Longest Over in Cricket History – Mohammad Sami’s 17-Ball Nightmare (2025 Updated)
Mohammad Sami went on to have himself a wild 17-ball over which included seven wides and four no-balls for 22 runs in all
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Most Wickets in a Single IPL Season in IPL History – Harshal Patel Leads with 32 Wickets (2025 Updated)
Harshal Patel delivered an unforgettable performance in IPL 2021, becoming the joint-highest wicket-taker in a single season with 32 wickets in just 15 matches.
Rahul Dravid holds the record of most hundred partnerships (88) in Tests.
Rahul Dravid was involved in 52 hundred-run partnerships which happen to be the most by any batsman in the history of Test cricket
Man of the Match Without Wicket, Run, or Catch : Cameron Cuffy
Cameron Cuffy strange Man of the Match award without scoring a run or taking wicket or taking a catch
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the fastest player to reach No. 1 position in ICC Ranking. Only 38 innings (updated 2025)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the fastest batsman to No.1 ODI rank. He got there in his 38th innings only.
Virendra Sehwag and Rohit Sharma only captains To Score A Double century in ODI
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.
INDIA : The Only Country to Win World Cups Played In 3 Formats (60 overs, 50 overs and 20 overs)
In 2015 ICC World Cup Kumar Sangakkara became the only Cricketer in the world to score 4 successive centuries, his first
century came against Bangladesh where he scored 105, then against England he scored 117 unbeaten, and then against Australia he scored 104 and finally against Scotland he scored 124.
Sourav Ganguly : Only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs (Updated 2025)
Sourav Ganguly is the only player to have won four Man of the Match awards in a row.
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 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.
Sachin Tendulkar : Most number of Nervous Nineties
Sachin not only holds the record of most Cricket Hundreds (100), but most nineties as well (28).
Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed 28 times when he was in his 90s in a match. 18 times out of those he was in ODIs and 10 times in Test cricket.