1973
Major teams: India, Karnataka, Kent
Test debut: v England, Lord's, 1996
One-day debut: v Sri Lanka, Singapore, 1996
Twenty20 debut: v England, Manchester, 2011
Career:
Tests
Matches 164, Runs 13,288, Highest 270, Average 52.31, Centuries 36, Fifties 63
One-dayers
Matches 344, Runs 10,889, Highest 153, Average 39.16, Centuries 12, Fifties 83.
Twenty20 international
Match 1, Runs 31, Highest 31, Average 31.00.
Records:
- First batsman to score a century in all Test-playing nations.
- Most catches in Test cricket (210).
- Second-highest run-maker in Test cricket after Sachin Tendulkar.
- One of Wisden's cricketers of the year in 2000.
- Won the International Cricket Council's player of the year and Test player of the year awards in 2004.
- Most century partnerships in Test cricket (88).