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AKA
Debut Performance
No: of ODI
Runs in ODI
Highest score
Hundreds
Wkts in ODI
Best Bowling
Best shot
Biggest weakness
Best Moment
Captaincy check
As Captain
No of matches
First match
Age at first match
Captaincy record
Runs as Captain
Hundreds
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11th Jan,1992 vs WI at Brisbane Maharaj 3 runs & did not bowl 168 6574, Avg: 44.12 183 vs SL at Taunton ,1999 (WC) 16 62, Avg: 34.00 5-16 vs Pak at Toronto, 1997 Flowing extra cover drive. Short, lifting away-seamer around off. World Cup 1999: Made 183 off 158 balls, with 17 fours and 7 sixes. Quasi-dictatorial, proven to momentary fit of anger on the field; field setting and bowling changes marginally more innovative. 39 5th Sept, 99 vs WI at Singapore WI won by 42 runs 27 yrs 59 days P39, W21, L18 1634, Avg: 48.06 5, HS: 144 vs Zim at Ahmedabad 2000 15, Avg 26.60 |
Debut 
AKA
Debut Performance
No: of ODI
Runs in ODI
Highest score
Hundreds
Wkts in ODI
Best Bowling
Best shot
Biggest weakness
Best Moment
Captaincy check
As Captain
No of matches
First match
Age at first match
Captaincy record
Runs as Captain
Hundreds
Wkts as Captain
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26, Dec, 1989 vs Aus at Melbourne Matara Mauler 3 runs & did not bowl 235 6601, Avg: 30.14 189 vs Ind at Sharjah, 2000 11 200, Avg; 34.94 3-29 vs Eng at Moratuwa, 1993 Slashing cut over point. Full length angling in, on off World Cup 1996: The batting revelation of the World Cup 1996 had amazed cricket fans. Loose on reins, leads by the book, sets fields by the book. 53 26th Jan ,1998 vs Zim at Colombo SL won y 4 wickets 28 yrs 210 days P53, W32, L19, NR1, T1 1949, Avg: 37.48 5, HS: 189 vs Ind at Sharjah, 2000 46, Avg: 33.39 |
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Remarkable achievements: • Launched into Test cricket in 1996 in spectacular style with a century on debut at Lord's (131). He scored a second hundred (136) in the next Test at Birmingham • His 183 vs SL at the 1999 World Cup is the highest score by an Indian in the World Cup. • Has 8 scores of over 130 in One-day internationals. • His 44-plus average places him among the top ten all-time batsman in ODIs • Together with Sachin Tendulkar forms the most durable one-day opening pair of all time, having opened for India in 103 one-day internationals.
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Remarkable achievements: • Voted the most valuable player of the 1996 World Cup. • Set the trend of quick-fire opening partnerships along with wicketkeeper Romesh Kaluwitharana • Holds the record of scoring the fastest 50 (in 17 balls) in ODI. • Along with Mike Gatting, Holds the record of hitting the maximum sixes (4) in an over. He hit 4 sixes of Aamer Sohail (Pak) at Singapore in 1996. • Became the first Sri Lankan to score a triple century in Tests when he scored 340 against India at Colombo in August, 1997.
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