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#3. Gautam Gambhir
Hailed as the 'unsung hero of Indian cricket', Gautam Gambhir was number one ranked batsman in ICC Test rankings in 2009.
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He was a prolific run-scorer in all three formats during that era and formed a highly successful opening pair with Virender Sehwag. He has more than ten thousand international runs, an impressive feat but his biggest achievements are his knocks in the finals of ICC world cups.
In the finals of the inaugural T20 world cup in 2007, he scored 75 runs which were 47% of India's total runs on that night, and in the 2011 world cup, his knock of 97 runs won India the world cup.
The left-hand batsman is also the only Indian and the only fourth international cricketer to score five hundreds in five consecative Tests.
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