Lala Amarnath was the first Indian to score a test century in 1933 vs England.
India’s first test match against England in 1932. India had to wait for 20 more years for their first test victory. It was in 1952 against England.
First Indian test captain- CK.Nayudu was the first Indian test captain
Ajit Wadekar was the first Indian ODI Captain
Virender Shehwag was the first Indian t20I captain
Most test wickets M. Muralitharan -800
Most test wickets by an Indian- Anil Kumble- 619
Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan as a substitute fielder before his debut for India. 1987
The first ever international cricket match was indeed played between the USA and Canada. It took place in 1844, at St. George’s Cricket Club Ground in New York. The match was scheduled for two days but was extended to three due to rain. Canada won the match by 23 runs.
Shoaib Akhtar is known for his bowling skills and recorded history by delivering the fastest ball in the history of cricket, 161.3 km/hr.
Sachin Tendulkar was the first man to be declared out by a third umpire.
Misbah Ul huq, Pakistan was the only cricketer to score more than 5000 ODI runs without a century.
The first World Cup in the history of cricket was played by women and not men, which took place two years before men arrived on the field. In 1973, the inaugural Women’s World Cup was held and hosted by England. Later, in the year 1975, the Men’s Cricket World Cup was followed in England and was won by the West Indies. This highlights the role of women’s cricket in establishing the World Cup tradition.
A source of pride for our country is that India is the only country in the entire world to hold world cups in different formats, such as 60, 50, and 20 overs.
Only Brazil is the team to play all world cups till now. ( 22 total)
Lionel Messi has played maximum world cup matches so far ( 26)
Mirosal Klose with 16 goals is still the highest scorer in World Cup football in terms of total goals scored.
Just Fontaine, France scored 13 goals in just one World Cup tournament. 1958
Oleg Salenko of Russia scored highest goals in a match ( 5) vs Cameroon in 1994.
Teams to win World Cup football
Brazil 5 times
Italy and Germany- 4 times each
Argentina- Thrice
France and Uruguay- Twice each
England and Spain – Once
Sheffield Football Club, founded in 1857, is recognised by both the English FA and FIFA as the oldest football club in the world that still plays association football.
The biggest victory in an international football match happened in 2001 when Australia defeated American Samoa 31-0 during a FIFA World Cup qualifier.
Originally called cuju, the first version of football originated in the Han dynasty more than 2000 years ago.
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