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Virat Kohli Biography For Students And Children

Virat Kohli

Born: 5 November 1988 Delhi, India Nationality: India Role: Indian Captain, Right handed batsman, Right-arm medium bowler Relation(s): Anushka Sharma (Wife), Saroj Kohli (Mother) Virat Kohli was born on 5 November 1988 in New Delhi. His interest in cricket developed while playing on the streets of Delhi. His father enrolled him in a cricket academy where he was coached by …

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Why is a zero score by a batsman called a duck?

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The term is a shortening of “duck’s egg”, which was used long before cricket began. When referring to the Prince of Wales’ (the future Edward VII) score of naught on July 17, 1866, a contemporary newspaper wrote that the Prince “retired to the royal pavilion on a ‘duck’s egg'” because the shape of the number “0” is similar to that …

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Sunil Gavaskar Biography For Students

Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar — Sunil Manohar Gavaskar (born July 10, 1949 at Bombay, Maharashtra), nicknamed Sunny, was a cricket player during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India. He is arguably the the greatest opening batsmen in the Test cricket. His Home town (native place) is Ubhadanda-Vengurla. He made a spectacular Test debut in 1971 scoring 774 runs in his first …

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Virender Sehwag Biography For Students

Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag (born 20 October 1978), affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh (New Delhi), or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian …

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Rahul Dravid Biography For Students

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid — Rahul Sharad Dravid has established himself as an integral part of the Indian National Cricket team with his technical proficiency, stylish strokes and sheer stability. Rahul was born on January 11, 1973 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, to parents Sharad Dravid and Pushpa. He started to play cricket at the age of 12. Dravid did well in the junior tournaments …

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Sourav Ganguly Biography For Students

Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly — Sourav Chandidas Ganguly also known as “Dada” is an Indian cricketer. Born 8 July 1972, lives at Barisha in Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, West Bengal, he made his One Day International debut against Australia in 1992, and a Test debut versus England in 1996. He went on to become the captain of Indian cricket team from 2000 to …

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Sachin Tendulkar Biography For Students

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar — Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian cricketer. He holds several batting records, including the most Test centuries and the most one-day international centuries, and was rated in 2002 by Wisden as the second greatest Test batsman ever, after Sir Don Bradman. Nick Name: The Master Blaster, The Little Champion, The Bombay Bomber. Test …

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