April 30, 2024

Shocking facts of cricket

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Who doesn’t like cricket… The game itself is like this, it seems a bit simple compared to many games, but its craze is increasing in every country, so many countries are giving information about the game of cricket to their people.

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You must have come to know that cricket has also been given a place in the Commonwealth Games to be held this year and the day is not far when the audience will get to see cricket in the Olympics.

However, it is believed that the game of cricket is so loved in India that giving information about cricket to the people here means lighting a lamp, because hundreds of children are playing cricket here in every street. ,

The history of cricket is so old, so vast that everyone will be surprised to know its cricket facts . There are many records that may be in a local tournament, but its impression spreads to the international level.

Do you know friends, the first cricket match was played between America and Canada in 1844, but today these two teams do not have any special place in cricket. The reason for this is that these countries mainly give importance to the Olympic Games, only then the athletes of these countries have an upper hand in sports.

Friends, now we start the Cricket Facts in Hindi. I would like to tell you that some of these interesting facts are related to cricket history.

Sanath Jayasuriya
  1. Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya, who is included in the team’s opening batsman, has more wickets in ODI cricket than star spinner Shane Warne. While Shane Warne has 293 wickets in ODI cricket, Sanath Jayasuriya has registered 323 wickets in his name.
  2. The most expensive over in the history of cricket is not 36 runs but 77 runs. This over happened in first-class cricket in New Zealand. If you want to know the complete details of the match, then you have to read the article completely.
  3. Australia’s explosive wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist has a unique record in his name, he is the first cricketer in the world to play 96 matches without being dropped after the debut test for Australia team. They stayed fit. Played matches continuously. 4. In the match played against England on January 12, 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nandkarni bowled 21 consecutive overs. This is a unique record in itself.
  4. England’s first class cricketer Wilfred Rhodes has taken more than 4000 wickets in first class cricket matches. Not many players would have taken so many wickets in their entire cricket career.
  5. This shameful record in the Cricket World Cup is not recorded in the name of any other player but in the name of Sunil Gavaskar. In the World Cup match played against England, in which India had to score 335 runs in 60 overs to win, he scored only 36 runs in which he played 174 balls. India had lost this match.
  6. You must have seen the record of hitting 6 sixes in 6 balls, but do you know the story of taking 6 wickets in 6 balls in a single over in a cricket match. This feat has happened in club cricket. In which Nepal’s bowler Virendeep Singh took 5 wickets and one run out in the last over of the match with his spin bowling.
  7. Pakistan’s star bowler Saeed Ajmal could never win the Man of the Match trophy in his ODI career.
  8. Dangerous batsman Chris Gayle is the only batsman in the Test match who has hit a six on the first ball of the Test match.
  9. Lala Amarnath is the only player in cricket history to get Don Bradman out hit wicket.

Story of the most expensive over
Friends, it is a matter of a match which was a match in New Zealand because this match was not an international match but a first class cricket match of New Zealand. In which Robert Vance has played 4 Tests and 8 ODIs for New Zealand.

Although Vance wanted to make a career as a batsman, he got recognition with an over that no one might have expected.

Robert Vance threw the most expensive over of 77 runs at the behest of his captain, actually this match is Shell Trophy which is New Zealand’s Ranji Trophy match. It was the last day of their final match. Robert Vance’s team scored 109-8 against their opposition, the target was 291 runs. But seeing the tail batsmen of the opposing team not getting out quickly, the captain of Robert Vance’s team was seen heading towards a draw, so Bert Vance was asked to bowl a light ball so that the batsman could give his wicket in the batting order. The match is of 1990.