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Top 10 interesting facts about Indian Cricket!!

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10 interesting facts about Indian cricket that are unknown. 1. Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni were out for a duck on their ODI debut, and then both have reached 7000 ODI runs in the same number of innings, i.e.189 innings. 2. India Cricket Team jersey has 3 stars on the left chest, and each star is a symbol of 3 victories of 1983, 2007 (T-20 Cricket world cup) and 2011 World cups. 3. Do you know who’s Bat Shahid Afridi used to hit the fastest ODI Century? It was the contribution of ‘The God of Cricket’. Yes, it was Sachin Tendulkar’s Bat. 4. Brad Hogg asked Sachin Tendulkar to sign a photograph out of dismissal when he claimed Sachin Tendulkar’s wicket. He signed it and wrote, ‘It will never happen again.’ and it never did. 5. This will shock you that Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan before India. It was an exhibition match between two countries in 1987 when Sachin Tendulkar was appointed as the substitute fielder of Pakistan. 6. Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecu
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Highest Individual score by Indian Women in ODIs.

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We often don't give that much importance to women's cricket when compared to men's cricket.  But let me clarify to all of you that women's cricket also has an immense amount of talent. In addition to that, I want to mention  the  TOP 5 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES BY INDIAN WOMEN IN ODIS. 1.  Deepti Sharma She is an all-rounder in the Indian women's cricket team who played a blistering knock of 188 runs of just 160 deliveries at a strike rate of 117.60 vs Ireland Women on May 15th, 2017 . This included 27 fours and 2 maximums.   2.  Harmanpreet Kaur She serves as a captain of the Indian Team in T20Is. She played a staggering knock of  171  runs, not out of just 115 deliveries at a strike rate of  148.69,  vs Australia Women  on July 20th, 2017 . This included  20  fours and  7  maximums. 3.  Jaya Sharma She was the first female recipient of the BCCI player of the year award. She played a magnificent knock of 138  runs, not out of 150
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Top 10 Run scorers and Wicket takers in WTC.

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WORLD TEST CHAMPIONSHIP, as the name suggests, was indeed a test of all the teams to claim the throne, WHO IS THE BEST OF ALL. Through this journey of almost two years, the whole world went through a very harsh phase, but some players outperformed the others and made their mark in international cricket. THE TOP 10 RUN SCORERS ARE: 1.  MARNUS LABUSCHAGNE : He scored a mammoth 1675 runs in just 13 matches at an average of 72.82, including 9 fifties and 5 tons. 2.  JOE ROOT : He scored 1660 runs in 20 matches at an average of 47.42, including 8 fifties and 3 tons. 3. STEVE SMITH : He scored 1341 runs in just 13 matches at an average of 63.85, including 7 fifties and 4 tons. 4.  BEN STOKES : He scored 1334 runs in 17 matches at an average of 46.00, including 6 fifties and 4 tons. 5. AJINKYA RAHANE : He scored 1095 runs in 17 matches at an average of 43.80, including 6 fifties and 3 tons. 6. ROHIT SHARMA : He scored 10
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Rise of Indian Cricket from the year 1932

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The bat and ball game named Cricket was introduced to India by the British in the 18th century. The Indian national cricket team's first captain was C.K. Naidu.  The team played its first Test on the 25th of June 1932 at Lord's, becoming the sixth team to test cricket status. From 1932 India had to wait until 1952, almost 20 years, for its first Test victory against England in their 24th match in Madras, against England. In its first five decades of international cricket, India was one of the weaker teams, winning only 35 of the first 196 Test matches it played. The team, however, gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Viswanath, Kapil Dev, and the spin unit. Traditionally speaking Indian team was much stronger at home than abroad. Still, it has improved its overseas form, especially in limited-overs cricket, since the start of the 21st century, winning Test matches in Australia
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