1. In World Cup, how
many times have a team bowl through a complete inning without conceding any
extra? – Asked by Amit Kumar, India
There has not been any complete innings (all out or full
quota of overs) without an extra by the bowlers. The inning in World Cups with
most runs without having any extras is 178/5 in 37.3 overs for South Africa
where the New Zealand bowlers did not concede any type of extra run defending
their total of 177/9 in 50 overs. South Africa. The least number of extras conceded
in a complete inning of 50 overs is 3 wides by Kenya bowlers to West Indies
(246/7) in World Cup 2003.
2. Whose record did
Srikar Bharat break for the highest individual score by a wicketkeeper in Ranji
Trophy? – Asked by Mit Chowdhury, India
Srikar Bharat became the first wicketkeeper to score a
triple century in Ranji Trophy in the last match of group stage of this Ranji
Trophy season. He scored 308 for Andhra against Goa. The previous record for
the highest individual inning by a wicketkeeper was held by Sagar Jogiyani who
scored 282 for Saurashtra against Gujarat in 2012/13 season. CM Gautam is the only
wicketkeeper to score two individual 250+ scores in Ranji Trophy.
3. Axar Patel was out
for a golden duck on his 21st birthday (against England on January
20, 2015). How many players have that feat in ODIs? – Asked by Kaushik
Saha, Mumbai, India
Axar Patel became the fourth player to get a golden duck on
his birthday in ODIs. The three players to get this before Axar Patel are Pat
Symcox (36th birthday) in 1996, Junior Murray (29th
birthday) in 1997 and Azhar Mahmood (26th birthday) in 2001. Makhaya
Ntini was out for a diamond duck (dismissed without facing a ball) on his 23rd
birthday in 2000. Overall, Axar Patel is the 18th player to get out
on duck on birthday in ODIs.
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Shaminda Eranga is the only bowler to take wicket in his
first over in all three formats while Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to
take his first wicket as bowled in all three formats.
4. How many players have
taken wicket off their first ball in ODI, Test and T20I career? – Asked by
Kalpesh Malpani, Kalyan, India
19 players in Tests, 18 in ODIs and 6 in T20Is have taken a
wicket on their very first ball of the career. Latest to do in Tests was Dane
Piedt of South Africa in 2014, in ODIs it was Kenneth Kamyuka of Canada and in T20Is
Nadeem Ahmed for Hong Kong and Paras Khadka for Nepal took a wicket on their
first ball in the same match. In T20Is, Michale Kasprowicz took two wickets off
his first two balls and Virat Kohli took a wicket of his first ball which was a
wide. In ODIs, Sadagoppan Ramesh and Wavell Hinds did it in the same ODI in 1999.
5. Which bowler holds
the record for taking most number of five-wicket hauls and ten-wicket hauls in
a season in Ranji Trophy? – Asked by Ayush Gandhi, India
Both these records are held by the same bowler and in same
season. Bishan Singh Bedi took eight five-wickets in an innings and four
ten-wickets in a match in the 1974/75 season for Delhi. In that season he took
64 wickets which is again a record for the highest number of wickets by a
player in a season in Ranji Trophy. Maninder Singh in 1991/92, Rajesh Chauhan
in 1996/97 and Laxmipathy Balaji in 2002/03 took seven five-wicket hauls in the
season.
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