Unique Cricket Facts: Many records are made and broken on the cricket field. But there are also 3 records of cricket that fans still consider to be rumors.
Unique Cricket Facts: Cricket is the most popular sport in India. Many records are made and broken on the cricket field. But today we’re going to tell you about three such records that fans think are rumors, but these records were actually made. You will also be surprised to know about these records. Let us tell you which are the records about which very few fans know.
17 balls bowled in an over
In an over of cricket, the bowler bowls 6 balls, but once the bowler bowls an over of 17 balls. This incident occurred during a match between Pakistan and Bangladesh in 2004. Mohammad Sami of Pakistan bowled 17 balls in an over. He bowled 4 no balls and 7 wide balls in this over. Even today it is recorded as the longest over in ODI cricket. He conceded a total of 22 runs in this over. There were also two fours included.
Four innings of test match played in one day
For the first time in Test cricket, the unique record of playing all four innings of both the teams on the same day was seen in the second Test match In the year 2000, England and the West Indies played a series. England won this match. On the second day of the match, the West Indies’ first innings were bundled out for 267 by toss. After this, the same day West Indies all-out England for only 134 runs, and on the same day, West Indies’ second innings was reduced to 54 runs. Following this, England’s second innings began on the second day itself. On the second day’s play, both the teams had to play both their innings, which went down in history.
Dravid hit three consecutive sixes
Former Indian cricket team captain and current head coach Rahul Dravid is known for his slow batting, popularly known as The Wall. Fans do not know how to hit them for sixes, but Rahul Dravid has also done the feat of hitting three consecutive sixes. He hit three consecutive sixes during a T20 match against England in the year 2011.
