Interesting Facts about Indian Cricket

1. M.S. Dhoni holds the world record of 6 dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a single match. He made this record in 2007 against England.
2. Sourav Ganguly is the only Indian player to hit a ton in the knockout match of a world cup
3. Cricket was first time played in India in 1848. That means 165 years from now
4. Gundappa Vishwanath, Mohammed Azharuddin and Sourav Ganguly, Sehwag, Shikhar dhawan are the 5 Indian Cricketers to score a century in their debut match. 
5. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar is the only cricketer in Indian History who has record of taking more wickets than making runs in his career. He took 242 wickets and made only 177 runs in his test career.
6. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi was the only Indian Cricketer to have played for two countries. He played for both India and England. (He is the grandfather of Saif Ali Khan.)
7. The highest scores by Virender Sehwag are 119, 219 and 319 in T20, ODI and test matches respectively. 
8. Bhausaheb Nimbalkar could not break the world record of 452 runs scored by Bradman because he had to go for his marriage. Actually, he had made 432 runs before the final day and he had to go for his marriage on the last day. So, he could not break the record.
9. Indian Team is the only one to have won world cups of 60 overs, 50 overs and 20 overs.