Who is the fastest bowler India has ever produced? You dont beleive. but its True..
It is the one and only Javagal Srinath..
Srinath's success against the Proteas had continued with a successful return tour of South Africa, where he took another 18 wickets in just 3 games - and to the shock of the South African press topped Allan Donald and a young Lance Klusener consistently on the speed guns averaging in the low 150 kmph range. In fact he made headlines at home by having one particular ball clock 156 kmph, i.e. just a notch or so below the magical figure of 100 miles per hour. It wasn't the only time Srinath outdid the bigger names on the speed radars - in 1998, he was clocking 148 kmh in comparison to the Aussie pace spearhead of the time, Glenn McGrath, who didn't top 141 kmh.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
"Sir" Tendulkar
1. First Cricketer who score first 200* in ODI
2 Highest Run scorer in the ODI 17598*
3 Most runs in a calendar year 1894
4 Highest Run scorer in the test 13447
5 Most number of hundreds in the ODI 46
6 Most hundreds in a calendar year 9
7 Most number of nineties in the ODI 18
8 Most number Dismissed for 99 3
9 Most number of man of the matches(60) in the ODI’s
10 Most number of 100’s in test’s 47
11 Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI’s
12 Most number of Fifties and fifty+ in ODI’s 93 & 139
13 Most hundreds against one team Aus 9 Sri 8
14 Best average for man of the matches in ODI’s
15 First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
16 First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
17 He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
18 Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
19 Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
20 Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
21 He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
22. Most fours in ODI 1927
23 He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
24 He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
25 He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor
26 In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
27. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
28 he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
29. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
30 In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
31 Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
32. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI’s 7 times
33. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI’s most by any batsman
34. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
35 He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
36 Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
37. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
38. In December 2006, he was named “Sports person of the Year
39. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi
among others.
40. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
41. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
42. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
43. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 8227 runs
44. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
45. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
46. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
47. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
48. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (46 Centuries and 93 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
49. The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
50. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (200* against SA at Gwaliyor in 2010).
51. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
52. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
53. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
54. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
55. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
56. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
57. Tendulkar’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
58. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
59. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
60. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs – 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only
other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
61. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
62. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
63. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
64. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
65. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
66. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more
games than Tendulkar
67. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
68. First to 25,000 international runs
69. Tendulkar’s 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI’s, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
70. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 centuries to become the man
with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
71. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
72. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
73. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket
74. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
2 Highest Run scorer in the ODI 17598*
3 Most runs in a calendar year 1894
4 Highest Run scorer in the test 13447
5 Most number of hundreds in the ODI 46
6 Most hundreds in a calendar year 9
7 Most number of nineties in the ODI 18
8 Most number Dismissed for 99 3
9 Most number of man of the matches(60) in the ODI’s
10 Most number of 100’s in test’s 47
11 Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI’s
12 Most number of Fifties and fifty+ in ODI’s 93 & 139
13 Most hundreds against one team Aus 9 Sri 8
14 Best average for man of the matches in ODI’s
15 First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
16 First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
17 He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
18 Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
19 Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16
20 Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
21 He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
22. Most fours in ODI 1927
23 He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
24 He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
25 He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honor
26 In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
27. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
28 he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
29. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
30 In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
31 Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
32. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI’s 7 times
33. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI’s most by any batsman
34. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
35 He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
36 Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
37. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
38. In December 2006, he was named “Sports person of the Year
39. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi
among others.
40. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
41. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
42. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
43. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 8227 runs
44. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly is a world record
45. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
46. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches – a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
47. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
48. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (46 Centuries and 93 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
49. The only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
50. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (200* against SA at Gwaliyor in 2010).
51. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
52. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
53. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
54. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
55. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
56. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
57. Tendulkar’s record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
58. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
59. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
60. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs – 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only
other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
61. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
62. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara’s (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
63. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
64. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
65. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
66. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more
games than Tendulkar
67. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
68. First to 25,000 international runs
69. Tendulkar’s 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI’s, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
70. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar’s record of 34 centuries to become the man
with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
71. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
72. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
73. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket
74. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the “Greatest Sportsman” of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Sehwag storms to fifth spot in ICC rankings
Virender Sehwag on Wednesday squalled into the top five of the ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen by virtue of his superlative double-century against Sri Lanka in the third Test in Mumbai.
Sehwag's 293, which turned out to be the cornerstone of his side's victory that ultimately gave India the number-one position in the ICC Test Championship table for the first time, has rocketed him 14 places to the fifth position which he shares with Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf.
Sehwag's Delhi teammate Gautam Gambhir leads the batting table with Sri Lanka duo of Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara placed at second and third spot respectively.
It is the first time since October 2006 that Sehwag has returned to the top five.
From the Mumbai Test alone, the 31-year-old Delhi dasher has gained 91 points which makes him one of the six batsmen above the 800-point mark.
It has been an outstanding and memorable series for Sehwag who not only scored 491 runs in four innings but also gained 16 places in the batting table after starting the series on the 21st position.
Also moving in the right direction are the Indian pair of Rahul Dravid (16th) - up by two places - and VVS Laxman (19th), who improved his position by a rung.
Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke, who scored 71 and 61 not out against West Indies has also climbed one position to fourth spot but captain Ricky Ponting has dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since October 2002.
India maestro Sachin Tendulkar has also conceded two spots and now sits at 18th position after scoring 53 in the Mumbai Test.
India fast bowler Zaheer Khan, who took match figures of 6-142 in the Mumbai Test, has also gained a valuable place which has now put him inside the top 10 bowlers' chart.
The list is still headed by South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn with Australia's Mitchell Johnson second and Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka third.
Meanwhile, Australia needs to beat the West Indies in the third and final Test starting in Perth from 16 December if they want to end 2009 in third position.Saturday, November 21, 2009
The franchise recalled Sourav Ganguly as captain. (No way other than this)
Dav Whatmore has been confirmed as the new coach of Kolkata Knight Riders, filling in the vacancy left by the sacking of John Buchanan after IPL 2009. His appointment was part of a team management overhaul: the franchise also recalled Sourav Ganguly as captain, named Wasim Akram as their mentor, signed on Vijay Dahiya, the former India wicketkeeper and Delhi coach, to assist Whatmore, while retaining Andrew Leipus as physiotherapist and Adrian Le Roux as physical trainer.
Ganguly said in a press release issued by the team management today that he was keen to bring a turnaround in Kolkata's fortune after a nightmarish 2009 season, in which they finished last. "I am excited at the prospect of working with Dav and the entire team closely in addition to playing at our home ground once again," he said. Ganguly would be responsible for all cricket-related decisions for the next season.
Speaking to Cricinfo, Whatmore said his main objective as coach would be to ensure that his players gel as a unit and start thinking positively after two bad IPL seasons - in which Kolkata finished sixth and eighth - and, to that end, he would bank on Ganguly's wealth of knowledge and Akram's exceptional game-reading skills to turn the team around.
He also said he was confident his experience in the region - he coached the 1996 World Cup-winning Sri Lankan team and later, Bangladesh - would help him develop a "decent relationship" with Ganguly, who has had a controversial history with foreign coaches including Greg Chappell for the Indian team and Buchanan. "I have a fair idea and a fair understanding of the importance of Sourav in Kolkata and it's about getting the best out of him as it is with everyone else."
Significantly, Whatmore said he would not employ the multi-captaincy theory that was mooted by Buchanan and sparked a debate in world cricket before Ganguly was replaced by Brendon McCullum as team captain for the previous season.
Whatmore, however, declined to elaborate on what he felt had been going wrong with the team over the last two years - apart from poor batting, there were reports of a rift between players and the team management - but said he would bank on his experience with the National Cricket Academy, of which he was director for the last two years, to spot new talent and act as a bridge between them and the team's top international players.
Asked where Kolkata would reach in the next IPL starting in March, he said: "Sometimes, I think it's good to have a goal like that, but other times I feel you don't want to limit yourself too much either. But as you saw, in IPL-2, the two teams that finished last and second-last respectively in the first edition ended up being the finalists (Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore). So perhaps, hope is the right word to use now. But I would like to know that hope will become a different word as we go along. That can happen."
Kolkata zeroed in on Whatmore after meeting a number of candidates, including John Wright, Richard Pybus, Dermot Reeve, Duncan Fletcher, Lalchand Rajput, WV Raman and Ashok Malhotra. The team management had informally sounded out Whatmore in June and followed it up with an interview in August at the Mumbai residence of the actor Shah Rukh Khan, who co-owns the Kolkata franchise with businessman Jay Mehta.
Whatmore's presentation to the Kolkata management was titled 'Let's Turn It Around'. "I just want to be the one that helps them turn their fortunes around. It will be a genuine effort." Whatmore will begin his three-yearstint with the team by attending the IPL workshop in Bangkok next week.
Whatmore, 55, played seven Tests for Australia and brings to the IPL an impressive record. Apart from the 1996 World Cup title for Sri Lanka, he guided Bangladesh to two historic wins in the 2007 World Cup against India and South Africa, and also coached Lancashire to title wins in the NatWest and Sunday League in 1998. Last year, he was coach of the India Under-19 team that won the junior World Cup in Malaysia.
Courtesy: Cricinfo
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
7th ODI. Is it Dead Rubber or Fight for honour?
India don't really have a choice, India have to go all out for the win! Australia on the other hand will probably make changes to the side (Again! anyone know that last time Australia played an unchanged 11 in an ODI? lol), Holland, McDonald and Cockley to get games, probably replacing Johnson, Watson and either Hauritz or McKay (depending on if they wanna play 2 spinners or not)
Its a dead rubber because its result wont change the outcome of the series. Australia will probably try a few new players. India should also try a few new players like Tyagi and others.
But when you are playing for your country every match has some meaning. Of course some matches are more important some are less important but there is no such thing as a meaningless game, trying new players itself is very important for any team.
Its a dead rubber because its result wont change the outcome of the series. Australia will probably try a few new players. India should also try a few new players like Tyagi and others.
But when you are playing for your country every match has some meaning. Of course some matches are more important some are less important but there is no such thing as a meaningless game, trying new players itself is very important for any team.
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