India's athletes, on one page.

Daniel Manohar

Daniel Manohar (born 13 March 1974) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 73 first-class matches for Hyderabad between 1997 and 2007.

Danny Dereck Prince

Danny Dereck Prince (born 14 March 1986) is an Indian cricketer. He plays for Hyderabad. He made his Ranji Trophy debut for Hyderabad in 2007.

Danthala Venkata Meher Baba

Danthala Venkata Meher Baba (2 January 1950 – 16 January 2008) was an Indian cricketer who played for the Andhra cricket team in the Ranji Trophy, from 1971 to 1987, and also represented the Hyderabad Ranji Trophy Team in 1978. As a left-hand batsman and left-arm spinner, he had a first-class career spanning 17 years from 1970 to 1987. He scored 2649 runs, with his highest being 134 not out against Goa.

Dara Dotiwalla

Dara Dotiwalla (30 October 1933 – 30 January 2019) was an Indian cricket umpire. Dotiwalla officiated in 14 international matches. He stood in six Test matches between 1982 and 1987, including only the second Tied Test ever tied, and eight One Day International games between 1982 and 1988.

Darshan Misal

Darshan Misal (born 11 September 1992) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Goa. He was the leading wicket-taker for Goa in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy, with 14 dismissals in six matches.

Darshan Nalkande

Darshan Nalkande (born 4 October 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Vidarbha in the 2018–19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 2 October 2018. He made his first-class debut for Vidarbha in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 1 November 2018.

Daryl Ferrario

Daryl Sundar Ferrario (born 7 May 1998) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Kerala in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm offbreak.

Dasari Swaroop Kumar

Dasari Swaroop Kumar (born 7 May 1986) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Andhra in the 2008–09 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 21 February 2009. He made his first-class debut on 4 February 2020, for Andhra in the 2019–20 Ranji Trophy.

Dasi Prabhu Kiran

Dasi Prabhu Kiran (born 24 February 1989 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh) is an Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Andhra Pradesh. He is a right hand opening batsman who bowls right arm medium. Having played youth cricket for Andhra Pradesh he made his first-team debut in a one-day match against Tamil Nadu in February 2007, batting in the lower order he scored 16 not out.

Datta Gaekwad

Dattajirao Krishnarao Gaekwad (27 October 1928 – 13 February 2024), known as Datta Gaekwad, was an Indian cricketer. He appeared in 11 Test matches, toured England in 1952 and 1959 and West Indies in 1952–53. He captained the Indian team on the 1959 tour.

Dattaram Hindlekar

Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar (1 January 1909 – 30 March 1949) was a cricketer who kept wicket for India in Test cricket.

Dattatraya Naik

Dattatraya Naik (1 May 1890 – 25 April 1968) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. West Indies, in 1948.

Dattu Phadkar

Dattatraya Gajanan "Dattu" Phadkar (12 December 1925 – 17 March 1985) was an all-rounder who represented India in Test cricket. Phadkar was an attacking middle order batsman, a medium pace bowler who could swing the ball both ways and extract life from the wicket, and usually fielded in the slips. He was one of the cricketing heart-throbs of his day.

David Johnson

David Jude Johnson (16 October 1971 – 20 June 2024) was an Indian cricketer who bowled right arm medium-fast bowler and a right hand batsman. He played Test matches for India in 1996 making his debut against Australia. He represented Karnataka in the Indian domestic cricket setup playing 39 first class matches in a career spanning ten years between 1992 and 2001.

David Mathias

David Keelan Mathias (born 20 March 1991) is an Indian-born cricketer who represents the Bahrain national cricket team. Mathias grew up in Bahrain where his father Richard Mathias was the director of youth cricket for the Bahrain Cricket Association. He attended Sacred Heart School in Isa Town and was also coached in the UAE by Pakistani cricketers Tauseef Ahmed and Shahzad Altaf.

Dayalan Hemalatha

Dayalan Hemalatha (born 29 September 1994) is an Indian cricketer. She is a right-handed batter and bowls right-arm off-break. She plays domestic cricket for Railways, and has previously played for Tamil Nadu and South Zone.

DC Rajesh

DC Rajesh (born 28 March 1975) is an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Goa. He was born in Bangalore.

Debabrata Das

Debabrata Das is an Indian former cricketer who played domestic cricket for Bengal and the IPL franchise Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). Das first came to prominence as the member of the Indian Under-19 team in 2005. One of the older members of the Indian U19 World Cup squad which was defeated by Pakistan in the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup final, this right-handed batsman only broke into the team during the Afro-Asia U19 Cup in November 2005.

Debabrata Mukherjee

Debabrata Mukherjee (born 23 March 1945) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 26 first-class matches for Bengal between 1963 and 1972.

Debajit Chetia

Debajit Chetia (Assamese: দেৱজিত চেতিয়া) (born 31 July 1963) was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Assam. He was born in Gauhati.

Debashish Mohanty

Debasish (or Debasis) Sarbeswar Mohanty (born 20 July 1976) is a former Indian cricketer who played in two Test matches and 45 One Day Internationals between 1997 and 2001. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who coupled pace to his naturally lanky frame. He found success in the limited-overs format, averaging under 30 and taking over one wicket per game.

Debasish Samantray

Debasish Samantray (born 10 September 1996) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Odisha in the 2017–18 Zonal T20 League on 8 January 2018. He made his first-class debut for Odisha in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 14 December 2018.

Debu Mitra

Debu Mitra (born 7 August 1948) is a former Indian first-class cricketer who played for Bengal cricket team from 1968/69 to 1973/74. He became a cricket coach in the 1990s and worked as the head coach of Saurashtra cricket team from 2004 to 2014.

Deep Dasgupta

Deep Dasgupta (born 7 June 1977) is a former Indian cricketer who played in eight Test matches and five One Day Internationals between 2001 and 2006 as the national wicketkeeper and was later replaced by Ajay Ratra. He is now a Hindi and English commentator. He later joined the Indian Cricket League, where he played for the Royal Bengal Tigers.

Deepa Marathe

Deepa Madhukar Marathe (née Kulkarni; born 25 November 1972) is an Indian former cricket all-rounder who played domestically for Air India, Railways and internationally for the India women's national team. She played as a right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She appeared in five Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals for India between 1997 and 2005.

Deepak Bansal

Deepak Bansal (born 19 July 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Punjab. He made his first-class debut for Punjab on 15 November 2015 in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy. He made his Twenty20 debut for Railways in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 5 February 2017.

Deepak Chahar

Deepak Chahar (born 7 August 1992) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-arm medium pace swing bowler, who plays for Rajasthan in domestic cricket and Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2018 Asia Cup.

Deepak Chougule

Deepak Chougule is a cricketer who plays for the state of Karnataka in the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament of India. He has also represented India in the Under-19 international tournaments. He made his debut for his state at a junior level in the Under-13 tournament held at Chennai in 1997.

Deepak Gohain

Deepak Gohain (born 11 December 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. He made his first-class debut for Assam in the 2011–12 Ranji Trophy on 29 November 2011 against Jharkhand at Dhanbad.

Deepak Hooda

Deepak Jagbir Hooda (born 19 April 1995) is an Indian international cricketer who has represented his country in One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket. Domestically he plays for Rajasthan and has appeared in the Indian Premier League for several teams, most recently Chennai Super Kings. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off break.

Deepak Jain

Deepak Jain (born 17 July 1967) is an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Rajasthan. He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan at the age of 18 in the 1985–86 Ranji Trophy on 14 February 1986. He is primarily a wicket-keeper batsman who was twice India's standby for the England Tour in 1986 and New Zealand Tour in 1990 and also played for India veterans vs.

Deepak Malik

Deepak Punia

Deepak Punia (born 27 September 1993) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Delhi, Haryana, Saurashtra and Services. In 2016, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians for the 2016 Indian Premier League. In October 2017, an arrest warrant was issued for Punia by the Indian Navy, after he was reported to be playing for Haryana in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy without having permission from the Navy to do so.

Deepak Sharma

Deepak Sharma (born 11 February 1960) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Delhi and Haryana between 1981 and 1993.

Deepak Shodhan

Roshan Harshadlal "Deepak" Shodhan (18 October 1928 – 16 May 2016) was an Indian Test cricketer.

Deepraj Gaonkar

Deepraj Gaonkar (born 4 April 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Goa in the 2014–15 Ranji Trophy on 28 December 2014. He made his List A debut for Goa in 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 19 September 2018.

Denzil Sequeira

Denzil Kenan Sequeira (born 27 March 1990) is an Indian-born Botswana cricketer who currently plays for the Botswana national cricket team.

Des Raj

Des Raj (1 January 1944 – 4 August 2013) was an Indian cricket umpire. He only stood in one international fixture, a One Day International in 1998.

Devajit Saikia

Devajit Saikia is an Indian advocate, a former first class cricketer and a cricket administrator. He is the secretary of the BCCI. Saikia was re-elected as the secretary of the top cricket body of India on September 28, 2025 during their 94th AGM in Mumbai.

Devang Gandhi

Devang Jayant Gandhi (born 6 September 1971) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed opening batsman and a very occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. He played for Bengal, Hadleigh and Thundersley Cricket Club, Essex.

Devashish Mahanti

Devashish Mahanti (born 23 December 1963) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Delhi and Orissa between 1982 and 1990. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.

Devdutt Padikkal

Devdutt Padikkal (born 7 July 2000) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national team as a left-handed top order batter. He represents Karnataka in domestic cricket and Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the Indian Premier League.

Devendra Bundela

Devendrasingh Bundela (born 22 February 1977) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman for Madhya Pradesh and made his first-class debut in 1995/96. He was a highly successful professional for Whitehaven Cricket Club 2001–03.

Devendra Jain

Devendra Jain (born 30 July 1962) is an Indian former cricketer. He played one first-class match for Delhi in 1984/85.

Devendra Kunwar

Devendra Kunwar (born 2 December 1995) is an Indian cricketer. He made his Twenty20 debut for Odisha in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 3 February 2017.

Devendra Pal Singh

Devendra Pal Singh (born 7 August 1975) is an Indian first-class cricketer who represented Rajasthan. He made his first-class debut for Rajasthan in the 1993–94 Ranji Trophy on 12 February 1994.

Devendra Sharma

Devendra Sharma (born 20 March 1953) is a former Indian cricket umpire. He stood in five ODI games between 1997 and 2002. In 2011 he was removed from umpiring by the ICC following unprofessional conduct, which reportedly included supplying information about the pitch and conditions before a game.

Devika Palshikar

Devika Palshikar (Devanagari: देविका पळशीकर; born 20 June 1979) is an Indian former cricketer and current cricket coach. She played as a right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler. She appeared in one Test match and 15 One Day Internationals for India between 2006 and 2008.