5 unique records Held by Indian Cricket Team Players

Since the inception of the game, there are phenomenal records being made and broken in the game of cricket.

While some of them seem fragile and shaky, there are others which mask an everlasting facade, persevering to defy the well-known saying “Records are made to be broken”.

In this article, let us take a look at the 5 unique records boasted by Indian cricketers.

Bapu Nadkarni – Most consecutive maidens in Test Cricket

There are many cricket pundits who still deem Test cricket as the main format which actually evaluates a cricketer’s abilities, and the one-time Indian cricketer, Bapu Nadkarni, owns an interesting record in that format.

Nadkarni bowled 21 maiden overs, that is to say, 131 scoreless balls, in a row against England at Madras in 1964.

He was prominently known for being an economical spin bowler who could create several opportunities of wickets for his fellow bowlers courtesy of his tight bowling.

Irfan Pathan – Only bowler to take a Test hat-trick in the first over

Hat-tricks are quite hard to come by and are one of the proudest sights in the cricketing career of a bowler.

Irfan Pathan achieved that feat in a grand fashion when he took a hat-trick in the first over of the Test match against Pakistan in 2006, becoming the first and, till date, the only bowler to do so.

Pathan dismissed Salman Butt on the 4th, Younis Khan on the 5th and Mohammad Yousuf on the last ball of the over to reduce Pakistan to 0/3 at the end of the opening over of the match. Unfortunately, India went on to lose that match.

MS Dhoni – Most times bowled in international cricket while playing as a wicket-keeper

MS Dhoni will most likely go down in history as the most exciting cricketer ever. Known for his splendid captaincy, there’s all but nothing that the former Indian skipper has not put to the test.

Apart from batting and wicket-keeping, Dhoni also experimented with bowling. Surprisingly, he also holds a record in that category.

The 36-year-old has bowled in nine international matches, which is the most for a wicket-keeper. He has bowled a total of 132 balls in professional cricket. Further, he also took a wicket by dismissing Travis Dowlin in a One Day International in 2009.

Rohit Sharma – Most double centuries in ODIs

Out of the seven double tons registered in ODIs, Rohit Sharma owns nearly half of them with a tally of 3 double hundreds.

Rohit struck his first double century against Australia at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in 2013. He smashed 209 against the Baggy Greens to join the illustrious duo of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag.

He notched his second double ton at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata against Sri Lanka scoring an astounding 264. Moreover, this is also the highest ODI score ever as of now.

The third and the final double hundred came off in 2017 when the Mumbaikar smashed an unbeaten 208 off 153 balls to fire India to a mammoth 392 against Sri Lanka only.

Sachin Tendulkar – Most international centuries

One of the living legends, Sachin Tendulkar holds the prominent record of the most international centuries scored by a batsman.

Tendulkar accomplished his century of hundreds in 2012 against Bangladesh, establishing a seemingly unbreakable record.

However, his 100th century went in vain as Bangladesh stunned them at Mirpur.

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