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Gautam Gambhir Biography

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Gautam Gambhir is a left wing batsman that has played domestic cricket in Delhi and captained Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils at the IPL. He also made his ODI debut against Bangladesh in 2003 and played with his first evaluation that the next year against Australia. He also captained the Indian team in six ODIs in the end of 2010 before the end of 2011 with India winning all six games. He played an integral part in the victories of India in the 2007 World Twenty20 with 75 runs in 54 balls as well as the 2011 Cricket World Cup with 97 runs in 122 balls. Under his captaincy, Kolkata Knight Riders acquired their very first IPL name in 2012 and won the title again in 2014.

Back in 2009, he had been the number one batsman in the ICC test rankings. The identical year, he obtained the ICC Test Player of the Year award. As of February 2020, He's the eighth-highest run-scorer for India at the Twenty20 Internationals. He declared that his retirement from all formats of championships at December 2018 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at 2019 and won the Lok Sabha election from East Delhi. In 2019, he also received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.

Delhi-born Gautam Gambhir chosen for the game at Age 10. In 2000, Bangalore's National Cricket Academy chose him for the very first intake. He made constant looks because his outstanding debut domestically with an average of over 50. An attacking batsman, Gautam scored two successive double generations in 2002, which brought the interest of selectors of the Indian cricket team for the opening slot in most formats. Roku error code 003

He performed with his first ODI match against Bangladesh in 2003. Playing against Bangladesh at the next game, he scored 71 and Got the Man of the Match award. He wasn't picked for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 at which India made its departure in the first round of the World Cup. Gambhir was subsequently picked for the series against Bangladesh where he scored a century and later picked for its series against Ireland where he won Man of the Match award after scoring 80 runs from the first game.

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