Cricket is a sport that requires players to be very adept in many different aspects. It requires them to have strong mental abilities, excellent physical skills and above all, great team work. However, there are some cricketers who do not speak English fluently and play for the Indian cricket team. Here is a list of some of these cricketers who are not very fluent in English.
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Irfan Pathan
Irfan Pathan is a right-arm medium fast bowler. His batting style is aggressive and powerful, with the ability to hit big shots on both sides of the wicket to all parts of the ground. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium fast bowler.
Pathan was born in Baroda in 1989 as the son of former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan and his wife Farhat Jahan Begum, who belong to a small village called Nizampur near Baroda city in Gujarat. Irfan’s father migrated from his hometown Bhendi Bazaar to Karachi after completing school where he met his future wife Farhat Jahan Begum who belonged from Hyderabad Deccan region, now Telangana.
Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm off break bowler and right-hand batsman who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket. He was born on December 6, 1981 in Jalandhar, Punjab. Harbhajan made his international debut in 1999 against Pakistan at Karachi and went on to represent India in Test cricket from 1999 to 2009 and ODIs from 2000 to 2010.
Harbhajan Singh was one of the first few players to be selected for the ICC World XI team which featured retired greats such as Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting among others.
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Gurkeerat Singh
Gurkeerat Singh was born on March 26, 1990 in Jalandhar, Punjab, India. He is an Indian cricketer who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.
He bowls left-arm orthodox spin and bats left-handed. Singh made his first-class debut for Punjab against Himachal Pradesh at Ludhiana in November 2008. A month later he took 7 wickets for 46 runs against Haryana at Rohtak to help Punjab win by an innings and 23 runs.
Ravindra Jadeja
He is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batsman. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Sri Lanka in the 2008 Asia Cup. In 2010, he became the first Indian to play for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Jadeja was part of India’s winning team at the 2011 World Cup held in home ground India.
Ajinkya Rahane
Ajinkya Rahane is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. He plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket and Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.
He was born on 5 December 1988 in Nashik, Maharashtra to a traditional Maharashtrian family. His father, Nandan Rahane, was a police official while his mother Pushpa would often accompany him to practice sessions and tournaments. In 2010 he married Supriya Rohira, with whom they have one daughter named Samaira.
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