The defending champion Indian team is performing quiet well at the ICC World Cup. We hope for the best to happen in the semis. Till then, let us dig deep into the childhood of our players. Here are the childhood pictures of 10 of the Indian cricketers played for India.
1. Virat Kohli: One of the most reliable Indian batsman in this Indian team now. He is showing his class with the willow quiet well in this World Cup.
2. Rohit Sharma: This Maharashtra batsman has emerged as a classy batsman. His biggest feat to date came in late 2014, when he demolished Sri Lanka to score 264 from 173 balls which is the highest individual One Day International score in history. This is his first International Cricket Council Cricket World Cup.
3. Suresh Raina: The middle order Indian attacking left-hander Batsman who goes for the big shots with impunity and clears the field with a swashbuckling thrive when at the top of his game.
4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni: MS Dhoni is undoubtedly the most popular and definitely the most examined cricketer from India. Captain Cool already grabbed two World Cup trophies for India and looking for the third one this year. Under his captaincy, India have won the top prize in all formats of the cricket, the Number 1 Test ranking for 18 months starting December 2009, the ODI World Cup in 2011 and the World Twenty20 on his captaincy debut in 2007.
5. Sir Ravindra Jadeja: The all-rounder Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja did not clicked with his willow as expected in this world cup yet. But his fielding and his rocket arm made him a valuable player in shorter formats like ODI and T20 formats. Great players need only one match to show their class, we all expect he will show his skills in the rest of the matches of this ICC World Cup.
6. Ajinkya Rahane: Ajinkya Rahane is playing his first World Cup this year. He has played 7 matches in this World Cup till now. He has collected 164 runs with an average of 32.80.
7. Gautam Gambhir: The left hander opening batsman was excluded from the World Cup 2015 squad as he was not in great shape lately. But he was one of the most complete batsmen between 2008 and the 2011 World Cup. He played 147 matches and collected 5238 runs with an average of 39.68.
8. Yuvraj Singh: The World Cup win in 2011 was the biggest moment of Yuvraj Singh’s cricket career, but soon after that came the biggest obstacle of his life, when he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer which needed a two and a half month treatment in the USA. He returned India after completing his chemotherapy in 2012, fairly confident that he could resume his responsibilities on the cricket ground reasonably quickly and in August he was named in India’s team for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka. He has performed well in the domestic cricket though he is not included in the ICC World Cup 2015 squad.
9. Bhuvneshwar Kumar: The Indian pace spearhead was included in the World Cup squad though he is not playing in the World Cup matches. As the skipper said he is not fully fit to play the games. He played against UAE in this World Cup and took 1 wicket with an economy rate of 3.80.
10. Virender Shehwag: Virender Sehwag has developed a remarkable career with a relentless quest, and a brilliant player, for hitting boundaries. With minimal footwork but maximum intent, he has collected Test runs at a faster pace than anyone in the history of cricket. This year he was excluded from the ICC World Cup 2015 team.
