Famous cricket players Virendar Sehwag: An ace in the Indian Deck

Records are meant to be broken and Virendar Sehwag did in great fashion by hitting the highest ODI score of 219runs against West Indies at Indore, India. Virendar Sehwag broke the Highest ODI runs record of Sachin Tendulker who registered 200 runs against South Africa on February 24, 2011. Only two men did it in the history or ODI cricket and both are from India. Sehwag has considered his win as the biggest thing in life as he broke the record of his role model Sahcin Tendulker.

Virender Sehwag has a well built career with an inexorable pursuit, and a wunderkind, for hitting the boundaries all over. His specialty lies in his foot work, although it minimal but the intent to strike the ball is optimum. Not only ODIs, he has been the fastest runs scorer in the history for test cricket. As an opener, always a danger man for all kind of bowling attacks. 

The Glitz & Blitz of Muhammad Hafeez

He is pacified, he is unwearied, he is none other than Muhammad Hafeez who has bestowed his excellent skills to Pakistan not only with bat but also with his neat bowling. Furthermore, he has saved so many runs due to his feverish vigilance in the ground.  An under-hyped cricketer with some magnificent performances has finally brought him in limelight on the ICC ODI bowlers ranking table.

In the third ODI against Bangladesh, this Pakistani spinner took three wickets at the most crucial time of the game and turned the match in favor of Pakistan. This is not the first time; he is always a handy bowler and had been supporting Pakistan’s main bowling attack for quite some time. Not only he aided Pakistan in winning the series with a clean sweep, Mohammad Hafeez also got the honor of becoming the third player to register 30 wickets and a double of 1000 runs in the cricket calendar year. Prior to him, Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka was the first player to bag this title in 1997. South African legendary cricketer Jacques Kallis is the second who has achieved this feat in 2000 and 2002. Currently Muhammad Hafeez is on the second slot on the ICC ODI bowlers ranking, following is her peer Saeed Ajmal who is holding the top position on the chart.

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Shahid Afridi: Batting and Bowling record to date…

He came, he played and he won the hearts of millions of cricket fans across the globe. One of the finest all rounders cricket has ever produced, he is none other than Shahid Afridi. He is an undisputed prince of the cricket all-rounders in recent times. As a batsman, His finesse to hit the boundaries and sixes over the stands and as a bowler, his dexterity to juggle the ball at the pitch, especially the faster leg breaks and googlies have made him tall amongst all. Shahid Afridi has registered some ace performances in his career not only with bat and ball but also his excellent fielding skills have given him an edge over so many good fielders. Following is his Batting and Bowling record to date:

Bowling Averages
	Matches	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best bowling (Inn)	Best Bowling (Mat)	Avg	Econ	SR	4 wkts	5 wkts
Tests	27	47	3194	1709	48	5/52	5/43	35.60	3.21	66.50	1	1
ODIs	329	304	14289	10921	327	6/38	6/38	33.39	4.58	43.60	4	6
T20Is	43	43	971	1005	53	4/11	4/11	18.96	6.21	18.30	3	0

 

 

Batting Record
	Matches	Inns	Runs	Highest Score	Avg	Strike Rate (%)	100s	50s	4s	6s
Tests	27	48	1716	156	36.51	86.97	5	8	220	52
ODIs	329	306	6814	124	23.65	114.02	6	32	623	293
T20Is	43	41	683	54*	17.97	144.09	0	3	56	26
* Not Out

Top ten ODI centuries-World

A century in an ODI career is not only a big achievement in itself but it also tests the mettle of a player. One has to understand all the tactics and strategy of game play to reach that distinguished position. Sachin Tendulkar of India’s team is the one of the world class players who understands all the twists and turns of the ball on the pitch. His recent achievement of top century in 2010 is the proof of his love and competency as a dedicated and motivated ODI player. Here is the list of all top class ODI players with top ten centuries in their ODI career.

Player	Runs	Country	Year
Sachin Tendulkar	200*	India	24 Feb 2010
CK Coventry	194*	Zimbabwe	16 Aug 2009
Saeed Anwar	194	Pakistan	21 May 1997
IVA Richards	189*	West Indies	31 May 1984
ST Jayasuriya	189	Sri Lanka	29 Oct 2000
G Kirsten	188*	South Africa	16 Feb 1996
Sachin Tendulkar	186*	India	8 Nov 1999
MS Dhoni	183*	India	31 Oct 2005
SC Ganguly	183	India	26 May 1999
ML Hayden	181*	Australia	20 Feb 2007

Top scorers in T20-World

A century in a twenty 20 match can be defined as the fastest and quickest century. One has to have untiring stamina and quick reflexes to make century in fast format of twenty 20 match. In a twenty 20 match, players should have strong decision power to decide the fate of ball. Cricket history has only 4 players with records of centuries in their twenty 20 career. Other top scorers are also near to making a century. Here is the list of top scores in world twenty 20 matches.

Player	Runs	Country	Year
Chris Gayle	117	West Indies	11 Sep 2007
Brendon McCullum	116*	New Zealand	28 Feb 2010
Suresh Raina	101	India	2 May 2010
Mahela Jayawardene	100	Sri Lanka	3 May 2010
Ricky Ponting	98*	Australia	17 Feb 2005
Mahela Jayawardene	98*	Sri Lanka	7 May 2010
Chris Gayle	98	West Indies	9 May 2010
Tillakaratne Dilshan	96*	Sri Lanka	19 Jun 2009
Jean-Paul Duminy	96*	South Africa	10 Oct 2010
Damien Martyn	96	Australia	9 Jan 2006

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