Indian Cricketer and their Achivements
Cricket was introduced to India by British in the 18th century. India's national cricket team played first Test match on 25 June 1932 at Lord's in England. Indian cricket team has won the World Cup twice – in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev and in 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Indian cricket have produce some of the finest cricketer at world stage. There are many cricketers who had written their names in the history book with the records they had created. Here is the list of some such records.
| Achievement | Achiever |
|---|---|
| First Cricket tournament | The Bombay Triangular which Later became the Bombay Quadrangular (1912-1936) |
| First Cricket Club in India | Oriental Cricket Club,1848 |
| First Cricket Test Match | Against England at Lord's June,25, 1932 |
| First ODI Match | Against England at Leeds July 13, 1974 |
| First T20 Match | Against South Africa 1st December, 2006 |
| First Test Captain | CK Nayudu, 1932 tour of England |
| First ODI Captain | Ajit Wadekar, 1974 |
| First ODI Won | 1975, Against East Africa under captaincy of S Venkataraghavan |
| First Test Won | Againt England in Madras, 1951-52 |
| First Test Series Victory | Against Pakistan, 1952 |
| First Test Series Victory outside Indian Subcontinent | Against New Zealand, 1967-68 |
| First Indian Bowler to take wicket | Mohammad Nissar |
| First Cricketer to score a half century | Amar Singh |
| First Cricketer to score a century | Lala Amarnath in 1933 Against England in South Bombay |
| First Cricketer to score a double century in Test | Polly Umrigar, 223 Against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1955-56 |
| First Cricketer to score a triple century in Test | Virender Sehwag, 309 Against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 |
| First Cricketer to score a century in ODI | Kapil Dev, 175* Against Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| First Cricketer to score a double century in ODI | Sachin Tendulkar, 200* Against South Africa at Gwalior, 24 February 2010 |
| First Hat-trick in Test match | Harbhajan Singh Against Austrlia in March 2001 |
| First Hat-trick in ODI match | Chetan Sharma Against New Zealand in 1987 |
| First World Cup Championship Win | At the 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in Test Cricket | Sunil Gavaskar (also first in the world to achieve this feat.) |
| First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in ODI Cricket | Sachin Tendulkar (also first in the world to achieve this feat.) |
| First Cricketer to score 100 centuries in Test and ODIs combined | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings | Anil Kumble, 10/74 Against Pakistan in Delhi,1999 |
| First Batsman to score 50 centuries in Test Cricket | Sachin Tendulkar |
| Highest Test Score | 726/9 Against Sri Lanka in Mumbai,2009 |
| Lowest Test Score | 42 Against England in 1974 |
| Highest ODI Score | 418/5 Against West Indies,2011 at Indore |
| Lowest ODI Score | 54 Against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, 2001 |
| Highest Winning margin in ODI | 257 Against Bermuda in West Indies,2007 |
| Highest Winning margin in Test Match | Innings and 239 runs Against Bangladesh, Mirpur 2007 |
| Highest Score run by WicketKeeper in ODI | Mahendra Singh Dhoni , 183 againt Sri Lanka, 2005 |
| Most Wicket taker in Test Match | Anil Kumble,619 in 132 matches |
| Most Wicket taker in ODI | Anil Kumble,334 in 269 matches |
| Highest Individual Score in Test Match | Virender Sehwag, 319 Against South Africa, Chennai, 2008 |
| Highest Individual Score in ODI Match | Rohit Sharma, 264 Against Sri Lanka, Kolkata 2014 |
| Most dismissals in Test career by wicketkeeper | MS Dhoni |
| Most catches in Test career (non-wicketkeeper) | Rahul Dravid, 209 in 163 matches |
| Highest wicket partnerships in Test Match | Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy, 413 aginst New Zeleand in 1956 |
| First Cricketer to awarded Arjuna Award | Salim Durani |
| Most number of Man of the Match Awards In ODI | 62 by Sachin Tendulkar |
| Most Consecutive Man of the Match Award In ODI | 4 by Sourav Ganguly |
| Most number of Man of the Series Awards In ODI | 16 by Sachin Tendulkar |
| First Batsman to score two centuries in same test match | Vijay Hazare Against Autralia in Adelaid, 1947-48 |
| First Batsman to score pair of ducks in same test match | Vijay Hazare Against England in Kanpur, 1951-52 |
| First Bastsman to Score 1000 Runs | Vijay Hazare |
| First Indian player to score a century in three successive Test matches | Vijay Hazare |
| Only Player to achieve 4000 test run and 400 test Wickets | Kapil Dev |
| India's First ever foreign coach | John Wright |
| First stadium to host a Test match in India | Gymkhana Ground in Bombay, 1933 |
| Wicket Taken on the First bowl of carrier in Test Match | Nilesh Kulkarni, Against Sri Lanka, Colmbo, 1997 |
| Wicket Taken on the First bowl of carrier in ODI | S Ramesh, Against West Indies,1999 and Bhuvneshwar Kumar Against Pakistan, 2012 |
| Fastest Century in ODI | Virat Kohli, 52 Balls Against Australia, 2013 |
| Fastest Half Century in ODI | Ajit Agarkar, 21 balls againt Zimbabwe, 2000 |
| Fastest Century in Test Match | Kapil Dev and M Azharuddin, 74 balls |
| First Batsman to Score Three Triple Centuries in First Class Match | Ravindra Jadeja |
| Fastest 50 Wicket taker in Test Match | R Ashwin |
| Fastest Test Century on debut | Shikhar Dhawan, Against Australia, 85 balls |
| 6 sixes in an over | Yuvraj Singh, Against England 2007 |
| Fastest Half Century in T20 | Yuvraj Singh, Against England 2007 in 12 balls |
| Man of the Match on ODI debut match | Sandeep Patil |
| Indian Bowler to top in the ICC ODI Bowler's List | Anil Kumble |
| Most Sixes in an ODI Innigs | Rohit Sharma, 16 Sixes Against Australia in Bangalore, 2013 |
| Most Fours in an ODI Innings | Rohit Sharma, 33 Fours Againsts Sri Lanka in Kolkata, 2014 |
| First to score two Double Centuries in ODI | Rohit Sharma |
"Indian Cricket" is an important topic in competitive GK exams. The questions related to "Indian Cricket" is common in any GK exam question papers. It is a key static GK topic that needs attention. It will be easy to scores on this topic once candidates by heart the above list.
Practice Test Exam