10 Amazing Facts About Cricket You Don't Know

1. Shahid Afridi used Sachin Tendulkar’s bat to hit the fastest ever ODI century

Shahid Afridi was flown into play for the Pakistan group from West Indies to Nairobi in 1996 and didn't have a fitting bat. That is when Waqar Younis gave 'Youthful Afridi' Sachin Tendulkar's bat. Afridi hit 11 sixes and six limits with the bat and hammered a 37-ball century against Sri Lanka which was the then quickest ODI century. The record now fits in with New Zealand's Corey Anderson.

2. Chris Gayle is the only batsman to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match

In the 137 years of Test cricket no cricketer has ever hit a six off the first Delivery of a Test match. Bold Chris Gayle attained to this accomplishment against Bangladesh in 2012 off debutant Sohag Gazi.

3. Vinod Kambli’s Test match average is better than his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar

Vinod Kambli played just 17 Test matches which incorporated two consecutive twofold tons. Kambli's Test Average is 54.20 while his adolescence companion Sachin Tendulkar Averages 53.78 after 200 Tests.

4. Sunil Gavaskar was out off the first ball of a Test match thrice in his career

Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman to achieve 10,000 Test runs and he finished his profession scoring 34 Test hundreds of years. Anyhow, did you know he was out three times off the first chunk of a Test? The bowlers to reject him were: Geoff Arnold (Edgbaston, 1974), Malcolm Marshall (Kolkata, 1984) and Imran Khan (Jaipur, 1987).

5. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in the 21st century.

– Edgbaston 2011 – Ishant Sharma drops Alastair Cook – Cook scores 294

– Sydney 2012 – Ishant Sharma drops Michael Clarke – Clarke scores 329*

– Wellington 2014 – Ishant Sharma drops Brendon McCullum - McCullum scores 302

6. Bapu Nadkarni bowls 21.5 overs without conceding a run!

On January 12, 1964, Ken Barrington and Brian Bolus stonewalled onlookers to rest as Bapu Nadkarni rocked the bowling alley 131 successive balls without surrendering a run. Arunabha Sengupta recollects the day the scoreboard was conveyed to a virtual halt with the left-arm spinner continuing endlessly with metronomic exactness.

7. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne.

Sri Lankan all arounder Sanath Jayasuriya has additional wickets in ODI than Australia’s Legendary Spinner Shane Warne, with Shane Warne choosing 293 Wickets whereas Jayasuriya had 323 wickets in his tally.

8. Debut Cricketers with Sachin Tendukar

In 1989, together with Sachin Tendulkar, twenty three different cricketers created their International debuts. The last one was New Zealand's Chris Cairns who retire before Sachin in 2004.

9. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire career.

Don hit simply six sixes in his take a look at career, five against England and one against India. He additionally hit 2 fives and a staggering 618 fours,

10.MS Dhoni has never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia.