who is the best batsman of india of the year 2002?

Answer 1

Rahul Dravid was the best Indian Batsman in the year 2002. He scored 4 centuries in successive innings in 2002

Answer 2

Sachin Tendulkar

Answer 3

sachin tendulkar and virender sehwAG WERE THE BEST IN THE YEAR 2002

Answer 4

virendar sehwag

Answer 5

virendar sehwag's best year.

Answer 6

May be:

Sachin..

Answer 7

virendar Best Answers:
Points earned this week:
Total points: 1,155 (Level 3)
it is sachin tendulkar!!
he is the best batsman of all time!!!
i love it when he plays!!
here is all info about sachin and the indian team!!

SACHIN TENDULKAR

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulka
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 33 years 159 days
Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Mumbai, Yorkshire
Also known as सचिन तेंडुलकर;
Nickname Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Height 5.05 ft
Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

Statsguru Test player, ODI player



Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 132 211 22 10469 248* 55.39 35 41 41 82 0
ODIs 367 358 35 14370 186* 44.48 16732 85.88 40 73 1531 154 108 0
First-class 228 353 37 18872 248* 59.72 59 87 149 0
List A 451 440 49 17722 186* 45.32 50 90 141 0

Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 132 3330 1893 37 3/10 3/14 51.16 3.41 90.00 0 0 0
ODIs 367 7349 6194 142 5/32 5/32 43.61 5.05 51.75 4 2 0
First-class 228 6617 3748 61 3/10 61.44 3.39 108.47 0 0
List A 451 9525 7822 189 5/32 5/32 41.38 4.92 50.39 4 2 0

Career statistics

Statsguru Tests filter | Statsguru One-Day Internationals filter
Test debut Pakistan v India at Karachi - Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test India v England at Mumbai - Mar 18-22, 2006 scorecard
ODI debut Pakistan v India at Gujranwala - Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI Australia v India at Kuala Lumpur - Sep 22, 2006 scorecard
First-class span 1988/89 - 2005/06
List A span 1989/90 - 2006/07

Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997

Profile

When he became the first batsman to score 50 hundreds in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar established himself as the greatest of all Indian cricketers. Recognised by Sir Donald Bradman as his modern incarnation, Tendulkar has a skill - a genius - which only a handful have possessed. It was not a skill that he was simply born with, but one which was developed by his intelligence and an infinite capacity for taking pains. If there is a secret, it is that Tendulkar has the keenest of cricket minds. At times in a Test series he looks mortal. But he learns every lesson, picks up every cue, dominates the opposing attack sooner or later, and nearly always makes a hundred. His bravery was proved after he was hit on the head on his Test debut in Pakistan, when he was only 16; and his commitment to the Indian cause has never been in doubt. If captaincy - or rather the off-field management of men less skilled than himself - was beyond him at his first attempt, his reading of the game, and his manifold varieties of bowling, have shown the same acute intelligence. His cricket has been played in the right way too, always attacking, and because he knew that was the right way rather than because he was a child of the one-day age, as he himself modestly said. The awe of opponents was as great as that of crowds. But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds - or a game - until Tendulkar was out. Surpassed Sunil Gavaskar, his guru, as the leading century-maker in Test cricket with his 35th three-figure score in November 2005.

http://www.liveindia.com/cricket/tendulk...

INDIAN CRICKET TEAM

The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the cricket governing body in India. The Indian Cricket Team is currently the highest paid sports team in the world based on sponsorships.[1]

Debuting as test cricket team at Lord's, England on 25 June 1932, the Indian cricket team became the sixth Test playing team. For nearly fifty years, India was weaker than most of the other Test cricket teams, such as Australia and England. The team gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet. The Indian team has continued to be highly ranked since then in both Test cricket and One-day Internationals. The team won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and was runners-up in 2003. The current team contains many of the world's leading players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble[1]. As of 2 July 2006, the team is ranked fourth in the ICC Test Championship[2] and fourth in the ICC ODI Championship[3]

History
Main article: History of the Indian cricket team

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji was an Indian who played for the English cricket teamThe British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match being played in 1721.[4] In 1848, the Parsi community in Mumbai formed the Oritenal Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Parsis were eventually invited by the Europeans to play a match in 1877.[5] By 1912, the Parsis, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.[5] In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy-two of the major domestic tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team.[6] India was invited into the Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in England in 1932 led by CK Nayudu.[7] The match was given test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs.[8] Indian team continued to improve throughout the 30s and 40s but did not achieve significant victory during this period. The team's first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time). Australia won the five match series, 4-0.[9]

India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras in 1952[10] and later in the year won their first Test series (against Pakistan). India were strengthened by the likes of batsmen Polly Umrigar, Vijay Manjrekar and bowler SM Gupte. They continued their good form throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956, however they did not win again in the remainder of the 1950s and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. The next decade developed India's reputation as a team that is considered unbeatable at home.[11] Although they only won two series (both against New Zealand), they managed to draw home series against Pakistan, England and Australia. The decade starred the batting performances of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Dilip Sardesai, Hanumant Singh and Chandu Borde as well as bowling performances from off-spinner EAS Prasanna.


Kapil Dev receiving the Cricket World Cup in 1983Most of the 1970s was dominated by India's bowling spin quartet. This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath. Indian pitches have had tendency to support spin and this was exploited by the spin quartet to create collapses in opposing batting lineups. These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar.

The advent of One-Day International cricket in 1971 created a new dimension in the cricket world. However, India was not considerably strong in ODIs at this point and batsmen like captain Sunil Gavaskar were known for their defence-based approaches to batting. India could not manage to qualify for the second round in the first two editions of the Cricket World Cup.

During the 1980s, India developed a long list of competent batsmen. Batsmen like Mohammed Azharuddin, Mohinder Amarnath and Dilip Vengsarkar added depth to the Indian lineup. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating West Indies in hte final. In 1984, India won the Asia Cup and in 1985, won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India. The 1980s saw star batsman Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all rounder to this date) at the pinnacle of their careers. Gavaskar made 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark and Kapil Dev became the highest wicket taker in Test cricket with 434 wickets, a record that has been surpassed since and is now held by Shane Warne.


A graph showing India's test match results against all test match teams from 1932 to September 2006The addition of 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and 1990 further improved the team. Most of its successes in the 1990s were at home grounds. During the 1990s, India did not win any of its 33 tests outside the subcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30 tests at home. Batsmen Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and fast bowler Javagal Srinath made their debut in international cricket during this decade. In 1999, Anil Kumble emulated Jim Laker to become the second bowler to take all ten wickets in a Test match innings when he took 10 wickets for 74 runs against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

India's performance in the remaining World Cups has been considerably consistent. In the 1987 Cricket World Cup, the team advanced to the semi-finals as favourites, they did the same in 1996, both times they suffered defeats in the semi-finals. India was weaker in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, and did not make it past the Super Six round. In the 2003 Cup, India lost only two games (both against reigning champions Australia) and advancing to the finals, where they were defeated by Australia.

India's traditional strengths have always been its line-up of spin bowlers and batsmen. Currently, it has a very strong batting lineup with Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag all being selected to play for the ICC World XI in the 2005 "SuperTest" against Australia. However in recent years, Indian pace bowling has improved, with the emerging talents of Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel and Sreesanth and many more playing in the national team.

[edit]
Recent performances

The Indian cricket team in action in the Wankhede StadiumHistorically, the Indian team has not performed as well overseas as it has in India. Since the year 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements under the guidance of coach John Wright and captain Saurav Ganguly. The team drew a Test series with Australia in Australia, which is usually considered a tough tour. It was followed by a historic Test and ODI series win against arch-rivals Pakistan on the tour.

India has had a very good record against Australia and, before the 2004/05 tour, never letting Australia beat them in a Test Series in India since 1969. This was the reason for Australian captain Steve Waugh labelling India as the "Final Frontier". [12] The famous 2001 Australian tour of India started a good run for the team, as India beat Australia 2-1. India also came runners up to Australia in the final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Since 2004, India has not been doing as well in One-day Internationals. The players who took India to great heights over the past ten years such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble grew older and did not maintain their form and fitness. Under the new coach, Greg Chappell, who took over from John Wright in 2005, India faces a challenge to build a winning team before the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

The series against Sri Lanka in 2005 is triggered a revival in One-Day cricket. They had taken hold of the series by winning 6 out of the 7 one day internationals. An important part about this series was the discovery of the young talent of the team, including Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Gautam Gambhir and Irfan Pathan. The team also beat the Sri Lankans in the test series 2-0 to displace England from its position in second place in the ICC Test rankings, but India slipped back by losing the high-profile series to Pakistan. Indian team continued its good form in ODIs, beating Pakistan 4-1 in Pakistan. India achieved the world-record of winning 17 successive matches chasing the total. India convincingly won England's tour of India winning the series 5-1. After leveling the DLF Cup series 1-1 in Abu Dhabi, India travelled to West Indies where they lost the ODI series 1-4 to a weak West Indies team which was ranked 8th in the ICC ODI Ranking. The series loss again questioned the Indian team's ability to play away from the Sub-continent and the chances of the Indian team to win the 2007 Cricket World Cup. However, the Indian team clinched the test series against West Indies 1-0.

Answer 8

it is sachin tendulkar!!
he is the best batsman of all time!!!
i love it when he plays!!
here is all info about sachin and the indian team!!

SACHIN TENDULKAR

Full name Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Born April 24, 1973, Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra
Current age 33 years 159 days
Major teams India, ACC Asian XI, Mumbai, Yorkshire
Also known as सचिन तेंडुलकर;
Nickname Tendlya, Little Master
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly
Height 5.05 ft
Education Sharadashram Vidyamandir School

Statsguru Test player, ODI player



Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
Tests 132 211 22 10469 248* 55.39 35 41 41 82 0
ODIs 367 358 35 14370 186* 44.48 16732 85.88 40 73 1531 154 108 0
First-class 228 353 37 18872 248* 59.72 59 87 149 0
List A 451 440 49 17722 186* 45.32 50 90 141 0

Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 132 3330 1893 37 3/10 3/14 51.16 3.41 90.00 0 0 0
ODIs 367 7349 6194 142 5/32 5/32 43.61 5.05 51.75 4 2 0
First-class 228 6617 3748 61 3/10 61.44 3.39 108.47 0 0
List A 451 9525 7822 189 5/32 5/32 41.38 4.92 50.39 4 2 0

Career statistics

Statsguru Tests filter | Statsguru One-Day Internationals filter
Test debut Pakistan v India at Karachi - Nov 15-20, 1989 scorecard
Last Test India v England at Mumbai - Mar 18-22, 2006 scorecard
ODI debut Pakistan v India at Gujranwala - Dec 18, 1989 scorecard
Last ODI Australia v India at Kuala Lumpur - Sep 22, 2006 scorecard
First-class span 1988/89 - 2005/06
List A span 1989/90 - 2006/07

Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1997

Profile

When he became the first batsman to score 50 hundreds in international cricket, Sachin Tendulkar established himself as the greatest of all Indian cricketers. Recognised by Sir Donald Bradman as his modern incarnation, Tendulkar has a skill - a genius - which only a handful have possessed. It was not a skill that he was simply born with, but one which was developed by his intelligence and an infinite capacity for taking pains. If there is a secret, it is that Tendulkar has the keenest of cricket minds. At times in a Test series he looks mortal. But he learns every lesson, picks up every cue, dominates the opposing attack sooner or later, and nearly always makes a hundred. His bravery was proved after he was hit on the head on his Test debut in Pakistan, when he was only 16; and his commitment to the Indian cause has never been in doubt. If captaincy - or rather the off-field management of men less skilled than himself - was beyond him at his first attempt, his reading of the game, and his manifold varieties of bowling, have shown the same acute intelligence. His cricket has been played in the right way too, always attacking, and because he knew that was the right way rather than because he was a child of the one-day age, as he himself modestly said. The awe of opponents was as great as that of crowds. But the finest compliment must be that bookmakers would not fix the odds - or a game - until Tendulkar was out. Surpassed Sunil Gavaskar, his guru, as the leading century-maker in Test cricket with his 35th three-figure score in November 2005.

http://www.liveindia.com/cricket/Tendulkar.html

INDIAN CRICKET TEAM

The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, the cricket governing body in India. The Indian Cricket Team is currently the highest paid sports team in the world based on sponsorships.[1]

Debuting as test cricket team at Lord's, England on 25 June 1932, the Indian cricket team became the sixth Test playing team. For nearly fifty years, India was weaker than most of the other Test cricket teams, such as Australia and England. The team gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev and the Indian spin quartet. The Indian team has continued to be highly ranked since then in both Test cricket and One-day Internationals. The team won the Cricket World Cup in 1983 and was runners-up in 2003. The current team contains many of the world's leading players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble[1]. As of 2 July 2006, the team is ranked fourth in the ICC Test Championship[2] and fourth in the ICC ODI Championship[3]

History
Main article: History of the Indian cricket team

Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji was an Indian who played for the English cricket teamThe British brought cricket to India in the early 1700s, with the first cricket match being played in 1721.[4] In 1848, the Parsi community in Mumbai formed the Oritenal Cricket Club, the first cricket club to be established by Indians. After slow beginnings, the Parsis were eventually invited by the Europeans to play a match in 1877.[5] By 1912, the Parsis, Hindus, and Muslims of Bombay played a quadrangular tournament with the Europeans every year.[5] In the early 1900s, some Indians went on to play for the English cricket team. Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy-two of the major domestic tournaments in India. In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team.[6] India was invited into the Imperial Cricket Council in 1926 and made its debut as a Test-cricket-playing-nation in England in 1932 led by CK Nayudu.[7] The match was given test status despite being only 3 days in length. The team was not strong in its batting at this point and went on to lose by 158 runs.[8] Indian team continued to improve throughout the 30s and 40s but did not achieve significant victory during this period. The team's first series as an independent country was in 1948 against Sir Donald Bradman's Invincibles (a name given to the Australian cricket team of that time). Australia won the five match series, 4-0.[9]

India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras in 1952[10] and later in the year won their first Test series (against Pakistan). India were strengthened by the likes of batsmen Polly Umrigar, Vijay Manjrekar and bowler SM Gupte. They continued their good form throughout the early 1950s with a series win against New Zealand in 1956, however they did not win again in the remainder of the 1950s and lost badly to strong Australian and English sides. The next decade developed India's reputation as a team that is considered unbeatable at home.[11] Although they only won two series (both against New Zealand), they managed to draw home series against Pakistan, England and Australia. The decade starred the batting performances of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Dilip Sardesai, Hanumant Singh and Chandu Borde as well as bowling performances from off-spinner EAS Prasanna.


Kapil Dev receiving the Cricket World Cup in 1983Most of the 1970s was dominated by India's bowling spin quartet. This period also saw the emergence of two of India's best ever batsmen, Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath. Indian pitches have had tendency to support spin and this was exploited by the spin quartet to create collapses in opposing batting lineups. These players were responsible for the back-to-back series wins in 1971 in the West Indies and in England, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar.

The advent of One-Day International cricket in 1971 created a new dimension in the cricket world. However, India was not considerably strong in ODIs at this point and batsmen like captain Sunil Gavaskar were known for their defence-based approaches to batting. India could not manage to qualify for the second round in the first two editions of the Cricket World Cup.

During the 1980s, India developed a long list of competent batsmen. Batsmen like Mohammed Azharuddin, Mohinder Amarnath and Dilip Vengsarkar added depth to the Indian lineup. India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983, defeating West Indies in hte final. In 1984, India won the Asia Cup and in 1985, won the World Championship of Cricket in Australia. India's Test series victory in 1986 against England remained the last Test series win by India outside subcontinent for the next 19 years. The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India. The 1980s saw star batsman Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev (India's best all rounder to this date) at the pinnacle of their careers. Gavaskar made 34 centuries as he became the first man to reach the 10,000 run mark and Kapil Dev became the highest wicket taker in Test cricket with 434 wickets, a record that has been surpassed since and is now held by Shane Warne.


A graph showing India's test match results against all test match teams from 1932 to September 2006The addition of 16-year-old Sachin Tendulkar and Anil Kumble to the national side in 1989 and 1990 further improved the team. Most of its successes in the 1990s were at home grounds. During the 1990s, India did not win any of its 33 tests outside the subcontinent while it won 17 out of its 30 tests at home. Batsmen Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly and fast bowler Javagal Srinath made their debut in international cricket during this decade. In 1999, Anil Kumble emulated Jim Laker to become the second bowler to take all ten wickets in a Test match innings when he took 10 wickets for 74 runs against Pakistan at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.

India's performance in the remaining World Cups has been considerably consistent. In the 1987 Cricket World Cup, the team advanced to the semi-finals as favourites, they did the same in 1996, both times they suffered defeats in the semi-finals. India was weaker in the 1999 Cricket World Cup, and did not make it past the Super Six round. In the 2003 Cup, India lost only two games (both against reigning champions Australia) and advancing to the finals, where they were defeated by Australia.

India's traditional strengths have always been its line-up of spin bowlers and batsmen. Currently, it has a very strong batting lineup with Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag all being selected to play for the ICC World XI in the 2005 "SuperTest" against Australia. However in recent years, Indian pace bowling has improved, with the emerging talents of Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel and Sreesanth and many more playing in the national team.

[edit]
Recent performances

The Indian cricket team in action in the Wankhede StadiumHistorically, the Indian team has not performed as well overseas as it has in India. Since the year 2000, the Indian team underwent major improvements under the guidance of coach John Wright and captain Saurav Ganguly. The team drew a Test series with Australia in Australia, which is usually considered a tough tour. It was followed by a historic Test and ODI series win against arch-rivals Pakistan on the tour.

India has had a very good record against Australia and, before the 2004/05 tour, never letting Australia beat them in a Test Series in India since 1969. This was the reason for Australian captain Steve Waugh labelling India as the "Final Frontier". [12] The famous 2001 Australian tour of India started a good run for the team, as India beat Australia 2-1. India also came runners up to Australia in the final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Since 2004, India has not been doing as well in One-day Internationals. The players who took India to great heights over the past ten years such as Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Anil Kumble grew older and did not maintain their form and fitness. Under the new coach, Greg Chappell, who took over from John Wright in 2005, India faces a challenge to build a winning team before the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.

The series against Sri Lanka in 2005 is triggered a revival in One-Day cricket. They had taken hold of the series by winning 6 out of the 7 one day internationals. An important part about this series was the discovery of the young talent of the team, including Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Gautam Gambhir and Irfan Pathan. The team also beat the Sri Lankans in the test series 2-0 to displace England from its position in second place in the ICC Test rankings, but India slipped back by losing the high-profile series to Pakistan. Indian team continued its good form in ODIs, beating Pakistan 4-1 in Pakistan. India achieved the world-record of winning 17 successive matches chasing the total. India convincingly won England's tour of India winning the series 5-1. After leveling the DLF Cup series 1-1 in Abu Dhabi, India travelled to West Indies where they lost the ODI series 1-4 to a weak West Indies team which was ranked 8th in the ICC ODI Ranking. The series loss again questioned the Indian team's ability to play away from the Sub-continent and the chances of the Indian team to win the 2007 Cricket World Cup. However, the Indian team clinched the test series against West Indies 1-0.