5 things that have changed since Peter Siddle's last ODI match

5th November 2010, the day when Peter Siddle had played his 17th One-day International match for Australia. Never did he know that it would take him nine years and 169 days more to play his 18th ODI but the same has happened and the right-arm fast bowler made his comeback to the team in today's ODI match against India.

This can be hailed as one of the miraculous comebacks given that nine years is a huge gap and Peter Siddle is a fast bowler, on top of all. So, here I will cover the five big things that have changed in the cricket world ever since Peter Siddle played his last ODI match.

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#1 - Virat Kohli's international centuries

Peter Siddle makes his first ODI appearance since November 2010 today!Virat Kohli has scored 60 international hundreds in that time 😮 pic.twitter.com/Gfk0C4sWt4

— Cricket World Cup (@cricketworldcup) January 12, 2019

This fact was even acknowledged by the International Cricket Council as they shared this statistic via their Cricket World Cup handle on Twitter. The last time when Peter Siddle played an ODI was in 2010 and Virat Kohli was just cementing his place in the Indian team back then.

Kohli had scored only three international 100s till 2010 and come 2019, Virat Kohli has 63 international hundreds to his name. This means that Kohli has scored 60 international centuries in the time period between Peter Siddle's 17th and 18th ODI match.

When Peter Siddle last played an ODI match, India's batting order comprised the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid, all of them have retired now.

So, the Aussie pacer should be commended for maintaining his fitness levels and pace bowling abilities in the nine years. Also, Virat Kohli had never played a Test match in Australia till Peter Siddle's 17th ODI but now he is the only Asian captain to win a Test series in Australia.

#2 - The number of test teams

Ireland and Afghanistan transformed from Associate nations to Test playing nations while Peter Siddle was out of the Australian team

Australia, India, South Africa, New Zealand, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and Pakistan were the 10 countries of the world who had been allotted the Test status by the International Cricket Council when Peter Siddle played his 17th ODI in 2010.

However, by 2019, the time when Siddle donned the Australia jersey for the 18th time in ODIs, the number of Test teams has increased by 2. The then associate nations, Afghanistan and Ireland have now become full members of the board and the two received Test status as well in June 2017.

In fact, the two have played their maiden Tests as well where Afghanistan lost to India while Ireland lost to Pakistan. Also, Rashid Khan was just 12 years old while Mujeeb Ur Rahman was just nine when Peter Siddle last played an ODI.

#3 - The entire Australian ODI team

Peter Siddle

Peter Siddle's last ODI match was against Sri Lanka way back in November 2010 and if we look at the Australian playing XI of that match - Shane Watson, Brad Haddin, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Steve Smith, Cameron White, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Clint McKay and Peter Siddle, none of the players are playing with Peter Siddle today.

With Peter Siddle returning to the Aussie 50-over squad, here's a look back at his most recent ODI wicket back in November 2010! #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/xcATzfSAz2

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 4, 2019

While six of the 10 players have announced their retirement from all forms of cricket, a few have been dropped while one has been banned due to ball-tampering. It can be said that the Australian cricket team has witnessed a generational change with Peter Siddle remaining the constant.

Siddle had gone wicket-less in that match against Sri Lanka where he bowled 7.1 overs and the right-arm pacer was the last man standing when Australia were bowled out by the Lankan Lions in that match.

#4 - The ODI captains of the top 7 ODI teams

Virat Kohli has taken over the reins from MS Dhoni

Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara were the captains of the two sides in Peter Siddle's last match whereas the ODI captains of all teams were as follows - MS Dhoni (India), Graeme Smith (South Africa), Andrew Strauss (England), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) and Chris Gayle (West Indies). However, all of them have retired now (except MS Dhoni).

And, the current captains of these teams are - Virat Kohli (India, who had not made his Test debut when Peter Siddle was playing), Aaron Finch (Australia), Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka), Sarfraz Ahmed (Pakistan), Joe Root (England), Jason Holder (West Indies) and Faf du Plessis (South Africa).

None of them were established cricketers back then in 2010 but here in 2019, they are leading their respective countries in the 50-over format of cricket.

#5 - The number of formats in cricket

T10 League has given birth to the 10-overs a side format

The sport of cricket had only three formats - Test, ODI and T20 when Peter Siddle was a regular part of the Australian team in 2010. But now in 2019, when Peter Siddle is making his return to the team, cricket got a new format, known as T10. Both the teams play 10 overs each in a T10 match and it is now the shortest format of the game.

The T10 league played in the UAE gave birth to this format and popular cricketers like Zaheer Khan, Subramanium Badrinath, Mustafizur Rahman, S Afridi, M Nabi, Rashid Khan are a part of this league.

Even, the Champions League T20 which was a regular tournament in 2010, has been scrapped and also, the number of IPL teams changed from 8 to 10 (2011) then 9 (2012-15) and once again came down to 8 in 2016.

A total of five IPL franchises made their IPL debut since Peter Siddle's last ODI and thus, we conclude that the cricket world has changed a lot in the gap between Siddle's 17th and 18th ODI match.