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Fun Facts About History of Cricket Part 2

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India England ODI winners MS Dhoni Cricket
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India England ODI winners MS Dhoni Cricket
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Did you know that Sunil Gavaskar was out off the first ball of a Test match three times in his career?

Gavaskar was the first batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs. He ended his career scoring 34 Test centuries. The three times he was out off the first Test ball, the bowlers were: Geoff Arnold (Edgbaston, 1974), Malcolm Marshall (Kolkata, 1984) and Imran Khan (Jaipur, 1987).

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Umesh Yadav India Cricket
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Umesh Yadav India Cricket
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Can you name the only Indians to bat on all five days of a Test?

ML Jaisimha and Ravi Shastri.

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Bhuvneshwar Kumar India IPL Cricket
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Bhuvneshwar Kumar India IPL Cricket
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At the 1948 Brisbane Test, Lala Amarnath became the only bowler to dismiss Don Bradman in Test cricket.

Rohit Ghosh is a Senior Writer for www.Rantsports.com. Follow him on Twitter @RohitGhosh. “Like” him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.

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