There are many things that captivate a hardcore cricket fan and one among them is the records and the statistics maintained in the history of cricket. Like, who played the maximum balls in Test Cricket or who made his debut in international cricket at the age of 14. There are different cricket records and each of them are unique, unbelievable and extraordinary.
1. One of its kind: Virat
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli of India is the only batsman to have an average of above 50 in T20 Internationals. Virat has so far scored an impressive 1641 runs in 43 matches and 40 innings at a superb average of 58.60. To our surprise, no other batsman has even touched an average of 40 till now.
2. Youngest player to hit century: Shahid
Shahid Afridi
Pakistan’s current T20 Skipper Shahid Afridi became the youngest player to hit a century in One Day Internationals. He was able to smash 100 off 40 deliveries against Sri Lanka in 1996.
3. The unbeatable pair
Sachin & Saurav
12400, is the exact number of runs Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have added together in their partnerships.
4. Master Blaster: Sachin
God of Cricket
God of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is also the only player in the history of Test Cricket to play 200 games. There are many, many, other records to his name, though.
5. Highest individual score: Rohit
Rohit Sharma
Apart from holding the record for highest individual score in the ODIs, Rohit Sharma is the first player to score a double century in the 50-over format. He smashed 264 off just 173 against Sri Lanka in the 4th ODI in Kolkata.
6. 1000 Runs in an inning
Pranav Dhanavde
Pranav Dhanawade, a school cricketer in Mumbai became the first batsman to score 1000 runs in an inning. He scored the runs while playing for the KC Gandhi School against Arya Gurukul at the H.T. Bhandari Cup inter-school cricket tournament. It is a new record in any form of cricket. He broke created this record on 4th January 2016.
7. Always a century: Sir Don Bradman
Sir Don Bradman
Sir Don Bradman is known as a legend and he proved his work by scoring a century in each of the sessions of a day in Test cricket. Overall, he smashed 309 runs single handed in a day’s play.
8. Something different: Ricky
Ricky Ponting
Ricky Pointing is the only player to score a hundred in both the innings of his 100th Test. He scored 120 and 143 (not out) on Jan 2nd, 2006 against South Africa in Sydney.
9. Slowest innings: Geoff Allot
Geoff Allott
New Zealand’s Geoff Allott holds the record for the slowest innings. He took 101 minutes along with 77 deliveries and eventually got out for a duck. This was while playing against South Africa in 1999.
10. Maximum innings: AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers
South Africa’s ODI skipper AB de Villiers holds the record for playing the maximum number of innings before making his first duck. Before being dismissed for no score, AB played 84 innings in total.
11. Team Bangladesh
Team Bangladesh
It is quite strange to know that Bangladesh holds a unique record of playing the first 75 games without winning even a single one.
Author: Rima Chowdhury
