Here we go, Some amazing facts about cricket,
- Sachin Tendulkar once happened to play for Pakistan before he started playing for India!!! Yes, it is true. This incident took place during a practice match between the rival nations India and Pakistan at the Brabourne Stadium in 1987. Tendulkar came onto the field as a substitute fielder for Pakistan.
2.India is the only nation to have won the 60-Over, 50-Over and 20-Over World Cups.
60 over – 1983
50 over – 2011
20 over – 2007
3.Australia's Peter Siddle is the only bowler in the history of cricket to take a hat-trick on his birthday. He did so during a Test match against England at Brisbane on November 25, 2010.
4.Richard Stokes watched only two Tests in his life. At the age of 10, he witnessed Jim Laker taking all 10 wickets against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956. Forty-three years later, he was at the Feroze Shah Kotla ground in Delhi where Anil Kumble took all the 10 wickets against Pakistan.
5.Simply coincidence. It happened during the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town. At 11:11am on November 11, 2011, the Proteas were 125 for 1, needing 111 more runs to win the match
6.West Indian opener Chris Gayle is the only player in the history of cricket who hit a six off the very first ball of a Test match.
7. Lala Amarnath holds the unique distinction of being the only bowler in the history of Test cricket to dismiss Sir Don Bradman courtesy of a hit-wicket. It happened at Brisbane in 1948.
8. Pranav Dhanawade, a school cricketer in Mumbai, rewrote the record books on January 5, 2016 as he became the first batsman to score 1,009 runs in an innings.
9.12,400 -That’s the number of runs Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have added together in their partnerships, across all formats of the game.
10.The 2004 Asia Cup encounter between Bangladesh and Pakistan saw Mohammad Sami bowling a 17-ball over, with seven wides and four no-balls!
