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List of Triple Centuries in Test Cricket: Current GK

Dec 2, 2019
David Warner (Australia) became the latest triple century scorer in test cricket. Warner achieved this feat on 30 November 2019 against Pakistan. He scored 335* and became the 31st triple century scorer in the World.

ICC Cricket World Cup Winning Captains: Year wise complete list since 1975

Nov 8, 2019
Here, we are giving the Complete list of Cricket world cup winning captains yearwise since 1975. So fa, 12 Cricket world cup have been played and won by 10 captains.Clive Lloyd of West Indies and Ricky Ponting of Australia are the only two captains who have won two cricket World Cups each. Kapil dev of India was the overall third captain who won the Cricket World Cup.

Top 10 players who have scored most runs in international T20

Nov 4, 2019
Rohit Sharma has created the world record of scoring the highest runs in T20 International cricket. Rohit Sharma has scored 2452 runs in T-20 International matches at an average of 31.84, including 4 centuries and 17 half-centuries.

List of Cricketers who have scored 10,000 runs in ODI

Oct 17, 2019
Indian Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar was the first player who had scored 10,000 runs in the One Day cricket (ODIs). But as of now 14 cricketers have scored more than 10,000 runs in ODIs. There are 4 Sri Lankan players have achieved this feat so far. Virat Kohli made a world record by hitting 10,000 runs in just 205 innings.

Important facts about Board of Control for Cricket in India

Oct 14, 2019
Sourav Ganguly has been elected as the President of BCCI in October 2019. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. The board was formed in December 1928. Its headquarter is in Mumbai. BCCI does not depend on the Government of India for its finances. Hence BCCI is not a government body.

List of Centuries scored by Indians in debut Test match

Oct 10, 2019
Lala Amarnath was the first Indian batsman who had scored test century in his debut match against England on 15 December 1933. Till date 15 Indians cricketers have scored centuries in their debut Test match. There are 107 centuries have been scored by 105 players in their debut test match till date.

Know 7 Interesting Facts about Sir Donald Bradman

Oct 7, 2019
Sir Donald Bradman is known as the best batsman in the history of Test cricket. Sir Donald Bradman was born on August 27, 1908 in New South Wales, Australia. Sir Donald Bradman started his Test career against England in November 30, 1928. In the Test matches his average was 99.94, which is a record so far.

Virat Kohli's ODI Centuries:Complete List

Oct 5, 2019
Virat Kohli has scored 68 centuries in international cricket comprises of 43 centuries in One Day Internationals (ODI)and 25 centuries in Test cricket. Kohli has scored 20,000+ runs in the international cricket which comprises of 11520 runs in the ODIs, 6769 runs in the Test cricket and 2450 runs in the T-20 matches.

List of The Best FIFA Men's Player o the Year

Sep 24, 2019
The Best FIFA Football Awards presented annually by the sport's governing body, FIFA, between 1991 and 2015. The winner of this award is decided by the captains of international teams, Coaches and media representatives on the basis of performance of the players in the previous calendar year. Lionel Messi has been selected for Best FIFA Men's Player o the Year Award 2019.

IND vs Windies: ODI Cricket Records

Aug 8, 2019
As we heard that Indian team has defeated Windies in the T-20 series by 3-0. Now the One day series is going to start from 7th August 2019. Like the previous Indian tour; the Indian team is again lead by the VIrat Kohli.In this article, we are giving details of the all one-day cricket records played between India and Windies.

Hima Das: Biography and International Records

Jul 22, 2019
Hima Das nicknamed the Dhing Express, is an Indian sprinter from the state of Assam. Dhing is a town in Nagaon district in the state of Assam; that is the reason she is called “Dhing Express”. Hima Das holds the current Indian national record in the 400 metres. Hima has won a gold medal in the 400 m final at the World U-20 Championships 2018 held at Tampere (Finland). She is the first Indian to win a gold medal at an international track event.

M.S. Dhoni: International records as Batsman, Captain and Wicket Keeper

Jul 17, 2019
M.S Dhoni is the only Indian captain who have brought two World Cups to India. One world cup was of T-20 World Cup in 2007 and another was 50 over format in 2011. Dhoni is considered as the most successful captain of the Indian ODI team. During his captaincy the success rate of Indian team was around 60%. Although the success rate of Kohli is around 76%.

How does Duckworth-Lewis-stern method work?

Jul 11, 2019
The Duckworth Lewis Method was invented by statistician Frank Duckworth and Tony Lewis. The Duckworth Lewis Method was first used in a match played between Zimbabwe versus England in 1996-97. This method was approved by the ICC in 1999. Whenever, an ODI or T20-I match is interrupted by the rain then this Duckworth Lewis Method is used to decide the result of the match.

Kane Williamson: Complete List of International Records

Jul 8, 2019
Kane Williamson is one of the greatest batsmen of the present era. He has scored 13680 runs with help of 33 centuries in the all formats of the international cricket. He was declared captain of the New Zealand team at the age of just 25 years. In the present world cup 2019 he has scored 2 centuries and guided his team to book the semifinal clash with the Indian team.

Cricket World Cup 2019: Complete Records List

Jul 8, 2019
The 12th cricket World Cup is witnessing a lot of cricket records. Rohit Sharma has scored 5 centuries in this tournament so far which is most by any player in the single world cup tournament. I hope that in the remaining 3 matches of this world cup 2019 we will see more records to come on the board.

India vs New Zealand: Head to Head Cricket World Cup records

Jul 8, 2019
There are 106 ODI matches played between India and New Zealand. Out of these 106 matches India has won 55 matches while New Zealand has won 45 matches. So it is very clear that Indian team has an edge over the New Zealand. In the ICC cricket world cup 7 matches are played between these two teams out of which India has won 3 while New Zealand won 4 matches.

Indian Cricketers with Fastest 20,000 Runs: Check Complete List

Jul 2, 2019
Sachin Tendulkar was the first Indian cricketer who scored 20,000 runs in the international cricket. At present there are 3 Indian cricketers who have scored 20, 000 runs in the international which includes Sachin, Rahul Dravid and Virat Kohli.

List of Brand Ambassadors in India

Jun 24, 2019
Celebrity endorsement is a popular way to promote any event and product through various channels. In this article we have published the name of some important products and government schemes Like Make in India, skill India etc.

First Olympic Games: 10 Facts at a Glance

Jun 22, 2019
The first summer Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. These Games attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming from Greece, Germany, France and Great Britain. There were total 241 athletes participated in the first Olympic games. USA was the topper of the medal tally with 20 medals including 11 gold medals followed by the Greece with 10 gold medals.

8 Interesting Facts about Commonwealth Games

May 24, 2019
The Commonwealth is the intergovernmental organization of those countries which were part of the British Empire. Currently the Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 53 independent and equal sovereign states. The Commonwealth was formed on 28 April 1949 through the London Declaration. The first Commonwealth Games were held in the city of Hamilton in Canada in 1930.

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