Mohammad Kaif

Mohammad Kaif

India

Full name Mohammad Kaif
Born December 1, 1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 26 years 89 days
Major teams India, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	13	22	3	624	148*	32.84	1548	40.31	1	3	64	2	14	0
ODIs	125	110	24	2753	111*	32.01	3822	72.03	2	17	228	9	55	0
First-class	82	134	15	4646	148*	39.04			7	29			56	0
List A	203	187	34	5867	151*	38.34			6	43			92	0
Twenty20	5	5	1	75	53	18.75	71	105.63	0	1			2	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	13	18	4	0	-	-	-	1.33	-	0	0	0
ODIs	125	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	82	1292	612	19	3/4		32.21	2.84	68.00		0	0
List A	203	857	748	27	4/23	4/23	27.70	5.23	31.74	2	0	0
Twenty20	5	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
Test debut	India v South Africa at Bangalore - Mar 2-6, 2000
Last Test	West Indies v India at Kingston - Jun 30-Jul 2, 2006
ODI debut	India v England at Kanpur - Jan 28, 2002
Last ODI	South Africa v India at Port Elizabeth - Nov 29, 2006
First-class span	1997/98 - 2006/07
List A span	1998/99 - 2006/07
Twenty20 span	2003

Profile

Mohammad Kaif, who comes from the cricketing backwater of Uttar Pradesh, first came to prominence with his performances for India's Under-19s: he captained the side, which also included Yuvraj Singh, Ajay Ratra and Reetinder Sodhi, that won the Youth World Cup of 2000. Kaif's assured strokeplay, and composure that belied his age, earned him a Test cap against South Africa when he was only 20. Though the selectors subsequently discarded him, stints at the Australian Cricket Academy and its Indian equivalent in Bangalore helped to iron out some of the kinks in his technique. Recalled to the one-day side during the 2001-2002 home season, he made an impact with some steady and purposeful batting. But it was during the 2002 NatWest series in England that he truly hit the high notes, culminating in a magnificent unbeaten 87 as India successfully chased 326 for victory in the final. A superb century followed - against Zimbabwe in the ICC Champions Trophy - but he struggled at times to kick on after that, having a fairly quiet World Cup. His first experience of the county circuit was also a mixed bag, some typically dynamic efforts interspersed by a string of low scores. Kaif's exceptional fielding at cover often overshadowed his poor scores with the bat - including a horror run in 2005-06 - but even that hasn't been enough to win him a permanent place in the Test side.