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India In Australia Cricket Series 2011-12

4 TESTS AND 2 T20IS

India will take Australia on, in a Border Gavaskar Trophy four Test match cricket series [1 2 3 4] and India vs Australia T20I Series in Australia from Dec 26 2011 - Feb 3 2012. India has not lost to Australia since the Sydney test in 2008, winning 5 and drawing 3 matches afterwards including two 2-0 series wins in India.
The India vs Australia series will be followed by a Tri-nation Commonwealth Bank Series, which includes Sri Lanka.
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Rahul Dravid

India Cricket Live Rahul Dravid, a cricketer who seamlessly blends an old-world classicism with a new-age professionalism, is the best No. 3 batsman to play for India - and might even be considered one of the best ever by the time his career is done. He already averages around 60 at that position, more than any regular No. 3 batsman in the game's history, barring Don Bradman. Unusually for an Indian batsman, he also averages more overseas - around 60, again - than at home. But impressive as his statistics are, they cannot represent the extent of his importance to India, or the beauty of his batsmanship. When Dravid began playing Test cricket, he was quickly stereotyped as a technically correct player capable of stonewalling against the best attacks - his early nickname was 'The Wall' - but of little else. As the years went by, though, Dravid, a sincere batsman who brought humility and a deep intelligence to his study of the game, grew in stature, finally reaching full blossom under Sourav Ganguly's captaincy. As a New India emerged, so did a new Dravid: first, he put on the wicketkeeping gloves in one-dayers, and transformed himself into an astute finisher in the middle-order; then, he strung together a series of awe-inspiring performances in Test matches, as India crept closer and closer to their quest of an overseas series win. Dravid's golden phase began, arguably, in Kolkata 2001, with a supporting act, when he made 180 to supplement VVS Laxman's classic effort of 281 against Australia. But from then on, Dravid became India's most valuable player, saving them Tests at Port Elizabeth, Georgetown and Trent Bridge, winning them Tests at Headlingley, Adelaide, Kandy and Rawalpindi. At one point during this run, he carved up four centuries in successive innings, and hit four double-centuries in the space of 15 Tests, including in historic away-wins at Adelaide and Rawalpindi. As India finished off the 2004 Pakistan tour on a winning note, on the back of Dravid's epic 270, his average crept past Sachin Tendulkar's - and it seemed no aberration. Dravid's amazing run was no triumph of substance over style, though, for he has plenty of both. A classical strokeplayer who plays every shot in the book, he often outscores team-mates like Tendulkar and Laxman in the course of partnerships with them, and while his pulling and cover-driving is especially breathtaking, he has every other shot in the book as well. He is both an artist and a craftsman, repeatedly constructing innings that stand out not merely for the beauty of their execution, but for the context in which they come. By the time he entered his 30s, Dravid was already in the pantheon of great Indian batsmen, alongside Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar. In October 2005, he was appointed captain the one-day side, began with a thumping 6-1 hammering of Sri Lanka in a home series, and was soon given responsibility of the Test side as well, taking over from the controversy-shrouded Sourav Ganguly.

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
ICC Test Player of the Year 2004
ICC Player of the Year 2004
 
Full name Rahul Sharad Dravid
Born January 11, 1973, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Major teams India, Scotland, ACC Asian XI, ICC World XI, Karnataka, Kent
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

 Career statistics
 
Test debut  England v India at Lord's - Jun 20-24, 1996
ODI debut  India v Sri Lanka at Singapore - Apr 3, 1996
First-class span  1990/91 - 2005/06
List A span  1992/93 - 2005/06

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India in Australia Cricket Series 2011-12

4 TESTS (Border Gavaskar Trophy) AND 2 T20IS

Dec 26 2011 - Feb 3 2012

Date and TimeMatchVenue
Mon Dec 26 - Fri Dec 30
23:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local | 18:30 EST -1d
1st Test - Australia vs IndiaMelbourne Cricket Ground
Tue Jan 3 - Sat Jan 7
23:30 GMT (prev day) | 10:30 local | 18:30 EST -1d
2nd Test - Australia vs IndiaSydney Cricket Ground
Fri Jan 13 - Tue Jan 17
02:30 GMT | 10:30 local | 21:30 EST -1d
3rd Test - Australia vs IndiaWestern Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
Tue Jan 24 - Sat Jan 28
00:00 GMT | 10:30 local | 19:00 EST -1d
4th Test - Australia vs IndiaAdelaide Oval
Wed Feb 1 D/N
08:35 GMT | 19:35 local | 03:35 EST
1st T20I - Australia vs IndiaStadium Australia, Sydney
Fri Feb 3 D/N
08:35 GMT | 19:35 local | 03:35 EST
2nd T20I - Australia vs IndiaMelbourne Cricket Ground

India, Sri Lanka, Australia Tri-Series 2011-12

Commonwealth Bank Series

Feb 5 - Mar 8 2012

February/March 2012
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Aus vs Ind 6 7 Ind vs Srl 9 Aus vs Srl 11
Aus vs Ind 13 Ind vs Srl 15 16 Aus vs Srl 18
Aus vs Ind 20 Ind vs Srl 22 23 Aus vs Srl 25
Aus vs Ind 27 Ind vs Srl 29 1 Aus vs Srl 3
1st Final 5 2nd Final 7 3rd Final 9 10


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India Cricket Team for World Cup 2011

ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 / India Squad

Player Age (on Feb 17) Playing role Batting Bowling
Virender Sehwag
[vice-captain]
32 years 111 days Opening batsman Right-hand bat Right-arm offbreak
Gautam Gambhir 29 years 117 days Opening batsman Left-hand bat Legbreak
Sachin Tendulkar 37 years 290 days Top-order batsman Right-hand bat Right-arm offbreak
Suresh Raina 24 years 73 days Batsman Left-hand bat Right-arm offbreak
Virat Kohli 22 years 95 days Middle-order batsman Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Yuvraj Singh 29 years 58 days Middle-order batsman Left-hand bat Slow left-arm orthodox
MS Dhoni
[captain/keeper]
29 years 216 days Wicketkeeper batsman Right-hand bat Right-arm medium
Yusuf Pathan 28 years 83 days Allrounder Right-hand bat Right-arm offbreak
Piyush Chawla 22 years 46 days Allrounder Left-hand bat Legbreak
Harbhajan Singh 30 years 220 days Bowler Right-hand bat Right-arm offbreak
Zaheer Khan 32 years 124 days Bowler Right-hand bat Left-arm fast-medium
Ashish Nehra 31 years 285 days Bowler Right-hand bat Left-arm medium-fast
Munaf Patel 27 years 211 days Bowler Right-hand bat Right-arm medium-fast
Sreesanth 28 years 2 days Bowler Right-hand bat Right-arm fast-medium
Ravichandran Ashwin 24 years 144 days Bowler Right-hand bat Right-arm offbreak






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