1001 Facts About Cricketers

1. Imran Khan wrote that Bhutto at the age of 21 first came close to Khan in 1975.

2. On 10 October 2016, Ravichandran Ashwin took his 20th five-wicket haul, making him the third fastest to reach the landmark.

3. Sachin Tendulkar went on to fondly remember his childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar who passed away at the age of 87 last month.

4. Dale Steyn currently has the best bowling strike rate of all time in Test match cricket.

5. Sania Mirza's won her first WTA doubles title at the same event, partnering Liezel Huber.

6. Ravichandran Ashwin took nine wickets in four matches of the Asia Cup and finished as the joint-third highest wicket-taker of the tournament.

7. Alastair Cook has scored a record 33 Test centuries for England and is the first England player to take part in 50 Test victories.

8. Anushka Sharma has spoken up for animal rights on social media.

9. Keaton Jennings played for the South Africa Under-19 cricket team, and was captain of the Under-19 team on its tour to England in 2011.

10. Dale Steyn was bought by the Deccan Chargers for ₹1.2 million.

11. Quinton de Kock is widely regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen in the world and has drawn comparisons with former Australian great Adam Gilchrist.

12. Alastair Cook made 49 in England's second innings as they were dismissed for 207 to lose by an innings and 75 runs.

13. Rohit Sharma puts himself in trouble while protecting Rishabh Pant.

14. Dale Steyn has a good record in domestic cricket specially in IPL where he plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

15. Rohit Sharma is today one of the greatest cricketers in the limited-overs formats.

16. Quinton de Kock was born on December 17, 1992 in Johannesburg, South Africa and attended the famous King Edward VII School there.

17. Adam Gilchrist has appeared as one of a panel of revolving co-hosts for the revived Wide World of Sports Weekend Edition.

18. Sania Mirza's was named in Time magazine's 2016 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

19. At the Melbourne Cricket Ground, when Sunil Gavaskar was given out by the Australian umpire Rex Whitehead, he ordered his fellow opener Chetan Chauhan off the field.

20. Kuldeep Yadav is the first Slow-left-arm chinaman bowler to represent India national cricket team in Test cricket.

21. Virat Kohli was made vice-captain of the team that year and captained the team in a few matches when the regular skipper Daniel Vettori was injured.

22. Darren Lehmann remembered little of the match; after being struck in the right temple by a Bruce Reid bouncer, he was knocked unconscious and temporarily ceased breathing.

23. Keaton Jennings is a left-handed opening batsman who bowls right-arm fast-medium.

24. Darren Lehmann left school at the age of 16 to work on the assembly line of Holden car manufacturers in Elizabeth, South Australia.

25. Imran Khan has a house in Zaman Park, Lahore worth 29 million.

26. Quinton de Kock is a professional South African cricketer who represents the Titans and the Gauteng cricket teams at the domestic level.

27. In 2009, Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings.

28. Rahul Dravid was born on January 11, 1973 to Maharashtrian parents Sharad Dravid and Pushpa Dravid in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.

29. Virat Kohli does his favourite lifts in the gym after leading India to series win over Windies, watch video.

30. In doubles, Sania Mirza reached her third Grand Slam semifinal, partnering Vesnina, where they fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva.

31. Imran Khan shared an image of the destroyed temple on his Twitter page.

32. Mithali Raj is an Indian well-known cricketer and she is known as Lady Sachin.

33. Sachin Tendulkar was delighted with another young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who has scored two centuries and two half-centuries in nine Tests so far.

34. Mahendra Singh Dhoni finished his last innings unbeaten making 24 runs.

35. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only captain in the world who scored a hundred in the ODI batting at number seven and that too in December 2012 against Pakistan.

36. Alastair Cook used his skill with the saxophone to contribute to Freefonix, a CBBC animated series with music-based adventures.

37. Ravichandran Ashwin played a vital role in India's unbeaten run to the World Twenty20 final.

38. Sachin Tendulkar graced the wedding ceremony with his wife Anjali Tendulkar.

39. Rahul Dravid contributed to the win with a fifty and 4 catches.

40. PM Imran Khan sets a new precedence in the political history of Pakistan.

41. Sania Mirza's lost in the second round of doubles with Elena Vesnina.

42. Alastair Cook was allowed to miss a tour game in Bangladesh to be present at the birth of the second child, Isabelle, on 13 October 2016.

43. Virat Kohli broke the record of Australian great Donald Bradman and fellow Indian Rahul Dravid, both of whom had managed to get three.

44. Rohit Sharma felt poor shot selection was the cause behind India's terrible showing.

45. Apart from sports, Virat Kohli was good at academics as well, and his teachers remember him as "a bright and alert child".

46. Adam Gilchrist is second on the all-time list of most sixes in Tests at 100 with only Brendon McCullum ahead of him with 107.

47. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was not picked in the T20I squad for the Windies series as well as Australia tour.

48. Rahul Dravid made 72 not out in the second innings, and India won.

49. Ahead of the 2011 season, Virat Kohli was the only player retained by the Royal Challengers franchise.

50. Ravichandran Ashwin is the only bowler in recent times, apart from Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis to bowl the carrom ball.

51. Imran Khan used his acceptance speech to declare that India and Pakistan.

52. Virat Kohli was selected in the four-team Emerging Players Tournament in July–August 2009 held in Australia.

53. Rahul Dravid returned with scores of 13, 42 and 0 from three innings.

54. Colin de Grandhomme was born on 22 July 1986 and is a Zimbabwe born New Zealand international cricketer, who plays all forms of the game.

55. Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets in the last match, which was another innings defeat.

56. On 2 September 2007, Mahendra Singh Dhoni equalled his idol Adam Gilchrist's international record for the most dismissals in an innings in ODI by catching five English players and stumping one.

57. Alastair Cook played in several of England's youth teams from 2000 until his call up to the Test side in 2006.

58. Sania Mirza went on to the 2005 Dubai Tennis Championship where she defeated the U S Open champion and eventually finished in second place in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships.

59. Imran Khan made his Test cricket debut against England in June 1971 at Edgbaston.

60. Sunil Gavaskar was the first Test cricket player to make over 10,000 runs.

61. Sania Mirza had the best results of her career during the 2007 summer hardcourt season, finishing eighth in the 2007 US Open Series standings and reaching her highest singles ranking of world No 27.

62. Quinton de Kock was named the Cricketer of the Year at Cricket South Africa's 2017 Annual Awards.

63. Kuldeep Yadav has black color hair and dark brown color eyes.

64. Rohit Sharma posted a picture on his Instagram, where he is seen having a hard time shopping for groceries in New Zealand where India played a 5-match ODI series.

65. Imran Khan played his first match for Pakistan's national team in 1971, but he did not take a permanent place on the team until after his graduation from Oxford in 1976.

66. On 3 November 2007, Imran Khan was put under house arrest, after president Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan.

67. Adam Gilchrist was rewarded with selection in the Young Australia team that toured England in 1995 and played matches against the English counties.

68. On 23 March 2013, Imran Khan introduced the Naya Pakistan Resolution at the start of his election campaign.

69. On July 2016, Shahid Afridi said in an interview with BBC Urdu that there is no talent in Pakistan.

70. Virat Kohli is a naturally aggressive batsman with strong technical skills.

71. Usman Khawaja made a magnificent resilient hundred before Tim Paine and Nathan Lyon denied Pakistan as Australia produced a monumental rearguard action to draw the first Test in Dubai.

72. Sanju Samson was appointed the Vice-captain of the India U-19 team for the 2013 Top End Under-19 Series in Australia.

73. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has celebrated the total number of 37 birthdays till date.

74. Dale Steyn made his debut for South Africa on 17 December 2004 in the first Test of England's tour.

75. Adam Gilchrist took six catches and was named Man of the Match in a ten wicket victory, extending the world record run to 16.

76. AB de Villiers is the only batsman in ODI cricket to have completed a trio of 5000+ runs, 50+ average and 100+ strike rate in his career.

77. In March 2013, Virat Kohli started a charity foundation called Virat Kohli Foundation.

78. Imran Khan retired permanently from cricket six months after his last ODI, the historic 1992 World Cup final against England in Melbourne, Australia.

79. Rohit Sharma is the proud owner of the highest individual score in ODIs—264 and is the batsman to breach the 200 mark in ODIs twice.

80. Sunil Gavaskar made his Test debut against West Indies at Port of Spain during the 1971 tour.

81. Graeme Smith feels superstar Virat Kohli can keep Test cricket alive.

82. Rahul Dravid was the top scorer in the seventh ODI World Cup in England in 1999, with 461 runs, a perfect response to people who kept insisting he was a test match batsman.

83. Rohit Sharma is one of the most successful players in Indian Premier League and has the unique record of finishing the match by scoring a last-ball six.

84. Virat Kohli is currently off cricket but that doesn't stop him from taking the Internet by storm.

85. Sanju Samson scored a career-best 211 to give Kerala a vital 39-run lead.

86. In December 2018, Virat Kohli became the first Asian captain to win test match in England, Australia and South Africa.

87. Sanju Samson was the captain of Under 16 and Under 19 Kerala State Cricket Teams.

88. Sachin Tendulkar sits at the top of the list with 49 centuries while Kohli has 39 centuries to his name.

89. Mahendra Singh Dhoni bowled Travis Dowlin of the West Indies during a match of the 2009 Champions Trophy.

90. Darren Lehmann said Sheffield Shield cricketers would learn from having to play against Smith, Warner and Bancroft and crowds would come to watch matches.

91. Dale Steyn has since become a regular in the South African One Day International team.

92. Colin de Grandhomme made the news when he scalped a brilliant 6 wicket haul on his Test debut.

93. Sachin Tendulkar reached the 12,000 run mark when he was on 61.

94. Quinton de Kock was born a year after the ban on Cricket South Africa ended in 1991.

95. AB de Villiers's fielding positions other than wicketkeepers are 1st and 2nd slip and cover.

96. On 3 January 2011, Usman Khawaja became the 419th Australian to be presented with an Australian Cricket Test baggy green cap.

97. Virat Kohli produced one of the greatest batting performances by an overseas player on Australian soil.

98. Two weeks after his announcement, Shahid Afridi was included in Pakistan's squad to face Sri Lanka in three ODIs and a T20I.

99. Kuldeep Yadav was born in a small village called Shiv Singh Khera in Unnao district on December 14, 1994.

100. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was promoted to accelerate the scoring and ended the game with an unbeaten 183 off 145 balls, winning the game for India.

101. Virat Kohli has an older brother, Vikas, and an older sister, Bhavna.

102. Adam Gilchrist reignited this debate by walking during a high-profile match, the 2003 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka, after the umpire ruled him to be not out.

103. Shoaib Malik posts cute images of Sania Mirza's birthday celebration.

104. Colin Munro explained to Mkhize and Radebe that what set South Africa apart in the eyes of international investors was the strength of its institutions, specifically the steadfastness of the Treasury in determining fiscal policy and the SARB in managing monetary policy.

105. Anushka Sharma poses with hubby Virat Kohli in front of their private jet, internet goes gaga.

106. Virat Kohli became the fastest Indian and second fastest overall to score 25 test hundreds, second only to Sir Don Bradman.

107. Virat Kohli batted twice in the two-match Test series against the West Indies, and had scores of 3 and 57 being dismissed by Shane Shillingford in both innings.

108. Usman Khawaja was dropped from Australia's Test team after the home series against New Zealand, making way for Shaun Marsh upon Marsh's return from injury.

109. Ravichandran Ashwin replaced vice-captain Harbhajan for the fourth and fifth ODI of India's tour of West Indies in June–July 2011 but picked just one wicket.

110. Dale Steyn began playing cricket when he was around 11 years old and he received a Hansie Cronje cricket set as a Christmas gift.

111. In 2016, Ravichandran Ashwin became first Indian to take 50 T20I wickets.

112. Usman Khawaja likely to recover in time for first Test against India.

113. Anushka Sharma launched a production company named Clean Slate Films, whose first release was Navdeep Singh's thriller NH10, in which she played the lead role.

114. Sachin Tendulkar believes Bumrah's precision and consistency makes him a lethal bowler for opposition sides to face.

115. Keaton Jennings spent a season with Durham at the age of 19.

116. Quinton de Kock is a South African professional cricketer who plays for the Titans at the domestic level and the South African national team.

117. South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn is fired-up ahead of the four-match ODI series against Australia starting Sunday at Perth.

118. Usman Khawaja made his Test return in the second Test of the 2013 Ashes series, replacing Ed Cowan.

119. In 2015, Virat Kohli invested 90 crore to start a chain of gyms and fitness centres across the country.

120. Alastair Cook was appointed captain of the Test team after fellow opener Andrew Strauss's retirement on 29 August 2012.

121. Rahul Dravid failed in the first innings of the First Test but displayed strong resilience in Tendulkar's company in the second innings.

122. Dale Steyn reached the landmark in 8 years and 16 days to become the second fastest South African bowler in terms of time taken after Shaun Pollock.

123. Rohit Sharma is the proud owner of the highest individual score in ODIs—264 and is the batsman to breach the 200 mark in ODIs twice.

124. Virat Kohli made his T20I debut against Zimbabwe at Harare and scored an unbeaten 26.

125. Rahul Dravid was born to Pushpa and Sharad in the city of Indore in Madhya Pradesh.

126. Sanju Samson was the second youngest player to score an IPL century after Manish Pandey.

127. Sachin Tendulkar was made the icon player and captain for his home side, the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition in 2008.

128. Imran Khan preaches democracy one day but gives a vote to reactionary mullahs the next.

129. Rohit Sharma is the proud owner of the highest individual score in ODIs—264 and is the batsman to breach the 200 mark in ODIs twice.

130. Anushka Sharma was admitted to St Mary's School, Margherita in Tinsukia District in the primary section and she met Sakshi in the same school.

131. Virat Kohli made his personal best Test score of 169 in the first innings while sharing a 262-run partnership with Rahane, India's biggest partnership outside Asia in ten years.

132. Imran Khan has provided analysis for every cricket World Cup since 1992, which includes providing match summaries for the BBC during the 1999 World Cup.

133. Kuldeep Yadav was selected in Indian cricket team to play against West Indies in October 2014 but did not appear in any of the matches.

134. Alastair Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003.

135. Virat Kohli has redefined fitness as far as the Indian cricket is concerned.

136. AB de Villiers scored two successive centuries in the 2011 World Cup.

137. Sania Mirza was referred to as "Pakistan's daughter-in-law" and unfit to be a representative of an Indian state after she was appointed the Telangana state's brand ambassador.

138. Quinton de Kock was born on 17 December 1992 in Johannesburg, South Africa under the very lucky star sign of the Sagittarius.

139. Usman Khawaja was born on 8th December 1986 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

140. Darren Lehmann scored 52 on debut, as well as claiming Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin while bowling.

141. Imran Khan ruled out a military solution to the conflict and denied the possibility of a fourth war between India and Pakistan over the disputed mountainous region.

142. Sachin Tendulkar has a message for all cricketers eyeing World Cup berth.

143. Rahul Dravid is a specialist batsman, averaging 63.51 in matches played since 1 January 2000.

144. Imran Khan maintained that vote rigging was to blame for his party's low vote totals.

145. Usman Khawaja has celebrated the total number of 31 birthdays till date.

146. Quinton de Kock was promoted to the opening batting spot from his second match onwards with Graeme Smith in his debut series.

147. In November 2011, Shahid Afridi became the only cricketer to score a half-century and take five wickets on two separate occasions in ODIs.

148. Sania Mirza's had a good result representing India on the Fed Cup, winning three straight matches.

149. Mahendra Singh Dhoni will turn 38 on 07 July, 2019.

150. Imran Khan became the first person in the history of Pakistan general elections who contested and won in all five constituencies, surpassing Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who contested in four but won in three constituencies in 1970.

151. Rohit Sharma is the first player in the history of cricket to score three double-hundreds in ODIs, an accolade that stands out.

152. Mahendra Singh Dhoni stops car to interact with young fan.

153. Ravichandran Ashwin was born on 17 September 1986 in a Tamil family.

154. Virat Kohli said any team in the world would love to have Pandya.

155. Sachin Tendulkar entered the ranks of professional cricket in the late 1980s, batting as a player for India against Pakistan and New Zealand.

156. Adam Gilchrist was born in 1971 at Bellingen Hospital, in Bellingen, New South Wales, the youngest of four children.

157. Virat Kohli went directly to the funeral after he was dismissed.

158. Rohit Sharma was the fifth bowler to take an IPL hat-trick.

159. Sunil Gavaskar wanted to be a wrestler and was a big fan of the legendary Maruthi Vadar before opting for cricket.

160. Anushka Sharma is not the one to shy away from steamy scenes.

161. Colin de Grandhomme floored an easy catch in the deep which could have ended Asif Ali's innings on 17.

162. Mahendra Singh Dhoni roped in as brand ambassador of online matrimony service.

163. Ravichandran Ashwin is ranked number two among bowlers and all-rounders in Test cricket as of 2017.

164. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the highest individual income tax-payer in Jharkhand state and one of the highest in India.

165. Shoaib Malik was married to an Indian girl Ayesha Siddiqui who threatened to sue him over the news of him getting married again.

166. AB de Villiers could bat at various positions in the batting order but predominantly in the middle-order.

167. Usman Khawaja announced his engagement on 14 December 2016 on his Facebook page.

168. Alastair Cook picked up his first ODI Man of The Match award in the fourth game after scoring 80 to help England win by five wickets.

169. Mahendra Singh Dhoni stopped serving as India's captain in 2017, having led his country in 331 international matches, the most for a captain in the sport's history.

170. Rahul Dravid warmed up for the four-match Test series with a fifty against Hampshire in the tour game.

171. MS Dhoni failed to add to his tally for India after being ruled out of the third ODI at the Bay Oval due to a sore hamstring.

172. Prime Minister Imran Khan emphasized upon paying special attention to the skill development of the youth in the country while keeping in view the requirements of the local and international markets.

173. Sania Mirza lost in the early rounds of the Australia Open and its warm-up tournaments.

174. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the third captain to win 100 matches, after two Australians, Ricky Ponting, and Allan Border.

175. Adam Gilchrist was awarded the Allan Border Medal in 2003, and was the only Australian cricketer who was a current player at the time to have been named in "Richie Benaud's Greatest XI" in 2004.

176. In June 2013, Darren Lehmann replaced Mickey Arthur as the coach of the Australian cricket team, only two weeks before the 2013 Ashes series.

177. Alastair Cook was lauded as England's "greatest ever player" by former opening partner Andrew Strauss during his final Test before international retirement.

178. Mithali Raj is a professional Indian cricketer, born on 3 December 1982 in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.

179. PM Imran Khan said this while chairing a meeting to review Naya Pakistan Housing Programme in Islamabad.

180. Rohit Sharma was born on 30 April 1987 in Bansod, Nagpur, Maharashtra.

181. Usman Khawaja made the highest score in the fourth innings of a Test in the United Arab Emirates, spending 524 minutes at the crease—taking him to 767 in total—in a heroic 302-ball knock, but the tourist looked to be heading for defeat when Yasir Shah took three late wickets.

182. Virat Kohli got the chance to captain in an ICC tournament for the first time in the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.

183. Imran Khan met Irfanullah and other brave workers and appreciated their.

184. Dale Steyn earned US$325,000 for his appearance in the tournament.

185. On 22 July 2016, Alastair Cook equalled Don Bradman's record of having hit 29 Test centuries when he scored 105 on the opening day of the 2nd Test against Pakistan at Old Trafford.

186. Dale Steyn dominated the number one spot in the ICC test rankings during the peak of his career, for a record 263 weeks between 2008 and 2014.

187. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 91 not out, finishing the game with a historical six and claiming the Man of the Match award.

188. Virat Kohli had a slump in form when India toured Bangladesh in June 2015.

189. Virat Kohli recently became the fastest batsman to reach the 10K runs.

190. In 1998, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was selected by Deval Sahay to play for the Central Coal Fields Limited team.

191. Anushka Sharma has an American lookalike and she is a Grammy-nominated artiste.

192. At the age of 19, in 2005, Alastair Cook made a double century against a touring Australia side whose bowling attack was led by Brett Lee and Jason Gillespie.

193. Rahul Dravid is one of the finest batsmen that India has ever produced.

194. Ravichandran Ashwin was highly successful on Australia's four-Test tour of India in February–March 2013.

195. Usman Khawaja played a match saving innings against Pakistan in the first test in 2018 at Dubai.

196. Virat Kohli won the man of the match for this knock which he called "my best T20 innings".

197. Colin Munro attended Maidstone Primary School in Tongaat and after moving to New Zealand, attended Pakuranga College and played in the school's 1st XI cricket team.

198. Rohit Sharma is an absolute star and you can't stop him, says Glenn Maxwell.

199. Anushka Sharma recently splurged on a fancy new pair of wheels.

200. Rahul Dravid concluded a successful debut series with an impressive average of 62.33 from two Test matches.

201. In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar was nominated to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.

202. Virat Kohli is definitely one of India's most adored poster boy for health and fitness currently.

203. Kuldeep Yadav started his Test career against Australia in February 2017.

204. In July 2016, Sania Mirza published an autobiography titled "Ace Against Odds" chronicling her journey to the top.

205. Rohit Sharma was called to the Indian Test team in February 2010 as the only reserve batsman.

206. Rahul Dravid has had a mixed record when leading India in Tests.

207. Keaton Jennings took himself out of his comfort zone to help England be more pro-active in the first session of the match.

208. Rahul Dravid learned to pace his innings cleverly without going for the slogs.

209. In July 2010, Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from Test cricket.

210. Rahul Dravid scored an unbeaten hundred, his tenth overall and 6th outside India, against West Indies at Georgetown in the first test match.

211. Since then Sachin Tendulkar's batting has tended to be less attacking.

212. Imran Khan has adopted a lifestyle of austerity as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.

213. In March 2008, Virat Kohli was bought on a youth contract by the Indian Premier League franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore for $30,000.

214. On 13 November 2014, Rohit Sharma scored 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, which is the highest individual score in ODIs and second in overall limited 50 over match.

215. Imran Khan led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf became the opposition party in Punjab and Sindh.

216. Rohit Sharma needs two more sixes to complete 200 sixes in ODI cricket.

217. Alastair Cook had his first taste of international cricket playing the U15 World Cup in 2000.

218. Sanju Samson was the vice captain of under 19 Indian team.

219. Shoaib Malik is great player in himself but not for national team collectively.

220. Anushka Sharma is co-producing a film with brother Karnesh Sharma titled Bulbul for Netflix and a series for Amazon Prime.

221. In 2007, Anushka Sharma made her runway debut at the Lakme Fashion Week for designer Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps Show and was picked to be his finale model at the Spring Summer 2007 Collection.

222. Sachin Tendulkar continued by scoring 99 and 93 in the first two matches of the Future Cup against South Africa.

223. Sachin Tendulkar owns these restaurants in partnership with Sanjay Narang of Mars Restaurants.

224. Virat Kohli is an unbelievable player, says England pacer Tom Curran.

225. In 2009, Dhoni led the Indian team to number one position for the first time in the ICC Test rankings.

226. In 2017, Quinton de Kock became the fastest and youngest to reach 10+ centuries breaking the record against Sri Lanka against Hashim Amla's record of 10 centuries.

227. Rohit Sharma pleased to see India's ruthlessness in T20I series.

228. Sania Mirza's reached the third round at the Australian Open as No 31 seed, where she lost to No 8 seed Venus Williams having been up a break in the first set.

229. Sania Mirza's fared much better in the doubles, reaching the quarterfinals in mixed with her partner Mahesh Bhupathi and the quarterfinals in the women's doubles with Bethanie Mattek, including a win over number two seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur.

230. Rahul Dravid played his part in the 10-wicket haul by taking a catch to dismiss Mushtaq Ahmed who was Kumble's eighth victim of the innings.

231. Sania Mirza recently gave birth to a Baby boy and is married to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik.

232. Colin Munro has worked hard to reach the level he is at today.

233. Sania Mirza is an Indian professional tennis player.

234. Kuldeep Yadav made his One Day International debut for India against the West Indies on 23 June 2017.

235. Kuldeep Yadav shattered the record of Shahid Afridi for registering the best bowling figures by a spinner against England in ODIs and broke Afridi's record for recording the best ever bowling figures by a spinner in an ODI in England.

236. Usman Khawaja reached three figures for the first time since October 2018.

237. Alastair Cook continued in his role as captain for the home series against Sri Lanka.

238. Rohit Sharma is the proud owner of the highest individual score in ODIs—264 and is the batsman to breach the 200 mark in ODIs twice.

239. Virat Kohli has got into confrontations with players and umpires on several occasions.

240. Virat Kohli enjoys well-deserved time off with wife Anushka Sharma.

241. PM Imran Khan will call on Malaysian counterpart Mahatir Muhammed during his visit to Malaysia, while he will hold.

242. Sanju Samson represented India in the Under 19 Asia Cup Tournament held in Malaysia in June 2012.

243. Virat Kohli was given the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri under the sports category in 2017 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour in India, in 2018.

244. Rohit Sharma was promoted as the permanent captain of the Mumbai Indians in 2013, as Ricky Ponting was benched due to poor form.

245. Alastair Cook was born on the day of Christmas in 1984 in Gloucester.

246. Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored his first Test century in Faisalabad in January 2006 in Pakistan.

247. Ravichandran Ashwin shared a 38-run partnership with Dhoni and an 85-run seventh wicket stands with Jadeja, as the match eventually ended in a tie.

248. In 2014, American Appraisal estimated Virat Kohli's brand value at 56.4 million placing him fourth on the list of India's most valued celebrity brands.

249. Rohit Sharma is standing in as captain as Virat Kohli was rested for the final two ODIs and the T20I series against the Kiwis.

250. Ravichandran Ashwin was a member of the Indian team that won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in England.

251. On 6 December 2012, Alastair Cook became England's leading scorer of centuries after making a hundred against India in Kolkata.

252. Ravichandran Ashwin scored a hundred and took nine wickets when India played against West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium in 2011.

253. Anushka Sharma was last seen alongside Shah Rukh Khan in Zero.

254. On 6 October 2012, Imran Khan joined a vehicle caravan of protesters from Islamabad to the village of Kotai in Pakistan's South Waziristan region against US drone missile strikes.

255. Sania Mirza's returned at the Aegon Classic, where she lost in the second round to Tamarine Tanasugarn in three sets.

256. Rohit Sharma is rated as one of the best fielders in the world.

257. Mahendra Singh Dhoni started building a good partnership with Gautam Gambhir.

258. Sunil Gavaskar led India in a Test for the first time in January 1976 against New Zealand during the First Test in Auckland when regular captain Bishen Bedi was suffering from a leg injury.

259. Rahul Dravid was adjudged man of the match for second consecutive match.

260. Rohit Sharma is the proud owner of the highest individual score in ODIs—264 and is the batsman to breach the 200 mark in ODIs twice.

261. Sunil Gavaskar compares Virat Kohli to Sir Don Bradman, says Indian skipper is always expected to score a ton.

262. MS Dhoni proves he is a man with a golden heart—Watch.

263. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only captain in the world who scored a hundred in the ODI batting at number seven and that too in December 2012 against Pakistan.

264. Rohit Sharma is over the moon, so is Yuzvendra Chahal who hosts the widely watched online show, Chahal TV.

265. Sachin Tendulkar is arguably the greatest cricketer of all time.

266. Sania Mirza's was eliminated from singles when she retired in her match against Iveta Benesova because of a right wrist injury.

267. Adam Gilchrist denied calling the Indian a "bad sport" in regards to the handshake issue.

268. Alastair Cook went on to break all batting records at Bedford, making 19 centuries in total.

269. Virat Kohli is playing with his bat too far away from his pad.

270. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was Team India's first captain to help reach No 1 spot in Test rankings.

271. Sachin Tendulkar discusses India's chances at World Cup, praises team's ability to be competitive.

272. Sania Mirza's put up a good fight against the fourth seed and eventual champion Nicole Pratt in round one, but lost in three sets.

273. Kuldeep Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays for India and for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket and for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.

274. Dale Steyn is as well rewarded with the ICC 2008 Test Cricketer of the Year Award and was named as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for the year 2013 and 2014.

275. Rohit Sharma is a right-handed batsman and was an occasional right-arm off break bowler.

276. Sania Mirza partnered different players during 2013 and won five WTA Titles.

277. Anushka Sharma gets emotional on Virat Kohli's 30th birthday: Thank God for his birth.

278. Mithali Raj was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on 3 December 1982 to a Tamil family.

279. Darren Lehmann says he has always liked the left-hander, who is expected to slot into his customary position at the top of the order in the absence of suspended pair Cameron Bancroft and David Warner.

280. On 29 August 2012, Alastair Cook became England's Test captain after previous Test captain Andrew Strauss retired from all forms of cricket.

281. Virender Sehwag says Virat Kohli will break all records of Sachin Tendulkar, except one.

282. In December 2008, Virat Kohli was given a Grade D contract in the annual BCCI contracts list which entitled him to receive Rs 15 lakh.

283. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is quickest when it comes to stumpings.

284. Sachin Tendulkar dedicated this century to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks.

285. Anushka Sharma joins hands with Discovery to promote Tiger Conservation Movement.

286. Rohit Sharma has had a good year in 2018 with the bat as he powered India to ODI series victories in South Africa and in India against the West Indies.

287. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was elected as the captain of the Indian squad for the World Twenty20 in September 2007.

288. In October 2017, Anushka Sharma launched her own clothing line, named Nush.

289. Sachin Tendulkar scored 68 in the first match and 48 against Guyana.

290. Virat Kohli was picked in the India Emerging Players squad for the four-team Emerging Players Tournament in Australia.

291. Sania Mirza won 10 singles and 13 doubles titles as a junior player.

292. Imran Khan is owner of agriculture land of 39 kanals at Talhar, Islamabad, and 530 kanals at Khanewal.

293. Keaton Jennings is back because England picked a lopsided squad and are a batsman short.

294. Rahul Dravid talked with my friend in the hospital for almost an hour.

295. Virat Kohli captioned the image, posted on Instagram on Friday, with a simple heart emoji.

296. Usman Khawaja was born in Islamabad, Pakistan, and his family emigrated to New South Wales when he was a child.

297. Usman Khawaja was welcomed by one and all at the Sydney Cricket Ground on a cloudy day as he batted.

298. MS Dhoni dreaming of playing in the World Cup ever since he gave up captaincy: Arun Pandey.

299. Sanju Samson was the All-India leading run scorer in the season and was selected to play in the Ranji Trophy for Kerala when he was 15 years of age.

300. AB de Villiers joins new T20 side, teams up with Chris Gayle again.

301. Sachin Tendulkar is amazed how Virat Kohli is smashing records in almost every game he plays.

302. Kuldeep Yadav is a very famous and well-known Indian Cricketer and makes a very good living doing that.

303. In 1992 Imran Khan achieved his greatest athletic success when he led the Pakistani team to its first World Cup title, defeating England in the final.

304. Sachin Tendulkar scored poorly in the second Test at Mohali, which ended in a draw.

305. In February 2015, Rohit Sharma has joined the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals to support sterilisation of homeless cats and dogs.

306. In 2012, Sachin Tendulkar was ranked number 8 in Outlook India's poll of the Greatest Indian.

307. AB de Villiers holds the second-highest individual score by a South African batsman, with 278.

308. Quinton de Kock was born on 17th December, 1992 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

309. Virat Kohli was raised in Uttam Nagar and started his schooling at Vishal Bharti Public School.

310. Mithali Raj made her T20 debut on 5 August 2006 against England, scoring a 28 off 37 balls.

311. Shoaib Malik calls for more MNCs to support Pakistan hockey team.

312. Imran Khan remains a prominent philanthropist and commentator, and served as the chancellor of Bradford University between 2005 and 2014 and was the recipient of an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Physicians in 2012.

313. Kuldeep Yadav has celebrated the total number of 24 birthdays till date.

314. Anushka Sharma is a vision in this champagne gold saree on a mag cover.

315. At the rally, Imran Khan was captured by student activists from the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba and roughly treated.

316. Anushka Sharma is making wearing saree cool and fashionable again! We have seen Anushka always wearing Indian attires at various occasions.

317. AB de Villiers is one of the most successful batsmen in the Indian Premier League.

318. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a fan of Adam Gilchrist, and his childhood idols were cricket teammate Sachin Tendulkar, Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan and singer Lata Mangeshkar.

319. Mahendra Singh Dhoni began his career in 1998 by playing for Bihar U-19 team.

320. Alastair Cook is England's most-capped player and has captained the team in an English record 59 Tests and 69 ODIs.

321. Usman Khawaja was selected in the Australian cricket team to play in the fifth Test against England in Sydney on 3 January 2011.

322. Usman Khawaja played in four County Championship matches, averaging 39.87 with the bat and scoring a century against Kent.

323. Rahul Dravid announced his form in England hitting consecutive fifties against Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire in the warm-up games.

324. PM Imran Khan has stunned both opposition and IMF with his successful negotiations of $12 billion Saudi package.

325. Adam Gilchrist opened the batting against Sri Lanka in the final.

326. Kuldeep Yadav has scalped 45 wickets this year at an economy rate of 4.64.

327. In 1983, Imran Khan was named the Wisden Cricketer of the Year.

328. Usman Khawaja likely to be fit for first Test against India.

329. Colin Munro debuted in the ODI format in the same series which was a forgettable appearance.

330. Rohit Sharma should allow Rishabh Pant to keep wickets ahead of Karthik: Azharuddin.

331. Rohit Sharma notched up yet another batting milestone on Monday when he surpassed Sachin Tendulkar as the second-highest six-hitter for India in ODIs.