Indian Cricket Team Interesting Facts

By read the article on internet I found some interesting Facts about Indian Cricket Team:

• Bapu Nadkarni sent down 131 deliveries (21.5 over’s) without conceding a single run vs. England at Madras in 1964.
• Dilip Vengsarkar was the first batsman to score three centuries at Lord`s.
• England lost their last seven wickets for 10 runs against India at Gwalior on March 4, 1993.
• England’s John Jameson, who was born in India, made his highest Test score( 82 ) against India.
• G.R.Viswanath is the only Indian player to score a duck and a century on debut.
• India had to wait for a period of 19 years & 230 days before registering its first victory.
• India is the only team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match.
• India’s Abbas Ali Baig was the first batsman to hit a century on debut against England in England.
• India’s K.S. Ranjitsinjhi was England’s second player to hit a century on debut after W.G. Grace.
• Kapil Dev`s only break of one Test in his 131 Test career came after 65 Tests.
• Lala Amarnath the first Indian centurion was also the first to do it on debut for India.
• M.A.K.Pataudi was captain in 40 of the 46 Tests he played for India.
• M.L.Jaisimha of India was the first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.
• Ravi Shastri was the first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an innings.
• Sachin Tendulkar at 18 years and 256 days is the youngest to score a Test century in Australia.
• Sunil Gavaskar & Allan Border hold the record for most number of 100`s and 50`s respectively in Test Cricket.
• The first Indian to play Test Cricket was K.S.Ranjitsinjhi who represented England between 1896 and 1902.
• The great Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev is the youngest to take 200 wickets.

Source: Facts About Indian Cricket Team Players -Indian Cricket Team Facts. (n.d.). Indian Cricket Team. Retrieved March 5, 2012, from http://www.indiancricketteam.in/interesting-facts-on-indian-cricket-team.html