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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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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.
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.
Shubman Gill Double Century – Only batsman to complete his double century by smashing 3 consecutive sixes
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.