Top cricket facts: Some fun stories keep coming up on cricket. Cricket is very much liked all over the world including India, but the craze that is about cricket in India will hardly be in any country. Cricket is not a game for Indian fans, not an emotion. There are many funny stories in the cricket world too, which are remembered for years. Many times the fight between the players and sometimes the actions done by the players in fun is quite viral on social media. Not only this, sometimes even peculiar records also become a topic of discussion. So in such a situation, let us know about some funny stories related to cricket in detail:
These are some fun stories related to cricket:
In 2002, a Test match was played between India and the West Indies. All 11 players of Team India bowled in this Test match. Even Indian cricket team wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra bowled. Which was quite fun because it was not seen in the cricket world.
In 1985, the Ranji Trophy match was played between Mumbai and Baroda. In this match, Ravi Shastri hit 6 consecutive sixes in a single over against left -handed spinner Tilak Raj. Which was quite popular.
A New Zealand team had 77 runs in a single over in a domestic match. Which is not yet the name of any team. Actually it was such that the batsman should be given a chance to score as much as possible, so that he could lose his last two wickets and the bowler also did the same and spent 77 runs. This match was a draw.
Over time, a lot has changed in cricket. Many rules related to cricket have changed. For information, let us know that at the beginning of cricket, the ball was made with wool or cloth.
By the year 1975, there were only two stumps in cricket. Now they have become three.
In international ODI cricket, ‘Man of the Match’ is named after Sourav Ganguly in four consecutive matches. Apart from Saurabh, this record is not the name of anyone’s player.
There are some players in the cricket world who also believe in some superstition. In fact, some cricketers believe that the wicket often falls on the score of 111. Therefore, 111 is not considered a good score in the cricket world.
Sir Don Bradman hit only 6 sixes throughout his career. Bradman was a famous cricketer of his time.
Chris Gayle has several records. One of which is the record that Chris Gayle is the only batsman who has hit a six on the first ball of Test cricket.
England cricket team cricketer Alek Stewart was born on 8-4-63. Alex scored 8463 runs in Stewart Test cricket. It is just a coincidence or a coincidence but fun.
The South Africa team needed 111 runs to win 11-11-11 at 11:11 pm. This coincidence is also very famous in the cricket world.
Chris Mortin and B. C. Chandrashekhar, both these players have taken more wickets than Test runs in their career. Martin has scored 123 runs in 71 matches and has taken 238 wickets while BC Chandrashekhar has scored 167 runs in 58 matches and has taken 242 wickets.
Let me tell you that many batsmen have batted at all ten positions. The list includes the names of Lance Clusar, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hasan Tillakaratne, who have batted at all ten positions in ODI cricket.
There have been many fun stories with master blaster Sachin Tendulkar. One of which took place in 1992. In fact, in 1992, Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to be dismissed by the third umpire through a TV replay. Let me tell you that he was Jonty Rhodes of Fielder South Africa. The next day in the same Test match, Jonty Rhodes was declared as run out at the hands of Sachin as Sachin Tendulkar was out.
Shoaib Akhtar’s story was very connected to the Indian team. Shoaib Akhtar once told how Shoaib tried to lift Sachin Tendulkar after an award function, but could not balance properly and master blaster Sachin Tendulkar fell to the ground.
Rahul Dravid, popularly known as “The Wall” in the cricket world, has played a very brilliant innings. But it will be surprising to know that the players who are “bold” the most times in Test cricket are also Rahul Dravid. From 1996 to 2012, Rahul Dravid was bowled 54 times in 286 innings of 164 matches.
The record of hitting the most sixes in an innings of Test cricket in the history of cricket is in the name of Pakistan cricket team batsman Wasim Akram. Wasim Akram scored an unbeaten 257 in 363 balls in the match against Zimbabwe in 1996, including 22 fours and 12 sixes.
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar had to wait for 79 matches to score his first century in ODI matches but during this time Sachin Tendulkar had seven Test centuries.
Sachin Tendulkar started his Test career with a Test match played against Pakistan in Karachi. With this match, Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Yunus also started his Test cricket life.
Sachin Tendulkar became known as a great batsman. But do you know that Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar wanted to become the first Indian fast bowler but could not happen because Dennis Lily of MRF Pace Foundation rejected him in 1987. Lily asked Sachin Tendulkar to focus on her batting. Apart from Sachin Tendulkar, Lily also refused Sourav Ganguly to become a fast bowler.
