5 Best Batsmen of Indian Cricket Team

 

Introduction

Cricket is a religion in India, and cricketers are revered as demigods. Since the country’s inception in the international cricket arena, its players have left their imprint on history. And, in India, there are several excellent batsmen on the cricket team, and selecting five from among them is a difficult task, but we succeeded.

So, in today’s article, we’ll look at the top 5 batsmen in the Indian Cricket team.

• Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar’s career began at the age of 13 when he made his debut for the Cricket Club of India. On December 11, 1988, he made 100 not out in a first-class cricket match between Mumbai and Gujarat. He went on to play in several national and international cricket matches after that.

In the 2011 World Cup victory, he became the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 482 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman in history to reach 34,000 runs in all formats of cricket on December 5, 2022.

He played in about 657 international cricket matches. On March 16, 2012, he scored his long-awaited 100th century against Bangladesh in the Asia Cup.

Sachin announced his retirement from one-day international cricket on December 23, 2012. He also stated that he will not participate in T20 Internationals.

He led the India legends team to victory in the 2020–21 Road Safety World Series.

Tendulkar made his debut as a cricket commentator during the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. He was a mentor for the Mumbai Indians team during the 2021 IPL season.

• Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar led the Indian team in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Despite his unimpressive track record, he was captain for a long time.

His conservative strategies were blamed for the defeat. This is when Kapil Dev emerged as India’s superior captain. He was a great pace bowler.

His 205 against the West Indies as captain in the first Test match made him the first Indian to score a double century in India.

He became the first captain to lead the team to a 1-0 victory over the West Indies.

Gavaskar equalled Sir Don Bradman’s record of 121 against West Indies in his 29th Test Match, and also passed 8000 test runs in the innings.

Sunil Gavaskar was named interim President of the BCCI in 2014, primarily to oversee the seventh season of the Indian Premier League. Gavaskar also became a Brand Ambassador for Triton Solar.

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni

MSD as a player continued to pay dividends for him, the team, and the country, and the apex of it all was lifting the World Cup after 28 years, which happened on April 2, 2011.

Back when his journey started in Ranchi with the Railways Ranji team, he began working as a Traveling Ticket Examiner (TTE) at Kharagpur Railway Station. Scouts from the BCCI’s Training Research Development Wing took notice of his abilities soon after, and he was soon in India.

He was the captain of Chennai for the Indian T20 League and won the league title in 2010, 2011, and 2018 after making a successful comeback. In each of their league outings, Chennai has been the only team to advance to the playoffs.

He also played for Pune in 2016 and 2017, helping them get to the 2017 League final where they lost to Mumbai by one run.

Dhoni took a significant sabbatical after being ejected against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup semifinals. On August 15, 2020, Dhoni posted on social media that he was quitting all forms of international cricket. 

Dhoni was retained by CSK for $12 million prior to the IPL 2022 player auction. On March 24, 2022, he stepped down as captain, and Ravindra Jadeja took his place. However, on April 30, 2022, Jadeja handed back the captaincy to Dhoni.

• Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid earned a position on Karnataka’s Ranji Trophy squad by competing for the state in the U-15, U-17, and U-19 age divisions. He played for Karnataka in the 1991–1992 Ranji season.

He amassed 380 runs at a 63.3 average in his debut season, which was excellent. After that, South Zone chose him to represent them in the Duleep Trophy competition.

He was at his best three years after making his World Cup debut in 1999. With 461 runs, he finished the tournament as the tournament’s leading run-getter.

Apart from batting, he was a long-serving wicketkeeper for India in One-Day Internationals. He holds the world record for most Test catches as a non-wicketkeeper (210).

Rahul Dravid led India to eight victories and six defeats in 25 Tests. His ODI statistics are superior. India won 42 of the 79 One-Day Internationals during his tenure.

Dravid was a legend for Vijay Mallya’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). He was RCB’s leading scorer in the 2008 IPL. He also played for the Rajasthan Royals later in his career.

Dravid announced his retirement from limited overs cricket in 2011, and his final test match was in January 2012 against Australia. Nevertheless, he declared that he would lead the Rajasthan Royals in the upcoming Indian Premier League.

• Virat Kohli

In October 2002, Kohli made his debut with the Delhi Under-15 team in the 2002-03 Polly Umrigar Trophy and led the team to the next trophy. He was later named to the Delhi Under-17 team for the 2003-04 Vijay Merchant Trophy, being the leading run-scorer.

Kohli’s life changed in 2008 when he captained the winning Under-19 Cricket World Cup team, and when he was acquired by RCB for $30,000 on an IPL youth contract. He also made his international debut.

In 2011, Kohli was a member of India’s World Cup-winning team, becoming the first Indian batsman to score a century on his World Cup debut.

In 2015, he happened to score a century against Pakistan creating the first record in a World Cup match.

He became the world’s fastest T20I batsman to 1,000 runs during South Africa’s tour of India, accomplishing the feat in his 27th innings.

During the Australia ODI tour, Kohli became the world’s fastest batsman to reach 7000 runs in ODIs and the fastest to score 25 centuries.

During a three-match Test series against Sri Lanka in 2017, he became the first batsman to score six double 100s as a captain. That year, he scored 2818 international runs, the third-most by an Indian in a calendar year and the most by an Indian player ever.

In August 2018, Kohli was ranked first in the ICC Test rankings. He became the seventh Indian batter to accomplish this feat. In October 2018, he became the first Indian, first captain, and tenth overall to hit three consecutive ODI centuries.

The highest price paid for any player that year, Kohli’s retention by RCB in the 2018 season cost 170 million. Being the first batsman to surpass 500 runs in five different seasons, Kohli finished the season with 530 runs.

In 2022, the Indian cricket team went on a three-T20I and three-ODI tour of England. He finished the series with 12 runs in 2 innings at an average of 6, with a high score of 11 and India won the series 2-1.

 

Conclusion

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