Virat Kohli(born 5 November 1988 in Delhi) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a middle order batsman, who can also open the batting. He can also bowl right arm medium pace.[1] Kohli was the captain of the victorious Indian team at the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup held in Malaysia He also played for the West Delhi Cricket Academy.[2] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in 2008 and was part of the Indian team which won the 2011 World Cup.
Despite being a regular in the ODI side, Kohli only played his first Test in 2011 against West Indies in Kingston. But on the disastrous 2011/12 India tour of Australia, in which India's senior batsmen struggled throughout, Kohli stood out, scoring his first Test hundred in Adelaide.[3] Virat Kohli is currently regarded as one of India's potential number three batman in Tests, after the retirement of Rahul Dravid following the Australian tour.[4] Kohli was the recipient of the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2012.
aysia. He represents Delhi in first-class cricket.| Full name | Virat Kohli | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 5 November 1988 Delhi, India | |||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm medium pace | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| Test debut(cap 268) | 20 June 2011 v West Indies | |||
| Last Test | 3 September 2012 v New Zealand | |||
| ODI debut (cap 175) | 18 August 2008 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Last ODI | 4 August 2012 v Sri Lanka | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2006–present | Delhi | |||
| 2008–present | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 10 | 90 | 40 | 121 |
| Runs scored | 703 | 3,886 | 2,834 | 5,237 |
| Batting average | 41.35 | 51.81 | 52.48 | 51.34 |
| 100s/50s | 2/5 | 13/21 | 9/13 | 17/28 |
| Top score | 116 | 183 | 197 | 183 |
| Balls bowled | 66 | 292 | 534 | 350 |
| Wickets | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Bowling average | – | 138.00 | 96.33 | 164.00 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | n/a | 1/20 | 1/19 | 1/20 |
| Catches/stumpings | 14/– | 49/– | 41/– | 65/– |
The Indian parliament enacted the biological diversity act in 2002
and the national biodiversity rules in 2004. the main objective of
the act are conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its
components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising
out of the utilization of genetic resources. The traditional associated
with biological resources is not protected under this act.
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar AM (
pronunciation (help·info); born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketerwidely considered to be the greatest batsman of all time, after Don Bradman. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket.[3][4][5] He is the first player to score a double century in Men's ODI cricket.[6][7] He also holds the world record for playing highest number of Test andODI matches.
In 2002, just 12 years into his career, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, behind Donald Bradman, and the second greatest one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time, behindViv Richards.[8] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career, his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.[9] He was also the recipient of Player of the Tournament award of ICC World Cup, 2003 held in South Africa.
He won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[10] He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat Ratna award, in fact it has been speculated that the criteria for the award of the Bharat Ratna was changed to allow him receive the award.[11][12] He is also a member ofRajya Sabha of Parliament of India.[13]
Tendulkar is the only cricketer to accomplish the feat of scoring a hundred centuries in international cricket which includes 49 ODI and 51 Test centuries.[14] He is also the only player to score fifty centuries in Test cricket,[15] and the first to score fifty centuries in all international cricket combined. On 17 October 2008, when he surpassed Brian Lara's record for the most runs scored in Test cricket, he also became the first batsman to score 12,000, 13,000, 14,000 and 15,000 runs in that form of the game,[16] having also been the third batsman and first Indian to pass 11,000 runs in Test cricket.[17] He was also the first player to score 10,000 runs in one-day internationals, and also the first player to cross every subsequent 1000-run mark that has been crossed in ODI cricket history. In the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia, Tendulkar surpassed Australia's Allan Border to become the player to cross the 50-run mark the most number of times in Test cricket history, and also the second ever player to score 11 Test centuries against Australia, tying with Sir Jack Hobbs of England more than 70 years previously.[18] Tendulkar passed 30,000 runs in international cricket on 20 November 2009. On 24 February 2010, Tendulkar became the first man to score a double century (200*) in an ODI against South Africa. On 8 November 2011, Tendulkar became the first batsman to score 15,000 runs in Test Cricket. After a two-month break he is likely to return to test arena with the series against New Zealand commencing in late August 2012.[19]
Tendulkar has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan award, India's second highest civilian award, and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, India's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar became the first sportsperson and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of Group Captain by the Indian Air Force. He has received honorary doctorates from University of Mysore[20] andRajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences[21] Sachin holds 12th rank in ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen as of August 2012.[22] On 1 August 2012, Sachin Tendulkar was nominated for the ICC People's Choice award for the third time.[23]
Dhruvtara, a book on cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, was launched as an audio book on Monday, 15 October 2012 to mark White Cane Day.[24]
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar | |||
| Born | 24 April 1973 Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, India | |||
| Nickname | Tendlya, Little Master,[1] God of Cricket [2] | |||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm leg spin, off spin, medium pace | |||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | India | |||
| Test debut(cap 187) | 15 November 1989 v Pakistan | |||
| Last Test | 3 September 2012 v New Zealand | |||
| ODI debut(cap 74) | 18 December 1989 v Pakistan | |||
| Last ODI | 18 March 2012 v Pakistan | |||
| ODI shirt no. | 10 | |||
| Only T20I | 1 December 2006 v South Africa | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1988 | Cricket Club of India | |||
| 1988–present | Mumbai | |||
| 1992 | Yorkshire | |||
| 2008–present | Mumbai Indians | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| Matches | 190 | 463 | 292 | 550 |
| Runs scored | 15,533 | 18,426 | 24,389 | 21,947 |
| Batting average | 55.08 | 44.83 | 58.62 | 45.53 |
| 100s/50s | 51/65 | 49/96 | 79/111 | 60/113 |
| Top score | 248* | 200* | 248* | 200* |
| Balls bowled | 4,174 | 8,032 | 7,539 | 10,220 |
| Wickets | 45 | 154 | 70 | 201 |
| Bowling average | 54.33 | 44.32 | 61.95 | 42.11 |
| 5 wickets ininnings | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | n/a | 0 | n/a |
| Best bowling | 3/10 | 5/32 | 3/10 | 5/32 |
| Catches/stumpings | 113/– | 140/– | 181/– | 175/– |
| Source: Cricinfo, 17 July 2012 | ||||
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