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Right-arm off-break |
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| Full Name |
Mohammad Kaif |
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| Nationality |
Indian |
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| Date of Birth |
July 8, 1972 |
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| Place of Birth |
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Height |
5' 10" |
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| Kaifu |
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| Marital Status |
Bachelor |
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| Profession |
Cricketer |
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| Role |
Primarily a middle-order batsman with excellent fielding abilities |
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| Known for |
His excellent fielding abilities and the cheeky singles that he takes while batting |
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| Fitness |
When Kaif joined the Indian Cricket team, he along with Yuvraj Singh were the ones responsible for setting new benchmarks for the fitness and stamina level in the Indian team. |
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| Career Highlights |
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Under Mohammed Kaif's captaincy, the Under-19 Indian side successfully won the 2000 Youth World Cup. |
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According to the Times of India, as of July 2005, he is one of only five cricketers from Uttar Pradesh to have made it to the national side. |
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Captained the national ODI team in the 2005-06 Challenger Trophy in the absence of regular captain Rahul Dravid. |
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Was the successful captain of India A in twin tour to Zimbabwe and Kenya. |
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Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODIs 7 times, and in one of these years he scored 1894 runs, easily the record for the highest number of runs scored by any player in a single calendar year for one day internationals. |
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Leads the zonal team. |
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Was a part of the 2003 world cup finalist team. |
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| Controversies |
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Kaif for allegedly roughing up a press photographer who tried to take his picture when he was coming out of a cinema hall after watching SRK-starrer Om Shanti Om. |
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Test
In 2000 v/s South Africa, at Bangalore, India |
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ODI
In 2001-02 v/s England, at Kanpur, India |
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Twenty20
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| Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, India Red, Leicestershire, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh, India |
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| Man of the Series in the series against Bangladesh in late 2004 |
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| FRITO-LAY India |
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| Hero Honda |
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