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Dec 28, 2021
Scott Boland only the fourth indigenous Australian cricket to play in Test
Before Scott Boland, only Jason Gillespie, Ashleigh Gardner, and Faith Thomas were the indigenous Australian cricketers who played Test cricket.
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Dec 28, 2021
From Kumar Sangakkara to Mohammad Yousuf, know the players with most Test runs in a calendar year
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is the only player to score 1500-plus Test runs in a calendar year twice.
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Dec 27, 2021
Slip fielders dominate list of most catches in Test history
Apart from Dravid, Mahela Jayawardene, Jacques Kallis and Ricky Ponting were regarded as some of the best fielders in Test cricket.
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Dec 26, 2021
Vernon Philander the only bowler in 21st century to feature in top 10 list of fastest to 50 Test wickets
In the 21st century, former South Africa fast bowler Vernon Philander became the fastest to 50 Test wickets against New Zealand at Wellington in 2012.
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Dec 23, 2021
From Ricky Ponting to Imran Khan, know the most successful ODI captains
Ricky Ponting has not only played most matches but is also the most successful ODI captain.
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Dec 22, 2021
India’s 1983 World Cup squad: The men behind the historic triumph
Skipper Kapil Dev was the leading run-getter for India at the 1983 World Cup, while Roger Binny finished with the most wickets.
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Dec 21, 2021
Top 10 highest team totals in Test cricket
Sri Lanka and England are the only nations that have scored 900-plus runs in a Test innings.
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Dec 21, 2021
From Bob Cowper to Leonard Hutton, know the players who have played most balls in a Test innings
Cheteshwar Pujara is the only Indian who has played more than 500 balls in a Test innings.
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Dec 20, 2021
India’s highest score in Test cricket: Know the mammoth totals
The Indian cricket team has recorded four 700-plus scores in the longest format of the game.
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Dec 19, 2021
The Indian cricket team manager who made a journalist eat his own article; meet PR Man Singh
PR Man Singh’s role in India’s historic 1983 World Cup campaign will be portrayed by popular actor Pankaj Tripathi in the movie 83.
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Dec 17, 2021
From Tillakaratne Dilshan to Mohammad Rizwan, know the players with most T20 runs in a calendar year
Mohammad Rizwan is the only player to score 2000-plus runs in T20 cricket in a calendar year.
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Dec 15, 2021
The rift and reasons: Why Virat Kohli lost ODI captaincy and the Rohit Sharma conundrum
Virat Kohli’s inability to win an ICC tournament is one of the potential reasons for his expulsion as ODI captain.
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Dec 13, 2021
Explained: How the VJD method is used to calculate targets in cricket
In 2007, the BCCI’s technical committee led by Sunil Gavaskar first approved the VJD method for all the limited-overs domestic matches in India.
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Dec 11, 2021
Yashpal Singh, Robin Uthappa lead the charts for top run-getters in Vijay Hazare Trophy
Robin Uthappa is the only player who has twice topped the run-scoring charts in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
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Dec 9, 2021
EXCLUSIVE! Venkatesh Iyer: Getting basics right in domestic cricket helped in my India breakthrough
The explosive southpaw has ambitions to play at the T20 World Cup in Australia next year and lift the prestigious trophy.
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Dec 8, 2021
Injury history pushing Hardik Pandya to sacrifice Test cricket for white-ball career
Hardik Pandya last played a Test match for the Indian cricket team against England in 2018.
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Dec 8, 2021
Virat Kohli’s captaincy record in ODI cricket: What do the numbers say?
Under Virat Kohli’s ODI captaincy, India have won 15 of the 19 bilateral ODI series. The Men in Blue have clinched eight out of nine bilateral series...
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Dec 7, 2021
Virat Kohli fourth on the list of most successful Test captains
Virat Kohli, with 40 wins, is by far the most successful Test captain for India.
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Dec 6, 2021
Don Bradman and Bill Ponsford top the list for highest partnership in an Ashes series
Donald Bradman is a part of the top three highest partnerships in the Ashes.
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Dec 4, 2021
The Perfect 10: Know the bowlers to pick 10-wicket haul in Test cricket
New Zealand’s Ajaz Patel joined the elite list comprising Jim Laker and Anil Kumble to claim 10 wickets in an innings in Test cricket.
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Dec 4, 2021
From Allan Border to Ricky Ponting: Know all the successful Ashes captains
Warwick Armstrong of Australia and Bob Simpson of England are the only captains to not lose a single Ashes Test match.
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Dec 1, 2021
From Jim Laker to Shane Warne: Bowlers with most wickets in Ashes series
Jim Laker is the bowler with most wickets in an Ashes series having claimed 46 scalps in the 1956 Ashes series.
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Dec 1, 2021
Most runs scored by batsmen in an Ashes series
We have a look at the top five highest-scoring batsmen in the history of a single Ashes series.
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Nov 18, 2021
Five reasons why T10 format is the future of cricket
The Abu Dhabi T10 has been at the forefront of 10-over cricket and is considered the right format should the sport ever make it to the Olympics.