While the next year, he played his first Test, but this time against Australia. In the period between late-2010 and late-2011, Gambhir was named captain of the ODI team and it was under his captaincy when the Kolkata Knight Riders won their first title in 2012. Furthermore, he played a key role in bringing India to victory in two more big-league events: the 2011 Cricket World Cup (97 from 122 balls) and the inaugural 2007 World Twenty20 (75 from 54 balls). Currently, he is the highest run-scorer for India in the Twenty20 Internationals and 9th highest in the ODIs as well as the highest paid cricketer in the history of IPL with a salary of $2.4 million.
