50 Amazing Cricket facts - Cricket is not just a game it is love for many guys especially in India.There is no single guy in this country who hates this game.It is also the most entertaining game in the world.It has second most following fans in the world apart from football.
Being a cricket fan is not enough,it is necessary to know about the game and the facts about the game.So these are some amazing and weird cricket facts that every cricket fan should know about the game.
1.India is the only cricket team to win 60-over,50-over,20-over World Cups
India have won all the above world cups in Indian cricket history.
- In 1983,India have won 60-over world cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev.
- In 2011,India have won 50-over world cup under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
- In 2007,India have won 20-over T20 world cup under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
2.Lala Amarnath is the only bowler to get Australian legend Don Bradman out by hit-wicket
Lala Amarnath is the only bowler in the cricket history to get Don Bradman out by hit-wicket.
3.Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi,grandfather of saif Ali Khan have played test cricket for both India and England
He was the 8th Nawab of Pataudi.He was the captain of Indian National cricket team for England tour in 1946.He also played test cricket for England in 1932 snd 1934.
He played six tests in his career,three as a captain of India and three for England.And became only cricketer to play for both India and England.
4.Vinod Kambli's test match average is higher than Sachin Tendulkar's test average
Vinod Kambli has a test match batting average of 54.2 which is greater than Sachin Tendulkar's test match average of 53.78.
5.Shahid Afridi scored his fastest ODI Century with Sachin Tendulkar's bat
It was happened in 1996,when young Shahid Afridi was picked up for Pakistan to play against Sri Lanka but he didn't have a proper cricket kit.
At that time,Waqar Younis had Sachin's bat with him and then he gave that bat to Afridi.And he scored fastest ever ODI Century with that bat.And later the record was broken by Corey Anderson and now it belongs to AB de Villers.
6.Mansoor Ali Khan was the youngest ever Test captain for India (21 years)
Mansoor Ali Khan was the youngest ever test captain in the World.And later the record was broken by Tatenda Taibu in 2014.
7.Only Indian players who did batting on all five days of a Test match : Ravi Shastri , ML Jaisimha , Chateshwar Pujara
There are only nine batsmens in the world who wrote their name in the record of batting on all five days of a Test match.In those nine batsmen's there are three Indian batsmen's who brought this glory for India.
8.The first Indian Cricketer to get kissed during a Test match - Abbas Ali Baig
While India was playing a Test match against Australia in 1960.A girl from the audience came running to greet this batmen and kissed him.He was the first indian cricketer to get kissed during a Test match.
9.Mohammad Azharuddin is the only player to score three Back to Back centuries in the first three matches he played
Mohammed Azharuddin is a former Indian middle order batsmen.And he is the only player to score three back to back centuries in first three matches that he played.
10.Ravi Shastri is the first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an over before Yuvraj Singh
Ravi Shastri is a former Indian cricketer.While Ravi Shastri was playing for Bombay against Baroda,he scored 36 runs in an over by hitting 6 sixes.And later the record was touched by Yuvraj Singh in 2007 T20 World Cup.
11.Match between India-Pakistan : Austral-Asia Cup 1986 and Asia Cup 2014
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12.First Cricketer to hit first ball six in Test cricket : Chris Gayle
In November 2012,Chris Gayle smashed the first ball for a six in a test match against Bangladesh.
13.Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar have been stumped only once in their Test careers
14.First Women Cricketer to play 200 ODIs - Mithali Raj
Mithali Raj,an Indian Women cricketer is the first Women Cricketer to play 200 ODI's and also the highest run scorer in ODI's in Women's Cricket.
15.Sunil Gavaskar got out for the very first ball in a Test match three times in his career
Sunil Gavaskar , an Indian Cricketer who scored 10,000 runs in International Test Cricket has got out for a very first ball in a test match in 1974 , 1984 and 1987.
16.Sachin Tendulkar also played for Pakistan
Yes,you heard it right..!It was happened in 1987 during a practice match between India and Pakistan.Sachin fielded for Pakistan as a substitute in that match.
17.Asif Karim , a Kenya cricketer is the only one to play both International cricket and Tennis Davis Cup
18.India is the only team to win the World Cup as a host of the final match
In 2011 World Cup , the final match was played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai,India.And the final match was won by India.
19.On 11/11/11 , at 11:11 South Africa need 111 runs to win
It was happend on 11/11/11,when South Africa is playing a test match against Australia.Exactly at 11:11 , South Africa needed 111 runs to win the match.
20.Sourav Ganguly holds the record of winning four consecutive Man-of-the-match awards
He is the only cricketer in the World to do soo.This was happened in a tournament against Pakistan.He also won " Man of the Series " award in that ODI series.
21. 77 is the highest runs ever scored in an Over
Yes,you read that right!On February 20,1990,the first-class match between New Zealand and Canterbury.New Zealand's Bert Vance of Wellington cricket team gave 77 runs in one over.
The over went like - 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1
22.One Man-of-the-Match to all the eleven players in the team
This was happened to South African cricket team.When South Africa is playing against West Indies,South Africa won the match by 351 runs and the Man-of-the-Match was awarded to all the eleven players for contributing equally in the team's victory.
23.Wilfred Rhodes (52 years) is the oldest player to appear in Test match
Wilfred Rhodes is an England cricketer,who played 58 test matches for England.He played last test match for his country in 1930,when he was 52 years old.
24.Richard Stokes is the only man to witness both 10-wicket hauls in Test cricket
Richard Stokes saw Jim Laker's 10/53 against Australia in 1956,when he was 10-years old.And also the same guy Richard Stokes saw Anil Kumble's 10/74 against Pakistan in 1999.
25.MS Dhoni did not scored a single century outside India
Mahendra Singh Dhoni , India Ex-skipper didn't scored a century outside India till the date.MS Dhoni scored six test centuries and 9 ODI centuries in his career.But unfortunately all of them are scored in India,Bangladesh,Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
26.Pitch length - is the only law which was not changed in cricket history till the date
Pitch length-22 yards (20.12 m) is the only law that has not changed in the cricket history till the date.
27.These are the only players who have batted in all ten batting positions
Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik, and Hashan Tillakaratne.These are the only four players in the cricket history who have played in all the ten batting positions for their team.
28.Sanath Jayasuriya has higher ODI wickets than Shane Warne
Sanath Jayasuriya, a Sri Lankan all-rounder has picked 323 wickets in his ODI career.While Australian spinner Shane Warne has picked 293 wickets in his ODI career.
29.Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and scored 8463 runs in Test Cricket
This is really strange but it was true.Alec Stewart is an England cricketer,he was born on 8-4-63 and coincidentally he 8463 runs in his test career.
30.Mahela Jayawardene is the only player to score a century in Semi-final and Final of the World Cup
Mahela Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and a former Sri Lankan Cricketer.He is the only batsmen to score a century in Semi-final and Final of the World Cup.
31.MS Dhoni is the only captain to win all the ICC Trophies
Under MS Dhoni Captaincy India have won 2007 T20 World Cup , 2011 World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy which makes him best ever Indian Captain.And became only captain to win all the ICC trophies in cricket history.
32. 153 consecutive Test matches : Allan Border
Australian cricketer, Allan Border have played 153 consecutive test matches for Australia which is most by any player.And later it was beaten up by England cricketer Alastair Cook.
33.One day : all four innings of a test match
It was happened in 2000, in the match between England and Australia at Lords where all the four innings of a test match have been played on the same day.
34.Peter Siddle is the only player to grab a hat-trick on his birthday
Peter Siddle is the only bowler in the international cricket history to take a hat-trick on his birthday.
35.Virat Kohli is the only cricketer to win all top three ICC awards in a single year
Virat Kohli was awarded Cricketer of the Year , Test Cricketer of the Year and ODI Cricketer of the Year.All the awards are awarded in the year 2018.
36.Only cricketer to be hanged for murder : Leslie Hylton
37.Maximum number wickets in all formats : Muttiah Muralitharan
38.Ishanth Sharma + Catch drop = big innings
Ishanth Sharma is responsible for three big innings by the batsmen's against India.He dropped three catches of three batsmen's when they were below 50.
And later, Alistair Cook scored 294 runs in 2011, Michael Clarke scored 329 runs in 2012 and Brendon McCullum scored 302 runs in the year 2014.
39.Virat Kohli is the only bowler to take wicket off 0th ball
Virat Kohli once had taken a wicket off 0th ball in T20 cricket.
This was happened in a T20 against England back in 2011.When Virat Kohli was handed the ball for the first time in T20 cricket.Kohli bowled a wide ball on the leg side , England's batsmen Kevin Peterson charged down the wicket a missed the ball and Dhoni stumped him out.
40. 21 consecutive maiden overs !!
That hears impossible , but it was true.Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs against England on 12th January 1964.
41. 4,204 first-class wickets : Wilfred Rhodes
42. 199 first-class centuries : Sir Jack Hobbs
43. 19 wickets in a test match : Jim Larke
44.The most number of not outs in Test cricket is Courtney Walsh not Rahul Dravid
Courtney Walsh was unbeaten a total of 61 times in 185 innings.
45.Virendar Sehwag's all the highest score are ended with 19
Virendar Sehwag's highest score in tests 319 , ODIs 219 and T20 (IPL) 119 respectively.
46.Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in Ranji , that is the only time Sachin got out for a duck in his Ranji Career
47.Don Bradman only hit 6 sixes in his career
48.Dirk Nanes is the only player to represent both Australia and Netherlands in International career
49.Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match in ODIs
Pakistani Cricketer Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award in his One Day International career.
50.Sher-e-bangla stadium in Dhaka and Bangabandhu stadium have hosted more ODI's than Lord's
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