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About last night in Trent Bridge where India arguably played their worst T20I - a concerning pattern from India's recent encounters away from home. #ENGvsIND
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Sri Lanka hasn't beaten India in a bilateral ODI series since Aug 1997.
To put in perspective, Mahela Jayawardene - Sri Lanka's most capped ODI player with 443 matches - was yet to make his debut in the format then and it is six years since he retired.
#SLvsIND
69
661
6,889
Devdutt Padikkal in #VijayHazareTrophy2021
52(84) vs UP
97(98) vs Bihar
152(140) vs Odisha
126(138)* vs Kerala
145(125)* vs Railways
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267
6,576
Kane Williamson last eight innings against South Africa across formats
176
106*
118
109
43
133*
133*
102
🤯🤯🤯
19
268
6,349
145,071
Stuart Broad now has the world record for conceding most runs in an over in both Tests and T20Is.
35 runs vs Bumrah Edgbaston 2022
36 runs vs Yuvraj Durban 2007
#ENGvIND
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6,034
Starc bowling 90 mph bouncers to Natrajan wasn't intimidatory bowling.
Shardul bowling 80 mph to Cummins who is more than a capable as a batsman gets warned.
Ridiculous double standards by Bruce Oxenford!!!
#AUSvIND
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5,061
ODI wins against Australia in Australia in last 15 years
Zimbabwe: 1 in 3 matches
Pak + WI: 1 in 21 matches
#AusVsZim
67
459
4,963
Pace bowlers taking 100+ Test wickets under Virat Kohli
167*Mohd Shami
121 Ishant Sharma
105*Umesh Yadav
101*Jasprit Bumrah
Only under Graeme Smith (7) and Clive Lloyd (5) have more seamers taken 100+ wickets.
#SAvIND
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4,949
Gems from Asif Ali in last 12 months
27*(12) v NZ
25*(7) v Afg
21*(7) v WI
16(8) v Ind
16(8) v Afg
Knocks that won't top average charts or ICC batting rankings but well worth their weight in gold.
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546
4,672
Avg opening partnership duration for India in overseas Tests
2018: 7.2 overs
2019: 6.1 overs
2020: 3.3 overs
2021: 19.1 overs (since Rohit started opening)
#ENGvIND
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4,780
2008 WACA
2021 Gabba
2021 Centurion
India breaching fortress - the only instance of an Asian side winning in these venues.
Next stop: Cape Town
#SAvsIND
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4,344
The Fab Four
Virat Kohli - ODI World Cup 2011🏆
Steven Smith - ODI World Cup 2015🏆
Joe Root - ODI World Cup 2019🏆
Kane Williamson - World Test Championship 2021🏆
#WTCFinal2021
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Feel these are the 15 India are going to pick for the upcoming T20 WC.
Kohli
Rohit
SKY
Pant
Iyer
Hardik
Jadeja
D Chahar
Bhuvi
Bumrah
Chahal
KL Rahul
Ishan
Sundar
Shardul
223
163
4,161
#ViratKohli in T20I run chases
26*
22
31
70
78*
21
29
36*
54
57*
72*
66
50
49
56*
41*
23
55*
82*
16
82
22*
65
20*
43
4
61*
19
59
72*
94*
Avg 86.76| SR 135.69 | 16 X 50s
#INDvWI
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551
3,809
Since Jan 2000 India's openers have survived 20+ overs 16 times in Tests outside Asia. Seven of those have come in 2021 alone after there were none in the 10 years bw 2011 & 2020.
#SAvIND
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236
3,891
Cheteshwar Pujara - the only batsman to score 50+ in all of India's four away wins in 2018:
50 off 179, 1st inngs, Joburg
72 off 208, 2nd inngs, Trent Bridge
123 (246) & 71 (204), Adelaide
106 off 319, MCG
#AUSvIND
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3,633
Nitin Menon DRS record in England tour
40 referrals
Five upheld
12 Umpire's Call
23 Struck Down
Of the 35 LBW referrals, only two were overturned.
Outstanding stuff!!! 👏🏽
#INDvENG
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The last time West Indies played a T20I in Australia
🔹CPL did not exist
🔹Gayle was yet to hit 175*
🔹Warne was contracted to Melbourne Stars
🔹 Sachin Tendulkar was an active cricketer
🔹Mumbai Indians was yet to win IPL
🔹Steven Smith was yet to score a Test century
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Quite remarkable India did not have a single successful 150+ chase under their greatest Test captain, Virat Kohli.
75
434
3,575
245,350
Players with 200s in both Tests & ODIs
Sachin Tendulkar
Virender Sehwag
Chris Gayle
Rohit Sharma
#INDvSA
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261
3,450
Steve Smith - dismissed 🦆 in next 30 Test innings
Avg will be 50.28
Virat Kohli - dismissed 🦆 in next 39 ODI innings
Avg will be 50.08
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Ravindra Jadeja in 20th over in #IPL2021
19 balls
64 runs
3 X 4s
7 X 6s
SR 336.84
10
213
3,332
Random observation: Australia has played West Indies just ONCE in the last 4.5 years across formats - in World Cup 2019 in England.
In the same period, Australia met India 42 times and England 32.
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3,336
For Pakistan to qualify:
Beat Bangladesh by 311 runs after scoring 350
Beat Bangladesh by 316 runs after scoring 400
Beat Bangladesh by 321 runs after scoring 450
Biggest ODI win by runs: 290 runs (There have been two bigger wins by runs in List A cricket)
#CWC19 #WeHaveWeWill
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Sydney
Gabba
Lord's
Oval
Centurion
All in the same year!!! Has to be the best year for India in the annals of their Test cricket heritage.
#SAvsIND
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239
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England in 'Bazball' era
vs Ind & Aus
P 16 | W 6 | L 8 | D 2 | Series won 0/3
vs rest
P 25 | W 19 | L 6 | Series won 8/10
#ENGvsIND
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383
3,283
122,944
Most runs in T20 Internationals
2441 Virat Kohli *
2434 Rohit Sharma
2283 Martin Guptill
2263 Shoaib Malik
2140 Brendon McCullum
#INDvSA
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222
3,051
Cost of IPL teams (in million USD)
Lucknow 950
Ahmedabad 710
PWI 370
KTK 333
MI 111.9
RCB 111.6
Deccan 107
CSK 91
DC 84
SRH 79.5 (five year deal)
PBKS 76
KKR 75.1
RR 67
#IPLNewTeam #Ahmedabad #Lucknow
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2,978
#KaneWilliamson last 12 ODI inngs in England
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45
93
118
90
50
100
87
57
40
79*
50* --- today
#NZvSA #CWC19 #BackTheBlackCaps
29
206
2,930
Samson, Livingstone & Phillips would make a gun middle order trio for the Royals. #IPL2021
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99
2,984
Fewest inngs to 1000 ODI runs in England
17 #KaneWilliamson
18 Rohit Sharma
19 S Dhawan
21 V Richards
22 R Dravid/ M Trescothick
23 J Bairstow
The first three reached the milestone in #CWC19
#NZvSA #BACKTHEBLACKCAPS
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Rohit Sharma has nine hundreds in England across formats - same as Viv Richards in 18 fewer innings.
Only Don Bradman has scored more among visiting batsmen in England - 11.
Elite company.🙂
#ENGvIND #RohitSharma #Rohit
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2,925
If Bangladesh opts to bat first on Friday, Pakistan stand eliminated even before a ball is bowled.
#CWC19 #WeHaveWeWill
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339
2,900
Today is the first time Virat Kohli has scored a fifty under 30 balls while batting first in a full-20 over contest in IPL.
#MIvRCB
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213
3,022
73,141
Fourth time Rohit Sharma has survived 100+ balls in this series. Among India's openers in England, only Sunil Gavaskar has done it more often - 13 times in 28 innings.
#ENGvIND
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225
2,901
Balls/Dis for Indian XI
Rohit 78.5
Gill 101.0
Pujara 104.5
Rahane 86.6
Vihari 68.7
Pant 56.3
Jadeja 57.9
Ashwin 50.0
Siraj 12.0
Saini 13.0
Bumrah 12.4
If they all maintain the average in 2nd inngs, India will be bowled out in 106.5 overs - they have 137 to bat out.
#AUSvIND
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173
2,742
AB de Villiers did an AB de Villiers.
Jaidev Unadkat did a Jaidev Unadkat.
#RRvRCB
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2,712
James Anderson and Stuart Broad have featured together in 121 Tests and this is the first instance of both of them going wicketless in those 121 Tests.
#INDvENG #Broaderson
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Players benched by RCB tonight
Cam Green (17.50 cr)
Alzarri Joseph (11.50 cr)
Glenn Maxwell (11 cr)
Mohd Siraj (7 cr)
That's nearly half of their total purse!!!
#RCBvSRH
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111,694
Fewest inngs to 11000 ODI runs
222 VIRAT KOHLI 🇮🇳
276 Sachin Tendulkar 🇮🇳
286 Ricky Ponting 🇦🇺
288 Sourav Ganguly 🇮🇳
293 Jaques Kallis 🇿🇦
#INDvPAK #CWC19 #TeamIndia
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2,583
#RCB would need to beat #DelhiCapitals by around 113 runs and require #PBKS to beat #CSK by the same margin to finish in the top two.
#RCBvSRH
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2,606
#SAvPAK Centurion Test
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 0 & 0
Faf du Plessis - 0 & 0
First time in the history of Test cricket, both captains have bagged Pair in the same Test.
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Virat Kohli as ODI captain
✅ Series win in Zimbabwe
✅ Series win in West Indies
✅ Series win in Sri Lanka
✅ Series win in South Africa
❌ Series win in England
✅ Series win in Australia
✅ Series win in New Zealand
#NZvIND
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#ViratKohli in international cricket
2016: 2595 runs
2017: 2818 runs
2018: 2735 runs
2019: 2455 runs
Kohli is the first player to aggregate 2000+ runs in four consecutive calendar years.
#INDvWI
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286
2,501
Most runs in a league phase by a batter whose team not making it to Play Offs
733 Chris Gayle (RCB, 2012)
730 Faf du Plessis (RCB, 2023)
708 Chris Gayle (RCB, 2013)
#RCBvGT
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2,541
182,019
This is the first time India's openers have lasted 20 overs in a Test outside Asia since Sehwag & Gambhir played out 29.3 overs in second innings in Centurion in Dec 2010 - 92 innings ago.
#AUSvIND
14
246
2,514
Rishabh Pant has gone from 5(33) to 68(82) during the course of the session. #AUSIND
4
116
2,479
Most 100s by a team in World Cups
27 INDIA
26 Australia
23 Sri Lanka
17 West Indies
15 New Zealand
14 South Africa/ Pakistan/ England
#INDvAUS #CWC19 #TeamIndia #CmonAussie
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2,404
These two makes two very fine Test XIs, better than the present first XIs of most countries.
Kohli XI vs Rahane XI.
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233
2,450
Highest individual scores for India in ODIs
2013: Rohit Sharma (209)
2014: Rohit Sharma (264)
2015: Rohit Sharma (150)
2016: Rohit Sharma (171*)
2017: Rohit Sharma (208*)
2018: Rohit Sharma (162)
2019: Rohit Sharma (146*) - batting
#INDvWI
19
299
2,430
Azhar, Sachin and Virat in RCB!!! #IPLAuction2021
9
108
2,376
#IPL Emerging Players:
2008: S Goswami
2009: Rohit Sharma
2010: S Tiwary
2011: I Abdullah
2012: Mandeep Singh
2013: S Samson
2014: Axar Patel
2015: S Iyer
2016: Mustafizur Rahman
2017: B Thampi
2018: R Pant
2019: S Gill
#MIvCSK #MI #CSK #IPL2019Final
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237
2,355
Inngs taken to each milestone by #ViratKohli
1K: 24
2K: 53
3K: 75
4K: 93
5K: 114
6K: 136
7K: 161
8K: 175 (fastest)
9K: 194 (fastest)
10K: 205 (fastest)
11K: 222 (fastest)
#INDvPAK #CWC19 #TeamIndia
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353
2,280
Batting average in 2018 currently stands at 26.28* - the fourth lowest in a year in the post war era and the lowest in any year since 1959.
Virat Kohli the only batsman with 1000+ Test runs in 2018 (1322 runs). #AUSvIND
26
439
2,307
That leaves Royal Challengers as the only one among the eight original IPL franchises not to win a men's T20 tournament.
21
121
2,373
108,707
Australia's streaks ended by India
🔸16 consecutive Test wins - 2001 in Kolkata & 2008 in Perth
🔸First and only Asian side to win at WACA and Gabba
🔸19 consecutive ODI wins at home - 2016 in Sydney
🔸32 years unbeaten at Gabba bw 1989 & 2020
#AUSvIND
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.@ICC Cricketers of the year
'04 R Dravid
'05 J Kallis/ A Flintoff
'06 R Ponting
'07 R Ponting
'08 S Chanderpaul
'09 M Johnson
'10 S Tendulkar
'11 J Trott
'12 K Sangakkara
'13 M Clarke
'14 M Johnson
'15 S Smith
'16 R Ashwin
'17 V Kohli
'18 V Kohli
'19 BEN STOKES
#ICCAwards
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2,253
This is the first time in Test cricket Virat Kohli has been dismissed for a DUCK by a spinner. (11th duck overall)
#INDvsENG
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89
2,208
Captain of both @ICC Test & ODI XI in the same year
2004: Ricky Ponting
2007: Ricky Ponting
2009: MS Dhoni
2017: Virat Kohli
2018: Virat Kohli
2019: Virat Kohli
#ICCAwards
17
241
2,186
Highest individual score among 'Fab Four' (Tests)
254* Virat Kohli
254 Joe Root
242* Kane Williamson
239 Steve Smith
#INDvSA
9
159
2,178
Cheteshwar Pujara is the only batsman to score 50+ in all of India's three away wins in 2018:
50 off 179, 1st inngs, Joburg
72 off 208, 2nd inngs, Trent Bridge
123 (246) & 71 (204), Adelaide
#AUSvIND
14
279
2,130
Sai Sudharshan makes his Test debut with a first-class average of 39.93. The last Indian top-order batter to have a sub-40 first-class average at the time of Test debut was Wookeri Raman, against West Indies in Chennai in 1987/88.
#ENGvsIND
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121
2,266
134,375
Josh Phillipe, Mitchell Marsh and Josh Hazlewood opt-out of #IPL2021
Won't be surprised if Steven Smith also follows suit.
50
60
2,129
23 overs already in this innings for Bumrah. Two more back to back Tests to follow. Hope he doesn't pull up ahead of IPL.
54
43
2,105
All Test matches played - 2409
Double hundreds on debut - five
Doube hundreds in fourth innings - five
Kyle Mayers becomes the FIRST player in 144 years of Test cricket history to achieve the double.
Possibly the greatest innings ever played in the format!!!
#BANvWI
8
224
2,113
Virat Kohli has now been part of the playing XI winning finals of all four ICC Men's events - the only player to do so.
U19 World Cup (2008)
ODI World Cup (2011)
Champions Trophy (2013)
T20 World Cup (2024)
#INDvSA
19
383
2,147
35,911
Most consecutive series wins at home
11 India 2012/13 - present *
10 Australia 1994/95 - 2000/01
10 Australia 2004 - 2008/09
08 West Indies 1975/76 - 1985/86
#INDvSA
9
205
2,078
SKY five boundaries in his first nine balls
Kohli + Rahul five boundaries between them in their first 74 balls combined
18
135
2,103
The last time Indian openers outlasted 20 overs in a Test outside Asia:
V Sehwag & G Gambhir, Centurion, Dec 2010. #AUSvIND
16
267
2,051
Most runs in an #Ashes series
974 Don Bradman 1930 🇦🇺
905 Wally Hammond 1928/29 🏴
839 Mark Taylor 1989 🇦🇺
810 Don Bradman 1936/37 🇦🇺
774 Steve Smith 2019 🇦🇺
766 Alastair Cook 2010/11 🏴
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#CWC19 knockouts prediction
SF1: India 🇮🇳 vs New Zealand 🇳🇿
SF2: England 🇬🇧 vs Australia 🇦🇺
Final: India 🇮🇳 vs Australia 🇦🇺
Thoughts?
190
146
1,981
Marnus Labuschagne - the first ever concussion substitute in the 142 years Test cricket. History made.
#Ashes19
17
148
2,018
First time since IPL's inception, no single Sri Lankan player on the IPL roster!!!
#IPLAuction #IPLAuction2021
45
77
1,992
Jasprit Bumrah - five wicket haul on first tour to
🔹 South Africa
🔹 England
🔹 Australia
🔹 West Indies
#WIvIND
7
139
1,962
Most sixes for India in a
Test: Rohit Sharma 9* v SA Vizag 2019/20
ODI: Rohit Sharma 16 v Aus Bengaluru 2013
T20I: Rohit Sharma 10 v SL Indore 2017
#INDvSA
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193
1,966
Tamil Nadu winning #SyedMushtaqAliT20
2006/07
2020/21
Both wins coming under Dinesh Karthik's captaincy, 14 years apart.
None of the other players from current squad had represented Tamil Nadu at the senior level back when they won in 2006/07.
#TNvBAR
6
145
2,020
Rahul Dravid has been finally displaced from the second position after 13 years.
Most runs by an Indian batter for RCB
7897 Virat Kohli
900* Dinesh Karthik
898 Rahul Dravid
884 Devdutt Padikkal
731 Parthiv Patel
#PBKSvsRCB
14
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61,277