Sachin Tendulkar- The God of Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar- The God of Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest player of all times.He holds the record for the most number of half centuries in ODI cricket as well as most no. of hundreds in both formats of cricket i.e. Test and ODIs. He has 48 ODI hundreds and 51 test hundreds, the most by any player. He also holds the record for scoring more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. He is just one hundred away from completing his 100th ton in international cricket. He has average of 45 in ODIs and 56 in test matches. He is the only Indian Player to took more than hundred wickets including one 5 wicket hall and 5/32 being his best figures. He is a great player of this decade and its very difficult to find players like Sachin. May God bless him!

Sachin Tendulkar- The God of Cricket

Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest player of all times.He holds the record for the most number of half centuries in ODI cricket as well as most no. of hundreds in both formats of cricket i.e. Test and ODIs. He has 48 ODI hundreds and 51 test hundreds, the most by any player. He also holds the record for scoring more than 30,000 runs in international cricket. He is just one hundred away from completing his 100th ton in international cricket. He has average of 45 in ODIs and 56 in test matches. He is the only Indian Player to took more than hundred wickets including one 5 wicket hall and 5/32 being his best figures. He is a great player of this decade and its very difficult to find players like Sachin. May God bless him!

Yuvraj Singh - The Prince of Punjab

Born on 12 December, 1981 in Chandigarh (Punjab), Yuvraj Singh is nick named as Yuvi or The Prince of Punnjab. He is a very talented left handed batsman, very good left arm spinner and an excellent fielder. He has many achievements with his name. He is the only player in the International T-20 World cup to hit 6 sixes in an over. He hit 6 sixes to Stuart Broad of England. He is the only player in the World cup history to score a half century and took 5 wickets in the same match. He did it in ICC 2011 Cricket World Cup. He won four man of the match awards in this world cup, the most won by any player in the World Cup history. He was also named as player of the tournament because of his all round performance. He scored 362 runs in 8 innings including one century and three half centuries and took 15 wickets including one 5 wicket haul. He is one of the only players who tasted the World Cup win in each format i.e. under 19, T-20 and 50 over World Cup. In the nutshell, Yuvraj Singh is a great all-rounder for Indian cricket.  

Saurav Ganguly - The Bengal Tiger

Popularly known as 'The Bengal Tiger', Saurav Ganguly was born on 8 July, 1973. He is the most succesful captain in the Indian cricket history. He is the first Indian captain who provide Indian's the taste of victory on the soils of countries like England, South Africa and Australia. He is the most succesful test captain ever.

    He is the only captain in the world to score 3 centuries in a World Cup tournament. He did it in 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup. He scored a century in the semi-finals against Kenya in 2003 World Cup which helped India to reach the finals. He was a great leader who brought young talent like Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Mohammad Kaif to the notice of people. 

                                                                                                                           

Facts about IPL 2011

1. This season's IPL has found many young Indian players.
2. Rahul Sharma of Pune Warriors India is the young leg spinner from Jalandhar having best economy rate among the world class bowlers like Shane Warne and Mutthiah Muralitharan.
3. Virender Sehwag, the Delhi Daredevil's captain is the leading run scorer this year's IPL having 424 runs in 10 matches.
4. Lasith Malinga, the fast bowler of Mumbai Indians has taken 24 wickets in 10 matches and is the leading wicket taker in this year's IPL.
5. Gautam Gambhir, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain is the most expensive player in the IPL history. He is bought by KKR for 11.4 crore rupees.
6. Don of comebacks "The Bengal Tiger" has come back to IPL and will play for Pune Warriors India in the upcoming matches.
7. Mumbai Indians are at the top of point table with 8 wins in 10 matches.
8. Kolkata Knight Riders are at 2nd place with 7 wins in 11 matches.  

facts of cricket world cup 2011 till now

1. Yuvraj Singh of India has won 4 man of the match prizes in 7 matches he played in this world cup.
2. Eoin Morgan of England completed his 2000 ODI runs in the quaterfinal match between Sri Lanka and England.
3. Sachin Tendulkar completes his 18000 ODI runs during India's quaterfinal match against Australia.
4. Australia are out of the knock out stage for the first time since 1992 World Cup.
5. Ricky Ponting equals the record of Sachin Tendulkar to hit 5 hundreds in World Cup tournaments when he hit a ton against India in their clash in quaterfinal.
6. Jonathan Trott of England is the leading run scorer in this World Cup with 5 half-centuries in 7 matches at an average of 65.
7. Shahid Afridi, the Pakistani captain is the leading wicket taker in this tournament with 21 wickets in 7 matches.
8. The best batting powerplay score is 74-2(NZ vs Canada)
9. Kevin O'Brien of Ireland hit the fastset ever World Cup hundred against England in the group stage match. He smashed the hundred in just 50 balls. He break the record of Australia's Matthew Hayden who hit the hundred in 66 balls against South Africa in 2007 World Cup.
10. India beat Australia for the first time in the World Cup since 1987.
11. Sachin Tendulkar is just one hundred away from making the record to hit hundred of hudreds. He has 99 centuries in International cricket till now.

Great Records of Cricket

1. Sachin Tendulkar of India is the only batsman in cricket history to score a double hundred in ODI's.
2. Brian Lara of West Indies is the only batsman in cricket history to score 400(not out) in a single innings of a test match. He also scored 510(not out) in his first-class career.
3 .Brendon McCullum of New Zealand holds the record for scoring highest runs in a T-20 match. He hit 158(not out) in the first addition of IPL. Playing for KKR he scored against RCB.
4. Michael Bevan of Australia is the only batsman in ODI history having average of 56 in above 270 matches.
5. Brian Lara holds the record of maximum double hundreds in test cricket. He had 9 double hundreds, out of which three are triple hundreds and one is 400 against England.
6. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman having double hundreds in both forms of cricket i.e. in ODIs' as well as in tests.
 7. Chris Gayle of West Indies is the first batsman to hit a ton in the opening match of first ever played T-20 Cricket World Cup in 2007. He hit 117 against South Africa in 2007.
8. Sourav Ganguly holds the record for India to have a highest individual score in a World Cup. He hit 183 against Sri Lanka in 1999.
10. Kevin Pietersen holds the record for completing fastest 1000 runs and 2000 runs in ODI's.
11. Sir Don Bradmann of Australia holds the record for the best average in test cricket. He had average of 99.94 in 56 tests.
12. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to have 51 hundreds in test cricket and 48 in ODI's.
13. Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to score 30,000 plus runs in cricket history. He also holds the record for playing most no. of test and ODI matches. He had played 450 ODI's and 178 tests.
14. Javed Miandad of Pakistan and Sachin Tendulkar of India are the only two players in cricket history to play 6 consecutive World Cups.
15. Anil Kumble of India is the only bowler in test cricket to take 10 wickets in a single inning of a test match. His figures were 74/10 and he did it against Pakistan.
16. Shahid Afridi holds the record for scoring the fastest hundred in a ODI match. He hit hundred in just 37 balls against Sri Lanka in Sharjah Cup in 1996 at New Delhi.
17. Yuvraj Singh of India holds the record for scoring the fastest 50 in a T-20 match. He hit 50 in just 12 balls against England in 2007 T-20 match against England.
18. Yuvraj Singh is the only player to hit 6 sixes in an over in a T-20 match. He hit 6 sixes to Stuart Broad of England in T-20 Cricket World Cup in 2007.