A child prodigy, the Mumbai and India captain is the most popular cricketer in the current Indian squad. He is one of the most experienced players in the team despite his relative youth. [More]

After half a decade of persistence, the young and effervescent Haryana batsman appeared to finally establish his place in the Indian Test and ODI sides. [More]

Nikhil Chopra of Delhi was selected to the Indian team when Rajesh Chauhan and Harbhajan Singh were having problems with their actions. He made an impressive debut in the Champions Trophy in Sharjah. [More]

Dravid is very much like the batsman who comes from South. Likes to play his shots, mostly on the rise, relying more on timing than brute force. [More]

Saurav Ganguly has emerged as one of the key components of both the one day and test sides for India. He is an aggressive left-handed middle order batsman who opens in One-Dayers and also bowls right-handed military medium pace. [More]

Overshadowed by his Bombay schoolmate Tendulkar throughout, Kambli arrived with a bang when he debuted against England in 1992-93. [More]

Amay Khurasiya, the gutsy left hander from Madhya Pradesh started off his international career with a bang by scoring 57 runs off 45 balls including two consecutive towering sixes. [More]

An unorthodox, right arm leg spin bowler, this tall, bespectacled (now contact lens-ed), captain of Karnataka, who started life as a medium-pacer, is India`s most effective strike bowler in both Tests and ODIs. [More]

Debashish Mohanty is one of the most promising Indian medium fast bowlers. Although he has an unusual action and needs to add a couple of yards of pace, his ability to move the ball and his temperament will help him in the long run. [More]

Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad is a late learner - he was 18 before he first played cricket in earnest, having preferred hockey as his game until then. "They didn't have cricket in my school," is his simple explanation. [More]

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The day Sadagoppan Ramesh scored a century against the West Indies A team at Bangalore, the selectors decided to give him an opportunity against Pakistan. [More]

When Laxmi Ratan Shukla was first selected for the national team, people thought that India's prayer for a genuine all-rounder had been answered. [More]

Robin Singh came from Trinidad to play cricket in Tamil Nadu. Ironically, the first time he was selected to the Indian squad was to tour West Indies in 1988-89. [More]

Javagal Srinath is the spearhead of the Indian pace attack and the only bowler in India capable of producing the speeds generally associated with West Indian or South African pacemen. [More]