Chris Gayle is the first and only player to carry the bat in a T20 innings
Chris Gayle is the first and only player to carry on his bat in a T20 innings
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Chris Gayle is the first and only player to carry on his bat in a T20 innings
Ajantha Mendis has a best figure of 6 wickets for 8 runs against Zimbabwe in Sep 2012, and 6 wickets for 16 runs against Australia in Aug 2011.
Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir holds the record of of highest score of a number 11 batsman in ODIs. On 30th August 2016 in an ODI against England, he scored 58 runs of just 28 balls.
Pakistani cricketer Saqlain Mushtaq holds the world record of taking most wickets in a calendar year. His 69 wickets in 1997 is still a world record in ODIs.
Anderson holds the world record of taking most caught behind wickets in Test Cricket with 191 out of 685* wickets in his kitty
In more than 14 decades of Test cricket, no batsman except Azharuddin has scored three consecutive centuries in his first three Tests.
Despite taking considerably lesser number of wickets than Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne, Anil Kumble has trapped more batsmen LBW. He has taken record 156 LBW wickets in his test career.
Mudassar Nazar hold the record of Slowest Test Century in terms of Balls Faced. He took 419 Balls to complete his century.
On 19 January 2021, during the fourth Test match against Australia on The Gabba, Pujara scored his slowest Test half century ever. 196th ball
Misbah reached 50 in 21 balls in a Test against Australia in November 2014, eclipsing Jacques Kallis of South Africa who took 24 balls in 2005.