What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

1. Sachin Tendulkar:

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Made his test debut in 1989 along with 27 other cricketers. The last of those players to hang up his boots was Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004, Nine years before Sachin.

2. Rahul Dravid:

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Is the first batsman to score a hundred in all test playing nations.

India managed 14 consecutive successful run chases under his captaincy.

Holds the record for the most number of catches by a fielder in tests.

3. Suresh Raina:

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Is the only Indian to hit a century in all formats of the game.

4. Bapu Nadkarni:

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Best known for 1963 Madras test against England with bowling figure of 32-27-5-0. Out of the 27 maidens 21 were in the trot. An international record.
Had a career economy rate of under 2.00.

5. Ashok Dinda:

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In the 7 previous editions of IPL, whichever side he featured in never managed a position above 6th in the league table.

6. Hitesh Modi/Subhash Modi:

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Former Kenya batsman Hitesh Modi and his father Subhash Modi are the first father son duo to play/officiate in the same match.

Source: indiatimes.com

Which is the best knock played in the game of cricket, ever?

 From 29/5 to 227/6

India vs Pakistan, Dec 30, 2012, Chennai.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bowl.

India’s 1st wicket: Sehwag

2nd Wicket: Gambhir

3rd wicket: Kohli

4th Wicket: Yuvraj

5th wicket: Rohit Sharma

The fans reaction says it all the situation of India’s Batting line up

Now here comes the Captain MS Dhoni.

Dhoni would have not expected to play inside 10th over. He played the first ball at 9.5th over.

6th wicket: Raina

What a patient innings from Dhoni, they even got a boundary after 14 overs, since the fall of 5th wicket.

Dhoni scored a century of 118 balls, excellent support from Ashwin.

He was at the crease from 9.5th over to 50th over.

Everyone in the stadium were on their feet.

Great gestures from Pakistan. Literally every Pakistani player moved towards Dhoni for appreciation.

Standing Ovation from the Indian Staff.

Sadly India lost the match but this was one of the best efforts to recover a team.

Player of the match was MS DHONI.

What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 So do you know who can substitute a feilder in case of injury or something else?

• Obviously 12th man
• If more players are required then other members of the squad
• If still this is not enough then support staff 😂🤣, seriously EVEN TEAM MEDIC CAN FEILD IF REQUIRED.
• If the opponent side is too generous then they (batting side) can give their own players to feild against themselves 😁.

You need PROOF???

1. In IND VS SL 2017 test at DELHI due to smog the SL team started facing breathing problems and till day 4 SIX of the SL players are out from the ground, so for the last few over of the 1st 🇮🇳 indian innings SL's feilding coach had to come into the feid , the team medic was also geared up , he though did not came in.

2. While playing from INDIA A Mandeep Singh feilded for SOUTH AFRICA A. The rarest of rare incidents was played out during the India ‘A’ vs South Africa ‘A’ one day match on Sunday, when the Indian side’s 12th man Mandeep Singh fielded for the South African side. South Africa ‘A’ had four players indisposed with stomach bugs and cramps during the match, bringing about this unique gesture.The visiting side already had their video analyst Hendrikus Coertzen fielding for them when the RCB batsman was brought on, sporting the name of Eddie Leie on the back of his jersey.

Mandeep had not made it into the playing XI on the day, with Mayank Agarwal preferred by coach Rahul Dravid.

What are some cricket trivia that would surprise even the most knowledgable of fans?

 Well the surprises depend on how knowledgeable you are. But anyways here we go:

• The explosive Sri Lankan opener, Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than legendary Aussie spinner, Shane Warne.

• If we're talking about Shane Warne, let's point out another fact that Man known as BEST INDIAN BATSMAN EVER, Sachin Tendulkar, has more five wicket hauls than Shane in the ODIs.

• Jason Gillespie, the ace Aussie pacer, scored a double century in his last ever game against Bangladesh. What's interesting in that… Well it was his maiden ton as well!!

• Bhagwat Chandrashekhar, the Indian spinner has more wickets to his name than the total runs scored in his career. Figures stand as 242 wickets against 167 runs scored.

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni, has remained Not Out 84 times until the end of the innings in ODIs, most by any player.

• Well coming to bat in the tail has its own perks, for instance Jimmy Anderson has remained Not Out a staggering 102 times in his Test Career.

• Kiwi batter Geoff Allott faced 77 balls against the Proteas before getting out on a duck.

• The 2013 Test between India and South Africa was the only game where registered Wicket Keepers of both the teams tried their hands on the ball as well. For India it was Magnificent Mahendra & for the African side it was Alien Abraham.

• In 1930, the legendary Aussie batter, Sir Donald Bradman scored a whopping 309 Runs in a single day. The record doesn't just ends here, he did it smashing two part centuries in first two sessions of the day and ending it with 89 in the final session.

• Rameshchandra aka Bapu Nadkarni holds the record of bowling the most consecutive maiden overs. He bowled 21 consecutive maidens out of his total 32 conceding just 5 Runs.

• Marvan Atapattu, one of the most prolific cricketers ever seen, holds the unlikely record of getting Run Out a massive 41 times in his career.

• The 1997 test in Colombo saw Sri Lanka scoring a humongous 952 Runs off 6 wickets trailing the first inning total of 537 Runs from India. The match was an obvious draw!!

• Imagine enforcing a follow-on and end up losing the game… Well this has only happened thrice in the history and it was Australia getting smacked all the three times. The first two against England and the last defeat was the iconic Eden Test against India.

• Jimmy Anderson, one of the best fast bowlers in the history, conceded 28 Runs (Most in the format) in the Test against Aussies. His figures stood as 4,6,2,4,6,6 against the Aussie batter George Bailey.

• Wasim Akram, probably the greatest one from Pakistan out of their long list of pacers, recorded hitting most sixes in an innings in Test Cricket. The Test against Zimbabwe saw Wasim hitting 12 sixes in his indestructible 257 Run innings. Interestingly, Akram's highest score wasn't surpassed by the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli , Ricky Ponting and Saurav Ganguly.

What are some emotional photos in cricket?

 

1. The smile that won many hearts.

2. Phil Hughes - 63* not out.

3. Andrew Flintoff consoles Brett Lee after England clinched a famous two-run victory in the Ashes.

4. Kohli’s match winning chase against Australia in Mohali.

5. Even a broken hand couldn't stop this gentleman's spirit.

6. Every true cricket fan could feel his pain.

7. Remembering this moment still makes me emotional. (Just cannot forget his last speech at wankhede)

8. Well, two most gentleman teams in one picture.

9. Even the run machine broke down after the semi-final loss against West Indies.

10. Yuvraj breaks down as India win the World Cup again after 28 years.

11. A Gentleman with a big heart.