Lasith Malinga picked up four wickets in four balls – NOT ONCE BUT TWICE
Malinga is the only man in the history of international cricket to pick up four wickets in four balls on two different occasions.
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Rohit Sharma, Second Fastest Player to Reach 10,000 ODI Runs
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 holds the record of fastest to reach 13000 runs in ODI Cricket
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.
MS Dhoni holds the record of Most Not Outs in ODIs, 84 times
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
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, Records the highest Individual Score 264 in ODI History
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).
Sachin Tendulkar is the only Player with Maximum Runs in TWO World Cups, 1996 and 2003
Sachin Tendulkar scored maximum 523 runs in just 7 matches in 1996 WC and scored 673 runs in 11 matches in 2011 WC.
Narendra Hirwani holds the world record of best bowling figure on test debut, 16 Wickets for 136 runs
Making his bow against the West Indies, Hirwani bagged 8 for 61 in the first innings, with the likes of Viv Richards and Richie Richardson among his victims. He followed it up another brilliant spell of bowling in the second innings grabbing 8 for 75, making total tally to 16 Wickets for 136 runs.
Misbah-Ul-Haq holds the record of scoring Most Runs In A Career Without A Hundred, 5,122 Runs
Pakistan’s Misbah-Ul-Haq holds the record of scoring Most Runs In A Career Without A Hundred.
M S Dhoni holds the record of highest score by a wicket-keeper, 183 Runs
M S Dhoni’s 183 not out against Sri Lanka in 2005 is the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODI Cricket.