What are some worst ever matches by any cricket team?

 Not just the match, I would say that the series was one of the worst series I have ever seen in my life in terms of the batting display.

India vs NZ, 2003. This series was played just before the world cup. And both the team struggled badly to score runs. Especially Indian team played like amateurs scoring totals of 120, 125 in most of the matches. In the 7 ODI’s Indian team crossed 200 only twice. And in the two tests Indian team couldn't score 200 even once in the 4 innings. And here I will consider the second test match one of the worst display of cricket.

India batted scored and were all out for 99. Only 2 players scored in double digits (Laxman scored 23 and Harbhajan Singh scored 20). Extras were the third highest contributors with 16. The team was bundled out in 38.2 overs.

In reply, Newzealand fared even worse. They got out for 94 giving India a lead of 5 runs. Zaheer Khan, took 5 wickets to give India some hope. But the Indian batting order quashed those hopes by their poor batting display in the second display in the 2nd innings as they were all out for 154 in the second innings. This time 5 players got double digits scores (Dravid scored 39, Sachin 32, Nehra 10, Harbhajan 18 and Sehwag 25).

Newzealand batted better (it was still poor batting display but better in the context of the series) as they chased down 160 losing six wickets and won by 4 wickets.

Now look at the figures of this match-

Rahul Dravid’s 39 was the highest score of the match for both the sides combined!!

3 sixes were hit in the whole match by both the sides with 2 of them but by tailenders (from India the only six was bit by Ashish Nehra, and from Newzealand Darryl Tuffel no 10 player and Craig McMilan)

507 runs at the loss of 36 wickets was the cumulative score of the match. Which means the average score of the match was 127 runs. And everage for runs per wicket was 14 runs.

The series was nightmare for both the teams and particularly for India for lost 7 out of 9 matches. 

Who holds the worst record in cricket which is unbeaten till now?

 Most ODI runs without a Hundred

Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record for the most number of One Day International (ODI) runs scored without ever going past the 100-run mark. In a career spanning from 2002 to 2015, Misbah scored 5,122 runs and was once unbeaten on 96 but never once managed to get an ODI century.

Most nineties in Career |

Sachin Tendulkar leads the chart when it comes to most number of hundreds scored in a career having crossed the milestone a stunning 100 times. What is surprising is that he also holds the record for the most number of nineties in international cricket. He has a total of 28 nineties with 10 coming in Tests and 18 in ODIs.

Players run out most times in ODIs

Running yourself or your teammate out is considered a cardinal sin in cricket and no batsman would want to be involved in such blunders.

But there are some who cannot get their feet moving between the stumps.

You guessed it right, Inzamam-ul-Haq holds this unwanted record, but he also shares it with another Pakistani legend Wasim Akram.

Both have been run out 38 times.

Most runs in an over in Tests

Another legendary figure who has an unwanted record in the game is English pacer James Anderson. Jimmy has the most wickets for England in Test history but one of those overs that he bowled yielded 28 runs.

George Bailey was the batsman on the other end who punished the Englishman during an Ashes series.

Most runs without a wicket

Imran Tahir, the bearded, excitable South African spinner is another one who has the record for conceding the most number of runs without a wicket. The South African toiled for 37 long overs but was belted to all parts of the park.

He conceded a record 267 runs in those overs and did no pick up even one wicket.

Longest over in cricket

Bowling an over is an easy task. All you have to do is make sure that you place your foot behind the crease and throw the ball into a good area. Repeat the process six times and you have an over to your name. However, 17 balls to complete an over is a little bit of an understatement and Mohammad Sami performed the excruciating task of bowling that many deliveries.

In a match against the West Indies back in 2004, Sami gave away 7 no balls and 4 wides to finish a mammoth over.

Most time for a century

A century is a record that is special to any batsman as it requires great patience and determination to get. Some people will bide their time and make sure that they get to the milestone no matter what. Ask Mudassar Nazar, the Pakistani batsman who reached his century in just 557 minutes.( Yawn) .

Which records in cricket are unlikely to be broken ever?

 While cricket has evolved dramatically over the years, certain historic achievements have been placed completely out of reach for modern players. Changes in sports science, heavily packed schedules across three distinct formats, and more result-oriented strategies mean that some milestones will likely remain eternal.

The following records stand as towering landmarks that are virtually impossible to break:

Sir Don Bradman’s Test Batting Average (99.94):No one else has ever come close to this level of freakish consistency over a sustained career. Bradman scored 6,996 runs across 52 Test matches, missing a perfect average of 100.00 after getting dismissed for a duck in his final career innings. To put this into perspective, modern elite batsmen are considered legendary if they maintain a career average of 50 to 55.

Muttiah Muralitharan’s 800 Test Wickets: With the modern cricketing calendar heavily prioritizing T20 leagues over long-form Test matches, bowlers simply do not play enough Test cricket anymore to sustain a career long enough to threaten this number. The Sri Lankan spin wizard accumulated a staggering 800 wickets in just 133 Tests (and 1,347 wickets across all international formats).

Jim Laker’s 19 Wickets in a Single Test Match: Since a team can only take a maximum of 20 wickets in a game, a modern bowler would have to perfectly replicate Laker's performance or take all 20 wickets to break the record—an administrative and statistical anomaly that will likely never happen again. In 1956, England's Jim Laker pulled off the near-impossible against Australia at Old Trafford, picking up 9 wickets in the first innings and all 10 in the second.

Sachin Tendulkar’s 100 International Centuries: Achieving 51 Test centuries and 49 ODI hundreds required Tendulkar to play at the highest level for an astonishing 24 years. Given the physical burnout rate of contemporary cricketers playing non-stop franchise and international cricket, matching this longevity and century count is widely considered an impossible peak to climb.

These figures belong to unique eras of the sport, making them permanent fixtures in cricket history.

In cricket history which cricketer never bowled a no ball?

 1. Kapil Dev

India's best alrounder Kapil Dev as a result of their better captaincy first World Cup in 1983 gave India. The name of Kapil Dev several records, but also an act that is impossible for many of the world's bowlers. Kapil his career not a single no-ball bowled and he is the only bowler to do so. Kapil played 131 Tests and 225 one-day matches.

2. Ian Botham

The great all-rounder Ian Botham of England are also in the list. His 16-year cricketing career, he also did not throw a single no-ball. Ian played 102 Tests and 116 one-day matches.

3. Imran Khan

Pakistani fast bowler Imran Khan is one of the world's best bowler. Imran Khan played 88 Tests and 175 one-day matches. During this time he did not have a no-ball bowled.

4. Dennis Lillee

Australian great bowler Dennis Lillee of the bowling attack is also very disciplined in his career. Dennis Bowling is not the record of a single no ball. He has played 70 Tests.

5. Lance Gibbs

West Indian Lance Gibbs has played 79 Tests and 3 ODIs. But no, he threw a no-ball.

Interesting Facts about Indian Cricket

Here are some amazing and interesting cricket facts that you must know whether you are a cricket fan or not. Some facts are so amazing that you will laugh like hell after reading them. And some will force you to think hundred times that could it be possible. Read these 15 interesting facts about Indian Cricket here:

1. Cricket was first time played in India in 1848. That means 165 years from now.
2. Gundappa Vishwanath, Mohammed Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly, Sehwag, Shikhar dhawan ,Raina are the 6 Indian Cricketers to score a century in their debut match.
3. Indian Cricket team is the one and only team who holds the record of getting dismissed twice in a single day in a test . Afghanistan was later dismissed twice by India.
4. Bhausaheb Nimbalkar could not break the world record of 452 runs scored by Bradman because he had to go for his marriage. Actually, he had made 432 runs before the final day and he had to go for his marriage on the last day. So, he could not break the record.
5. M.S. Dhoni holds the world record of 6 dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a single match. He made this record in 2007 against England.
6. The highest scores by Virender Sehwag are 119, 219 and 319 in T20, ODI and test matches respectively.
7. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar is the only cricketer in Indian History who has record of taking more wickets than making runs in his career. He took 242 wickets and made only 177 runs in his test career.
8. M.S. Dhoni has not scored any century outside Asia in his career.
9. Sourav Ganguly is the only Indian captain to hit a ton in the knockout match of a world cup
10. Mohammad Azharuddin is the only batsman to score three centuries in the first three test matches.
11. Shahid Afridi used the bat of Sachin Tendulkar to hit the fastest ODI century of his career.
12. Abbas Ali Baig (Indian Cricketer) was kissed by a young pretty girl during a test match. This beautiful incident took place at Brabourne Stadium in 1960.
13. Ravi Shastri is the only Indian Cricketer to have batted on all five days of a test match.
14. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi was the only Indian Cricketer to have played for two countries. He played for both India and England. (He is the grandfather of Saif Ali Khan.)
15. Indian Team is the only one to have won world cups of 60 overs, 50 overs and 20 overs.

What are some records that only Ashwin holds which no other bowler does?

 LEGEND 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

• R Ashwin is the only Test bowler with both 200 right-hand batsman wickets and 200 left-hand batsman wickets.

1. 206 left-hand batsman
2. 200* right hand batsman

• R. Ashwin is only Indian bowler to pick 30+ wickets twice in a series.

• R Ashwin has won 8 man of the series awards in test most by any Indian.

• Ashwin is fastest Indian bowler to reach 50,100,150,200,250,300,350,400 Wickets in tests.
• Credit: Sonanchal Gautam

What is the biggest coincidence that happened in Indian cricket?

 

• 1.Pujara and Dravid have got to milestones of 3000,4000,5000 runs in identical number of innings.
• 3000 runs in 67 innings
• 4000 runs in 84 innings
• 5000 runs in 108 innings

• 2.India won its first world Cup in 1983 Dilip vengserkar,K Srikanth and Sandeep Patil were part of the team. They won the ICC trophy as Chief selectors too
• 2007 - Dilip Vengserkar
• 2011- K Srikanth
• 2013- Sandeep Patil.
• 3.India won by 153 runs when Sachin, Sehwag and Rohit scored double century and their highest score.

• 4.Highest Score by Virat,Ganguly and Dhoni in Odi is 183.

• 5.Rohit Scored three centuries in test and India won all three matches by an innings
• Against West Indies 2013: 177 ( won by innings and 51 runs).
• Against West Indies 2013: 111( won by innings and 126 runs).
• Against Srilanka 2017: 102( won by innings and 239 runs).

• 6.Top three scores of Indian Cricket team in Odi 418/5 vs WI, 414/7 vs Srilanka,413/5 vs Bermuda . Sehwag was the top scorer in three matches 219,146,114 and won three man of the matches.

• 7.Sachin and Virat scored 58 th International century against England. Both were dismissed for 103 and both faced 197 balls.

• 8.VVS Laxman and Dravid both debuted in 1996 and retired in 2012, Both took their first wicket against West Indies in same match.

• 9.Cheteshwar Pujara,Ravi Shastri, Motganhalli Jai Simha are three indians who batted all 5 days in a test match Interestingly they achieved this feat in Eden gardens,Kolkata

Who is the most under rated cricketer of Indian cricket team?

 Sourav ganguly.

Only remembered as a great captain with a lot of aggression.

When it comes to batting, he is called the God on off side but none of his shot is ever mentioned. But look at this:

1. A six over long on: One of his favorite shot to fast bowlers.
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2. Superb piece of bowling: You could never take him light. Had 100 ODI wickets with an economy of about 5 rpo
   

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3rd fastest to 6000 ODI runs ( after Viv and Virat), 2nd fastest to 7000 ODI runs ( after AB De Villiers), fastest to 8000 ODI runs, fastest to 9000 ODI runs, 2nd fastest to 10000 ODI runs.

Looks like a lot of qualities is overshadowed by another quality of his own.

Edit: looks like a lot of people don't agree with me. They are right in what they mentioned in the comments section. My point is simply that Sourav Ganguly deserves much more respect as a batsmen than he is getting to the day. No doubt his captaincy, and they aggression which changed the Indian cricket, will be remembered before anything else but while mentioning the batsmen, I would still prefer Sourav in the list at somewhere near the top. He bowls decent spells as well.

Thus I would only like to say that don't exclude him when you are thinking of any ODI team.

What are some lesser known but interesting facts about cricket in India?

 

Kids from the 90’s must be familiar with this person. He's Ajit Agarkar , Former Indian cricketer.

Here are some of his bowling stats -

• He represented India in 191 ODIs and
  Took 288 wickets with an average of 28.85.
• Third highest wicket taker for India in ODIs.
• He broke the record of Denis Lili who took fastest 50 wickets. He kept that record until Ajantha Mendis of Sri Lanka broke it in 2009.
  The stats mentioned above are enough to establish him as a magnificent bowler. But very few may know that he was good with the bat too.

Now here are some facts which you may find quite surprising Vis-a-Vis his bating skills -

• He's the fastest Indian to score 50 in the ODIs and took just 21 balls to achieve it.
• He also hit a century at the"Mecca of Cricket" The Lord's against England which is a big feat and a dream to many batsmen. Unfortunately even Sachin Tendulkar couldn't hit a century at Lord's.
• He was part of the Indian team which won the inaugural T20 world cup in 2007. He will forever be remembered as one of the wasted talents of Indian cricket.

What are the best cricket rivalries of your favorite cricketers?

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What are the best cricket rivalries of your favorite cricketers?

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It all began on July 17th, 2014.

During the 2nd test match of the India-England series in 2014, the English bowlers breathed out fire as they removed India's openers for low scores like 24 & 7 respectively. It was then that the young Virat Kohli joined Pujara at the middle, trying to redeem himself after his horrid show in the first test match.

Kohli looked solid as he amassed 25 runs off 34 balls with consecutive fours. He was all set for a big innings…

When of course, the 31-year old big man named James Anderson, came to bowl.

First ball of the 31st over

The ball flew into the safe hands of Matt Prior. Phew! Jimmy gets Kohli! Yet another disappointing run for Kohli as he departs for a mere 25. Jimmy on the other hand, gets his second fish!

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In the third test too, Jimmy Anderson removed Kohli when he looked completely settled, standing tall at 39* (74). Jimmy yet again spoiled Kohli's party, as the birthday boy conquered the third test.

In the fourth test, Jimmy got Kohli for 2/2 times.

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Courtesy Anderson's heroics, England scripted a historic series win of 3–1 against India, after getting an early setback in the 2nd test.

While it was the rise of Anderson, it was the fall of Kohli. Seeing his horrid numbers throughout the series, one could predict that it was probably the end of Kohli in world cricket.

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4 years went by.

Again in 2018, India toured England for a five-match test series.

Well, I guess by such a long time Kohli must have bid farewell to world cricket courtesy his flop show. Right?

Not at all.

Jimmy threw Kohli to a pack of wolves.

But

Kohli came back leading the pack.

Kohli failed, Kohli learnt, Kohli rose back. He achieved immense success through the period of 2015–2016–2017 and now even led Team India.

Kohli's performance throughout the 2018 English tour was way ahead of just amazing. The best test batsman of that time left the English bowlers clueless.

Jimmy Anderson failed to get Kohli out even once in that series!

However, Jimmy had the last laugh as England yet again bossed India on their home soil, and took a comfortable series win of 4–1.

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2021 again saw Anderson taking revenge from Kohli. Anderson hunted upon Kohli a number of times.

The two legends were so far rivals by play and sweet by nature. But this 2021 tour even saw Jimmy and Kohli getting engaged in verbal banters.

Jimmy got Kohli, but Kohli got England as India this time didn't let England enjoy yet another win on home soil, and butchered them 2–1 with the 5th test match getting cancelled.

This rivalry

Where the momentum swung like a pendulum

This rivalry

Where the two legends engaged in verbal banters and appreciated each other too

This rivalry

Where two of the greatest were involved

Came to an end in September, 2021.

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Sure, fans hype the Kohli-Smith rivalry, Smith-Archer rivalry, a lot. But the Kohli-Jimmy rivalry will forever remain special for me, and all the others. It will be cherished throughout.

As the tale of the two living legends.