Cricket is the most popular game, especially in the Indian Subcontinent. People follow cricket everywhere in the world as any incident that happens in cricket grabs attention. Here are some cricket facts that you might not know.

1. Iftikhar Ali Khan

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi was the only cricketer who played Tests for India and England. He made his debut for England in 1932 and for India in 1946. He is also the Grand Father of actor Saif Ali Khan Pataudi.

2. Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is the only player to hit six on the first ball of the Test Match against Bangladesh’s bowler Sohag Gazi in 2012.

3. India

India is the only team to win the 60-over, 50-over, and 20-over World Cup. India won the 60-over world cup in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. The 50-over world cup in 2011 and the 20-over world cup in 2007 under the captaincy of M.S Dhoni.

4. Ravi Shastri, Ml Jaisimha, and Pujara

Ravi Shastri, Ml Jaisimha, and recently Cheteshwar Pujara became the only Indian Players to bat on all five days. Ml Jaisimha batted against Australia in Eden Gardens in 1960. Ravi Shastri batted against England in 1984, and Cheteshwar Pujara achieved this against Sri Lanka in 2017.

5. Peter Siddle

Peter Siddle is the only cricketer who took a hattrick on his birthday against Australia. He dismissed Alistair Cook, Matt Prior, and Stuart Broad in Ashes 2010.

6. Graeme Smith

Graeme Smith holds the record for captaining the South African Team for 109 Tests from 2003 to 2014.

7. All four innings took place on the same day.

There are 3 Test Matches where all four innings took place on a single day. It happened in Lords between West Indies and England in 2000. Later in Hamilton between India and New Zealand in 2002 and lastly in Cape Town between Australia and South Africa in 2011.

8. Wilfred Rhodes

Wilfred Rhodes played Test Cricket for England till the age of 52 between 1899 and 1930.

9. Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene is the only cricketer to score a century against New Zealand in the 2007 Semi-finals and against India in the 2011 Finals.

10. Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi didn’t have a proper bat, so Waqar Younis gave him Sachin’s bat,through which he scored a 37-ball century against Sri Lanka in 1996.