Personal Information

Full Name Gautam Gambhir
Born October 14, 1981 Delhi
Age 42 Years, 11 Months, 21 Days
National Side India
Batting Style Left Handed
Bowling Leg break
Sport Cricket

Ranking

Test ODI T20
Batting - - -
Bowling - - -

Man of the Match

Test ODI T20 World Cup CL
2 12 1 0 0

Career Information

Teams Played India, Elite Group A, Essex, India A, Indian Academy, India B, India Blue, Indian Board Presidents XI, India Emerging, Indian Inv XI, India Red, North Zone, Rest of India, Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, India Under-19, Delhi
Career Span

Gautam Gambhir Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

M I N/O R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s AVG S/R CT ST Ducks R/O
Test
58 104 5 4154 206 v AUS 9 22 518 10 41.95 51.49 38 0
ODI
147 143 11 5238 150* v SL 11 34 561 17 39.68 85.25 36 0
World Cup
9 9 0 393 97 v SL 0 4 37 0 43.66 85.06 - -
T20I
37 36 2 932 75 v PAK 0 7 109 10 27.41 119.02 11 0
IPL
154 152 16 4217 93 v RCB 0 36 492 59 31.00 123.88 28 0
CL
18 17 2 328 80 v CSK 0 3 33 9 21.86 118.84 5 0

Bowling Performance

I O M R W Best 3s 5s AVG E/R S/R Mtc
Test
1 2 0 4 0 0/4 v ENG 0 0 - 2.00 -
ODI
1 1 0 13 0 0/13 v ENG 0 0 - 13.00 -

Gautam Gambhir Profile

The manner in which Gautam Gambhir's career took off in 2008, following an initial bedding-in period, is simply stated astronomical. As fans and selectors alike rode on his ascendancy, he has only grown in metaphorical stature over the period of time to laud over rivals and contemporaries alike.


Debuting in 2003, the left-hander remained on the fringes of the ODI side. After a 96 in only his third Test innings against South Africa in 2004, he reached his maiden ton against Bangladesh in the same year. Yet, in an Indian top order that underwent immense experimentation between Ganguly, Sehwag, Tendulkar and Dravid; Gambhir always floated around the periphery. The same unsettled top order was a part of India's poor showing in the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, in which Gambhir didn't feature. He returned as a part of the young Indian side that won the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 the same year. It started an ascendancy of orbital proportions for both India and Gambhir. After being given an extended opportunity to partner Sehwag in both forms of the game, he started to blossom.
 

Gambhir was involved in India's first victory in New Zealand in four decades, in addition to his role in denying Australia bragging rights in the Border-Gavaskar trophy. To top that, there were the series victories against the touring Sri Lankan and English sides. The man they fondly call 'Gauti' excelled in these outings as he mastered the art of facing spin bowling and formed one half of what became one of the most dominating opening partnerships in modern cricket. He was a part of the historic Indian team that won the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011 and his solid contribution in the final against Sri Lanka will never be forgotten. Unfortunate to miss out on what could have been a memorable century, that knock of 97 will still rank highly as one of the best in World Cup history. 
 

He started the Indian T20 League with the Delhi franchise but after three seasons, he moved out to Kolkata where he got a chance to lead the side. His leadership saw them lift their first League title in 2012 and many players in the side lauded him as an astute leader. His international career took a downward spiral in early 2013 and he was left out from all formats of the game. 
 

Gambhir didn't give up and kept working hard in domestic cricket. He performed brilliantly in the 2016 Duleep Trophy and was tough to ignore. An untimely injury to KL Rahul in the New Zealand series meant Gambhir returned to the national team after a gap of two years. However, his comeback didn’t last long as just after two Test matches, he once again was dropped. In the month of December 2018, Gambhir eventually announced his retirement from all forms of cricket and joined politics before the 2019 General Election.