ODI Cricket
1. Rashid Khan Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan became the fastest to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket when he got his hundredth victim in his 44th game, breaking the record of 52 matches set by Australian bowler Mitchell Starc in 2016. Khan got to the magic mark in the final of the World Cup qualifier […]
As many as 781 players have scored a hundred in the history of Test cricket but only 85 of them have got it in less than a run-a-ball i.e. with a strike rate in excess of 100. That is just 10.88%. Thus, it isn’t easy to score fast hundreds in Test cricket and hence, […]
The world has seen quite a few impactful bowlers, especially in white-ball cricket. They are measured and judged based on the wickets they take and how quickly they take them. In this article, we are going to take a look at 10 bowlers who were the fastest in terms of the number of matches […]
The 200-run mark in ODIs remained insurmountable for over 35 years after this format had started. Many came near but were unable to score the final few important runs all until Sachin Tendulkar set the record for the first ODI double hundred in February 2010. After his path-breaking knock, ‘Mt. 200’ has been scaled […]
The record for the fastest half-century in ODI cricket was set by AB de Villiers who achieved the feat in 16 balls. The fastest 50 by an Indian batsman was accomplished by Ajit Agarkar in 21 balls. Top Five Half-Centuries for India in ODI Cricket Yuvraj Singh – 22 Balls Yuvraj Singh scored a […]
Very few sports have developed at the same breakneck speed one-day cricket has had over the past couple of years. Dating back to the 1990s and early 2000s, a 50-over innings was seen as an attritional game, where players got themselves in before teeing off in the last few overs to maximise their team’s […]
In the cricketing world, hitting a century (scoring 100 or more runs) is considered the best achievement for a batsman. Scoring a ton gets difficult when playing an ODI (one-day international) as you get 50 overs (300 balls). The job gets even more difficult if you are not an opening batsman as you don’t get […]
In 224 ODI matches, Rohit Sharma has scored 9115 runs at an average of 49.27 with 29 centuries and 43 half-centuries. He is hot on the heels of Virat Kohli who has 43 ODI centuries and by the end of his career, could set a record for most ODI centuries, getting ahead of both Kohli […]
The advent of T20 cricket has made batsmen more aggressive in all formats. Though bowlers have learnt to smartly employ slower deliveries and yorkers, batsmen still rule the roost with their heavy bats. For this reason, 300+ scores have become very common in ODIs. In this article, we are going to list the top […]
In this article, we pay attention to the number of countries that play international cricket in the three existing formats of Tests, One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals. Test Cricket The ICC has the power to confer Test status. A country or a group of countries can play Test cricket only if the ICC […]
Fielding restrictions have existed in cricket since the 1996 World Cup. The ICC introduced the term “powerplay” only in 2005. The rationale for fielding restrictions was based on motivating batsmen to score more runs. It can be noticed that ODI batting teams have been making more runs on average since 1996 than in the period […]
Wicket-keeper is the only specialist fielding position in a cricket team. The role of a wicket-keeper is definitely the most important for any side and the player donning the gloves can decide the game with a missed catch or a brilliant stumping. For most of the cricketing history, a wicket-keeper was just expected to […]
Today’s cricket is skewed in favour of batsmen with bigger bats, flat pitches and smaller boundaries. Therefore, we are seeing more number of fours and sixes in the limited-over formats. Thus, bowlers suffer a nightmare in these conditions. However, the spectators love it all as they get to enjoy the big-hitting performance which proves […]
It is a very difficult feat to crack a double-hundred in a one-day game. For this reason, it has only been accomplished 10 times in the history of ODIs. Here’s the list of double-century makers in ODIs sorted by the number of runs: Rohit Sharma (India) – 264 versus Sri Lanka in 2014. Martin […]
Cricket is a game of stats. Runs and wickets are its primary currencies. The number of centuries scored is considered a good data point when it comes to ranking batsmen on their scoring abilities. The players who can convert the starts into big scores are considered to be the match winners. TOP-10 Batsmen with […]