Gautam Gambhir - Indian Cricketer

 

Gautam Gambhir (DOB October 14,1981)made his -

• ODI Debut Vs Bangladesh in April 2003@Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka and scored 11 Runs

• Test Match Debut Vs Australia in November 2004@ Wankhede Stadium Mumbai and scored 03 and 01 Run in the 1st and 2nd innings

• Last ODI played Vs England in January 2013@ Himachal Pradesh CA Stadium,Dharamsala and scored 24 Runs

• Last Test Match played Vs England in December 2012@Vidarbha CA Stadium Nagpur and scored 37 Runs in the 1st innings and 2nd innings was not played by India as the Match was drawn

Gautam Gambhir's Batting Career Record

M

Inn

Runs

HS

Avg

SR

NO

100

50

4s

6s

Tests	56	100	4046	206	42.59	51.35	5	9	21	504	8
ODI	147	143	5238	150	39.68	85.25	11	11	34	561	17
T20I	37	36	932	75	27.41	119.03	2	0	7	109	10
IPL	117	116	3134	93	29.57	124.56	10	0	26	368	45
CL	18	17	328	80	21.87	118.41	2	0	3	33	9

Gautam Gambhir is the only Indian and one of four international cricketers to have scored five hundreds in five consecutive Test matches
GG  matched the feat achieved by Don Bradman, Jacques Kallis and Mohammad Yousuf, scoring 116 Runs Vs Bangladesh in the 1st Test Match at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury stadium, in Chittagong,in January 2010 as India declared their second innings on 413 for eight.

Player	Hundreds	Start Date
Donald Bradman	6	01-Jan-37
Jacques Kallis	5	12-Dec-03
Mohammad Yousuf	5	04-Aug-06
Gautam Gambhir	5	26-Mar-09
Donald Bradman	4	08-Mar-29
Donald Bradman	4	27-Nov-31
Jack Fingleton	4	01-Jan-36
Everton Weekes	4	27-Mar-48
Neil Harvey	4	31-Dec-49
Clyde Walcott	4	17-Mar-54

Ken Barrington, Sunil Gavaskar, Matthew Hayden, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and Kumar Sangakkara have also scored 4 Test centuries in consecutive Tests)

Gautam Gambhir's 5 consecutive Test Match Tons

Score	Opposition	Venue	Match Date
137	New Zealand	Napier	26-Mar-09
167	New Zealand	Wellington	03-Apr-09
114	Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	16-Nov-09
167	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	24-Nov-09
116	Bangladesh	Chittagong	17-Jan-10

 

Gautam Gambhir is the only Indian batsman to have scored more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series

Gautam Gambhir's Top 10 Test Match Scores

1. Gautam Gambhir stood on the crease for 550 minutes and nailed 206 runs in 380 balls with 26 fours and 1 six at a strike rate of 54.21 against Australia at Delhi on October 29, 2008 and was bowled in the innings.
2. Gauti scored 179 runs including 25 fours and 1 six in 348 balls at a strike rate of 51.43 versus England at Mohali on December 19, 2008. He batted for 466 minutes and was caught in the innings.
3. Gambhir accumulated 167 runs with 16 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 64.98 versus New Zealand at Wellington on April 3, 2009 and stood on the crease for 352 minutes and faced 257 balls. He was lbw in the innings.
4. Gambhir slammed 167 runs with 15 fours at a strike rate of 77.67 versus Sri Lanka at Kanpur on November 24, 2009, batted for 298 minutes and faced 215 balls. He was caught in the innings.
5. Gautam piled-up 139 runs from 196 balls in 286 minutes against Bangladesh at Chittagong on December 17, 2004. He hit 19 fours at a strike rate of 70.91 and was bowled in the innings.
6. Gautam Gambhir smashed 137 runs including 18 fours at a strike rate of 31.42 against New Zealand at Napier on March 26, 2009 and batted for 643 minutes and faced 436 balls. He was lbw in the innings.
7. He whacked 116 runs in 129 balls at a strike rate of 89.92 including 10 fours and 1 six versus Bangladesh at Chittagong on  January 17, 2010, batted for 200 minutes and was caught in the innings.
8. Gambhir stood on the crease for 337 minutes and nailed 114 runs in 230 balls with 13 fours at a strike rate of 49.56 versus Sri Lanka at Ahmedabad on November 16, 2009 and was caught in the innings.
9. Gauti scored 104 runs including 7 fours and 1 six in 138 balls at a strike rate of 75.36 against Australia at Mohali on October 17, 2008. He batted for 219 minutes and was caught in the innings.
10. Gautam accumulated 97 runs with 17 fours at a strike rate of 80.16 versus Zimbabwe at Harare on September 20, 2005 and faced 121 balls. He was caught in the innings

Gautam Gambhir was the leading run-scorer for India in the inaugural World T20 in 2007, Gautam Gambhir came up with a fine knock of 75 in the final against Pakistan. He ended the tournament with 227 runs at an average of 37.83, including three half-centuries.