Veteran Indian opener Gautam Gambhir turned 36 on Saturday. Gambhir, who has scored over 10,000 international runs for India, made his debut for India in 2003 and since then he has served Indian cricket with guts and glory.
The Delhi-lad forged several successful opening partnerships with Virender Sehwag and helped India win several matches at home and away. However, he is best remembered for one of his most important knocks of 97 against
Sri Lanka in the World Cup final (2011).
It was his knock which paved the way for India’s world cup glory after a span of 28 years. In a career spanning over a decade, Gambhir scored 5238 runs in 147 ODI matches at an average
Interestingly, Gambhir shares his birthday with Australia's Glenn Maxwell and Ashton Agar, former Pakistan skipper Rashid Latif and former Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan.