pronunciation born november indian international cricketer right handed batsman occasional right arm medium pace bowler currently captains indian team test cricket vice captain limited overs formats indian premier league captains rated best batsmen world ranked eighth espn list world famous athletes representing delhi age group levels domestic cricket captained india victory world cup malaysia months later debut india sri_lanka age years initially having played reserve batsman indian team soon established regular middle order squad won world cup test debut tag specialist test hundreds australia south_africa reached number spot rankings batsmen time found success format winning man tournament twice world ranked batsman rankings april holds position appointed vice captain team captained team occasions absence regular test retirement handed test holds numerous indian batting records including fastest century fastest batsman runs fastest centuries second batsman world scored runs consecutive calendar years fastest batsman world runs holds record fifties holds records runs single tournament world recipient awards player year international cricketer year seasons given award recognition achievements international cricket owner team franchise early life born november delhi father worked criminal lawyer mother housewife elder brother elder sister according family years old pick cricket bat start swinging ask father bowl raised started schooling created year old intake father took academy neighbours suggested shouldn waste time cricket instead join professional club trained academy played matches near time ninth grade shifted convent help cricket practice apart sports good academics teachers remember bright alert child father died december brain stroke bed ridden month early life said interview seen lot life losing father young age family business staying rented place tough times family embedded memory according father supported cricket training childhood father biggest support drove practice everyday miss presence youth domestic career played delhi team october leading run team tournament runs average captain team scored runs innings average including centuries fifties selected delhi team merchant trophy scored runs matches average hundreds score won merchant trophy finished highest run scorer runs matches average centuries february list debut delhi services bat july selected india squad tour england averaged match series match test series india went win series conclusion tour india coach impressed said showed strong technical skills pace spin september india team toured pakistan averaged test series series pakistan class debut delhi tamil november age scored debut innings came spotlight december decided play team day father death went score went directly funeral dismissed delhi captain said act great commitment team innings turned crucial coach lauded attitude determination mother noted changed bit day overnight matured person took match seriously hated bench life totally cricket day looked like chasing father dream scored total runs matches average season april debut finished highest run team inter state championship runs average july august india team toured sri_lanka triangular series second highest run runs matches match test series followed scored runs average including february march captained victorious indian team cricket world cup held malaysia batting number scored runs matches average finished tournament highest run batsmen score tournament century runs balls group stage called innings tournament gave india run victory earned man match picked leg injury match recovered time play match england instrumental india wicket semifinal win new_zealand took scored tense run chase awarded man match scored south_africa final india won runs method commended making tactical bowling changes tournament following world cup bought indian franchise youth contract june teammates awarded border scholarship scholarship allowed players train weeks brisbane july included india man probable squad champions trophy held pakistan september picked india emerging players squad team australia fine form tournament scored runs matches average international career early years august included indian squad tour sri_lanka champions trophy pakistan prior tour played list matches selection called surprise tour choice injured batted makeshift opener series international debut age tour dismissed half century score fourth match helped india win series scores matches india won series india series win sri_lanka sri_lanka champions trophy postponed picked replacement injured india squad unofficial tests australia september batted match series scored innings later month september played delhi winners pakistan scored delhi innings match drawn won trophy innings lead october played president day tour match australia match bowling line consisting included squad home series england november given chance play inclusion team december given grade contract annual contracts list entitled receive dropped squad match series sri_lanka sri_lanka january selected team july august held australia opened innings tournament finished leading run runs seven matches average scored balls final brisbane help team win match runs clinch title conclusion tournament chairman national selection committee impressed remarked opener outstanding shots played spoke ability called tournament turning point career replaced injured indian squad tri series sri_lanka batted number india champions trophy injury group match west_indies scored unbeaten india successful chase won man match award played reserve batsman seven match home series australia appearing matches replacement injured players found place home series sri_lanka december scored making way regained fitness finger injury leading ruled indefinitely returned team fourth scored century balls sharing run partnership wicket personal best score india won seven wickets seal series man match awarded gave award rested tri nation tournament bangladesh january enabled play india matches bangladesh scored help secure win india collapsed early run chase match sri_lanka ended unbeaten help india win match bonus point having chased target overs day scored second century bangladesh bringing mark winning runs indian batsman score centuries 22nd birthday praised performances series particular indian captain runs final sri_lanka wicket indian defeat finished leading run series runs innings average match series home south_africa february batted games scores rise ranks named captain vice captain tri series sri_lanka june choice players tour runs including fifties india suffered defeats matches crashed series series fastest indian batsman reach runs cricket debut scored unbeaten later month india chose strength squad asia cup captain vice captain batted tournament scored total runs average struggles form continued tri series sri_lanka new_zealand sri_lanka averaged despite poor run form retained squad match series australia october matches series washed second match scored century balls helped india chase target losing early won man match admitted pressure place team failures previous series named captain largely inexperienced squad play new_zealand maintained place scored ball fourth second succession run victory awarded man match second respectively sharing plus partnerships matches chasing india completed new_zealand performance series helped regular team strong contender spot india world cup squad india leading run scorer runs matches average including centuries played match series south african tour january india won scored lost series finished india leading run runs average including fifties indian defeats series india announced man squad world cup named reached number spot rankings batsmen series inclusion world cup squad resulted batsmen playing days india match tournament indian captain indicated form likely preferred played match india successful world cup campaign scored unbeaten fifth century match bangladesh indian batsman score century world cup debut group matches low scores england ireland netherlands south_africa respectively returned form west_indies scoring sharing run wicket partnership australia scored dismissed semifinal pakistan india won matches progressed finals sri_lanka mumbai final scored shared run partnership wicket india lost seventh chasing partnership regarded turning points match india went win match wickets lift world cup time india toured west_indies june july chose largely inexperienced squad resting missing injuries players test squad found success series india won total runs average best efforts came second port spain won man match score gave india seven wicket victory fifth kingston innings came seven wicket defeat test debut kingston match test series followed batted dismissed caught innings india went win test series struggled series runs innings struggled short ball particularly troubled fast bowling edwards dismissed times series initially dropped test squad india match series england july august recalled replacement injured play match series found moderate success subsequent series averaged score followed string low scores matches game series scored sixth runs balls shared run wicket partnership playing help india post plus total tour dismissed hit wicket innings century series player team earned praise hard work maturity england won match method series october leading run scorer match home series england india won scored total runs matches including unbeaten knocks balls delhi run partnership mumbai successful run chases following success included ahead test squad face west_indies november competition number position final match series selected team scored pair fifties match passing previous highest test score knock innings ensured india avoided follow match ended draw having won tests india took series india won subsequent series managed accumulate runs series scored eighth century second balls india run chase knock raised reputation expert chase ended leading run year runs matches centuries ascension vice selected india test squad tour australia december exclusion test squad meant number position competition test debut scored tour match chairman strengthened case spot boxing day test picked test melbourne defensive technique exposed match dismissed innings ball duck second occasions struggled second test sydney scores fielding boundary second day match crowd middle finger fined match fee match referee scored india innings test perth india surrendered second consecutive innings defeat fourth final match scored maiden test century runs innings century scored indian series india lost series india run scorer series described lone bright spot nightmare visit tourists following test series india remained australia match series triangular series featuring australia sri_lanka apart india scored series ended draw seven matches tri series fifties perth brisbane sri_lanka india secured wins tie meant india needed bonus point win group match sri_lanka stay contention qualifying finals series chasing win came india score went score balls india comfortable win overs spare india earned bonus point win named man match effort included scoring runs australian cricketer commentator rated innings greatest knocks time sri_lanka beat australia days later group fixture knocked india series runs scored indian batsman finished india highest run scorer series appointed vice captain asia cup bangladesh fine performance australia chairman told reporters hats way played start looking future selection committee future material fine form tournament finishing leading run scorer runs average scored opening match sri_lanka run indian victory india lost match bangladesh final group stage match pakistan scored personal best balls 11th century coming struck innings help india chase highest successful run chase time knock highest individual score asia cup history joint second highest score run chase highest individual score pakistan surpassing previous record awarded man match matches india won india progress final tournament july august struck centuries match tour sri_lanka balls balls winning man match games india won series account scoring number runs series named player series followed scored ball won player series award scored second test century new_zealand tour india won man match award test cricket india won match series averaged fifties innings subsequent series scored runs balls india lost match run series continued good form world sri_lanka runs matches average hit fifties tournament afghanistan group stage pakistan super winning man match innings test form matches england tour india score england leading series scored patient balls match slow low pitch keeping india contention drawing series praised having demonstrated growing maturity play sort innings required described knock learning innings match ended draw england won test series india years india drew following series scores match series england january india hosted pakistan series drawn pakistan won series struggled series averaging troubled fast particularly dismissed occasions series quiet series england apart match winning total runs average scored fourth test century match home test series australia february said feeling hungry series poor run form previous series disappointed getting soon reaching run mark india completed series sweep team australia decades averaged series cemented spot test team setting records june featured champions trophy england india won scored match winning sri_lanka warm match scored india group matches south_africa west_indies pakistan respectively india qualified semifinals undefeated record semifinal struck wicket win india final india england birmingham reduced overs rain delay india batted scored balls sharing sixth wicket partnership runs balls helping india reach overs india went secure run win second consecutive tournament victory stood captain triangular series west_indies injured match india lost match wicket subsequently ruled series named captain remaining matches second match captain scored captain making balls west_indies port spain bonus point win india india earned bonus point win match sri_lanka having topped points table qualified final opposition recovered injury final returned team captain dismissed match india went register wicket victory senior players including rested match tour july appointed captain entire series time game series struck runs balls helping india chase target winning man match award batted occasions series scores india completed sweep series away series successful time bat seven match series australia scoring opening loss struck fastest century indian second match reaching milestone balls putting run second wicket partnership came overs innings helped india chase target loss wicket overs spare chase second highest successful run chase cricket knock fastest australia fastest run chase followed innings match indian defeat matches washed rain sixth struck balls help india successfully chase target level series won man match reached run mark balls making fastest century indian batsman fastest batsman world score hundreds cricket india clinched series winning match run duck conclusion series moved position batsmen rankings time career batted twice match test series west_indies scores dismissed innings test series expected number batting position series game match series followed seal wicket win won man match match record fastest batsman runs cricket reaching landmark innings missed century match dismissed playing hook shot india lost match wickets took series winning match runs finished series leading run awarded man series overseas season india toured south_africa december tests averaged including duck test playing test south_africa batting time scored batsman venue south_africa bowling coach said word comes mind responsibility think showed great discipline responsibility reminds came match ended draw awarded man match india failed win single match tour losing second test wickets continued runs subsequent new_zealand tour averaged match series efforts ball ball hamilton ball wellington went vain india defeated runs match test series followed including unbeaten day second test wellington helped india save match india travelled bangladesh asia cup world ruled asia cup suffering strain new_zealand tour led named captain tournament scored balls india opening match bangladesh sharing run wicket stand helped india successfully chase 19th century fifth bangladesh making batsman centuries bangladesh india knocked tournament narrow losses sri_lanka pakistan scored respectively returned injury captain team world named vice captain india opening match tournament pakistan scored guide india seven wicket win scored balls game west_indies unbeaten balls bangladesh successful run chases semifinal unbeaten deliveries help india achieve target wickets balls spare won man match knock called best innings india posted final sri_lanka scored balls eventually lost match wickets total runs tournament average record runs individual batsman single world tournament won man tournament award senior players rested india tour bangladesh ahead england tour india conceded defeat match test series england despite leading tests fared poorly series averaging innings score dismissed single digit scores occasions series particularly susceptible swinging ball line dismissed times ball wicket keeper slip man series got wicket times batting technique questioned analysts said ate breakfast time came bowl corridor uncertainty playing bat far away pad look video technique basics india won series followed struggles bat continued average innings scored ball plus score tour match tour india lost match runs reached number spot batsmen rankings successful time india home series win west_indies october second delhi tests innings february stated got confidence innings struck 20th runs balls fourth match india registered run victory awarded man match rested match series sri_lanka november enabling lead team series batted series scores india leading series fifth came bat india pursuit unbeaten balls team wicket win sri_lanka awarded player series second series fastest batsman world past run mark runs second player world runs consecutive calendar years test test australian tour december indian team adelaide injury took test captain time scored india innings fourth indian score test debut second innings india set target scored fifth day came bat indian innings reduced started batting aggressively runs wicket dismissal triggered batting collapse india bowled balls score noted team looking win draw saying best test second innings ton hailed australian commentators finest fourth innings performance seen australia returned team captain second match scored wicket defeat india melbourne boxing day test india scorer innings personal best test score innings sharing run partnership india biggest partnership outside asia years followed score india second innings fifth day helping team draw test match announced retirement test cricket conclusion match appointed time test captain ahead fourth test sydney test team second time hit innings match batsman test cricket history score hundreds innings test captain dismissed second innings india hung draw total runs tests indian batsman test series australia january india failed win single match tri nation series hosts australia england unable replicate test success failing digit score games form improve lead world cup scores matches australia afghanistan respectively match world cup pakistan adelaide hit balls sharing plus partnerships help india set total win match runs knock awarded man match award 20th world cup match dismissed india second match south_africa century stand opening batsman india went post overs register run victory match india batted second remaining group matches scored west_indies ireland respectively india went secure wins fixtures pool points undefeated record india run victory bangladesh dismissed ball wicket keeper india eliminated semifinal australia melbourne dismissed balls short pitched delivery slump form india toured bangladesh june contributed test ended draw averaged series bangladesh won ended streak low scores scoring 11th test test tour india lost india came won matches seal series series win test captain india away test series win years south_africa tour india fastest batsman world runs cricket reaching milestone 27th innings series match winning fourth helped india draw level series india lost series defeat final finished series average india came beat ranked south african team match test series climbed number position rankings scored total runs series including fourth match delhi july indian captain hit double century outside india beating previous highest new_zealand double class level career march bought youth contract indian franchise indifferent season total runs innings average strike rate fared slightly better second season total runs striking team far final season highest run team runs averaging improving strike rate ahead season player retained franchise vice captain team year captained team matches regular injured coach opined year old future captain franchise indian team second highest run season teammate team finished runners accumulated total runs average strike rate including fifties moderately successful averaging runs retirement appointed team captain season finished fifth league table year found success bat averaging hit total runs strike rate including fifties score finished season highest run scorer finished seventh season runs found success bat led team playoffs finished fifth season leading run list runs average strike rate broke record runs season runs scoring runs matches average won orange cap scored centuries tournament having scored format start season player reach run milestone finished runners tournament playing style naturally aggressive batsman strong technical skills usually bats middle order occasions opened innings bats slightly open stance strong hand grip said quick known wide range shots ability pace innings batting pressure strong mid wicket cover region said cover drive favourite shot saying flick shot comes naturally play sweep shot called natural cricket ball teammates praised confidence commitment focus work ethics known sharp fielder regarded best limited overs batsmen world especially chasing averages matches batting second opposed batting hundreds come run chases fewer holds record hundreds batting second impressive record batting second said love situation comes chasing like challenge testing rotate strike hit boundary compared similar styles batting referred successor expect break batting records west_indies great regarded destructive batsman cricket stated reminds richards said legendary format australian cricketer called new king world cricket noted field aggression described media arrogant early career got confrontations players occasions aggressive attitude backed criticised stated tries limit aggressive behaviour build pressure special occasions tough control aggression outside cricket personal life december relationship bollywood actress relationship attracted substantial media attention admitted wears black cricket earlier wear pair gloves scoring apart religious black thread wearing right arm commercial investments according football second favourite sport owner club stated invested club football wanted football grow india added business venture future cricket going forever keeping options open retirement september owner international premier tennis league franchise december year owner owned franchise november launched youth fashion brand brand started produce men casual wear clothing tied stop announced brand ambassador social networking venture based london invested million start chain fitness 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