Endorsements are a huge part of every sportsperson's career as it garners a huge amount of monetary benefits for them. The bigger his brand value, the more one earns in the endorsement deals. In cricket, placing the stickers on the bats of the cricketers is a deal between the company and the player which helps players garner a lot of money. Let us look at some of the highest-paid athletes in this category.  Joe Root The English skipper is paid 1.7 crores/year by ‘New Balance’ Suresh Raina The elegant southpaw used to get 2.5–3 crores/year from ‘Ceat’ Chris Gayle The ‘Universe Boss ..read more

There has been only one instance in the history of ODI cricket where four hundred-run partnerships were formed in a match. Let us look at what happened that day. It was the first ODI of Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009. Batting first, India got a dream start as Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar (69) made a terrific partnership of 153 in just 19 overs. MS Dhoni (72)who came in at No. 3 also started hitting the bowlers mercilessly and India crossed 300 in 35 overs. They added 156 runs for the 3rd wicket and India eventually finished at a mammoth score of 414. Sehwag scored a scintillating 14 ..read more

The record for the most number of extras bowled in a match belongs to the 1999 World Cup match between Pakistan and Scotland. Batting first, Pakistan scored 261 runs from 50 overs. Mohammad Yousuf top-scored with 81 runs and the second-best score was 59 which came as extra runs. All the Scotland bowlers gave away extras at will. John Blain bowled 6 wides and 6 no-balls. Asim Butt & Gavin Hamilton bowled 8 wides and 3 no-balls each. James Brinkley gave away 6 wides and Ian Stanger bowled 1 wide and 3 no-balls. Scotland were fined 1 over for a slow over-rate in this match. Even the Pakistan ..read more

 Let us look at the unlucky cricketers who had to remain not out on 99, 199 or 299 runs in test cricket. 1. Don Bradman (Australia) - 299 not out vs South Africa in 1932 2. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) - 199 not out vs Pakistan in 2012 3. Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) - 199 not out vs South Africa in 2001 4. Geoffrey Boycott (England) -  99 not out vs Australia in 1979 5. Steve Waugh (Australia) - 99 not out vs England in 1995 6. Alex Tudor (England) - 99 not out vs New Zealand in 1999 7. Shaun Pollock (South Africa) - 99 not out vs Sri Lanka in 2002 8. Andrew Hall (South Africa ..read more

There are only three players who converted their first Test century into a triple hundred. Let us look who they are. 1. Sir Garry Sobers The legendary West Indian all-rounder Garry Sobers scored a record-breaking 365* against Pakistan in 1958, at the age of 21. This was his first three-figure score and he broke the record for the highest individual score too with this innings. 2. Bob Simpson Simpson was predominantly a balling-allrounder for Australia until his 30th Test, where he scored a magnificent 311, batting for more than 12 hours. This was his first century and he went on to score 9 mor ..read more

Test cricket is known to be the purest form of cricket which tests a batsman's patience. Most of the batsmen won't even mind scoring at a strike rate of below 50 in Tests. But there are players who broke the conventional style of Test cricket. Let us look some of the players with the highest strike rate in a Test Innings. 1. Umesh Yadav: The Indian pacer Umesh Yadav torn apart the South African bowlers during the 2019 series in India. He scored a 10-ball 31 including 5 huge sixes. Skipper Virat Kohli gave him the license to flex his muscles as India were already in a comfortable position. This ..read more

 Let us have a look at the players who scored most runs in Test cricket without having a century to their name. 1. Shane Warne: The legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne tops the list with 3154 runs from 145 matches. Over a 15-year long career, he scored 12 half-centuries, but none of them got converted into a ton. His highest score was 99. 2. Chetan Chauhan: Chauhan was a successful batsman who opened for India alongside Sunil Gavaskar. He played 40 matches and scored 2084 runs at a healthy average of 31.57. He scored 16 half-centuries, but the three-figure mark remained an unfulfill ..read more

 It took 17 years and 118 Matches for Anil Kumble to register the first Test century. The legendary leg-spinner went on to score his first ton against England in 2007, finishing unbeaten on 110 off 193 balls. The score was 508/7 when India lost the last recognized batsman, MS Dhoni. But Kumble made handy partnerships with Zaheer Khan, RP Singh and Sreesanth, thereby helping India to post a total of 664 onboard. The match was drawn and India won the 3 match series 1–0. It was after 21 years, India managed to win a Test series in England. Despite having many batting heavyweights l ..read more

Batting on 295 and reaching the milestone with a six! We haven’t heard that before. Batting at 183 and hitting four 4s to reach there ASAP. First over, 3 balls - 3 sixes Starting the innings with a boundary on 25+ occasions India 58/1, Sehwag 50 Not out Team 131/4, Sehwag 100 Not out India 328/9 and there’s this guy completing 200 at a strike-rate of 88! Virender Sehwag is the one who changed the face of Test cricket with his destructive and fearless batting ..read more

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