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Ravindra Jadeja to SIR Ravindra Jadeja!!

• The Indian all rounder, Ravindra Jadeja also popularly known as Sir Ravindra Jadeja says that he got his title of 'SIR' from the former Indian captain MS Dhoni.

  You can also click on this link 👉🏻[CLICK HERE] to watch the interview of Jadeja, where he tells the story of getting his title of SIR from MSD.







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Youngest Indian Captain:

• Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi is the youngest cricketer in Indian cricket history to have captained the team. He led the Indian cricket team at the age of 21. He had held this record worldwide until the Zimbabwean wicket keeper was captained his team at the age of 20.






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What is so special about Afridi's fastest century 🤔??

• Shahid Afridi scored his quickest century of just 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996 with Sachin Tendulkar's bat. This record remained unbroken until Corey Anderson hit a 100 of 36 balls in 2014 against West Indies.






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Sehwag! Sehwag! Sehwag!

• Virender Sehwag in a test match against Pakistan in 2004 scored his first 300. But what's so special?🤔 (But Brain Lara has a 400😁)
  Sehwag brought up all his 3 centuries with a six. In the sense:
  95 --> 101 (with a 6)
  195 --> 201 (with a 6)
  295 --> 301 (with a 6)
  






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The Biggest Coincidence in a Cricket Match.

• In a test match between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town on 11/11/11, in the morning exactly at 11:11 am South Africa required 111 runs to beat Australia.






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Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan before India!!!!😮

• In a practice match between Indian and Pakistan in the Barbourne Stadium in 1987, Tendulkar came to field as a substitute fielder for Pakistan.






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Winning World Cups in all formats:

• India is the only country to have won world cups in all formats i.e., 60 overs, 50 overs and 20 overs. (60 overs in 1983; 50 overs in 2011; 20 overs in 2007). The only team that can break this record is West Indies, as they have already won the 60 over and 20 over format but yet searching for a 50 over world cup victory.






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Don Bradman dismissed in hit wicket..

• Don Bradman is one of the finest batsman in the history of cricket and has got out hit wicket only once in his carrer. Lala Amarnath is the only bowler to dismiss Bradman hit wicket.






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Birthday and Total runs scored...match!!

• Former England wicket keeper, captain Alec Stewart was born on 8/4/63 and scored 8463 test runs in his entire carrer.






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Women's World Cup::

• The first ever women's world cup was played 2 years before the men's world cup. Yes, it was played in 1973 and England women's team won the inaugural world cup.






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The Unchanged Cricket Law...

• The only law of cricket that has not changed till date is that the length of the pitch must be 22 yards.






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Least Sixes by a top class batsman:

• Sir Don Bradman who is known to have the best batting average in cricket history has hit only 6 sixes in his carrer of 52 matches and 6996 runs.






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Unique Dismissal:

• Indian batsman Mohinder Amarnath is the only batsman in cricket history to have been dismissed for handling the ball and obstructing the field.




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Most deliveries in an Over...

• Sami owns an infamous record of bowling the longest over in international cricket. He bowled a total of 17 deliveries in one over, which included seven wides and four no-balls against Bangladesh in an Asia Cup match at Colombo in 2004.






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