Cricket History and Facts

Ricky Ponting was named Man of the Match in the 2003 World Cup final for his captain's knock of 140 not out.

Wisden rated Sunil Gavaskar's 236 not out against West Indies in 1983 as the best Test innings by an Indian.

Garfield Sobers, Matthew Hayden, and Zaheer Abbas have all held the record for the highest individual score in a Test match at different points in cricket history.

In 2006, Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara set a world record partnership of 624 runs for the third wicket against South Africa in Colombo.

M. S. Dhoni's first two centuries in One-day International cricket were scored against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This is a well-documented milestone in his career.

Rahul Dravid is known for his immense contributions to Indian cricket, including scoring over 8000 test runs, holding the record for the most catches by an Indian fielder, and scoring multiple double centuries.

Virender Sehwag is the first Indian cricketer to score a triple century (300+ runs) in a test match. He achieved this feat against Pakistan in Multan.

Ricky Ponting, the former Australian cricket captain, is widely known by the nickname Punter.

Nathan Astle of New Zealand holds the record for the fastest double century in Test cricket, scored off 153 balls against England in 2002.

Chaminda Vaas holds the record for the best bowling figures in an ODI, taking 8 wickets for 19 runs against Zimbabwe in 2001.

Shahid Afridi held the record for the fastest ODI century for many years, scoring it off 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996.

Sachin Tendulkar was the first batsman to be given out by the third umpire in an international match, during the 1992 Test series against South Africa.

Sachin Tendulkar was indeed the first player to be given out using the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) in a Test match against Sri Lanka in 2008.

Glenn Turner held the record for the highest individual score in a World Cup match (171 not out against East Africa in 1975) before Kapil Dev broke it in 1983.