Gautam Gambhir is an Indian cricketer who was born in Delhi on October 14, 1981. In all forms of the game, this flamboyant left-handed attacking batsman represents the Indian cricket team internationally. Former ICC Test number one batsman is known for his versatility and aggressiveness on the pitch, and is widely regarded as the “Unsung Hero” of perhaps the best two batting achievements in the finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2007 and the ICC World Cup 2011. Gautam Gambhir, also known as Gauti, is a spin specialist known for his fast footwork. He’s not only a good hitter, but he’s also a good close-in sweep fielder.
Debut
Gautam Gambhir’s consistent first-class results made him a good candidate for India’s TVS Cup tour to Bangladesh in 2003. He made his debut against Bangladesh in the first match of the tri-series, as anticipated. He played a match-winning inning of 71 runs in the third Indian match of the cup, but his overall results were disappointing, and he was dropped from the squad.
Gautam Gambhir returned to international cricket in November 2005, scoring his first century against Sri Lanka.
Gautam Gambhir started his Test career against the Australian Cricket team in the last and final Test of the Gavaskar Border Trophy in the most devastating way possible, making just 4 runs in two innings.
Rise to Glory
Gautam Gambhir was a core member of India’s T20 World Cup-winning squad in South Africa in 2007. With 207 runs, he ended the tournament as India’s leading run scorer, including a vital 75 runs off 54 balls against arch-rivals Pakistan in the final.
Through his versatility in all three formats, the left-handed batsman came to prominence in 2008.
He was unplayable on his best days. He could bat more confidently than Virender Sehwag, stick to the pitch as hard as “The Wall” and create his innings as fully as Sachin Tendulkar.
Gautam Gambhir’s spot in the Test team was cemented by a string of high-scoring results in the Gavaskar Border Trophy and the England Series. Gautam Gambhir was the top run scorer after missing the last test against Australia due to a controversy with Shane Watson over elbowing. In the following series against England, he made an impressive return, scoring 1134 runs in just 8 Tests in the calendar year.
Gautam Gambhir had his best year as an international cricketer in 2009. In 2009, he continued his glorious form from the previous year. India’s tour of New Zealand was his first major overseas appearance, and it was a series that would go down in Indian cricket history after Gautam Gambhir. Gautam Gambhir was the top run scorer in the first series victory over New Zealand in 41 years, with 445 runs, including a stunning 137 in the second innings of the Second Test, in which he played over 430 balls.
In the same year, he won the ICC Best Test Cricketer of the Year award and was ranked first in the ICC Test rankings.
Indian Premier League Career
Gautam Gambhir, a local kid, was the headline signing for Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League’s inaugural season. With 534 runs, he was the second highest scorer of the season.
He was promoted to captaincy of the Delhi Daredevils the next season and scored over 1000 runs in two seasons before being traded to Kolkata Knight Riders for $2.4 million, making him the highest-paid player in IPL history.
He was appointed captain of the team, and the Kolkata Knight Riders won the Indian Premier League twice under his leadership, in 2012 and 2014. Gautam Gambhir is the tournament’s fourth highest run scorer as of 2017.
Captaincy
Gautam Gambhir was given the task of leading the Indian cricket team against New Zealand in 2010. India won the series 5-0 under Gauti’s leadership, and he also got the man of the series award. In his short captaincy, Gautam Gambhir has a perfect record as an Indian captain.
Records
In a career spanning over a decade and a half, Gautam Gambhir has set numerous records. With a fast 116 runs against Bangladesh in January 2009, he became the fourth player in history to score five Test hundreds in as many games; only Don Bradman has scored six centuries in as many games.
Gautam Gambhir is the only Indian cricketer to score 300 runs in four straight test series. In a Test match against Bangladesh, Gautam Gambhir equaled IVA Richards’ record of eleven consecutive innings of fifty or more runs, which he had maintained for decades.
Background
Gautam Gambhir, a Delhi native, started playing cricket at the age of ten. He was drafted for the first intake of the National Cricket Academy of Bangalore in 2000. He has regularly performed at the domestic level since his first-class debut, averaging over 50. Gauti, an attacking batsman, scored two successive double hundreds in 2002, catching the eye of Indian cricket selectors for the opening slot in all formats.