1. Don Bradman - Don Bradman, byname of Sir Donald George Bradman, [ born August 27, 1908, Cootamundra, New south wales, Australia - died February 25, 2001, Adelaide, South Australia ], Australian cricketer, one of the greatest run-scorers in the history of the game and often judged the greatest player of the 20th century.
2. Sachin Tendulkar - Sachin Tendulkar, in full Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, [ born April 24, 1973, Bombay [Mumbai], India], Indian professional cricket player, considered by many to be one of the greatest batsmen of all time. In 2012 he became the first Cricketer to score 100 centuries [ 100 runs in a single inning] in international play.
Tendulkar was given his first bat when he was 11 years of age. As a 14-years-old, he used it to score 329 out of a world-record stand of 664 in a school match. A year later, he scored a century on his first-class debut for Bombay [Mumbai]. At age 16 Years 205 days, he became India's Youngest Test [international] cricketer, making his debut against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989. When he was 18, he scored two centuries in Australia [148 in Sydney and 114 in Perth], and in 1994 he scored 179 against the West indies. In August 1996, at age 23, Tendulkar was made captain of his country's team.
3. Imran khan - Imran khan, in full Imran Ahmad Khan Niazi, [ born October 5, 1952, Lahore, Pakistan ], Pakistani cricket player, politician, philanthropist, and prime minister of Pakistan [ 2018- ] Who became a national hero by leading Pakistan's national team to a cricket World cup victory in 1992 and later entered politics as a critic of government corruption in Pakistan.
4. Ian Botham - Sir Ian Terence Botham OBE was born on 24 November 1955, in Heswall, Wirral, England. He is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. He was a genuine all-rounder. In Test cricket, Botham scored 5,200 runs [14 centuries], took 383 wickets, and, fielding predominantly in the slips, held 120 catches. In all first-class cricket, he scored 19,399 runs at an average of 33.97, took 1,172 wickets at 27.22, and held 354 catches. He played mainly for Somerset, Durham, and Worcestershire, and a season [1987-88] in Australia playing for Queensland.
5. M.S. Dhoni - M.S. Dhoni, in full Mahendra Singh Dhoni, [born July 7, 1981, Ranchi, Bihar [now jharkhand] state India], Indian cricketer whose rise to prominence in the early 21st century culminated in his captaincy of the one-day cricket world cup in 2011.
Dhoni made his international debut in 2004. His talent with the bat came to th fore in an innings of 148 runs against Pakistan in his fifth international match. Within a year, he joined the India Test team, Where he quickly established himself with a century [100 or more runs in a single innings] against Pakistan. Despite his inexperience, Dhoni took over the captaincy of the one-day side in 2007 and led India to the Twenty20 [T20] World title. Series wins over Australia and Sri Lanka, among others, moved India to the top of the International Cricket Council [ICC] Test rankings for the first time in December 2009. Dhoni honored his play with the ICC one-day international player of the year Award in 2008 and 2009.
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