What are some epic lines said for cricketers?

“When Sir Vivian Richards retired I thought it was an end of the entertainment, but then he came, The King of the entertainment.”-Rameez Raja

Yes you guessed it right he is none other than VIRENDER SEHWAG.

“I would always have Sehwag in my team because I want to watch him bat ,not bowl to him”- Shane Warne

“player like sehwag bring crowd back to test cricket”- Kapil Dev

“He destroys even the most experienced bowler if he stays more than 10 overs”-Srikanth

here comes God’s wish

“I have learnt from Sehwag how to play in nervous 90”-Sachin

last but not least-

“He is ghajni of cricket, he forgets about the format he is playing”-Vikram Sathaye

Source: Google 

Which cricketers never got the credit they deserved?

 Who is best Captain you know ?

Pointing? Fleming ? Dhoni ? Ganguly ?

You may say either of these mostly (Maybe Clive Lyod, Mark Taylor or Martin crowe if you are old generation cricket fan)

But most of them forget that there was another guy who deserved to be in Elite Category of Captains

The guy is none other than ,

Graeme Smith!

(He is guy who is never is credited as much as he should be getting for both Batting and Captaincy)

He was handed the Captaincy at 22 - which made him his country's youngest captain and he was tasked with restoring the faith of his countrymen by becoming The successor of Hansie Cronje in Leading the Team . He , took over the reigns from Shaun Pollock after the 2003 World Cup and immediately set about rebuilding the side

He debuted Vs the best team of that time - Australia,

The bowlers were Mcgrath , Gillespie , Lee and Warne!

He played two gritty knocks in his 1st 2 matches

Scored a 60 and a 40 vs Aussies !

Then What he did was something unimaginable,

Smashed 2 consecutive double tons on English soil in tests !

His Dedication can be seen by the fact when he came out to bat,even with a broken hand against Australia to save a test match

His Captaincy record was great too , he build a great team which went onto become of the best Teams in world

Stats :

(In tests )

Has an win percentage of over 50 even after Captaining for over 110 matches!

In batting he was too good as well , He had 9,200 runs at 48 avg

Infact Only Gavaskar (among opening batsmen ) has scored more runs and has better average than Smith

( In ODI )

Captained for 150 Matches and has win percentage of over 65 !

His batting Average too was over 40 which is great for a opener. Also he was quite versatile his 90 runs of 55 balls in the Famous Chase vs Aus is proof of that

( In T20i )

In T20i too he was good and had an batting average of 31 and SR of over 130

He also has win percentage of 67 in T20i !

Facts :

• During his career (almost entirely as captain) Smith has led South Africa to 21 run-chases. He has scored 1,114 runs in these fourth innings (nobody else has scored over a thousand) at an average of 85.69. But that is not all , he also has a strike rate of 69.02 in these innings (his career strike-rate is 59.62).
• He has most Test wins as captain
• He has also scored most runs as Captain in Tests !

What are some never known facts about Indian cricketers?

Some never known facts about cricketers -

1. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his entire Ranji Trophy career.

And the bowler who dismissed him was the then 19-year-old Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who was playing for Uttar Pradesh.

2. After claiming Sachin's wicket, Brad Hogg asked him to sign a photograph of the dismissal. Sachin signed and wrote 'it will never happen again'. And it never did.

3. Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan before India. It was an exhibition match between the two countries in 1987 and he came in as a substitute fielder for Pakistan.

4. Sourav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man-of-the-Match awards in ODIs. He achieved the feat against Pakistan.

5. Ravi Shastri was the first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an over. It was a Ranji Trophy Match between Bombay and Baroda in 1985.

6. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi of India became the youngest ever Test captain at the age of 21. This record was surpassed by 20-year-old Tatenda Taibu in 2004.

7. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, Saif Ali Khan’s grandfather, is the only cricketer to play Test cricket for both India and England.

8. Indian with most number of T20 international runs is Mithali Raj. She was also the first Indian to reach the 2000-run milestone.

9. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar have been stumped out only once in their Test careers. Both on a delivery from England’s spinner Ashley Giles.

10. Mohammad Azharuddin is the only batsman on the planet to score three centuries in the first three Test matches he played.

Source - http://scoopwhoop. com

What are some rare pictures of cricketers?

 

• Rahul Dravid

• Sachin, Warne, Gilchrist and Brendon Mccullum

• Sachin & M Azharuddin

• English Team singing ‘Mere Desh Ki Dharti’

• Yuvraj Singh

• Rahul Dravid & Kohli

• Ajay Jadeja & Vinod Kambli

• Dhawan, his wife & Dhoni

• Kapil Dev & Team

• Sachin & Wasim Akram

• Virat, Zaheer, Sachin & Wasim

• Next day of 2011 world cup final

• Gambhir, Sreesanth, Sehwag, Dhoni, Nehraji, Sachin (From left to right)

• Legends together

• Dhoni, Raina, Kohli, Bhajji & Piyush Chawla with Children

• Ganguly & Afridi

• Raina, Murli Kartik, Yuvraj & Dhoni

• Ganguly

• Matthew Hayden

• Sachin & Bhajji

• Zaheer & Bhajji

• Sachin & Vinod Kambli

• You & your best friend

• Dada

• Ellyse Perry

Which great cricketers debuted after Sachin Tendulkar and retired before he did?

 Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut on November 14, 1989 in Karachi, Pakistan. And exactly 24 years later, he retired from international cricket. Yes, exactly 24 years later. Six years back in November 2013, Tendulkar played his last match for India at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.

In between a many great players debuted and retired. Some of them include:

1. Ricky Ponting (1995–2012)

2. Sanath Jaisurya (Dec, 1989–2011)

3. Inzamam Ul Haq (1991–2007)

4. Sourav Ganguly (1992–2008)

5. Rahul Dravid (1996- January, 2012)

6. Brian Lara (1990–2007)

7. Adam Gilchrist (1996–2008)

8. Mohammad Yousuf (1998–2010)

9. Marvan Attapattu (1990–2007)

10. HH Gibbs (1996–2010)

11. VVS Laxman (1996–2012)

12. Muttiah Muralitharan (1992–2011)

13. Shane Warne (1992–2007)

14. Anil Kumble (1990–2008)

15. Glen Mcgrath (1993–2007)

16. Shaun Pollock (1995–2008)

17. Makhaya Ntini (1998–2011)

18. Jason Gillespie (1996-2006)

19. Abdul Razaaq (1999- November, 2013)

20. Shoaib Akhtar (1997-2011)

21. Saqlain Mushtaq (1995-2004)

22. Brett Lee (1999–2012)

23. Chaminda Vass (1994-2009)

24. Shane Bond (2001-2010)

25. Chris Cairns (1989-2006)

26. Alan Donald (1991-2003)

27. Andy Flower (1992-2003)

28. Andrew Symonds (1998-2009)

29. Andrew Flintoff (1998-2009)

30. Darren Gough (1994-2006)

31. Andy Caddick (1993-2003)

32. Ajit Agarkar (1998-2007)

33. Javagal Srinath (1991-2003)

34. Lance Klusener (1996-2004)

35. Ajay Jadeja (1992-2000)

36. Nathan Bracken (2001-2009)

37. Michael Bevan (1994-2004)

38. Jacob Oram (2001-2012)

39. Chris Martin (2000-2013)

40. Venkatesh Prasad (1994-2001)

41. Stephen Fleming (1994–2008)

42. Nathan Astle (1995–2007)

43. Gary Kirsten (1993–2004)

44. Grant Flower (1992–2010)

45. Matthew Hayden (1993–2009)

46. Jonty Rhodes (1992–2003)

47. Ramnaresh Sarwan (2000-June,2013)

48. Paul Colingwood (2001–2011)

49. Alsitair Campbell (1992–2003)

50. Damien Martyn (1992–2006)

51. Michael Hussey (2004–Jan,2013)

52. Chris Harris (1990–2004)