The Gautam Gambhir

Written by Mr Vivek Kumar pandey

Gambhir was born in New Delhi to

Deepak Gambhir, who manages a
textiles business, and Seema
Gambhir, a housewife. Gambhir has
a sister, Ekta, who is two years
younger to him.His grandfather
originally came from Multan to Delhi
in 1947. Gambhir started playing
cricket at the age of 10.
DEBUT

Debut ODI- 11 April 2003 against

Bangladesh at Dhaka
Test- 3 November 2004 against
Australia at Mumbai
T20- 13 September 2007 against
Scotland at Durban
Awards/Achievements

2009- ICC Test Player of the Year award

2009- Arjuna Award (India's 2nd highest
sporting award)
2019: On 16 March, the President of India,
Ram Nath Kovind, honoured him with Padma
Shri
Gautam Gambhir was the leading run-scorer
for India in the ICC T20 World Cup 2007 with
227 runs across six innings.He scored 75 runs
in the final.Gautam Gambhir was 2nd highest
scorer for India in 2011 World Cup scoring
393 runs in 9 innings.
Gautam Gambhir was the leading run-scorer
for India in the ICC T20 World Cup 2007 with
227 runs across six innings.He scored 75 runs
in the final.
Gautam Gambhir was 2nd highest scorer for
India in 2011 World Cup scoring 393 runs in 9
innings
Retirement.

Gambhir announced his retirement from

all forms of cricket on 3 December 2018,
ahead of his final match for the Delhi
cricket team against the Andhra cricket
team in the Ranji Trophy on 6 December
2018.