Indian and international cricketers: genuine portraits, player biographies and clearly dated records.
Cricket players, in focus
5 sourced profiles
Read the person behind the scorecard. Each profile separates About, verified milestones and dated recent notes. A historical highlight is not an automatically updated career total.
Dated milestone: Arshdeep Singh became the first India men's bowler to reach 100 T20I wickets on 19 September 2025, dismissing Oman's Vinayak Shukla in the Asia Cup. This is a historical landmark, not a current career total.
About
Arshdeep Singh is an Indian left-arm medium-fast bowler whose international profile is built around wicket-taking in T20 cricket. The ICC lists him as a bowler, a left-handed batter and a player who made his international debut in 2022.
A season milestone for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2025, not a career total. The Times of India season table records 357 runs in 14 matches, with a 32.45 average and 132.22 strike rate.
About
Shivam Dube is an India international all-rounder from Mumbai who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace. The ICC lists his international debut year as 2019.
Dated milestone: Nair made 303 not out from 381 balls for India against England in the fifth Test at Chennai, 16–20 December 2016. This is a historical innings, not a current career total.
About
Karun Nair is an Indian right-handed batter whose ICC profile lists off break as his bowling style. His international breakthrough came in 2016, and the ICC profile records his last international match as 2025; this profile does not infer a current playing or retirement status.
ECB reported these figures on 30 July 2026 when announcing Root's return as Test captain. They are a dated milestone, not an unsourced current-career total.
About
Joe Root is an England batter whose ECB profile lists him as a right-hand bat, right-arm bowler and batter. The same profile connects him with Yorkshire and Trent Rockets.
2019ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Player of the Tournament
A dated career milestone recorded by New Zealand Cricket in its 16 June 2026 retirement announcement; this is a historical award, not an unsourced current-career total.
About
Kane Williamson is a New Zealand right-handed batter who also bowls right-arm off-break. The ICC lists him in the batter role, with an international debut in 2010 and a last match year of 2026 on its player profile.
Sources checked 9 Oct 2026. Highlights are dated records.
How player records are presented
Facts and images come from the linked cricket-board, ICC and cited reporting sources. Milestones keep their season or date; they are not converted into current totals. Social links are shown only where a source lists a player-specific account. This directory currently covers the five profiles shown, not every Indian or international cricketer.
Photo: BCCI player directory
