Sourav Ganguly : Only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs
Sourav Ganguly is the only player to have won four Man of the Match awards in a row.
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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.
Sir Vivian Richards : Who Played Both Football And Cricket World Cups For His Country
Sir Vivian Richards is the only cricketers and in fact, the only man in the world who played both World Cups of Cricket and Football. In 1974 he played the qualifying matches for the Football World Cup for Antigua and the in 1975 and 1979 he was the squad which played the Cricket World Cups for West Indies.
Yuvraj Singh still holds the record of Fastest Fifty in T20 Internationals, 12 Balls
The fastest fifty of the T20I cricket was scored by the Yuvraj Singh against England during ICC World Twenty20 at Durban, on September 19, 2007 when he completed his 50 in just 12 Balls.
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.
Aaron Finch, Highest Individual Score in T20 International, 172 Runs
Aaron Finch created a world record by scoring 172 runs in a T20I match versus Zimbabwe, in 2018. Finch’s innings was laced with 16 boundaries and 10 sixes, as he romped to his highest individual score of 172 runs in T20 cricket, in just 76 balls.
Virat Kohli holds the record of most runs in a single IPL season, 973 runs : Updated 2024
Virat Kohli holds the record of most runs in a single IPL season, 973 runs
Most consecutive series defeat is 16 recorded by Bangladesh : Updated 2024
From their debut series in year 2000 against India till their series in 2004 against the same opposition, Bangladesh have lost 16 consecutive test series they played. This is most consecutive series loss by a team in cricket history.
Virat Kohli is the ONLY BATSMAN WITH 50 PLUS CAREER AVERAGE IN T20 INTERNATIONALS : Updated 2024
Virat Kohli is the ONLY BATSMAN WITH 50 PLUS CAREER AVERAGE IN T20 INTERNATIONALS. As of July 2021, Kohli has scored 3,159 runs with a super impressive average of 52.65 in 84 innings.