Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir is an Indian politician and former cricketer. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. As a cricketers, he was a left-handed opening batsman who played domestic cricket for Delhi, and captained Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. He made his One Day International debut against Bangladesh in 2003, and played his first Test the following year against Australia. In December 2018, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
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Gautam Gambhir (born 14 October 1981) is an Indian politician and former cricketer. He is a current member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. As a cricketers, he was a left-handed opening batsman who played domestic cricket for Delhi, and captained Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League. He made his One Day International 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 and the 2011 Cricket World Cup. In 2019, he received the Padma Shri from the Government of India, the fourth highest civilian award in India. In December 2018, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. He was the number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings in 2009, and the recipient of the ICC Test Player of the Year award the same year. In October 2018, during the quarter-finals of the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy, he scored his 10,000th run in List A cricket. In 2011, he married Natasha Jain, who belongs to a prominent business family. He currently resides in Delhi’s Rajendra Nagar neighbourhood. He has a sister, Ekta, who is two years younger to him. He started playing cricket at the age of 10. He received his schooling from Modern School, New Delhi and graduated from Hindu College, University of Delhi.
He stayed at his maternal uncle Pawan Gulati’s residence in the ’90s. He considers Gulati to be his mentor and would often call him up before important matches. In the year 2008 he was conferred the Arjuna Award, India’s second highest sporting award, by the President of India. He became the second highest run-scorer of the inaugural season with 534 runs from 14 matches. At the end of the tournament he became the only player from Delhi D daredevils to score more than 1000 runs in the IPL. In 2012, he led the side to their first title by defeating defending champions Chennai Super Kings by 5 wickets at their home ground in Chennai. He then appointed as the skipper of the team. Under Gamb hir’s captaincy, Kolkatta Knight Riders won their first IPL title in 2012 and went on to win the title again in 2014. In 2013, he made the highest bid in the history of IPL, making him the highest paid player in the competition. He also made the first half-centuries of the IPP season, scoring 6 out of the total of 6-100 for the KolkATA Knight Riders. In 2015, he became one of the first two players to have scored more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test matches for India. For his performances in the Cricinfo IPL XI he was named as the leading run-scoring batsman of the season.
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