Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

The first batsman to score 10,000 runs in one-day cricket, making the record in the third game of a five-match series against Australia on the 31st of March 2001. He reached the landmark when he scored 34 runs in his 266th match and 259th innings. Tendulkar, 27, in his amazing 12-year career, has scored a world record 28 hundreds and 50 half-centuries in his 10,000 runs.

A genius without a doubt, this little master made his International debut in ODI’s and Tests at the age of 16 against Pakistan against the fiery pace of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis. He then went to England as a part of the national side, and has not looked back ever since. The name itself strikes terror in the hearts of bowlers all around the world. Hailed as the next master-blaster following the legacy of the great West Indian Vivian Richards, this man has every shot in the book, and can kill any attack in the world when in full swing. There is nothing this man cannot do.

Born in Cantaro, Santa Cruz. Brian's West Indian test cricket debut was against Pakistan in December 1990. He bats left-handed and his bowling style in the leg breaker. Broke Sir Garfield Sobers test match record of 365 not-out on 18th April 1994, scoring 375 against England in St. Johns Antigua. Scored 501 not-out in first-class cricket with Warwickshire vs Durham in Edgbaston Birmingham UK June 1998, the highest amount ever.

After these mammoth individual totals, his batting performance decline severely, it appeared that he lost interst in cricket and went from being the darling of the British and international press, to the butt of their humour; including back home in Trinidad.

During his career he was known to party hard the night before important test games, then go out the next day and wreak havoc on his opponents as both Jamaica (180 runs)and Barbados (148) can verify in Red Stripe Caribbean Cup games.

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, one of the greatest opening batsmen the game has ever seen, made a spectacular Test debut in 1971 scoring 774 runs in his first Test series against the West Indies. Throughout his illustrious career, Gavaskar was renowned for his near flawless technique that helped him shine in an era ruled by some most hostile pacemen ever to play the game.

Achievements:First player to score more than 10,000 runs in Tests; one of the only two players to score centuries in each innings, three times; highest number of runs in a debut series by an Indian (774 against West Indies); Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1980; awarded Padma Bhushan

Sunny, as Gavaskar was affectionately known, was a statistician's delight who has some of the most amazing cricketing records to his name. Gavaskar's aforementioned total against West Indies was the highest number of runs in a debut series. Gavaskar was the holder of the record for the most number of Test centuries (34) until 2005 when his countryman Sachin Tendulkar broke that record.

Gavaskar was the only player to score centuries in each innings, three times (Ricky Ponting equalled this record against South Africa in 2006). He was also the first batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs and held the record for the most number of runs until it was broken by Allan Border.

Dhoni is Indian cricketer who is being compared to Adam GilChrist for his wicket-keeping position and his swashbuckling batting prowes. He belongs to Jharkhand state which became a new state, created out of Bihar few years ago.

Though Dhoni made his first-class debut in the 1999-2000 season, it was only in 2004 that he became a serious contender for national selection with some stirring performances when the occasion demanded - a rapid hundred which helped East Zone clinch the Deodhar Trophy and an audacious 60 in the Duleep Trophy final. But it was with his two centuries against Pakistan A, in the triangular tournament in Kenya, that he established himself as a clinical destroyer of bowling attacks.

Rahul has been one of the main pillars of the Indian batting with his blend of technical proficiency & stylish strokes. His strokes are so perfect technically that he is considered as the "wall" of the Indian Team. His batting style was regarded slow for the ODI’s initially but with his imaginative placing of the ball & innovative strokes he made himself as an integral part of the Indian team for both Tests as well as ODI’s. His temperament for both the versions of the game is exemplary and has earned him respect from all the other players. The Indian Vice Captain has frequently played the sheet anchor role to perfection. . He was verily the batsman of the 1999 World Cup with two hundreds and the highest aggregate. For this, he was named as Wisden cricketer of the year, one of the few Indians to receive this special accolade. His good and innocent looks make him very popular among the girls. .

Rahul Dravid picked up Test player and player of the year awards at the inagural ICC Awards. Dravid named World Player of Year India batsman Rahul Dravid has been named World Player of the Year at the inaugural International Cricket Council (ICC) awards. He was chosen by a 50-strong panel of former cricketing greats, national captains, umpires and referees. "It is quite unbelievable, I am really proud," said Dravid, who was also named Test Player of the Year. "I am so happy to be recognised by some really great people." The batsman, who has also turned his hand to wicketkeeping in the one-day game, received the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for being the best player in both forms of the game in the year to July 31, 2004. .