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 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 some of the most interesting cases in medicine?

 This case was published in PsyCh Journal in 2015 under the title “Sight and blindness in the same person”. When I first read it I couldn't even believe that something like this was even possible. It is one of the best documented cases of mind body connection ever recorded.

Here is the case of a German woman named BT.

BT suffered from Dissociative identity disorder and was under the treatment of Dr. Bruno Waldvogel. She had at least 10 different personalities each with a different name, gender, voice and temperament.

4 years into her treatment something happened that stunned Dr. Waldvogel. BT, while in the personality of a teenage boy picked up a magazine and started to read.

Nothing shocking right?

But BT was Blind and had been that way for the past 13 years. At the age of 20 she suffered a traumatic accident which doctors initially diagnosed as brain damage to her visual processing centres, the reason they believed she had permanently lost all sight.

So how was she able to see suddenly? How was this even possible?

To investigate this, an EEG was placed on BT's visual cortex to measure her response to visual stimuli. It turned out that BT's vision was switching on and off based on her current personality. This ruled out any possibility of faking as humans cannot control visual cortex electrical activity. It turned out her blindness was never physical, it was psychological.

After intense therapy 8 out of her 10 personalities regained full sight while 2 personalities remained blind. Doctors believed the blind states served as a protective trauma mechanism.

BT's case remains one of the most fascinating in modern times. It serves as a reminder that human brains are capable of extraordinary things much of which is yet to be fully understood.

What are some facts about human biology and why are they interesting?

 The human body is an amazing machine, with some oddities."

You can brush your teeth too aggressively. This can wear down the enamel and make your teeth sensitive to hot and cold foods.

Goosebumps evolved to make our ancestors' hair stand on end, making them more threatening to predators.

Wisdom teeth are useless. They are remnants from hundreds of thousands of years ago. As the brains of early humans grew, they reduced the space in the mouth, thus eliminating that third set of molars.

Scientists aren't sure exactly why we yawn, but it may help regulate body temperature.

Your nails don't grow after you die.

If they were placed end to end, all the blood vessels in the human body would circle the Earth four times.

Humans are the only animals with chins.

When you breathe, most of the air enters and exits through one nostril.

Every few hours, the workload shifts to the other nostril.

Blood makes up about 8% of total body weight.

The human nose can detect approximately 1,000 billion odors.

You have two kidneys, but you only need one to live.

Navels grow special hairs to catch lint.

The satisfying sound of your joints cracking comes from gas bubbles popping in your joints.

The skin is the largest organ in the body and can make up 15% of a person's total weight.

Thumbs have their own pulse.

Your tongue is made up of eight intertwined muscles, whose structure resembles that of an elephant's trunk or an octopus's tentacle.

Genetically, all humans are more than 99% identical.

The foot is one of the parts of the body most sensitive to tickling.

The extraocular muscles of the eye are the fastest muscles in the body. They allow both eyes to flip in the same direction in a single movement lasting 50 milliseconds.

A surgical procedure called selective tonsillohippocampectomy removes half of the brain's amygdala, and with it, the patient's sense of fear.

The pineal gland, which secretes the hormone melatonin, gets its name from its shape, which resembles a pine nut.

Hair grows rapidly—about 15 cm per year. The only thing in the body that grows faster is bone marrow.

No one really knows what fingerprints do, but they can help remove water from our hands, prevent blisters, or improve our sense of touch.

The heart beats more than 3 billion times in an average human lifetime.

The blush is caused by an adrenaline rush.

What are some interesting facts that can save your life?

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What are some interesting facts about crocodiles?

 One that would surprise people?

They can climb trees sometimes:

If the branch is set up and wide, they will climb a tree and lay on a branch where they know nothing will mess with them. They can wrap around the trunk with limbs, and will even bite branches to give them leverage to climb further.

I still don’t know how the hell they get down. I guess that’s one more thing I have to worry about here in Florida.

What are some interesting historical facts that most people don't know?

 1. In 1991, a young Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were seen chatting together.

2. The cockpit of the famous Millennium Falcon spaceship. A scene from the filming of "Star Wars".

3. One of the original McDonald's restaurants. Photographed in 1948.

4. Singer Sting, rapper Tupac, and Madonna chatting together at a drinking party.

5. You might not believe it, but this is the city of Brasília. Construction began in 1960, and it is now the capital of Brazil.

6. The last photograph of the Titanic before it sank. April 1912.

7. The wedding of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi Minister of Propaganda.

The man in the trench coat and hat in the background is Hitler, serving as the groom's best man.

8. A commemorative photograph of Walt Disney and his brother Roy at the founding of Disney Studios. Their mother and wives are also in the picture.

9. The Porsche 911 assembly line in Stuttgart, Germany. Photographed in 1970.

10. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. pulls up a crucifix that white supremacists had burned in front of his Atlanta home. His son stands beside him. Photographed in 1960.

What are the most interesting and unknown facts?

 

1. We often complain that airlines do not serve tasty food but it is not the fault of ground staff. At high altitude, our taste buds begin to baffle us. This is the reason food on flights nearly appear tasteless.
2. On July 27,2018 Mars will be closest to earth. We will be able to see Mars even with naked eyes. Do not miss this date. This scene will next repeat itself in 2035

3. Antilla which is one of the most expensive house ever made has multi storey garage which can accommodate nearly 168 cars at a given time.

4. India is one of the very few countries to have prime minister and president from a non-majority religion. Unity in diversity in true sense.

5. North korea and Cuba are the only countries in the world where coca -cola has been banned. It's available in all other countries.

6. Jedda tower in Saudi Arabia is going to be world's tallest building in 2020. It will have a height of 1008 m( approximately 1 km)

What are some interesting facts about Akshay Kumar?

 50+ interesting facts about Akshay Kumar

1. Akshay Kumar was born in Delhi not Amritsar contrary to popular reports
2. Both Akshay Kumar and his father Hari Om Bharia are huge fans of Dharmendra
3. Akshay Kumar was called the 2nd Dharmendra when he came into this industry
4. Ekta Kapoor and a whole host of people also call Akshay Kumar a modern-day equivalent of Jeetendra
5. Akshay Kumar was a huge Amitabh Bachchan fan growing up
6. Akshay Kumar has never publically mentioned of being a huge Rajesh Khanna fan who later on became his father in law
7. Akshay Kumar's first movie was Saughandh but he had signed Deedaar first which eventually became his 5th movie
8. Akshay Kumar has been compared to Mithun Chakraborty as he like Mithun has a knack of doing multiple movies in a single calendar year
9. Before his marriage to Twinkle Khanna Akshay Kumar was quite the Casanova with link ups to Raveena Tandon, Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai
10. The Darshan trio Akshay Kumar has had successful occasions with Sunil Darshan, Dharmesh Darshan and Priyadarshan
11. Romance vs Action Akshay Kumar with Ajay Devgan and Sunil Shetty were considered the action equivalent to the romantic Khan trio
12. Akshay Kumar apart from Shah Rukh Khan is the only outsider in the last 4 decades to achieve superstardom
13. Akshay Kumar was not very much interested in studies
14. Akshay Kumar has a black belt but this claim has been questioned from time to time
15. After doing Yeh Dillagi with Yrf Akshay Kumar was considered being offered the main lead in a movie called Maine Mohabbat Kar Li but after the huge success of Ddlj the Maine Mohabbat Kar Li became Dtph in which he played a supporting role opposite SRK
16. Due to his bad times it's rumoured that Akshay Kumar was not paid any fee for Dtph hence he didn't work with Yrf for 10 years he later did Tashan with them in 2008
17. Akshay Kumar's first hit Khiladi had clashed with Jackie Shroff’s Police Officer Khiladi was a sleeper hit police officer and average grosser
18. Akshay Kumar has worked in Delhi, Bangkok, Kolkata and even Bangladesh
19. He's known to be a very good cook/chef
20. Akshay Kumar is very fitness conscious teetotaller who abstains from smoking and drinking which is rampant in bollywood and he also detests weight lifting instead focuses more on bodyweight training
21. Akshay Kumar has become bollywood's go to police officer after the yesteryear Iftikhar saab
22. The stunt in Khiladi 420 was done by Akshay Kumar himself without any help from stuntmen
23. Akshay Kumar was allegedly unhappy with his sister's marriage but later gave in and happily attended his sister's wedding ceremony
24. Film producer and director Sajid Nadiadwala is Akshay Kumar's school mate with whom Akshay has done multiple movies
25. Akshay Kumar's billed height is 6′1″ but according to me he's closer to being 5′11″
26. After 1997 Akshay Kumar never kept long hair again he was known as lambe baloon wala Khiladi closest he became to long hair was in corona lockdown era
27. Akshay Kumar is a very religious person who does Pooja regularly and even visit islamic shrines he can be seen wearing a black thread on his ankle
28. Akshay Kumar assisted Jayesh Seth a famous photographer before becoming a bollywood actor
29. During his assistance with Jayesh Seth he met Govinda who told Akshay Kumar your very good looking and can become a hero also
30. Akshay Kumar took training from actress Madhumati and was given tution by Chunky Pandey who was a senior student of Madhumati
31. Akshay Kumar's iconic movie Hera Pheri was launched as Raftar with Sanjay Dutt
32. Steven Saigal and along with bollywood stars Dilip Kumar, SRK and Balasaheb Thackeray attended it's mahurat
33. Akshay Kumar along with yesteryear actors such as Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh etc is the only modern day actor to give 4 hits in a year
34. Akshay Kumar is a huge fan of cricket and volleyball and plays these sports regularly
35. Apart from having a huge car collection Akshay Kumar has stated that he prefers motorcycles more
36. Akshay Kumar inspite of not being a trained dancer is considered one of the best dancers Unlike Hrithik Roshan
37. Akshay Kumar has been accused of chopping of the roles of his co-stars such as Shahid Kapoor and John Abraham
38. Akshay Kumar sometime back was a Canadian citizen
39. Akshay Kumar has a tattoo of his son Aarav on his back
40. Akshay Kumar won the National Award for the movie Rustom inspite of never winning a Filmfare award
41. Akshay Kumar was the original choice for movies such as Baazigar and even Bhaag Milkha Bhaag even Deepak tijori role in Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar and Ajay Devgan's Debut movie were offered to Akshay Kumar
42. Apart from the famous Modi interview Akshay Kumar himself is a huge lover of mangoes
43. Due to Akshay Kumar's affinity in becoming a moustached actor this became the reason for Akshay Kumar's portfolio taking longer than usual as Jayesh Seth wanted him clean shaved
44. The bunglow on top of which the portfolio was conducted is now owned by Akshay Kumar himself
45. Inspite of being a huge fan of Dharmendra and regularly working with Bobby Deol Akshay Kumar never really shared screwed space with Sunny Deol they were in Jaani Dushman but no screen sharing
46. Akshay Kumar prefers to keep a short to medium length side swept ,side parting hairstyle
47. Akshay Kumar is a certified diver and didn't need to take any particular training in doing underwater scenes in movies.
48. Akshay Kumar gives huge credit to priyadarshan and raj kumar santoshi in helping him find his comedic bone in movies like Hera Pheri and Khakee
49. Apart from Hindi Akshay Kumar can speak Marathi and Punjabi very well but he has some discomfort speaking English which according to me he can speak well also
50. Akshay Kumar in the modern day meme world has become the most memed actor 

What are some unknown interesting facts about Indian history?

• Nehru : Nearly six assassinations attempts were made on Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru .
• But, this first prime minister of India miraculously survived them .
• In 1955, Maharashtrian rickshaw puller lunged at him with a knife ; but, he pushed him back.

• Indira Gandhi : In 1967, a stone thrown by a heckler hit face and nose of then Prime minister.
• She had to undergo surgical treatment.

• Rajiv Gandhi :This former prime minister of India survived nine attempts on his life by militants
• Once, a Srilankan sailor hit him with a rifle butt during guard of honor in 1987.
• Alas, he died in tenth assassination attempt by Srilankan suicide bomber in 1991..
• Sanjay Gandhi : Three assassination attempts were made on Sanjay Gandhi .
• Wiki leaks claim that he was shot thrice by unknown assailant in Uttar Pradesh in 1977.
• But, this defacto leader of congress party survived them.
• Well : “If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten. “: Rudyard Kipling
• Pic Credits : Google/Web

What are some interesting facts about Rohit Sharma?

 

1. Rohit Sharma has never lost an IPL Final. (2009 for Deccan Chargers and 2013,2015,2017 for Mumbai Indians)
2. He is the second Indian to score a century in all three formats.
3. He is the first skipper to lead his team to the IPL title thrice.
4. He started as an off spinner who could bat a bit.
5. He also has an IPL hattrick to his name. He did it for Deccan Chargers.
6. He holds the record for the highest Individual score by a batsman in an ODI match. He scored 264 against Sri Lanka got out at the very last ball.
7. He has the highest number of sixes, 16, in an ODI innings.
8. With 33 fours, Sharma hit the most number of fours in an ODI innings.
9. He also became the only player to hit three double hundreds in ODI .
10. He made a dream debut in test cricket. He scored 177 which is the second best after Shikhar Dhawan. He became the third Indian to score two back to back centuries in first two tests after Ganguly and Mohammad Azharuddin.
11. Whenever Rohit scores double hundred in ODI ,kohli has a habit of getting run out in that match.
12. Rohit sharma ‘s lucky stadium is eden gardens, Kolkata.
13. He was nicknamed as HIT MAN after the match he scored 209 against Australia in Bangalore.
14. He scored fifty in the first innings he played in T20 match. It was against South Africa which was a must win game for India.
15. He once bunked school to meet sehwag.
16. His friend once challenged him to eat 45 eggs and he effortlessly won the challenge.
17. In the show Comedy Nights with Kapil, Virat Kohli revealed that he is the one in the team who loves to sleep a lot.

Some Of The Most Interesting Photographs

 1. A circus performer named Thomas Wedders was known for his nose measuring 20 cm (7.8 in)

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2. This is a Tatoo
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3. I love all the cute pictures of seals, but here's a little reminder that they are, in fact, predators.

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4. Lion cub playing with a gemsbok horn

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5. Mexican teacher Oliver Castro Jiménez is teaching physics with one piece

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6. The abandoned chicken church in Indonesia

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7. This is what a rocket leaving Earth looks like from space

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8. Only one photogrpah

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9. A salt crystal grown at home

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10. Young lion about to inflict a World of Pain

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