61 amazing Facts which are related to History and Facts of Indian Cricket

Facts which are related to History and Facts of Indian Cricket 

1. First Cricket tournament in India was played as The Bombay Triangular which Later became the Bombay Quadrangular (1912-1936) 
2. First Cricket Club in India is the Oriental Cricket Club,1848
3. First Cricket Test Match that India Played was Against England at Lord's June,25, 1932
4. First ODI Match that India Played was  Against England at Leeds July 13, 1974
5. First T20 Match that India Played was Against South Africa 1st December, 2006
6. First Test Captain of India CK Nayudu, 1932 tour of England
7. First ODI Captain of India Ajit Wadekar, 1974
8. First ODI Won by India 1975 against East Africa under captaincy of S Venkataraghavan (This was the only ODI won by India in world cup before wining the 1983 world cup)
9. First Test Won by India was Against England in Madras, 1951-52
   
   
   
10. First Test Series Victory was Against Pakistan, 1952
11. First Test Series Victory outside Indian Subcontinent was Against New Zealand, 1967-68
12. First Indian Bowler to take wicket was Mohammad Nissar
13. First Indian Cricketer to score a half century was Amar Singh
14. First Indian Cricketer to score a century was Lala Amarnath in 1933 against England in South Bombay
15. First Indian Cricketer to score a  double century in Test was Polly Umrigar, 223 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1955-56
16. First Indian Cricketer to score a triple century in Test was Virender Sehwag, 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004.
17. First Indian Cricketer to score a century in ODI was Kapil Dev, 175* against Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
18. First Indian Cricketer to score a double century in ODI was Sachin Tendulkar, 200* against South Africa at Gwalior, 24 February 2010.
    
    
    
19. First Hat-trick in Test match was taken by Harbhajan Singh against Austrlia in March 2001
    
    
    
20. First Hat-trick in ODI match was taken by Chetan Sharma against New Zealand in 1987
21. First Indian Cricketer World Cup Championship Win At the 1983 Cricket World Cup
    
    
    
22. First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in Test Cricket was Sunil Gavaskar (He was the in the world to achieve this feat.)
23. First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in ODI Cricket was Sachin Tendulkar (He was the in the world to achieve this feat.)
24. First Cricketer to score 100 centuries in Test and ODIs combined was Sachin Tendulkar
25. Indian Bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings was Anil Kumble, 10/74 against Pakistan in Delhi,1999
26. First Batsman to score 50 centuries in Test Cricket was Sachin Tendulkar
27. Highest Test Score by India was 726/9 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai,2009
28. Lowest Test Score by India was 42 against England in 1974
29. Highest ODI Score by India was 418/5 against West Indies,2011 at Indore
30. Lowest ODI Score by India was 54 against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, 2001
31. Highest Winning margin in ODI for India 257 against Bermuda in West Indies,2007
32. Highest Winning margin in Test Match for India was Innings and 239 runs against Bangladesh, Mirpur 2007
33. Highest Score run by WicketKeeper in ODI was Mahendra Singh Dhoni , 183 againt Sri Lanka, 2005
34. Most Wicket taker in Test Match Anil Kumble,619 in 132 matches
35. Most Wicket taker in ODI Anil Kumble,334 in 269 matches
36. Highest Individual Score in Test Match Virender Sehwag, 319 against South Africa, Chennai, 2008
37. Highest Individual Score in ODI Match Virender Sehwag, 219 against West Indies, Indore 2011
38. Most dismissals in Test career by wicketkeeper MS Dhoni
39. Most catches in Test career (non-wicketkeeper) Rahul Dravid, 209 in 163 matches
40. Highest wicket partnerships in Test Match Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy, 413 aginst New Zeleand in 1956
41. First Indian Cricketer to awarded Arjuna Award Salim Durani
42. Most number of Man of the Match Awards In ODI 62 by Sachin Tendulkar
43. Most Consecutive Man of the Match Award In ODI 4 by Sourav Ganguly
44. Most number of Man of the Series Awards  In ODI 16 by Sachin Tendulkar
45. First Indian Batsman to score two centuries in same test match Vijay Hazare against Autralia in Adelaid, 1947-48
46. First Batsman to score pair of ducks in same test match Vijay Hazare against England in Kanpur, 1951-52
47. First Bastsman to Score 1000 Runs Vijay Hazare
48. First Indian player to score a century in three successive Test matches Vijay Hazare
49. Only Player to achieve 4000 test run and 400 test Wickets Kapil Dev
50. India's first ever foreign coach is John Wright
51. First stadium to host a Test match in India is Gymkhana Ground in Bombay, 1933
52. Wicket Taken on the first bowl of career in Test Match is Nilesh Kulkarni, against Sri Lanka, Colmbo, 1997
53. Wicket Taken on the first bowl of career in ODI S Ramesh, against West Indies,1999
54. Fastest Century in ODI V Shewag, 60 Balls against New Zeland, 2009
55. Fastest Half Century in ODI Ajit Agarkar, 21 balls againt Zimbabwe, 2000
56. Fastest Century in Test Match Kapil Dev and M Azharuddin, 74 balls
57. First Batsman to Score Three Triple Centuries in First Class Match Ravindra Jadeja
58. Fastest 50 Wicket taker in Test Match R Ashwin
59. Fastest Test Century on debut Shikhar Dhawan, against Australia, 85 balls
60. 6 sixes in an over Yuvraj Singh, against England 2007
61. Fastest Half Century in T20 Yuvraj Singh, against England 2007 in 12 balls

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