Sourav Ganguly Incredible Records List

1. Ganguly is the seventh Indian cricketer to have played 100 Test matches.

2. He is currently the 6th highest overall run scorer for India in Tests.

3. Ganguly is the second among Indians after Sachin Tendulkar (who has the highest ODI runs in the world) and the eighth in the world in terms of overall runs scored in ODIs.

4. Ganguly has 22 centuries in ODIs and is only behind Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya and Ricky Ponting in that list.

5. Sourav, along with Sachin Tendulkar, formed by far the most successful opening pair in one-day international cricket, having amassed the highest number of century partnerships (26) for the first wicket. Together, they scored nearly 7,000 runs at an average of 49.32.

6. Ganguly is a world record holder for creating most number of 50-run partnerships for the first wicket (44 fifties).

7. He captained India in 49 Test matches and led India to 21 Test wins, both of which were Indian records until MS Dhoni bettered them.

8. His Test average never went below 40.

9. Ganguly holds the record for most 200+ ODI partnerships (6 times) along with Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting.

10. He holds the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for most first wicket ODI partnerships of 175+ runs (7 times).

11. He holds the record, shared with Mahendra Singh Dhoni, for the fifth highest score by an Indian cricketer in an ODI – 183, against Sri Lanka in 1999.

12. He held the record, shared with Sachin Tendulkar, for the highest first wicket partnership in an ODI match, 258, against Kenya in 2001. This record was bettered by the Sri Lankan opening pair of Jayasuriya and Tharanga in 2006 at Headingley.

13. He was involved in the first 300 run ODI partnership with Rahul Dravid.

14. Ganguly is also the only player to win four consecutive man-of-the-match awards in ODIs.

15. He’s India’s second most successful ODI captain after Mohammed Azharuddin.

16. He was the first Indian to score an ODI century against Australia in Australia.

17. He was the highest ODI run-scorer in the world (in a calendar year) in 1997, 1999 and 2000.

18. He’s placed fifth on the list of maximum number of sixes hit in ODIs.

19. He’s on the second spot in the list of highest number of centuries in a single calendar year ever – 7 centuries in 2000.

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Rahul Dravid all time Records List in Cricket History

Dravid is known for his technique, and had been one of the best batsmen for the Indian cricket team. In the beginning, he was known as a defensive batsman who should be confined to Test cricket, and was dropped from the ODI squad due to a low strike rate. However in a period of his career, he began consistently scoring runs in ODIs as well, earning him the award of ICC Player of the year award.Here is the list of some unique records held by Rahul Dravid

1) Dravid is the 2nd Indian (3rd in World) to score more than 12,000 test runs.

2) Has been involved in the most century partnerships in Test history - 85 (23 nov 2009).

3) Scored nearly 23% of the total runs put up by India (with a batting average of 102.84) in the 21 Test matches won under Ganguly's captaincy. This is the highest percentage contribution by any batsman in Test cricket history in matches won under a single captain where the captain has won more than 20 Tests.

4) 2nd longest streak of consecutive Tests since debut (93 + 1 in ICC XI) missed 95th test at Ahmedabad due to fever, behind Adam Gilchrist (96).

5) Only player to score a century against every Test playing nation away from home.

6) Involved in highest partnership made away from home for any wicket for India with vice captain Virender Sehwag of 410 runs vs Pakistan at Lahore in 2006 (also, the highest partnership between a captain and the vice captain). Only Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad have scored more runs in a partnership for India, 413 vs New Zealand in Chennai (6-11 Jan 1956).

7) Dravid is one among the only three batsmen to hit Test centuries in four consecutive innings. The other two are Jack Fingleton and Alan Melville. Dravid achieved this by hitting scores of 115, 148, 217 and 100* in three successive matches against England and one against the West Indies. Only Everton Weekes, with centuries in five consecutive innings, has achieved a longer sequence of consecutive Test hundreds.

8) With scores of 50 or more in 7 consecutive Tests Dravid is behind only to Tendulkar (8) and Gambhir (11) among Indian batsmen. Gambhir and Viv Richards hold the world record with 11.

9) He is currently 2nd among batsmen who have scored most away runs in Tests (6430 as of April 2009). Only Sachin Tendulkar (7165) has scored more away Test runs.

10) He has played 150 innings of 94 tests at number 3. He has scored more than 8000 runs at this position. Both feats are world records.

11) 2nd Indian batsman to score twin hundreds in a Test twice, after Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar and Ponting are the only batsmen to score twin hundreds in a Test thrice.

12) One of only three Indians to score 5 double hundreds.(each bigger than the previous 200* vs Zimbabwe, 217 vs England, 222 vs New Zealand, 233 vs Australia, 270 vs Pakistan). In fact, along with Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, he is one of only three Indians to score 190+ on seven occasions.

13) Partnering with Tendulkar, has scored more runs than any other pair, excluding opening pairs. They are the 3rd best in terms of total number of partnership runs scored by a pair in test cricket.

14) Dravid has faced highest number of deliveries in test cricket, more than Allan Border's previous record of 27002 deliveries.

15) Joint highest number of fifties(63) in test cricket with Australia's Allan Border (63)

16) Rahul Dravid is the third batsman in the world after Indian mastero Sachin Tendulkar and Australia's Ricky Ponting to reach the 12000-run milestone in test cricket.

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Muttiah Muralitharan all time Bowling Records complete list

we all know about the greatest spin bowling legend muralitharan.His unique style of bowling off breaks, doosra and more variety bowling options grabbed him more wickets than any other bowler in the cricket history.Here is the list of unique records that can never be broken by any bowler. Have a look at these records

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of highest number of wickets in test cricket. He has taken 800 wickets in 133 test cricket matches.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of highest number of wickets in One day International (ODI) cricket. He has taken 534 wickets in ODI cricket matches.

Muttiah Muralitharan is the most successful bowler fielder (non-wicket keeper) combination taking the maximum number of 67 wickets with Mahela Jayawardene: for example:Bowled Muralitharan and caught Jayawardene.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of highest number of combined wickets of 1334 in Test and ODI cricket.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of most number of five wicket haul in test cricket -67 times

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of most number of ten wicket haul in test cricket -22 times

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of being the only player taking ten wickets haul in test crcket against all test playing countries.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of reaching fastest the mark of 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650 and 700 test wickets in terms of matches played.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of taking ten wickets haul in test cricket in four consecutive test matches. He has the credit of achieving this feat twice.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of being the only player to have taken more than fifty test wickets against all test playing nations.

Muttiah Muralitharan shares the World record of taking nine wickets in test cricket innings twice with Jim Laker of England.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of taking seven wickets in an innings against most number of five Countries.

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken most number of bowled wickets in test cricket 157 times. Bowled Murali is the most common dismissal in test cricket (excluding run out).

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken most number of  stumped wickets  in test cricket 41 times.

Muttiah Muralitharan has taken most number of  caught and bowled wickets  in test cricket 31 times.

Muttiah Muralitharan shares the World record of most number of 18 times man-of-the-match awards with Jacques Kallis of South Africa.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of taking more than 100 wickets in one single ground at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the World record of being the only cricket player to have taken more than 75 wickets in three calendar years. He has achieved this feat in the years 2000, 2001 and 2006.

Muttiah Muralitharan is only one of the six test players in the history of test cricket to have dismissed all the eleven batsmen in a test match.

Muttiah Muralitharan has been awarded the best test bowler of all times by Wisden in 2002.

Warne-Muralitharan Trophy was introduced on 15th November, 2007 as a test series between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Muttiah Muralitharan is the only sportsman in Sri Lankan history to have been honored by the Parliament of Sri Lanka. This gesture was shown by the Supreme Legislature of Sri Lanka when he achieved the highest number of  wickets in test cricket.

Muttiah Muralitharan holds the record of being ranked number one for the longest period of time  by PWC (Price Water house Coopers).

Pakistani Cricketers and their Nick names List

we often see the cricketers being called by their nick names not only by cricket partners but also by their fans and media.here is the list of pakistani cricketers with their nick names

Wasim Akram :
 He is known as SULTAN OF SWING. Reason for his name is For his expertise in swinging the ball both ways and reverse swinging the old ball.

Shahid Afridi :
He is known as BOOM BOOM AFRIDI. reason for his name given By his fans for scoring sixers and boundaries on his day at will.

Zaheer Abbas :
He is known as ASIAN BRADMAN. Reason behind this name is by his Pakistani fans for his ability to score runs just like a run making machine.

Shoaib Akthar :
He is known as RAWALPINDI EXPRESS. Reason behind this name is for the express pace he generates in his bowling.

Inzamam-ul Haq :
He is known as SULTAN OF MULTAN and AALOO. Reason for his name is a great cricketer and  he is from Multan. He assulted a spectater in Toronto in 1997 for calling him an Aaloo(potato).

Imran Khan :
He is known as FAVOURITE SON OF PAKISTAN. Reason for this is he is the most famous flambouyant Cricketer in the history of Pakistan who brought glory to the Nation by bagging the World Cup for his country in 1992.

Shoaib Malik :
He is known as TERMINATOR. Reason for this name is by his fans and the Cricketing world for the way he can terminate the opposition in his strokeful batting and spin bowling.

Saqlain Mushtaq :
He is known as PROFESSOR. He was given this name by the Cricketing countries when he wears glasses and outsmarts the batsman with his doosra which he had pioneered.

Mohammad sami :
He is known as KARACHI EXPRESS. He was given this name by his fans as he hails from karachi who bowls with much like express pace

Waquar Younis :
He is known as BUREWALA BOMBER. He was given this name by his cricket partners and his fans.

Misbah-ul Haq :
He is known as TUK TUK. He is often called with that name by his fans because of his slow playing nature

Sachin Tendulkar Records in One day Internationals

Sachin Tendulkar is the man known for his unbreakable records in the history of cricket arena. we all know about the milestones achieved by this great man.To one's surprise here we got the very rare records of the little master that some people might have ever heard. 

Sachin Tendulkar Records in One day Internationals

Most matches in career- 463

Most number of runs in the One day Internationals-18,426

Most number of centuries in One day Internationals - 49

Most number of nineties in the One day Internationals -18

Most number of man of the match Awards in ODIs - 62

Most number of man of the series Awards in ODIs - 15

Most number of Fifties in the One day Internationals -96

Only player to be in ICC Top 10 rankings in ODIs for 8 years

Tendulkar scored 1000 runs in a calerdar year for 8 times in ODIs

Tendulkar scored 1894 runs in a single calendar year,most by    any batsman in the History of Cricket in One day Internationals

Most number of runs scored in opening partnership(6271 runs in 28 matches) by Tendulkar and Ganguly in One day Internationals

Most  century partnerships in ODIs - 26 with Ganguly

Tendulkar has been involved in six 200+ partnerships in One day Internationals

Most centuries in a calendar year in ODIs -9 centuries in 1998

Maximum number of boundaries in a single Innings 24 fours

Maximum number of 150 plus scores in ODIs

Tendulkar scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major cricketing Nations

Most consecutive ODI appearances -185

Only player to have 150 wickets and more than 15000 runs in One day Internationals

First player to score a double century in One day Internationals 200* vs South Africa

Most hundreds against single team - 9 vs Australia

India's Youngest captain in ODIs - 23 years

Fastest Cricketer to score 10,000 runs in One day Internationals

Longest ODI carrer by any cricketer - 22 years and 91 days

Only player to hit more than 2000 ODIs Fours