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List of Leading Wicket takers in the Cricket World Cups

Jun 12, 2019
Indian team is participating in the Cricket World Cup since 1975. Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath are the only two Indians among the list of leading wicket takers in the Cricket World Cup history. Glenn McGrath (AUS) is the leading wicket taker in the cricket World Cup. Let’s read this article and get full list of highest wicket takers in the cricket World Cups.  

List of Fastest 5000 runs Scorer in the ODIs

Jun 11, 2019
Sachin Tendulkar was the first cricketer who scored 10,000 runs in the One day International matches. The cricketer who hit fastest 5000 runs in the ODIs was Hashim Amla of the South Africa. Amla broke the record of cricket legend Viv Richards of West Indies.

Yuvraj Singh: Career, Records and Key Achievements

Jun 10, 2019
Yuvraj Singh declared to retire from all formats of international cricket. Yuvraj Singh will be remembered for his performance in the cricket World Cup 2011. Yuvraj singh has many records by his names. He is the only player who had scored 6 sixes in the T-20 Cricket World Cup.

GK Questions and Answers on the ICC Cricket World Cup

Jun 7, 2019
The 12th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup is going on in the England and Wales since May 30, 2019. Indian team has won ICC Cricket World Cup two times and strong contender for the third time. We have published a quiz of 10 questions based on the different editions of the cricket World Cups.

Indian cricketers did not play any match despite being in the World Cup team

May 31, 2019
The 12th ICC Cricket World Cup has been inaugurated on May 30, 2019 in England and Wales. There are 10 teams participating in this ICC World Cup. In the World Cup 2019, India has sent a 15-member team. But there is a possibility that some players may not get chance to play any match in the whole World Cup as it has been observed in the past World Cups also.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Schedule, Time Table, Teams and Venues

May 28, 2019
The first World Cup was held in 1975. There are 11 World Cup tournaments being held till date. Upcoming or the 12th cricket World Cup will commence in England and Wales on 30 May, 2019. There are 10 test match playing teams participating in this cricket World Cup 2019.

22 Rules of One day Cricket that You do not know

May 21, 2019
In 1788, the Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC) took responsibility for the Laws of Cricket. Now the changes to the cricket Laws are determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), although the copyright is still owned by MCC. In this article we have described some important rules applicable in the one day format of the cricket.

List of highest run scorers in the IPL history

May 13, 2019
The first season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was launched in 2008.  Till date 12 seasons of the IPL have been conducted successfully. Virat Kohli has made highest runs (5412) in the IPL tournaments followed by the Suresh Raina (5368). In fact Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli are the only two players in the IPL history who have scored more than 5000 runs.

Why does Indian Cricketer's jersey has three stars above BCCI Logo?

Mar 13, 2019
The BCCI logo is derived from the emblem of the “Order of the Star of India”; the British Raj emblem during the colonial period. “Order of the Star of India award” was started in 1861 by the Queen Victoria to please their loyal princes and kings of India during the 1857 war.

Why is Sachin Tendulkar not included in the ICC Hall of Fame?

Mar 5, 2019
The ICC hall of fame list is released since 2009. Till date there are 87 cricketers including 5 Indians have been included in this list. Rahul Dravid is the latest Indian who is included in this list. In this article we have explained the reason that why master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is not included in this list.

How ICC gives Ranking to Cricket Players?

Feb 20, 2019
ICC Player Ranking is a table where the performance of international cricketers is ranked using a Points Base System. Players are rated on a scale of 0 to 1000 points. If a player's performance is better than previous year’s performance then his points increase; and if performance decreases then ranking points also decreases.

What is the Procedure to become BCCI Umpire?

Feb 5, 2019
It is not necessary for any applicant to have played competitive cricket before becoming the umpire, if anyone had played cricket earlier it would be added advantage. BCCI conducts two levels of exams to select the eligible candidates for the post of BCCI umpire. As of now grade A Umpire of BCCI get around Rs.40000/day.

List of Forbes India's Highest Earning Sportspersons-2018

Jan 21, 2019
Salman Khan has been ranked as the India's highest earning celebrity for consecutively three years in a row. Salman had earned Rs. 253 cr. followed by the Virat Kohli. A total of 21 sportspersons featured in the top 100 Forbes India celebrity list 2018.

How is Jersey Number Assigned to Cricketers?

Jan 9, 2019
There is no role of Board of Control for Cricket in India and International Cricket Council in assigning of jersey or T-shirt number to the cricketers. Cricketers of all countries including India choose their jersey or T-shirt by their own.  Currently, jersey number 18 is allotted to Virat Kohli, jersey number 45 to Rohit Sharma and number 7 to Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

Cricketers with 400 wickets in Test cricket

Dec 27, 2018
On 2 October, 2017 in the first test match played between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, Sri Lankan left-arm spinner Rangana Herath joined the list of bowlers who have taken 400 wickets in Test cricket. In the 140 year history of Test cricket, only 14 players have taken more than 400 wickets. In this article, we are giving details of all the players who have taken more than 400 wickets in Test cricket.

List of Captains of One Day Cricket Team of India

Dec 7, 2018
There are total of 24 players have captained Indian ODI team in at least one or more matches. The very first ODI captain of Indian cricket team was Ajit Wadekar, who became captain in 1974 and played just 2 matches as captain. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the most successful captain with 110 wins out of 200 games. Mohammad Azharuddin played 174 matches as captain while Saurav Ganguly played 146 matches as captain.

List of Tournaments Organised by the ICC

Jul 18, 2018
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the global governing body for cricket. ICC has two types of members’ i.e. permanent and Associate members. All the permanent members are allowed to play test cricket matches among themselves but Associate members do not. The ICC also appoints all match officials who organise all sanctioned international matches. This article is publishing the list of the tournaments organised by the ICC.

10 cricket stadiums where most ODI matches have been played

Nov 14, 2017
Do you know that there are few cricket grounds in the world, where more than 100 ODI matches have been organized? You will be surprised to know that not a single Indian stadium is includes in this specific list of stadiums. The most ODI matches in India have been played in Eden Gardens of Kolkata, where 29 ODI matches have been played so far. In this article, we are giving details of 10 such cricket stadiums of the world, where most ODI matches have been organized.

Ind vs SL: Test Cricket Records

Nov 13, 2017
Sri Lankan cricket team has reached India on their eighth tour to play a Test series. The 3 Test matches series between the two countries will last from 16 November to 6 December. During this series, Virat Kohli is leading the Indian team while Dinesh Chandimal will be the captain of Sri Lankan team. In this article, we are giving details of the important records related to the Test Cricket played between India and Sri Lanka.

22 cities with multiple test cricket venues

Nov 10, 2017
There are 114 such stadiums in the world till 10th November, 2017 where test matches have been organized. But many of these stadiums are located in the one city. There are 22 such cities in the world, where more than one stadium has situated, which hosted international test matches. In this article, we are giving the list of 22 such cities in the world where there are two or more cricket stadiums situated which hosted Test matches.

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