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Each game of cricket has a vital lesson to learn. From Sachin Tendulkar single-handedly carrying India, even as ‘Desert Strom’ raged on, into the finals of the 1998 Coca-Cola cup to the defining images of Brian Lara becoming the first man to score 400 runs in a single test, the game teaches how hard work and a lot of effort will eventually pay off.
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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.
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.
All-rounder Yuvraj Singh, is the only player in cricket history to take five wickets and score 50-plus runs in a World Cup match.
Malinga is the only man in the history of international cricket to pick up four wickets in four balls on two different occasions.
Rohit Sharma, broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record and became second fastest batsman to reach 10000 runs in ODIs. Rohit Sharma achieved this feat in just 241 innings. He broke the record of Little Master Sachin Tendulkar, who reached the milestone in 259 innings. Only Virat Kohli has scored 10000 runs in lesser innings, who took only 205 innings to achieve 10000 runs mark.
Virat Kohli achieved this feat of reaching 13000 runs in just 267 innings. This is fastest by any batsman in ODI history. Kohli broke the record of great Sachin Tendulkar who reached to the milestone of scoring 13000 runs in ODI cricket in 321 innings.
Rahul Dravid non argubally known as best slip fielder for India. He played 164 Tests and held 210 catches – a world record for a non-wicket keeping fielder.
Rohit Sharma is the first and only batsman in the world to score five hundreds in a single World Cup. In 2019 world cup, Rohit scores were, 122, 57, 0, 140, 1, 18, 102, 104, 103 and 1 in 10 innings.
Rohit Sharma has scored not one, not two but three double tons in ODI history. Rohit’s second double ton against the Sri Lankan team, at the Eden garden, Kolkata in 2014 is the biggest individual score of IDIs cricket (264).