He played 40 Tests in which he scored 1900 runs at 33.92 with three centuries while in 58 T20Is he amassed 1177 runs at 28.02 with 8 half-centuries. He helped india win the inaugural World T20 in 2007 and then the 50-over World Cup in 2011 in india. He was adjudged the Player of the Tournament in both.
His Performance in the Natwest Series Final, famous six sixes in an over in the quarter-final of 2007 T20 World Cup, and match-winning innings against australia in 2011 World Cup are some of his career-defining moments. After the 2011 World Cup, he was diagnosed with Cancer. He proved everyone wrong by returning to the field after the intense chemotherapy sessions, but he is never the same.