fastest century in test cricket by indian batsmen
Century (cricket) David Miller of South Africa hit the fastest century in Twenty20 international cricket against Bangladesh on 29 October 2017. Miller brought up his century in just 35 balls. Rohit Sharma of India equalled the record of the fastest century in T20 international cricket against Sri Lanka on 22 December 2017. Rohit Sharma got his century in 35 balls then equalling the record.
Sourav Ganguly Weeks after his successful tour of England, Ganguly eloped with childhood sweetheart Dona Roy. The bride and groom's family were sworn enemies at that point and this news caused an uproar between them. However, both families reconciled and a formal wedding was held in February 1997.[19][38] Same year, Ganguly scored his maiden ODI century by hitting 113, opposed to Sri Lanka's team total of 238. Later that year, he won four consecutive man of the match awards, in the Sahara Cup with Pakistan; the second of these was won after he took five wickets for 16 runs off 10 overs, his best bowling in an ODI. After a barren run in Test cricket his form returned at the end of the year with three centuries in four Tests, all against Sri Lanka, and two of these involved stands with Sachin Tendulkar of over 250.[15]
2008 Indian Premier League Final In reply, the Royals lost its first batsman as N. Patel went out after scoring two runs in 11 balls.[1] Manpreet Gony bowled a full length ball outside the off stump, which hit the leg stump after getting an inside edge as N. Patel opted to pull it.[14] He went out in the first ball of the fourth over, leaving his team at 19 runs with loss of one wicket.[1] The Royals lost its second opener when Raina caught Asnodkar as he hit a full and wide ball by Morkel to point.[1][14] He made 28 runs facing 20 balls.[1] In the same over, Makhaya Ntini ran out Akmal with a direct hit. Akmal played the ball to mid-on, but Ntini glided downwards and threw the ball at the stumps.[1][14] After the fall of Akmal's wicket, Watson and Pathan started playing more aggressively, and scored 65 runs for a fourth wicket partnership at a run rate of 8.66; this was also the highest partnership of the match.[15] In the eleventh over, Raina dropped Pathan on Murlitharan at deep midwicket.[9] At the end of the thirteenth over, the Royals reached a score of 100 runs.[1] In the fifteenth over, Muralitharan broke the partnership as he bowled Watson; the ball hit the leg stump.[1][14] The next wicket was of Kaif, who was caught by Dhoni on Muralitharan. Kaif pushed a flat doosra, and Dhoni took a simple catch at cover.[1][14] In the next ball, Jadeja went out for a golden duck.[1] Morkel bowled a short ball, and Jadeja tried to pull it. However the ball went to mid-on, and Kapugedera caught the ball after running towards his left.[14] In the same over, Raina ran out Pathan with a direct hit at the stumps. Morkel bowled a full ball which was pushed by Warne to point. He ran for a single, but Raina hit the stumps, running out off-striker Pathan.[14] Pathan went out scoring a half-century; he made 56 runs out off 39 balls with a strike rate of 143.58 and hit three fours and four sixes.[1] The Royals needed 18 runs at the end of the eighteenth over.[9] The second last over was bowled by Ntini, in which he gave up ten runs.[9] In the last ball of the over, Ntini bowled a good length ball, and Warne hit a four by Warne at cover.[9] In the last over, the Royals required eight runs, and Dhoni gave the ball to Lakshmipathy Balaji.[9] Six runs were required from the last three balls, but Balaji bowled a wide outside off stump, which was missed by the wicket-keeper P. Patel. This resulted in two extra runs.[9] In the next ball, Warne hit a full ball for a run.[9] The Royals needed three runs from the last two balls.[9] Tanvir played the fifth legal delivery of the over, which was an angling full toss. Tanvir hit the ball at the long leg, and ran two runs.[9] The Royals needed one more run off the last ball, with Tanvir on strike; Balaji bowled him a short ball. Warne had already covered the half distance of the pitch when Tanvir hit the ball. The two batsmen ran for a single and the Royals won the match.[9] Both of them remained not out with nine runs each.[1] Morkel and Muralitharan got two wickets each, giving 25 and 39 runs respectively.[1] Gony got one wicket, whereas Ntini and Balaji had none.[1]
Virat Kohli Kohli was appointed the vice-captain of the ODI team in 2012 and handed over the Test captaincy following Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Test retirement in 2014. In early 2017, he became the limited-overs captain as well after Dhoni stepped down from the position. In ODIs, Kohli has the second highest number of centuries and the highest number of centuries in run-chases in the world. Kohli holds numerous Indian batting records including the fastest ODI century, the fastest batsman to 5,000 ODI runs and the fastest to 10 ODI centuries. He is only the second batsman in the world to have scored 1,000 or more ODI runs for four consecutive calendar years.[10] Among the T20I world records held by Kohli are: the fastest batsman to 1,000 runs, most runs in a calendar year and most fifties in the format. He also holds the records of most runs in a single tournament of both the World Twenty20 and the IPL. He also has the highest historic rating points for an Indian batsman in ODIs (909 points) and T20Is (897 points) in ICC rankings and 2nd highest rating points in Tests (912 points) behind only Sunil Gavaskar.[11] He is the only batsman in history to average over 50 in Test matches, ODIs and T20Is simultaneously.[12]