Lovely Indian Cricket Facts

Lovely Indian cricket has long been viewed as the country's unofficial national sport. Therefore, it is unsurprising that many Indians love and follow it.

Even if there are millions of loyal followers, few can declare to be specialists in Indian cricket. In order to avoid focusing entirely on the most recent cricket in India, we have chosen to present some interesting facts about Indian cricket.

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ODI Fun Facts

One of the most popular and commonly viewed limited-overs cricket formats in India is one-day international (ODI) cricket. So, let's have a look at some interesting ODI trivia that have emerged throughout time.

For a surprising reason, Bishan Singh Bedi forfeited a match between Pakistan and India. He left the game as a result of several bouncer deliveries from Pakistan's fast bowlers, especially Sarfraz Nawaz. India just needed 23 runs from 14 balls to win at the time this incident occurred. It had 8 wickets in hand at that point.

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Sourav Ganguly, the most successful cricket captain of India, is the first player in ODI history to win four straight Man of the Match (MoM) awards.

One of the all-time best ODI runs totals belongs to Sachin Tendulkar. Nearly 99.37 percent of cricketers in the globe do not have half of Tendulkar's ODI runs in their careers.

Facts About Batsmen You Should Know

If you ask cricket fans who their favorite batsman is, they will immediately name him Almost everyone has somebody they admire. Let's see who has made a professional contribution that is noteworthy.

The former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin is the only Indian player to achieve three centuries in his first three test matches.

Indian batsman Mohinder Amarnath is the only cricketer to have been dismissed for handling the ball and blocking the field.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the second batter in ODI history to be dismissed for a diamond duck (0 off 0 balls). He was really stumped off by a wide delivery on his very first ball, so it wasn't a run-out. 

Other Interesting Facts for You

Since There Are Many Lovely Facts About Indian Cricket. Look at a few things that might make you unable to communicate. 

The record for the best test bowling debut figures belongs to Narendra Hirwani. He broke Bob Massi's previous record of 16 out of 137 wickets by taking 16 out of 136 on his debut.

In a test match, only the Indian cricket team has ever experienced two dismissals in a row. This occurred in 1952 at Old Trafford when the score was 58 in the first inning and 82 in the second inning against England.

Sachin Tendulkar once represented Pakistan before playing for India. This occurred at Brabourne Stadium in 1987 while the two countries were practicing. Tendulkar filled in as Pakistan's backup fielder.

Unbelievable Facts About Indian Cricketers

>>> The only cricketer to have represented both India and England was Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi :

The eighth ruler of Pataudi was Nawab Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. The Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan's granddad is him. Additionally representing the nation and serving as team captain was his son, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi. The 16th of March 1910 saw the birth of IAK Pataudi, who passed away in 1952.

IAK Pataudi played in 6 Tests throughout his cricket career, 3 for India and 3 for England. He served as a professional for the English cricket team between 1932 and 1934. He later led the Indian team in three Test matches against the squad he had previously played for during the 1946 tour of England.

IAK Pataudi scored 199 runs, averaging 20 per inning, in 10 innings in a Test match. In his career, he amassed one century. He has extensive experience playing first-class cricket, as well. 8750 runs were scored by him in 127 games, averaging 48.60 runs per game. At that time, he had 29 centuries in first-class cricket. The previous skipper is regarded as one of the best cricket players our nation has ever produced. But he wasn't able to play cricket for a very long period due to his poor health.

>>> For the only occasion in his career, an Indian bowler sent Sir Don Bradman out caught at point-wicket:

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Sir Don Bradman, who amassed a Test career average of 99.94, was dismissed only once by a hit-wicket. At that time, his wicket was taken by the legendary Indian bowler Lala Amarnath. The first Test match in Brisbane that year was when this incident occurred.

Before being dismissed hit-wicket in that match, Bradman had 185 runs scored. He was playing in his first Test against the Indian Cricket Team. In 24 Test matches for India, Lala Amarnath played. At a little over 24 runs per game, he amassed 878 runs.

He took 45 wickets with the ball in hand, averaging 33 runs per wicket. Additionally, he amassed two five-wicket hauls throughout his career. His best stats in an innings are 5/96, but his best stats in a game are 8/167. Amarnath has nearly 19 years of playing for India.

In only nine Tests, he had amassed three hundred, two double hundreds, and a triple century. Given his extraordinary ability to score runs, the Don had already gathered more runs in an Australian season than any other batsman and more runs in an English season than any other visiting batsman had ever achieved, either before or since.