Gautam Gambhir has been a prolific run-scorer for India in last five years. He has established himself as a prefect partner for the dashing Virender Sehwag at the top of Indian batting line-up. The gutsy India opener played a gem of an innings (97) in the 2011 Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka and played a pivotal role in India's victory campaign. Gambhir made his ODI debut in April 2003 against Bangladesh and got his Test cap against Australia in November 2004. He has impressive average of 50 plus and 40 plus in Test and ODI cricket respectively. Gambhir holds the record for being the only Indian to score five hundreds in five consecutive Test matches. The southpaw has been named ICC Test player for his exploits in 2009.