tests and ODIs.
Darren Scott Lehmann is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer who coached the Australian national team. Lehmann made his ODI debut in 1996 and Test debut in 1998. He was on the fringes of national selection for the entirety of the 1990s,and only became a regular in the ODI team in 2001 and Test team in late 2002,before being dropped in early 2005. Primarily an aggressive left-handed batsman,Lehmann was also a part-time left arm orthodox bowler,and gained renown for his disregard for physical fitness and modern dietary regimes. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket in November 2007.
Mohammad Kaif is a former Indian cricketer,who played Tests and ODIs. He made it to the national team on the strength of his performances at the Under-19 level,where he captained the India national under-19 cricket team to victory in the Under-19 World Cup in 2000.
Dale Willem Steyn is a South African former professional cricketer who played for the South African Cricket Team. He is often regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time and the greatest Test bowler of his generation. During the 2007–08 season,Steyn achieved a tally of 78 wickets at an average of 16.24,and was subsequently rewarded with the ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year Award. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013,and Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013 in 2014's Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. He was featured in Wisden Cricketers of the Decade at the end of 2019. He also was included in the ICC Test Team of the Decade at the end of 2020.
Robin Venu Uthappa is a former Indian cricketer,who last played for Kerala in domestic cricket &Chennai Super Kings in IPL. Robin has represented team India in ODIs and T20Is.
Yusuf Pathan is an Indian former cricketer. Pathan made his debut in first-class cricket in 2001/02. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. His younger brother,Irfan Pathan was also an Indian cricketer. Pathan retired from all forms of cricket in February 2021.
Corey James Anderson is a former New Zealand cricketer who has played as an all-rounder for New Zealand in international cricket,as well as Royal Challengers Bangalore,Mumbai Indians in the IPL and Northern Districts in New Zealand first class cricket. After retiring from the New Zealand team in 2020,he announced his intention to play for the USA Cricket Team in 2022.
Rajasthan Royals are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur,Rajasthan,that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises,the team is based at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur. The Royals are known to unearth obscure,high potential talent,as well as for their involvement in a number of controversies and scandals.
Mumbai Indians are a franchise cricket team based in Mumbai,Maharashtra,that competes in the Indian Premier League and is the most successful team of the tournament with 5 titles. Founded in 2008,the team is owned by India's biggest conglomerate,Reliance Industries,through its 100% subsidiary Indiawin Sports. Since its establishment,the team has played its home matches in the 33,108-capacity Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) are a franchise cricket team based in Mohali,Punjab,that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Established in 2008 as the Kings XI Punjab (KXIP),the franchise is jointly owned by Mohit Burman,Ness Wadia,Preity Zinta and Karan Paul. The team plays its home matches at the PCA Stadium,Mohali. Since 2010,they also have been playing some of their home games at either Dharamsala or Indore. Apart from the 2014 season when they topped the league table and finished runners-up,the team has made only one other playoff appearance in 13 seasons.
The 2009 Indian Premier League season,abbreviated as IPL 2 or the 2009 IPL,was the second season of the Indian Premier League,established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament was hosted by South Africa and was played between 18 April and 24 May 2009. It was the second biggest cricket tournament in the world,after the Cricket World Cup,and was forecast to have an estimated television audience of more than 200 million people in India alone. The tagline was Divided by nations,United by IPL.
Ajinkya Madhukar Rahane is an Indian international cricketer and former captain of Indian team in all formats,who has played for Indian cricket team in all formats as a batter. He currently captains Mumbai in Ranji trophy. Rahane plays primarily as a middle-order batter in the Test format and as a top-order batsman in white-ball forms of the game.
Abhimanyu Mithun is an Indian cricketer. A right-arm fast-medium bowler,Mithun was called up to the India squad for the first Test against South Africa in 2009–10,only ten weeks after making his first-class debut. He has also played in the IPL for Royal Challengers Bangalore. In November 2019,he became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in all three domestic formats of top-level cricket in India. In first class cricket,he played for Karnataka,before retiring from the format in October 2021.
Krishnakumar Dinesh Karthik is an Indian professional cricketer and commentator who nationally plays for the Indian Cricket Team and currently in Indian Premier League playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He is also the current captain of the Tamil Nadu cricket team in domestic cricket. He made his debut for the Indian cricket team in 2004. Karthik has become the 4th Indian batsman to play 300 T20 matches.
Quinton de Kock is a South African cricketer and former captain of the Proteas in all three formats. He currently plays for South Africa in limited overs cricket,Titans at the domestic level,and Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League. He was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards.
Kannanur Lokesh Rahul is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-handed wicket-keeper batsmen for Karnataka at the domestic level and is the captain for Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League.
Marco Jansen is a South African cricketer who plays for the South Africa national cricket team and Warriors in domestic matches.
