Mohammed Kaif Birthday: Had won the U19 World Cup title for India, is doing this work related to cricket today
Mohammed Kaif
Mohammad Kaif Birthday: Mohammad Kaif is counted among the best fielders of India. Apart from this, he made India win many matches with his strong batting. He was born on 1 December 1980 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He is 44 years old and is celebrating his 45th birthday today. It was under his captaincy that India won the Under-19 World Cup 2000 trophy. Then in the same year, Kaif made his Test debut for the Indian team.
Played more than 100 ODI matches for India
Mohammad Kaif made his Test debut for Team India in the year 2000 and after this he scored a total of 624 runs in 13 Test matches for the team. In ODI cricket, he made his debut for India in the year 2002 and remained an important link in the middle order for Team India for the next few years. He scored a total of 2753 runs while playing 125 ODI matches, which included two centuries and 17 half-centuries.
India made champion in Net West Trophy
Mohammad Kaif made his ODI debut in January 2002. After this, he played the final match of the Net West Trophy against England in July. In this match, Kaif had led India to victory on the basis of his excellent innings. After this match he became a superstar overnight. Then in the match, England batted first and scored a total of 325 runs. Marcus Trescothick (109 runs) and Nasser Hussain (115 runs) scored centuries for England. It was because of these players that the British team was successful in making a big score. When England had scored more than 300 runs in the match. In such a situation, everyone expected that the British team would easily win this match. But Kaif changed the course of the match with his innings.
For India, Virender Sehwag (45 runs) and Sourav Ganguly (60 runs) made a strong partnership of 106 runs for the first wicket. As soon as these two were out, the Indian top order and middle order disintegrated badly and Team India, despite a good start, seemed to be limited to a low score. Dinesh Mongia, Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid could not show anything special.
Player of the match award given to Kaif
Then Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif brought Team India out of trouble by scoring half-centuries. Yuvraj scored 69 runs. Kaif scored 87 runs in 75 balls, which included 6 fours and two sixes. It was because of him that the team was successful in winning the match by two wickets with three balls remaining. Kaif was given the Player of the Match award for his excellent performance.
Showing his magic in commentary
Mohammad Kaif retired from all formats of cricket in the year 2018. Apart from the Indian team, he also made his mark in IPL. He has been a part of the teams of Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings and RCB. He scored a total of 259 runs in 29 IPL matches. Before this he had been the assistant coach of Delhi Capitals. At present he is seen doing commentary on various channels. He has kept himself associated with cricket.
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