Full name         :Daniel Luca Vettori

 Born                 :27 January 1979 Auckland , New Zealand

 Current age     : 32 years  

 Major teams    : New Zealand

 Batting style    :Left Handed

 Bowling style   :Slow Left Arm Orthodox





Daniel Luca Vettori is a cricketer for the New Zealand cricket team, where he is the current captain. He is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs. He is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996–97 at the age of 18. Vettori is a ,,bowling,all-rounder who bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin he is known for his accuracy, flight and guile rather than prodigious turn. He has a Test batting average of around 30 making him one of the more consistent and better batsmen in the New Zealand cricket team. In the fourth season of Indian Premier League, he was contracted by Royal Challengers Bangalore for US$550,000.


Prior to becoming captain on a permanent basis in 2007, Vettori had captained the Black Caps in ODI cricket on occasions such as when regular captain Stephen Fleming was not available. As of the end of 2006, he had led New Zealand in 11 games, winning eight of them. He captained New Zealand at the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa.