Top 15 Mind-Blowing Cricket Facts You Should Know

#9 Miraculous similarities between two Indo-Pak matches

Miraculous similarities between two Indo-Pak matches

The matches played between India and Pakistan in 1985 and 2014, do have unnatural similarities. Just go through the stats, and you will also get shocked.

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#10 Surprising facts about Team India's win at Lord's Test

1983 and 2011: Two World Cups for Team India

In 1983, India won their first ever World Cup and three years later, in 1986, India won their first ever Test at Lord's. Again in 2011, Team India won their second World Cup trophy and surprisingly, exactly after three years, in 2014, India won their second ever Test at Lord's.

The shocking similarities between 1986 and 2014 wins at Lord's of Team India are -

Both captains were the World Cup winners.

A Sharma took 5 and more wickets, Chetan and Ishant.

A Binny scored 9 runs off 19 balls in first innings, Roger and Stuart.

A batsman of Mumbai origin scored a century, Vengsarkar and Rahane.

Both the wins occur after 3 years of World cup win.

Both the years, Fifa WC Final was between Argentina and Germany.

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#11 Player who scored Test runs equal to his date of birth

Alec Stewart

Alec Stewart, an English cricketer, was born on 8th April 1963 (8-4-63) and scored 8463 Test runs during his Test career.

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#12 Player who played two different sports at the same time

Aasif Karim

'Captain Cool' of Kenya, Aasif Karim has played both International cricket and Tennis (Davis Cup, 1988) for his country, Kenya.