10 less heard records held by different players

The game of cricket has managed to capture the imaginations of millions of fans around the world who follow their favourite teams and players with the utmost dedication. Cheering on the memorable performances, they also keep a keen eye on the scores, records that are being broken or any statistic that gains recognition.The game of cricket as we know it dates back to the 19th century and with a player’s career usually spanning more than 10-15 years, it’s easy to overlook some statistics or numbers that holds some significance in their career.Here are 10 unknown number games that most probably you won’t know.

#1 Two numbers that didnt have a place in Sachin Tendulkar\'s run diary

Two unlucky numbers of Tendulkar: 58 & 75

After Don Bradman, the biggest player in the game of cricket, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar had broken many records while batting for India but here is an amazing fact about his two scores.

58 & 75 are the only two scores, Tendulkar didn’t score in his entire career. Probably most unlucky numbers that didn’t get entry in Tendulkar’s run guide.

Tendulkar has scored all the scores from 0-99, instead these two in the 782 international innings that he has played across all three formats. The Little Master has scored 87, 72, 66, 59, 46, 33 only once in his international career.

The most scored two-digit number by Tendulkar is 15. He has scored it 17 times!

#2 Most runs in a calendar year without hitting a single six

The wall without hitting a six in an entire year.

Rahul Dravid holds the record for the most Test runs in a calendar year without hitting a single six. He has scored 1357 runs in 2002. In this year, he had scored five centuries and five half-centuries with an average of 59.

In his career, he had achieved the landmark of getting past 1000 runs in a year three-time which includes 2002, 2006 and 2011. However, most runs scored in a calendar year was scored by Mohammad Yusuf. He had scored 1788 runs in 2006 for Pakistan.

#3 George Bailey\'s test skills in an over

Bailey showed his hitting ability by scoring 28 runs in an over

George Bailey provided a good example by showing his hitting skills in a Test match against England that he could take the role of attacking batsman in Australia’s setup. Bailey holds the record of scoring most runs in a Test over. He scored 28 runs in James Anderson’s over in 2013.

However, Brian Lara had also scored 28 runs in an over of South Africa’s Robin Peterson in 2003-04 in Johannesburg. In ODI cricket, this record was held by Gibbs and he had scored 36 runs in an over of Van Bunge of Netherlands in 2006-07 in St.Kitts.

#4 Angelo Mathews\'s unlucky 90+ scores

Unlucky 90+ scores’ for Mathews

In recent times, captain Angelo Mathews has become the backbone of Sri Lanka’s batting. Mathews scored five 90+ scores against India and Sri Lanka lost all those five matches, now this is the one fact about him against India that people didn’t know before.

Mathews has a good Test record with a batting average of 52.05. He averages over 45 against every Test team other than, surprisingly, India and West Indies - known to have the least threatening bowling attacks. Against India, Mathews averages 41.35 in nine Tests, while against West Indies he averages a mere 28.50 in three.

#5 Number of times India 0-1 and Dravid came

18 times Dravid came out to bat at 0-1

As someone has said “If Sachin Tendulkar is the Superman of India than Rahul Dravid is the Dark Knight.” It is rightly said. Here is a fact that shows how he had contributed while India’s score was 0-1. This is the proof that he is truly a legend.

Dravid came out to bat when India was 0-1 in 18 occasions. That means he opened 18 times for India unofficially. He averaged 53.75 in the 17 occasions when he walked out at No.3 with India's score at 0/1 in Test Cricket.

#6 Saeed Ajmal\'s award bank in ODIs: Nil MoM

Ajmal’s MoM in ODIs: Zero

Saeed Ajmal has won many matches for Pakistan while playing ODI cricket and we can say that for those performances he should have won many awards but here is one fact that tells some paradox result.

Pakistani magician spinner, Ajmal surprisingly has never won a single ‘Man-of-the-Match’ award in ODIs for his team. Meanwhile, Ajmal has won two Man-of-the-Match and three Man-of-the-Series awards in Test cricket.

Nayan Mongia of India played 141 matches without any MoM.

#7 Sri Lanka\'s number of win matches against Australia

When Sri Lanka recorded their first win over Australia.

Can we imagine that Sri Lanka has won only one Test match till date against the mighty Australians? Yes! Sri Lanka has won just once against Australia in Test.

Sri Lanka has played 26 Test matches against Australia till today and they have won just one Test back in 1999 at Kandy where they won it by six wickets. Meanwhile, Australia has won 14 matches out of 26 that they played against Sri Lanka.

#8 Kapil Dev: No break till career ends

Fit man

Kapil Dev did not miss a single match in his entire career of 16 years due to an injury. He played 131 Test matches and 225 ODIs during that period. This is almost an unbelievable fact because staying fit during 80’s and 90’s was a tough task and even today.

What an example of fitness he had provided, without an injury in his entire career where he took 434 wickets in test matches and 253 wickets in ODIs.

He is one of the best all-rounders, India has ever produced.

#9 Irfan Pathan number of wickets in ODI without playing any world cup

Pathan has taken 173 wickets without playing any World Cup

Irfan Pathan has 173 ODI wickets which is the most by a bowler who hasn’t played a single World Cup. He had represented India from 2003 to 2012 and between this term he had missed two World Cups - 2007 and 2011.

His injuries and lack of form with the ball were the main reasons of his omission from both World Cups. He had also taken 100 wickets in Test matches including a hat-trick against Pakistan.

#10 ABD : all ODI hundreds over a strike rate of hundred

De Villiers celebrated his fastest ODI hundred

After Sachin Tendulkar’s retirement second god of cricket is AB De Villiers and he has earned this respect by everyone by giving some big performances. Here is one fact that proves it.

Each of De Villiers’ 20 ODI tons have come at a strike rate of over hundred. His career strike rate in ODI is 99.16 and he averages 53.27 still after batting at no. 4 and no. 5.

He has scored 20 ODI tons all over a strike rate of over hundred, this proves he is the most dangerous batsman in this arena of the cricketing world.