Interesting Facts About Indian Cricket Which Will Leave You Stumped... OUCH
– Sydney 2012 – Ishant Sharma drops Michael Clarke – Clarke scores 329*
– Wellington 2014 – Ishant Sharma drops Brendon McCullum – He scores 302
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2. On 12th January 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai.
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3. B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored.
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4. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup.
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5. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls.
In the Prudential World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand.
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6.Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs.
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7. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before Sachin, was New Zealand’s Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004.
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8.Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game.
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9. MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia.
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10. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him.
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11. Jeremy Snape, the no.8 batsman for Lancashire, complained to his partner Viru that the old ball's swing was troubling him. There were 40 overs left. Next over, Viru stepped down the pitch and hit the ball out of the stadium. The umpires called for a new ball and Sehwag said to Snape, "The new ball won't swing for some time. We are safe for another two hours."
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12.Sehwag was hitting sixes all over the place in the Multan Test vs Pakistan in 2004. Sachin asked him to calm down and he hit no more sixes until he reached 295. He asked Sachin if he could hit one then. And without fear of not making to his 300, he stepped out and whacked it out of the ground. He became the first Indian to score a 300 & was given the title, 'Multan ka Sultan'.
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13. Sehwag had promised Laxman before his debut that he will not miss a 300 like Laxman did in Kolkata when he got out on 281. So after completing the milestone in Multan, he raised his bat towards Laxman, as a reminder of that promise.
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14.A fan walked up to him to get his bat autographed. Sehwag signed on the back side of the bat and said, "If I sign it on the front, you will not play with this bat anymore. So I am signing it on the back. Best of luck!"
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15.In a match against Pakistan, Shoaib Akhtar kept bowling bouncers to Sehwag and dared him to hook the ball countless times. Finally, Sehwag got frustrated and asked:
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17. On 21st October, 37 years ago, Virender Sehwag was born. Coincidentally, he also announced his official retirement from international cricket in 2015, on his birthday.
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18.In a test match between Australia and West Indies,Ram Naresh Sarwan was going great guns and scored a superb century..In that innings Mc Grath bowled an unplayable bouncer that zoomed past Sarwan’s face..Mc Grath on his follow through went to Sarwan and said,”..How does Lara’s d#^%k taste,mate..”..Sharp came the reply from Sarwan..”Go and ask your wife..”It resulted in a world war there on the field but subsided with the intervention of Umpires
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19. In a test match between Australia and England,Ian Botham came to bat at number seven..Greeting him,the ugly mouthed Australian Wicket Keeper Rodney Marsh said..” ..Hi Dude..Howz your wife and my children..??..” Botham known for his spontaneity replied,..”..My wife is fine and your kids are retarded..”
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20. In a test match between Australia and Sri Lanka the pot bellied Sri Lankan Captain,Arjuna Ranatunga, came to bat..Laughing loudly at Ranatunga’s belly, Merv Hughes said..”..Mate,when was the last time you saw your d$#k…” for which the great Ranatunga replied..”..Long time Mervy…Why don’t you show it to me once..???”.. The Australian slip fielders burst into a huge laughter and kept rolling on the grass for a long time..
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1. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in the 21st century.
– Edgbaston 2011 – Ishant Sharma drops Alastair Cook – Cook scores 294– Sydney 2012 – Ishant Sharma drops Michael Clarke – Clarke scores 329*
– Wellington 2014 – Ishant Sharma drops Brendon McCullum – He scores 302
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2. On 12th January 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai.
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3. B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored.
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4. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup.
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5. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls.
In the Prudential World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand.
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6.Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs.
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7. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before Sachin, was New Zealand’s Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004.
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8.Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game.
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9. MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia.
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10. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him.
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11. Jeremy Snape, the no.8 batsman for Lancashire, complained to his partner Viru that the old ball's swing was troubling him. There were 40 overs left. Next over, Viru stepped down the pitch and hit the ball out of the stadium. The umpires called for a new ball and Sehwag said to Snape, "The new ball won't swing for some time. We are safe for another two hours."
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12.Sehwag was hitting sixes all over the place in the Multan Test vs Pakistan in 2004. Sachin asked him to calm down and he hit no more sixes until he reached 295. He asked Sachin if he could hit one then. And without fear of not making to his 300, he stepped out and whacked it out of the ground. He became the first Indian to score a 300 & was given the title, 'Multan ka Sultan'.
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13. Sehwag had promised Laxman before his debut that he will not miss a 300 like Laxman did in Kolkata when he got out on 281. So after completing the milestone in Multan, he raised his bat towards Laxman, as a reminder of that promise.
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14.A fan walked up to him to get his bat autographed. Sehwag signed on the back side of the bat and said, "If I sign it on the front, you will not play with this bat anymore. So I am signing it on the back. Best of luck!"
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15.In a match against Pakistan, Shoaib Akhtar kept bowling bouncers to Sehwag and dared him to hook the ball countless times. Finally, Sehwag got frustrated and asked:
"Abey bheek maang raha hai kya?"
"Woh non-striker end pe tera baap khada hai, usko bol woh marke dikhayega."
Sachin was standing there.
In his next over, Akhtar bowled a bouncer to Sachin and he hit the ball out the park.
Sehwag then told Akhtar, "Baap baap hota hai aur beta beta."
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16. During 2003-04, he got out on 195 in a Boxing Day Test, trying to hit a six. Harsha Bhogle asked him why he did not take singles because he just missed his double century by 5 runs. Sehwag said to him: "I just missed the six by 3 yards."------------
17. On 21st October, 37 years ago, Virender Sehwag was born. Coincidentally, he also announced his official retirement from international cricket in 2015, on his birthday.
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18.In a test match between Australia and West Indies,Ram Naresh Sarwan was going great guns and scored a superb century..In that innings Mc Grath bowled an unplayable bouncer that zoomed past Sarwan’s face..Mc Grath on his follow through went to Sarwan and said,”..How does Lara’s d#^%k taste,mate..”..Sharp came the reply from Sarwan..”Go and ask your wife..”It resulted in a world war there on the field but subsided with the intervention of Umpires
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19. In a test match between Australia and England,Ian Botham came to bat at number seven..Greeting him,the ugly mouthed Australian Wicket Keeper Rodney Marsh said..” ..Hi Dude..Howz your wife and my children..??..” Botham known for his spontaneity replied,..”..My wife is fine and your kids are retarded..”
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20. In a test match between Australia and Sri Lanka the pot bellied Sri Lankan Captain,Arjuna Ranatunga, came to bat..Laughing loudly at Ranatunga’s belly, Merv Hughes said..”..Mate,when was the last time you saw your d$#k…” for which the great Ranatunga replied..”..Long time Mervy…Why don’t you show it to me once..???”.. The Australian slip fielders burst into a huge laughter and kept rolling on the grass for a long time..
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