Mohammad Kaif Birthday: Mohammad Kaif is counted among the best fielders in India. Apart from this, he won many matches for India with his strong batting. He was born on 1 December 1980 in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He is 44 years old and is celebrating his 45th birthday today. It was under his captaincy that India won the Under-19 World Cup 2000 trophy. Then in the same year, Kaif made his Test debut for the Indian team.
Played more than 100 ODI matches for India
Mohammad Kaif made his debut for Team India in Test matches in the year 2000 and after that, he scored a total of 624 runs in 13 Test matches for the team. He made his debut for India in ODI cricket in the year 2002 and remained an important link in the middle order for Team India for the next few years. He scored a total of 2753 runs in 125 ODI matches, which included two centuries and 17 half-centuries.
India became champion in the NatWest Trophy.
Mohammad Kaif made his ODI debut in January 2002. After this, he played the final match of the NatWest Trophy against England in July. In this match, Kaif led India to victorybased onf his excellent innings. After this match, he became a superstar overnight. Then in the match, England batted first and scored a total of 325 runs. Marcus Trescothick (109 runs) and Nasir Hussain (115 runs) scored centuries for England. It was because of these players that the English team was able to score a big score. When England scored more than 300 runs in the match. In such a situation, everyone expected that the English team would win this match easily. But Kaif changed the course of the match with his innings.
For India, Virender Sehwag (45 runs) and Sourav Ganguly (60 runs) made a strong partnership of 106 runs for the first wicket. As soon as these two were out, the Indian top order and middle order collapsed badly and Team India seemed to be collapsing on a low score despite a good start. Dinesh Mongia, Sachin Tendulkar, and Rahul Dravid could not do anything special.
Kaif was given the Player of the Match award.
Then Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif scoredhalf-centuriess to rescue Team India from the crisis. Yuvraj scored 69 runs. Kaif scored 87 runs in 75 balls, which included 6 fours and two sixes. It was because of him that the team was able to win the match by two wickets with three balls remaining. Kaif was given the Player of the Match award for his brilliant performance.
Showing his flair in Commentary
Mohammad Kaif retired from all formats of cricket in the year 2018. Apart from the Indian team, he also showed his talent in IPL. He has been a part of the Rajasthan Royals, Punjab Kings, and RCB teams. He scored a total of 259 runs in 29 IPL matches. Earlier, hewasn the assistant coach of the Delhi Capitals. Currently, he is seen doing commentary on various channels. He has kept himself associated with cricket.