KNIGHTS
1)Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman who plays domestic cricket for Delhi, and captains Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Bangladesh in 2003, and played his first Test the following year against Australia. He captained the Indian team in six ODIs from late-2010 to late-2011 with India winning all six matches. He played an integral part in India's wins in the finals of both the 2007 World Twenty20 (75 from 54 balls) and the 2011 Cricket World Cup (97 from 122 balls).
2)Sunil Philip Narine (born 26 May 1988) is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies. Primarily an off-spin bowler, he is also a left-handed batsman. Domestically, Narine has played for Trinidad and Tobago since 2009 and made his One Day International debut in December 2011, and Test debut in June 2012. Narine's participated in the 2012 Indian Premier League where he represented Kolkata Knight Riders and was named Player of the Tournament in his first season with 24 wickets at a miserly 5.47 runs per over. He also became the first player in IPL 2013 to take a hat-trick on 16 April 2013 playing for Kolkata Knight Riders against Kings XI Punjab at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. He is married to Nandita Kumar.
3)Robin Venu Uthappa (Kannada: ರಾಬಿನ್ ವೇಣು ಉತ್ತಪ್ಪ) ( pronunciation (help·info);< born 11 November 1985 is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Karnataka in domestic cricket> and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL.
Uthappa made his One Day International debut in the seventh and final match of the English tour of India in April 2006. He had a successful debut, making 86 as an opening batsman before being dismissed run out. It was the highest score for an Indian debutant in alimited-overs match. He is nicknamed 'The Walking Assassin' for his tactic of charging the bowler. He played an important role in India's win at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. He finished the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy season as the highest run-getter.
Uthappa made his One Day International debut in the seventh and final match of the English tour of India in April 2006. He had a successful debut, making 86 as an opening batsman before being dismissed run out. It was the highest score for an Indian debutant in alimited-overs match. He is nicknamed 'The Walking Assassin' for his tactic of charging the bowler. He played an important role in India's win at the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. He finished the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy season as the highest run-getter.
4)Yusuf Pathan (Urdu:ماسٹردا یوسف خان پٹھان, Hindi:युसुफ पठान) (born 17 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer. Pathan made his debut infirst-class cricket in 2001/02. He is a powerful and aggressive right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. His younger brotherIrfan Pathan is also an Indian cricketer.
In the 2011 IPL auction, he was bought for $2.1 million by Kolkata Knight Riders.
On the 24th May 2014, Yusuf hit the fastest 50 in IPL history doing it in a mere 15 balls. As a result, Kolkata Knight Riders ended up 2nd in the league table.
In the 2011 IPL auction, he was bought for $2.1 million by Kolkata Knight Riders.
On the 24th May 2014, Yusuf hit the fastest 50 in IPL history doing it in a mere 15 balls. As a result, Kolkata Knight Riders ended up 2nd in the league table.
4)Manish Krishnanand Pandey (born 10 September 1989 in Nainital, Uttarakhand) is an Indian cricketer. He is primarily a right-handedmiddle order batsman representing Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. He had opened the innings for his former team, the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. After playing 2 years for the Royal Challengers, he opted to play for Pune Warriors India from 2011. He represents Karnataka in first-class cricket. He is managed by Gaames Unlimited
5)Shakib Al Hasan (born 24 March 1987) is a বাংলাদেশী international cricketer. He is regarded as one of the greatest Bengali cricketers of all time. In January 2015, he attained the #1 All-Rounder ranking in all three forms of the cricket (Test, ODI and T20).
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan achieved a new milestone when he topped the International Cricket Council (ICC) All-Rounder rankings across all three formats, becoming the first cricketer to achieve this feat[3]. The success for Shakib has come as a result of his exploits during the recently concluded Test and One-Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe. Shakib earned 398 points in the Test format, 57 points ahead of South African bowling all-rounder Vernon Philander. He earned 403 and 377 points in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) respectively, ahead of Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez in both the limited-overs formats. Shakib had recently played a major part in Bangladesh’s 3-0 and 5-0 whitewashes of the Zimbabwe series’, collecting 29 wickets and scoring two centuries and a half-century across the formats. Shakib is expected to play a major role during Bangladesh’s upcoming World Cup campaign.
He is an all-rounder batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level playing 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006. Shakib made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006, and his Test debut the following May against India. From January 2009 to April 2011 and again from March 2012, Shakib was ranked first amongst ODI all-rounders by the ICC. In December 2011, he became the world's top-ranked Test all-rounder.In December 2014 Shakib became the world's top ranked Twenty 20 all-rounder. He is currently the only all rounder to be ranked in the top 3 of ICC Player Rankings across every format of international cricket. In 2008, Shakib took at that time the best bowling figures by a Bangladesh player in Tests, 7 wickets for 36 runs, against New Zealand. To date he is Bangladesh's highest wicket taker in Test Matches.
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan achieved a new milestone when he topped the International Cricket Council (ICC) All-Rounder rankings across all three formats, becoming the first cricketer to achieve this feat[3]. The success for Shakib has come as a result of his exploits during the recently concluded Test and One-Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe. Shakib earned 398 points in the Test format, 57 points ahead of South African bowling all-rounder Vernon Philander. He earned 403 and 377 points in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) respectively, ahead of Pakistan’s Mohammad Hafeez in both the limited-overs formats. Shakib had recently played a major part in Bangladesh’s 3-0 and 5-0 whitewashes of the Zimbabwe series’, collecting 29 wickets and scoring two centuries and a half-century across the formats. Shakib is expected to play a major role during Bangladesh’s upcoming World Cup campaign.
He is an all-rounder batting left-handed in the middle order and bowling slow left-arm orthodox. He represented Bangladesh at under-19 level playing 18 Youth One Day Internationals between 2005 and 2006. Shakib made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in August 2006, and his Test debut the following May against India. From January 2009 to April 2011 and again from March 2012, Shakib was ranked first amongst ODI all-rounders by the ICC. In December 2011, he became the world's top-ranked Test all-rounder.In December 2014 Shakib became the world's top ranked Twenty 20 all-rounder. He is currently the only all rounder to be ranked in the top 3 of ICC Player Rankings across every format of international cricket. In 2008, Shakib took at that time the best bowling figures by a Bangladesh player in Tests, 7 wickets for 36 runs, against New Zealand. To date he is Bangladesh's highest wicket taker in Test Matches.
6)Umeshkumar Tilak Yadav (Hindi: उमेश यादव, born 25 October 1987), a native of Utter Pradesh, is an Indian cricketer who currently plays for Vidarbha. A right-arm fast bowler, Yadav has played for Vidarbha at domestic level since 2008 and is the first player from the team to have played Test cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Zimbabwe in May 2010. The following year, in November, Yadav made his Test debut against the West Indies. He is highest wicket-taking bowler of India in the ICC cricket World Cup, 2015. He is managed by Gaames Unlimited.