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Full name Mohammad Kaif
Born December 1, 1980, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 27 years 168 days
Major teams India,Derbyshire,Gloucestershire,India Red,Leicestershire,Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI,Rajasthan Royals,Uttar Pradesh
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Relations Father - M Tarif,Brother - M Saif
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
13
22
3
624
148*
32.84
1548
40.31
1
3
64
2
14
0
ODIs
125
110
24
2753
111*
32.01
3822
72.03
2
17
228
9
55
0
First-class
99
158
18
5757
160
41.12
10
35
87
0
List A
223
205
36
6371
151*
37.69
6
47
101
0
Twenty20
18
17
4
269
59*
20.69
260
103.46
0
2
26
7
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
13
1
18
4
0
-
-
-
1.33
-
0
0
0
ODIs
125
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
99
1358
639
20
3/4
31.95
2.82
67.9
0
0
List A
223
1035
907
30
4/23
4/23
30.23
5.25
34.5
2
0
0
Twenty20
18
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Career statistics
Test debut
India v South Africa at Bangalore, Mar 2-6, 2000 scorecard
Last Test
West Indies v India at Kingston, Jun 30-Jul 2, 2006 scorecard
South Africa v India at Port Elizabeth, Nov 29, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class debut
1997/98
Last First-class
Central Zone v England Lions at Vadodara, Feb 3-6, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
1998/99
Last List A
Central Zone v South Zone at Hyderabad (Decc), Mar 20, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Leeds, Jun 14, 2003 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Rajasthan Royals v Delhi Daredevils at Jaipur, May 11, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Mohammad Kaif, who comes from the cricketing backwater of Uttar Pradesh, first came to prominence with his performances for India's Under-19s: he captained the side, which also included Yuvraj Singh, Ajay Ratra and Reetinder Sodhi, that won the Youth World Cup of 2000. Kaif's assured strokeplay, and composure that belied his age, earned him a Test cap against South Africa when he was only 20. Though the selectors subsequently discarded him, stints at the Australian Cricket Academy and its Indian equivalent in Bangalore helped to iron out some of the kinks in his technique. Recalled to the one-day side during the 2001-2002 home season, he made an impact with some steady and purposeful batting. But it was during the 2002 NatWest series in England that he truly hit the high notes, culminating in a magnificent unbeaten 87 as India successfully chased 326 for victory in the final. A superb century followed - against Zimbabwe in the ICC Champions Trophy - but he struggled at times to kick on after that, having a fairly quiet World Cup. His first experience of the county circuit was also a mixed bag, some typically dynamic efforts interspersed by a string of low scores. Kaif's exceptional fielding at cover often overshadowed his poor scores with the bat - including a horror run in 2005-06 - but even that hasn't been enough to win him a permanent place in the Test side. He was dropped for more than a year before being recalled to the Test squad for the second Test against South Africa in Ahmedabad - backed by an impressive domestic season - as a replacement for the injured Sachin Tendulkar. He was also the most expensive player in the Rajasthan Royals IPL team.
Dileep Premachandran March 2008
