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Thread on some unique stats this decade (2010-19) 👇

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1) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score an ODI double century more than once. He did it thrice.

209 vs Australia
264 vs Sri Lanka
208* vs Sri Lanka 

2) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score two hundreds in ICC tournament knockout matches this decade.

137 v BAN in 2015 WC
123* v BAN in 2017 CT 

3) Virat Kohli is the only player to score more than 10,000 ODI runs in a decade.

Most ODI runs in a decade:-
11125 - Virat Kohli in 2010s
9103 - Ricky Ponting in 2000s
8823 - Sachin Tendulkar in 2000s
8571 - Sachin Tendulkar in 1990s
8494 - Mohammad Yousuf in 2000s 

4) Steve Smith is the only player to score four consecutive 50+ scores in WC Knockouts.

66 vs Pakistan
105 vs India
56* vs New Zealand
85 vs England
From @Crickie408_ 

mentions 5) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score hundreds in both innings his first test as an opener.

176 & 127 vs South Africa at Vizag, 2019 

mentions 6) Martin Guptill is the only player to score a double century in a World Cup knock-out match.

237 vs West Indies in 2015 WC 

mentions 7) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score 5 or more hundreds in a single World Cup.

122* vs South Africa
140 vs Pakistan
102 vs England
104 vs Bangladesh
103 vs Sri Lanka 

mentions 8) David Warner is the only player to score two 150+ scores in the World Cup.

178 vs Afghanistan
166 vs Bangladesh 

mentions 9) Virat Kohli and Kieron Pollard are the only captains out for first-ball ducks in the same international match.

In the second ODI vs West Indies in 2019:-
Kohli - 0(1)
Pollard - 0(1) 

10) Only once, the wicket-keepers from both teams bowled in a test - MS Dhoni & AB de Villiers at the drawn Johannesburg test in 2013. 

11) Virat Kohli is the only player to average above 50 in all three formats.

55.0 in test
59.8 in ODI
52.7 in T20I 

12) Cheteshwar Pujara is the only Indian run-out in both the innings of a test.
Rohit Sharma is the only Indian stumped in both the innings of a test. 

13) Only once in test cricket, both the captains were out for ducks in both the innings of a test - SA v PAK at Centurion in 2018.

Scores of both captains then:-
Sarfaraz Ahmed - 0(4) & 0(2)
Faf du Plessis - 0(1) & 0(6) 

14) Mohammad Hafeez is the only player to score 10000+ international runs and take 100+ wickets across formats this decade.

Hafeez in this decade:-
Test - 3652 runs, 53 wkts
ODI - 5740 runs, 101 wkts
T20I - 1726 runs, 47 wkts 

15) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score four centuries in T20I format.

106(66) vs South Africa
118(43) vs Sri Lanka
100*(56) vs England
111*(61) vs West Indies 

16) Mushfiqur Rahim is the only player retired-hurt in a test, an ODI and a T20I.

In test - vs NZ in 2017
In ODI - vs NZ in 2016
In T20I - vs ZIM in 2016 

17) Mark Craig is the only player to hit a six on the first ball of his test career. He did it against Suleimann Benn's bowling in 2014. 

18) A total of 7 test hat-tricks were taken this decade. But Jasprit Bumrah is the only player among them to take a test hat-trick away from home. 

19) In this decade, Kane Williamson is the only player to score test hundreds against all test nations (excl AFG and IRE, who played very few tests).

His highest score against:-
AUS - 166
BAN - 200*
ENG - 132
IND - 131
PAK - 192
SA - 176
SL - 242*
WI - 161*
ZIM - 113 

20) Virat Kohli and Martin Guptill are the only players to win man-of-the-match at international level in every year from 2010 to 2019.
Ravindra Jadeja almost did it (won MOTM from 2010-18 but missed out this year). 

21) Shakib Al Hasan is the only player to score 100+ runs and take 10+ wickets in a test match of this decade.

It was against Zimbabwe at Khulna, in 2014.
137 & 6 with the bat
5/80 & 5/44 with the ball 

22) Abid Ali is the only man to hit a century on debut in two formats.

112 v AUS on ODI debut
109* v SL on test debut 

23) Chris Gayle is the only player to cross fifty in 4 consecutive T20I matches in this decade. It was in 2012.

85*(52) v NZ
53(39) v NZ
54(33) v AUS
58(35) v ENG 

24) Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only player whose first wicket is "bowled" in test, ODI as well as in T20I. 

25) Shane Watson is the only player to score a hundred in an IPL final in winning cause.

Wriddhiman Saha is the only player to score a hundred in an IPL final in losing cause. 

26) Virender Sehwag is the only Indian player to cross fifty in 5 consecutive IPL matches (for DC in 2012).

Others to do it:-
Jos Buttler (RR) in 2018
David Warner (SRH) in 2019 

27) Steve Smith is the only player to score centuries on both Test and ODI captaincy debuts. Just missed in the shortest format.

133 vs India in test
102* vs England in ODI
90 vs England in T20I 

28) Brendon McCullum is the only player to hit 10 or more sixes in a test innings twice.

Sharjah, 2014 - 11 sixes vs PAK
Christchurch, 2014 - 11 sixes vs SL 

29) Rohit Sharma is the only player to hit 4 sixes in 4 balls in ODIs TWICE. 

30) Only once in this decade, India had an over with 30+ runs scored. Shreyas Iyer scored 28 runs in that over.

nb, 1b, 1, 6, 6, 4, 6, 6 - against Roston Chase at Vizag, 2019 

31) Virat Kohli is the only Asian to score a test century in away tests against SENA countries.
Kohli and Sangakkara are the only Asians to do the same in ODIs. (Smriti Mandhana also did it in Women's ODI) 

32) Lasith Malinga is the only bowler to take 4-wickets in 4-balls twice in international cricket.

vs South Africa in 2007 WC
vs New Zealand in 2019 T20I 

33) Mithali Raj is the only player to score 4 fifties in consecutive Women's T20I matches.

62(59) vs SL in 2016
73*(65) vs PAK in 2016
54*(48) vs SA in 2018
76*(61) vs SA in 2018 

34) In this year, Rohit Sharma became the first Indian to reach 400 international sixes.
Also first player to hit 75+ sixes in an year.

Most international sixes in an year:-
78 - Rohit Sharma in 2019
74 - Rohit Sharma in 2018
65 - Rohit Sharma in 2017 

35) Sohag Gazi is the only player to score a century and take a hat-trick in the same test match. 

36) Moeen Ali is the only player who took a test hat-trick dismissing 3 left-handed batsmen.

His victims - Dean Elgar, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel (Two of them are better known as right-arm pacers :D) 

37) Jasprit Bumrah is the only Indian bowler to average less than 20 in away tests this decade (min: 20 inns).

And the second best is Zaheer Khan, who averages 29.9 - a lot of difference! 

38) Kolkata Knight Riders is the only team to win 10 or more consecutive IPL matches (did it in 2014-15).
During the same streak, Robin Uthappa scored 40+ runs in nine back-to-back matches. 

39) During this decade, Sachin Tendulkar became the only player to 50 test hundreds and 100 international hundreds. Also first to hit an ODI double century and first to hit 600 runs in an IPL season. 

40) In the famous Headingley test in 2019, England scored 67 all-out in their first innings, but a last-wicket partnership of 76 runs in their second innings, to chase the target. 

41) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score a century in all three formats of a single tour.

It was in the home series against Sri Lanka in 2017.
102* in 2nd test
208* in 2nd ODI
118 in 2nd T20I 

42) Rashid Khan is the only person to captain an international team before turning 20-years old.
He captained a few matches for Afghanistan in 2018 World Cup qualifiers. 

43) Chris Gayle is the only player to hit 500+ sixes in international cricket.

Next in line:-
476 - Afridi
410 - Rohit
398 - McCullum
359 - Dhoni
352 - Jayasuriya

During the next decade, Rohit is likely to become the second player with 500 sixes. 

44) England is the only team to win an international tournament without beating the opposition by runs or wickets margin in the final.
Yeah the obvious stat stretched too much :D 

45) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score a 50+ score in a T20I in ten countries.

✅ in Australia
✅ in Bangladesh
✅ in England
✅ in India
✅ in Ireland
✅ in New Zealand
✅ in South Africa
✅ in Sri Lanka
✅ in West Indies
✅ in USA 

46) Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are the only players to reach his hundred with a six in a test, an ODI and a T20I. 

47) Michael Clarke is the only player to hit 4 test double centuries in an year. It was in 2012.

329* vs India @ Sydney
210 vs India @ Adelaide
259* vs South Africa @ Brisbane
230 vs South Africa @ Adelaide 

48) England is the only team to play 1000 test matches.

Their 1000th test was at Edgbaston in 2018 - a thriller against India, which they finally won by 31 runs. Sam Curran was the man-of-the-match for his all-round performance. 

49) Royal Challengers Bangalore is the only team dismissed for an under-50 total in the IPL.

Coulter-Nile, Umesh, Woakes and CDG shared the wickets then. They took a total of 53 wickets that season.
Next year, all 4 were part of RCB - and they shared a total of just 30 wickets. 

50) Sachin Tendulkar is the only player to score a test and ODI double century in the same year.

In ODI - 200* v SA at Gwalior
In test:-
203 v SL at SSC Colombo
214 v AUS at Bangalore
(From @Shebas_10dulkar) 

mentions 51) On 8 Nov 2011 vs West Indies, R Ashwin completed taking nine wickets on test debut

On 8 Nov 2013 vs West Indies, Mohammed Shami completed taking nine wickets on test debut. 

mentions 52) Cheteshwar Pujara is the only player to score a first-class double century for Under-19 team, A-team and national team.

His highest score for:-
India - 206*
India U19 - 211
India-A - 208* 

53) Abhimanyu Mithun is the only player to take a hat-trick in all three Indian domestic competitions - Ranji Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Hat-trick on first-class debut in 2008
Hat-trick in VHT final in 2019
Hat-trick in SMAT semi-final in 2019 

54) The only bowler to take a wicket before bowling a legal delivery in his T20I career is ------------ VIRAT KOHLI.
(Dismissed Kevin Pietersen off MS Dhoni's stumping in 2011) 

55) A total of 27 players hit a test triple centuries. Out of them, Karun Nair is the only one without any more hundreds or even any more fifties.
#CricStats22 

56) In this decade, MS Dhoni became the only captain to win all three ICC tournaments.

T20 World Cup in 2007
ODI World Cup in 2011
Champions Trophy in 2013
#CricStats22 

57) Rishabh Pant is the only Indian wicket-keeper to score a test hundred in England.

Rishabh Pant is also the only Indian wicket-keeper to score a test hundred in Australia.
#CricStats22 

58) Dinesh Karthik is the only player dismissed hit-wicket in first-class, List-A and in T20 format.
(from @UD10modes) 

mentions 59) Wahab Riaz is the only bowler to affect a hit-wicket in first-class, List-A and T20 format.
(from @UD10modes again) 

mentions 60) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score 10 or more sixes in a match in all three formats.

Test - 13 sixes vs SA (Vizag, 2019)
ODI - 16 sixes vs AUS (Bangalore, 2013)
- 12 sixes vs SL (Mohali, 2017)
T20I - 10 sixes vs SL (Indore, 2017)
#CricStats22 

mentions 61) Angelo Mathews is the only player to feature in 100+ ODI matches with all his hundreds coming against a single team.

His hundreds:-
111* vs India, 2017
139* vs India, 2014
113 vs India, 2019
(from @Pricd05) 

mentions 62) During the Ashes test at Perth in 2013, both the captains - Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke - were playing their 100th test.
#CricStats22 

mentions 63) AB de Villiers is the only player to score 5 or more more hundreds in a single country in away ODIs this decade.
He scored 5 ODI hundreds in India - while no one else scored more than two.
#CricStats22 

mentions 64) In this decade, Temba Bavuma became the first black South African to score a test hundred (during his 102* vs England in 2016).
#CricStats22 

mentions 65) Kumar Sangakkara is the only player to average above hundred in ODI World Cup matches this decade.

Sangakkara in WCs this decade:-
1006 runs in 15 inns (avg 100.6) 

mentions 66) On Jan 26, 2019, India won their only ODI match on Republic Day. India beat New Zealand by 90 runs and ROHIT SHARMA was the man-of-the-match then for scoring 87(96) balls.
(From @rgcricket) 

mentions 67) Sunrisers Hyderabad is the only IPL team to win 3 playoff matches in a season.

It was in 2016.
Beat KKR in eliminator
Beat GL in qualifier-2
Beat RCB in final
#CricStats22 

68) Rohit Sharma is the only player to score hundreds in 10 consecutive ODI series.

The streak was from the 2017 Champions Trophy till 2019 away series against Australia.
#CricStats22 

69) During the Lord's test against England in 2011, MS Dhoni became the only wicket-keeper to bowl in both innings of a test.
#CricStats22 

70) Virat Kohli is the only player to win ICC Cricketer of the Year twice in this decade (in 2017 and 2018).
#CricStats22 

71) Virat Kohli is the only player to win man-of-the-series twice in T20 World Cups (in 2014 and 2016).
#CricStats22 

72) James Anderson is the only bowler to break an opening partnership more than 100 times in test cricket.

Fittingly enough, in his recent test, he took only two wickets - both being the first wickets to fall.
#CricStats22 

73) Against Afghanistan in the 2019 World Cup, Eoin Morgan hit 17 sixes - thus being the only player to score a century in sixes.
#CricStats22 

74) AB de Villiers is the only player to score a hundred against a team thrice in the World Cup.

146(130) v WI in 2007
107*(105) v WI in 2011
162*(66) v WI in 2015
#CricStats22 

75) New Zealand is the only team to reach finals in twice in the last two ODI World Cups. Also the only team to reach semi-finals in all the last four. But couldn't win one.
Ross Taylor was a part of each of them.
#CricStats22 

76) #CricStats22

Kausthub@kaustats

With his fighting century, Mathew Wade completed a unique set with his first 4 centuries. He is the first player in tests with his:-

1st century in 1st innings of test
2nd century in 2nd innings
3rd century in 3rd innings
4th century in 4th innings#Ashes19 #Stats

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77) Ben McDermott is the only player run-out in 3 consecutive T20Is. Run-out in every match in T20I series against Pakistan in 2018.

78) Mustafizur Rahman is the only overseas cricketer to win Emerging Player of the Year Award. He won it for SRH in 2016. He along with Rohit Sharma - are the only players to win Emerging Player when their team also won the title.

79) Chennai Super Kings is the only team to win IPL title in two consecutive seasons (2010, 2011).

They are also the only team to win Fairplay Award in three consecutive years (2013, 2014, 2015).

80) Mohammad Nabi is the only player to feature in his country's first test, first ODI and first T20I.

His and Afghanistan's :-
First test - vs India, 2018
First ODI - vs Scotland, 2009
First T20I - vs Ireland, 2010 

81) The India vs Australia series in 2016 is the only bilateral ODI series to contain 10+ centuries.

Top scores then:-
Rohit 171*
Smith 149
Dhawan 126
Rohit 124
Warner 122
Kohli 117
Bailey 112
Finch 107
Kohli 106
Manish 104
Mitchell Marsh 102*

82) Amit Mishra became the first player to take 3 IPL hat-tricks. And each of them were for different teams.

in 2008 for DC vs Deccan
In 2011 for Deccan vs KXIP
In 2013 for SRH vs PWI

83) Aaron Finch is the only player to score two 150+ scores in T20Is.

156 vs England, 2013
172 vs Zimbabwe, 2018

84) During the 2012 Women's T20 World Cup against Sri Lanka, Ekta Bisht became the only Indian woman to take a hat-trick in international cricket.

85) Suresh Raina is the only player to take 100 catches in IPL.

His 100th catch was that of Prithvi Shaw off Deepak Chahar's bowling in the first over of the match against DC.

86) Earlier this year, on Oct 27 against Sri Lanka, David Warner became the only player to score a T20I hundred on his birthday.

87) Virat Kohli is the only player to score four hundreds in an IPL edition. He has 4 in 2016, whereas no one has more than two in a season.

100*(63) vs GL
108*(58) vs RPS
109(55) vs GL
113(50) vs KXIP

88) Last year against Afghanistan, Shikhar Dhawan became the only Indian to score a hundred in the first session of a test match.
Overall, he is the 6th player to do it. Apart from him, only David Warner hit a first-session test hundred in this decade.

89) S. Ravi is the only umpire to officiate in more than 100 IPL matches.

Most IPL matches as an umpire:-
109 - S Ravi
94 - Kumar Dharmasena
78 - Anil Chaudhary
74 - C Shamsuddin
66 - Marais Erasmus 

90) Malinda Pushpakumara is the only bowler to take all 10 wickets in a first-class innings in this decade.
However he played only six test matches.

91) Aiden Markram and Faf du Plessis are the only players to share a partnership whose first/last names are palindromic - words read the same when read backwards.
(from @Pricd05) 

92) Probably the biggest cricket coincidence.

Thrice the highest ODI score was broken in this decade. All matches have the margin common.

Sachin 200* --- India won by 153 runs.
Sehwag 219 --- India won by 153 runs.
Rohit 264 --- India won by 153 runs.

93) Rohit Sharma is the only captain to win 4 IPL titles.

in 2013
in 2015
in 2017
in 2017

Also won Champions League in 2013 as captain.

94) Chris Gayle is the only player to hit a six on the first ball of a test match.
Sohag Gazi the bowler then - had the worst possible start on his test debut.

95) Rashid Khan is the only bowler who needed just two overs to complete a 5-wicket haul in a T20I match.
He did it in a shortened match against Ireland at Greater Noida in 2017.

96) In Feb 2010, Brendon McCullum hit the second T20I hundred - becoming the only player to score a T20I hundred in a tied match - scored 116*(56) against Australia at Christchurch.

 97) Against Bangladesh in Bangladesh this year, Rashid Khan became the only player to score a fifty and take a five-wicket haul on test captaincy debut.

With the bat - 51 & 24
With the ball - 5/82 & 5/55

98) Keshav Maharaj is the only specialist spinner to make his test debut at WACA in Perth - which is regarded as one of the quickest and bounciest tracks in the world. It was at the start of 2016, when he picked three crucial wickets.

99) James Faulkner is the only player to take 2 five-wicket hauls in an IPL season. Both of them against the same team - against Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 - the team which won the title.

Took 5/20 at Jaipur (won match) and took 5/16 at Hyderabad (lost match).

100) Rohit Sharma is the only Indian player to hit 100+ sixes in T20I cricket.

Most T20I sixes by Indians:-
120 - ROHIT SHARMA
74 - Yuvraj Singh
71 - Virat Kohli
58 - Suresh Raina
52 - MS Dhoni

101) Rohit Sharma is the only player to hit 3 World Cup centuries while chasing target. All three times were in this year.

122* vs South Africa
102 vs England
103 vs Sri Lanka

102) Kuldeep Yadav is the only player to take two hat-tricks for India.

vs Australia in 2017
vs West Indies in 2019