Gautam Gambhir lang-pa???? ?????, lang-hi???? ?????audioGautam_Gambhir.oggpronunciation (born 14 October 1981, in Delhi) is an Indian opening batsman. He has been a member of the Indian national cricket team (Indian cricket team) since 2003 (ODI (One Day International)s) and 2004 (Tests (Test cricket)). Gambhir had been a prolific run-scorer in domestic cricket with an average of over 50 but his two successive double-hundreds in 2002 (one of them against the visiting Zimbabweans (Zimbabwe cricket team)) made him a strong contender for Indias opening (Opener) slot. He became only the fourth Indian batsman to score a double century in a tour game at home; the previous three being Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Sachin Tendulkar. He is the only Indian batsman to score more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series. On July 2009, for a period of ten days he was the number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings.