Glen Maxwell holds the record of fastest century in ODI Cricket World Cup
No other captain has achieved the feat of scoring double hundred in ODI. In the game vs West Indies in Dec’2011, Sehwag was leading the side in the absence of MS Dhoni.
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No other captain has achieved the feat of scoring double hundred in ODI. In the game vs West Indies in Dec’2011, Sehwag was leading the side in the absence of MS Dhoni.
No other captain has achieved the feat of scoring double hundred in ODI. In the game vs West Indies in Dec’2011, Sehwag was leading the side in the absence of MS Dhoni.
The largest margin of victory in ODI cricket is recorded by India when they defeated Sri Lanka by 317 runs in a match played on January 15, 2023. India, batting first, posted a mammoth total of 390 runs, and then bowled out Sri Lanka for just 73 runs.
In a T20I match against England in 2011, Virat was bowling to Kevin Pietersen. He ended bowling a wide first ball and Pietersen who was charging down was stumped down the leg-side by MS Dhoni. So, Kohli didn’t bowl a single ball in international cricket as his first ball was a wide but since a stumping goes in the account of the bowler, he had a wicket!
Tendulkar’s World Cup journey spans over 40 matches, during which he amassed an impressive tally of over 2000 runs
Sachin Tendulkar of India holds the record of MOST HUNDREDS IN A CALENDAR YEAR (combined Test, ODI and T20 Internationals). In year 1998, Sachin has scored a total of 12 centuries in Tests and ODIs. He played total 42 innings in that year.
Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma are only two players in ODI history who have scored 5 or more centuries for consecutive 3 years. Virat Kohli scored 6 centuries each in 2017 and 2018 and 5 ODI centuries in 2019. On the other hand, Rohit Sharma is scored 6 centuries in 2017, 5 centuries in 2018 and 7 ODI centuries in 2019.
India is only the second team to hold No 1 ICC Ranking in all formats (Tests, ODIs, T20s) at the same time in cricket history. Achieving the No.1 ranking across all formats has only happened once before this, with South Africa accomplishing this remarkable feat back in August 2012.
There are total 24 instances where a team has scored more than 400 runs in an innings in ODI cricket. But there is only one instance when a team successfully chase down a 400+ total.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the fastest batsman to No.1 ODI rank. He got there in his 38th innings only.