Gautam Gambhir
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Gautam Gambhir India (IND) | ||
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| Batsman>Batting style | Left-handed batsman (LHB) | |
| Types of bowlers in cricket>Bowling type | Leg Break (LB) | |
| Tests | ODIs | |
| Matches | 13 | 16 |
| '''Runs scored | 684 | 406 |
| Batting average | 36.00 | 25.56 |
| 100s/50s | 1/3 | 1/1 |
| Top score | 139 | 103 |
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Gautam Gambhir [pronunciation] (born 14 October 1981, in Delhi) is an Indian opening batsman. He is a member of Indian national cricket team since 2003 (One-dayers) and 2004 (Tests). Gambhir had been a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket with an average of over 50 but his two successive double-hundreds in 2002 (one of them against the visiting Zimbabweans) made him a strong contender for India's opening slot. He became only the fourth Indian batsman to score a double century in a tour game at home; the previous three being Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar. He 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. His maiden century {103 off 97 balls) came against Sri Lanka in 2005. In 2004, he made his Test debut against Australia in the fourth and the last Test match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy but did himself no favours by getting out for 3 and 1. He made amends in his second Test, however, scoring 96 against the South Africans. His maiden Test century came against Bangladesh.
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