What are some lesser known facts about Indian cricketers?

 KL RAHUL

1. He became the first Indian to score a century on one day international debut.
2. He is also the second fastest batsman to score century in T20.
3. Rahul is the only batsman to reach the score of 100 with a boundary on his maiden centuries in all the three formats of International cricket.

GAMBHIR

1. Gambhir is the only Indian and one of four international cricketers to have scored hundreds in five consecutive Test matches.
2. He is the only Indian batsman to have scored more than 300 runs in four consecutive Test series.
3. He captained Indian team in six odi’s and won all matches.
4. He holds the record of most number of ducks in IPL along with harbhajan singh.

PUJARA

1. Most balls faced by an Indian in a test innings-525.
2. Pujara passed 2,000 runs in a year. He has scored 2,043 runs at 102.15 in first class matches in 2013. Only Chris Rogers with 2,391 runs at 48.79 from 28 matches has made more in 2013.

SEHWAG

1.Fastest Test triple century

2.Only cricketer in the Test history to score two triple centuries & to take five wickets in an innings

3.Sehwag & Graham Gooch are the only batsmen to make more than 60% of the team's runs while carrying bat through a completed Test innings

4.Highest score by a Captain in the ODI innings (219)

IRFAN PATHAN

• Irfan Pathan holds the World record for the double – 1000 runs and 100 wickets in the quickest time in an ODI career. It took him 1059 days.
• He is the fastest Indian ODI player to reach the 100 wicket milestone (in 59 matches)
• He also took a hattrick in the very first over of a test match.

RAVI SHASTRI and VINOO MANKAD have batted in every position

Vinoo mankad is best known for his world record setting opening partnership of 413 runs, with Pankaj, in 1956, a record that stood for 52 years.

SACHIN TENDULKAR

1. Sachin has never touched a century mark in Tests or ODIs at Lord’s, England.(LORD ‘S LOSS)
2. Sachin is the only Indian cricketer to have a waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.
3. Sourav Ganguly won four consecutive man of the match awards in odi's
4. Yuvraj holds the record for a fifty and a fifer in the same match in WC
5. Rahul dravid played only one twenty20 international in which he hit three consecutive sixes which happens to be his last game too
6. Virender sehwag is the first twenty20 captain of India. This happens to be Sachin only T20 match in which he scored 10 runs.
7. Sachin once fielded for Pakistan.there was a match between India and Pakistan which got washed out due to rain .so they held a exhibition match to satisfy the crowd.
8. Virat Kohli is the first Indian player to hit a century against pakistan in world cups.
9. Chahal is the only Indian bowler to have taken a fifer in T20 internationals.
10. Rohit Sharma holds the record for most number of runs in a single innings.he scored 264 against srilanka ( I have described abt it in one of my answers)
11. Bhubaneswar kumar is the only Indian to have taken a wicket in his very first over in his debut in odi and t20 . No wonder he got Master blaster out for duck in Ranji trophy
12. Kapil dev once bowled 30 overs spell without a break picking up nine wickets in that innings

Will add more if anybody asks .Thank u for upvotes frds

1.Sourav Ganguly have won four consecutive man of the match awards

2. Ms Dhoni don't have a century outside Asia

3. In IPL,amit Mishra has three hattricks to his name while yuvraj has two.

3. Jaydev unadkat and James Faulkner are the only bowlers in IPL to have taken two five wicket hauls.

4. Shikhar dhawan holds the record for fastest century in debut test.he did it in 87 balls and scored 187 runs .

5. Sehwag is a fearless cricketer.everyone knows it. He hit boundaries in the very first ball for five matches in 2011 WC.

6. Stuart binny holds the best figures for an Indian bowler in one day internationals.he picked up six wickets for four runs against Bangladesh.