Some bizzare cricket records
July 4, 2022 | Rahul Shriwastav 2.3K ReadsMost cricket fans are very familiar with the cricket records like most runs, most wickets, fastest 50 and more. But there are a few bizarre cricket records that might be unknown to many.
Let's have a look at some of the interesting and bizarre cricket records :
1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to take his first international wicket as bowled in all three formats (Hafeez in ODI, Nasir Jamshed in T20I and David Warner in Test)
2. Rahul Dravid who is known as a wall have been dismissed and bowled 54 times in test cricket, most for any cricketer.
3. Alastair cook scored a golden duck in his 100th test. He is the first cricketer to achieve this unique feat.
4. Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record for scoring most fifty without scoring a century in ODI cricket.
5. Md. Aamir claim his first test catch after 7 years of his debut, he took 20 matches to have his first catch. This is the longest gap by any cricketer to have his maiden test catch.
6. Sri Lankan pacer Shaminda Eranga is the only bowler to take his 1st wicket in 1st over of his debut in all three formats.
7. Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and he scored 8463 Test runs.
8. A total of 71 extra runs were conceded by Pakistani vs West Indies. It was the most extra conceded by a team in an inning.
9. 44,152 is the minutes spent by Dravid on the pitch in test cricket.
10. Rahul Dravid holds the record for playing most international inning without being a duck. He had a duckless inning streak of 173.
11. Vinod Kambli still holds the record for the highest batting average for an Indian batsman in tests.
12. Dravid has also been involved in more than 80-century partnerships with 18 different partners - a world record.
13. Isru Udana and Pravin Tambe have two ball hattrick in T20 Cricket.
14. Australia is the only team to whitewash every single test playing nations in a test cricket.
15. Graeme Smith is the only player who have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches.
16. Sachin Tendulkar has bowled more no. of deliveries (8054) in ODI which is more than Shoaib Akthar, Dale Steyn.
17. India was the first team to win the ICC World Cup as hosts in 2011
18. Mumbai Indians fielded 5 overseas players in a match (in CLT20 Match against they made a request to allow them to field an extra overseas player as they were no Indian players left to substitute as they all were injured).
19. Jonty Rhodes is the only player who was awarded 'Man of the Match' when he was not in the playing XI.
20. MS Dhoni has the top 3 slowest fifty by an Indian batsman in ODI in the 21st century.
There are still many unknown records. Which mention records you were unaware of ?
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