16 Magnificent Cricket Facts Will Thrive Your Mind

It is impossible to live in India and not be distracted by the love-cricket. 16 Magnificent Cricket Facts Will Thrive Your Mind, I mean, as we have been discussing, if we divide our country into two, it will be done on the basis of cricket lovers and those who serve cricket.

16 Magnificent Cricket Facts Will Thrive Your Mind

16 Magnificent Cricket Facts Will Thrive Your Mind

Even people who do not care about me like me, who do not give a knee for any sport will be entertained on the TV screen during the rest of India- Pakistan or the world cup where India participates. So here it is, 25 refreshing facts about cricket that all cricket lovers should know.

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1. Shaid Afridi used Sachin Tendulkar's band to score the fastest 100 in ODI

Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi was airlifted to play for the Pakistani team from the West Indies to Nairobi in 1996 and did not have a suitable bat. This is where Waqar Younis gives 'Agan Afridi' Sachin Tendulkar's bat. Afridi hit 11 sixes and six boundaries with the bat and struck a 37-year-old ball against Sri Lanka which was the fastest ODI at the time. This record, later won by Corey Anderson (36 balls), now belongs to South Africa's AB de Villiers (31 balls).

2. Chris Gayle is the only batsman to hit six in the first Test match

Chris Gayle

In 137 years of Test cricket no cricket has ever hit six balls since the first Test match. Humble Chris Gayle achieved this compared to Bangladesh in 2012 leaving Egypt's Shagagazi.

3. Abbas Ali Baig was the first Indian cricket player to kiss during the Abbas Ali Baig Test match

When Abbas Ali Baig reached halftime in the third Test match against Australia at the Brabourne Stadium in 1960, a beautiful young girl came all the way from the North Stand to greet the bats. He kissed Baig on his cheek.

4. Vinod Kambli's typical test match is better than his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar
Vinod Kambli Sachin Tendulkar

Vinod Kambli has played only 17 Test games including two back-to-back double tones. Kambli's test average is 54.20 while his younger friend Sachin Tendulkar reaches 53.78 after 200 tests.

5. Sunil Gavaskar was out of the first Test match three times in his career Sunil Gavaskar

Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman to reach the 10,000 Test and finished his career hitting the 34th Test. But did you know he was out three times in the first Test ball? The prospective expatriates would be: Geoff Arnold (Edgbaston, 1974), Malcolm Marshall (Kolkata, 1984) and Imran Khan (Jaipur, 1987).

6. ML Jaisimha and Ravi Shastri are the only Indians to meet on all five Test days
M L Jaisimha and Ravi Shastri

7. The only cricket to play Test cricket for India and England is Saif Ali Khan's grandmother, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi

Ifthikar Ali Khan Pataudi

8. Lala Amarnath is the only metal to chase Don Bradman hit wicket in Test cricket
Sleep Amarnath

This happened in the 1948 Brisbane Test.

9. There are some strange parallels between the Indo-Pak match in the 1986 Australasia Cup and the 2014 Asia Cup

Pakistan vs India

India won the 1983 World Cup and won their first Test for the Lords three years later in 1986. India won the Second World Cup after 28 years in 2011 and won their second Test three years ago after 2014.

King 1986 and 2014

11. India is the only country to win the World Cup 60, over, 50 and over
India World Cup 2011

12. Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and has hit 8463 runs for TestAlec Stewart

13. Asif Karim from Kenya plays international cricket and Davis Cup (Tennis) for his countryAsif Karim

14. Wilfred Rhodes of England played Test cricket until he was 52! Wilfred Rhodes

15. Allan Border has played 153 consecutive TestAllan Border games

16. The only Indian Test cricket to be issued by the Vizianagaram Maharaja of the Vizianagraph

17. Australia beat England by 45 runs in the first Test cricket and Centenary Test in 1977Centenary Test

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