Gambhir played his first major Test series outside the sub-continent, having toured New Zealand in 2009. He made amends in his second Test, however, scoring 96 against the South Africans. Out of sixteen innings in away Tests, India passed 300 just twice and both the team's opening batsmen failed to score a century in the format in the whole of 2011. [42] Gautam Gambhir began his new innings as a parliamentarian as he took oath as the Lok Sabha MP on 17 June 2019. [citation needed] He is also the Brand Ambassador for Pinnacle Industries' Pinnacle Specialty Vehicles. Later Kolkata Knight Rider's CEO Venky Mysore revealed that Gambhir had asked the team not to retain him as he wanted to finish his IPL career where he started. Only Don Bradman has managed six centuries in as many matches. He led Kolkata Knight Riders to the playoffs in the 2016 and 2017 season and was also the highest run-scorer. For his performances in 2008, he was named in the World Test XI and ODI XI by Cricinfo.[30]. [17] For his performances in 2012, he was named as captain of the Cricinfo IPL XI. [6][7], In October 2018, during the quarter-finals of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored his 10,000th run in List A cricket. On 22 March 2019, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party with weeks to go for the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. He finished the CB series as the leading run-scorer with 440 runs. However, in the same match, he was involved in controversy when he elbowed bowler Shane Watson while taking a run. Scores a, While still fighting for a place in Tests, gets to play in the World Twenty20, and scores three fifties in five matches of a successful campaign, including the top score of 75 in, Scores back-to-back fourth-innings centuries - 132 in a chase of 271 in, … which duly arrives when he is picked to open the innings with Virender Sehwag on the Sri Lanka Test tour. He scored an unbeaten 80 against Ireland in the first game of that tour and was awarded the man of the match award for that effort. 7: 'Makes no sense to me', Nitish Rana: Captaining Gautam Gambhir was the 'best feeling', Readers recommend - Curated tweets by ESPNcricinfo, India v Australia at Mumbai, Nov 3-5, 2004, India v England at Rajkot, Nov 9-13, 2016, Bangladesh v India at Dhaka, Apr 11, 2003, India v England at Dharamsala, Jan 27, 2013, India v Pakistan at Ahmedabad, Dec 28, 2012, Mumbai v Delhi at Bengaluru, Oct 20, 2018, Delhi v Himachal Pradesh at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007, Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab at Delhi, Apr 23, 2018. Gautam was born into an upper-middle-class family with a Punjabi background. Test fifties against Murali and Mendis in the summer of Murali and Mendis in 2008 told him he belonged. In 2008 Gambhir finally solidified his place in the Indian Test team with a string of high scores. [35] Between February 2010 and November 2011, Gambhir played in 14 Tests. He received his schooling from Modern School, New Delhi and graduated from Hindu College, University of Delhi. With the arrivals of M Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan, Gambhir was sidelined until an England tour in 2014 when he was called-up as back-up opener. Still, with over 10000 runs from his 56 Tests, 147 ODIs and 37 T20Is - not to mention leading Kolkata Knight Riders to two IPL titles - Gambhir has been a grand contributor to Indian cricket. Email us at [email protected], Some Lesser Known Facts About Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag Height, Weight, Age, Wife & More, Yuvraj Singh Height, Weight, Age, Girlfriend & More, Virat Kohli Height, Weight, Age, Affairs & More, Mahendra Singh Dhoni Height, Weight, Age, Affairs & More, AB de Villiers Height, Weight, Age, Wife & More, Shikhar Dhawan Height, Weight, Age, Affairs & More, Chris Gayle Height, Weight, Age, Wife & More, Shoaib Akhtar Height, Weight, Age, Wife, Affairs & More, 4 December 2018 (from all formats of cricket), Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, Essex, India Red, Indian Board President's XI, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI. From 25 innings he scored 704 runs at an average of 29.33. … He became the second highest run-scorer of the inaugural season with 534 runs from 14 matches. After India's first-round exit from the tournament, Gambhir was selected for the One Day International on India's 2007 tour of Bangladesh. [1] He is the only Indian batsman to have scored more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series. Gambhir is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. He opened well in all three forms of the game. 2008 started well for Gambhir. [8] In December 2018, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.[9]. [36] Gambhir opened the batting in all four of India's Test defeats against Australia in 2011–12. 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Apart from this, the GGF works with adolescent girls from underprivileged homes in generating awareness on nutrition, health and hygiene, and an effort to make Delhi green by planting trees the city to fight air pollution in the city. Report a problem? He scored a match-winning 97 in the 2011 World Cup final. [33], In the final of the Cricket World Cup 2011, Gambhir scored a solid knock of 97 from 122 balls. Quick Info→ Age: 38 Years. His maiden Test century came against Bangladesh in December 2004. The Arjuna Award came his way, the ICC named him the Test player of 2009, but much more tellingly Sehwag called him the best Indian Test opener since Sunil Gavaskar.

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