2) Gautam Gambhir father was businessman and a housewife mother
3) Gautam Gambhir was adopted by his grandparents when he was 18-days old and has lived with them ever since
4) Gautam Gambhir started playing cricket at the age of 10 and was coached by Sanjay Bharadwaj and Raju Tandon
5) At age of 18, Gautam got selected for National Cricket Academy, Bangalore and later made in U19 Indian teams
6) Gautam Gambhir captained India 6 Times in his international career and won all the 6 games
7) Gautam Gambhir made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in the TVS Cup in 2003. In his third match, he scored 71 and was named Man of the Match
8) Gautam Gambhir made his Test debut in 2004 against Australia in the fourth and last test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy but did not score much
9) Gautam Gambhir is the first Indian and 5th overall to score 5 Tons in 5 consecutive Tests
10) Gautam Gambhir was part of India A team during their tour to West Indies in 2002/03 Carib Beer Cup, where Gautam top scored for his side with 617 runs in 13 innings
11) Gautam Gambhir enjoyed the period between 2008 and 2011. Gambhir finished the 2008 CB series as the highest run getter with 440 runs. Gambhir was soon a regular as well as key member of the Indian squad in all three formats
12) Gambhir maiden Test century came against Bangladesh in December 2004
13) Gautam Gambhir became the second highest run-scorer of the inaugural IPL season of 2008 with 534 runs from 14 matches
14) Gambhir was the highest paid cricketer in IPL 2011 as Kolkata bagged him for $2.4 Millions
15) In 2010, Gautam was appointed as the stand in captain of the national team for a home ODI series against New Zealand. Gautam scored an unbeaten 150 in the fourth match in Kolkata, leading the team to a victory in the run-chase. Gautam eventually earned the Man of the Series award and led India to a 5–0 win
16) During World T20, 2007 final against Pakistan, Gautam Gambhir scored a brilliant 75 in just 54 balls. Gautam Gambhir was India’s top run scorer in ICC World Twenty20 with 227 runs. In overall, only Mathew Hayden scored more than him with 265 runs
17) Gautam Gambhir scored his maiden century against Sri Lanka in 2005( 103 off 97 balls)
18) Gautam Gambhir also has another unique landmark to his name. Gambhir is the first Indian to record more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series
19) Opening the batting with Virender Sehwag, Gautam scored 858 runs in seven matches including a double century against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
20) Gautam Gambhir was conferred with the Arjuna Award, India’s second highest sporting award in the year 2008 by the President of India. The following year, Gautam was the number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings. The same achievement earned him the recipient of the ICC Test Player of the Year award
21) In 2009, Gautam Gambhir reached No.1 rank in ICC Test rankings for batsmen
22) Gautam Gambhir became only the 2nd player after Viv Richards to score 11 fifties in 11 consecutive Test innings in 2010, Gambhir opening partner Sehwag matched this feat, Later, in 2014, AB de Villiers eclipsed this record when he posted his 12th consecutive fifty.
23) In October 2011, Gautam Gambhir married Natasha Jain who comes from a prominent business family
24) Gautam Gambhir along with Sehwag, had 4412 partnership runs in 87 innings while opening, the most for an Indian opening pair. Their average of 52.52 is the best among pairs with minimum of 4000 runs
25) India won the 50-over World Cup after a long wait of 28 years in 2011. Gautam was the sixth highest scorer of the tournament and second highest for India behind Sachin Tendulkar. In the final, Gambhir’s 97 from 122 balls set up India’s successful chase. Gautam led India’s reply and had useful partnerships first with Kohli, and then a match-winning partnership of 109 with MS Dhoni.
No comments:
Post a Comment