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Virat Kohli (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋɪˈɾɑːʈ ˈkoːɦli] ⓘ; born 5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who plays Test and ODI cricket for the Indian national team. A former captain in all formats of the game, Kohli retired from the T20I format following India's win at the 2024 T20 World Cup.
A couple of months later, former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar gave Tendulkar a pair of his own lightweight pads and told him to not get disheartened for not receiving the Bombay Cricket Association's Best Junior Cricketer Award. Of this experience, Tendulkar later said, "It was the greatest source of encouragement for me".
Rohit Sharma (born 30 April 1987) is an Indian international cricketer who currently plays for and captains the India national cricket team in Test and ODI matches. He previously captained in T20 matches and in the country's 2024 T20 World Cup win after which he retired from T20s in June.
Bapu Nadkarni, Farokh Engineer, late Eknath Solkar were handed special awards for outstanding contribution to Indian cricket (trophy and ₹1.5 million) Dilip Sardesai Award for India's best cricketer in the 2013 Test series against the West Indies: Rohit Sharma (trophy and ₹500,000 [11]) Ref: [12]
Since 1974 India has played 1,058 ODIs, resulting in 559 victories, 445 defeats, 10 ties and 44 no results. [2] India's first series victory came against England in 1981, winning 2–1. [3] India won the Cricket World Cup twice in 1983 and 2011 and was runner-up in 2003 and 2023.
The Greatest Indian was a poll sponsored by Reliance Mobile and conducted by Outlook magazine, in partnership with CNN-IBN and The History Channel. The poll was conducted from June to August 2012, with the winner, B. R. Ambedkar , announced on 11 August.
Color and noise filled India’s streets on Saturday night as the country celebrated its cricket team’s dramatic triumph at the men’s T20 World Cup, defeating South Africa by just seven runs ...
The India men's national cricket team, colloquially Team India, represents India in men's international cricket.It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.