Cricket History and Facts

Sahara India Pariwar was the official sponsor of the Indian cricket team from 2001 to 2013. The sponsorship deal was worth approximately ₹400 crore over 12 years. Team India's jersey featured the Sahara logo during this period, which included the 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 ODI World Cup victories.

Mobitel has been a major sponsor of the Sri Lankan cricket team, serving as their primary shirt sponsor for several years. This telecommunications company has had a long-standing partnership with Sri Lanka Cricket. Pepsi and Coca-Cola are beverage brands that have sponsored cricket events but not the Sri Lankan national team specifically, while Dilshan is a former Sri Lankan player, not a sponsor.

Jaypee Group was the primary sponsor of the Deccan Chargers IPL team, a cement and infrastructure conglomerate that had naming rights sponsorship. TOI (Times of India), Epaper, and Indiatimes are all related to media companies but were not the primary team sponsor for Deccan Chargers during their IPL tenure. The Jaypee Group sponsorship was prominently featured on the team jersey.

3 mobile was a telecommunications sponsor of the Australian cricket team in the mid-2000s before being rebranded to Vodafone Australia. The other options (4 mobile, TNT, KFC) were not the primary sponsors during that period.

Idea Cellular was a prominent sponsor of the Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals) IPL team during multiple seasons. GMR is the team ownership group, while Coca-Cola and Pepsi have sponsored other IPL franchises.

DIGICEL, a telecommunications company, was the title sponsor of the West Indies cricket team for many years in the late 2000s and early 2010s. Their branding was prominently displayed on team jerseys during major tournaments.

In IPL 2008, Deccan Chargers conceded the most extras (wides, no-balls, etc.) among all teams. This is specific IPL trivia from the inaugural season.

Sachin Tendulkar took 5 catches in a single innings during the inaugural IPL season (2008), which remains a record for most catches by a fielder in one innings. This exceptional fielding performance came while playing for Mumbai Indians. Herschelle Gibbs and Suresh Raina were also brilliant fielders but didn't achieve this specific feat.

Suresh Raina scored 434 runs in IPL 2009 (second edition), making him the highest run-scorer that season. He played for Chennai Super Kings and was instrumental in their campaign. Raina was a consistent IPL performer across many seasons.

AB de Villiers took the most catches (19) in IPL 2009 season, representing excellent fielding skills. He played for Royal Challengers Bangalore that year. Gibbs, Raina, and Kohli are all good fielders but de Villiers had the highest tally in 2009.

Ashish Nehra was the leading wicket-taker for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2009. He was a key bowler for the franchise that season. Amit Mishra and Pradeep Sangwan were also bowlers on the team but took fewer wickets, while Glenn McGrath had retired from IPL by 2009.

In IPL 2009 held in South Africa, Matthew Hayden was the leading run-scorer for Chennai Super Kings with 572 runs. Suresh Raina was their other key batsman but Hayden outscored him that season.

Yuvraj Singh took hat-tricks against Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Deccan Chargers during IPL 2009. This was a rare achievement of two hat-tricks in a single IPL season.