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  In cricket, we have seen cricketers with multiple talents. Some bowlers like Andrew Symonds and Sachin Tendulkar could ball both spin and gentle medium pace. This often left doubts in opponent batsmen’s minds. But times have changed and the cricketing minds are always in search of new plans and ideas. From early times we have seen ambidextrous cricketers. They used to bat with one hand and ball with the other. Players like Saurav Ganguly, Thisara Perera, James Anderson, Stuart Broad, and Kagiso Rabada used to ball with the right hand, but bat with the left. There were some like Zaheer Khan who bowled with his left hand but batted right-handed. But now we are witnessing some other talents in bowlers, who can bowl with both of their hands. This bunch of ambidextrous bowlers may become a boon to their respective teams in the future. Kamindu Mendis The Srilankan is primarily a left-handed batsman who plays for Srilanka in all three formats of the game. He has played 16 T20s, 9 ODIs,

Bangladesh created history at Rawalpindi when they defeated Pakistan for the first time in Test history. The long wait of Bangladeshi fans was fulfilled in the first test of the series. After winning the toss, the Bangladesh captain, Najmaul Hossain Shanto chose to field first. His decision proved right when Bangladesh bowlers dismissed Abdullah Shafique and captain Shan Masood for single-digit scores and Babar Azam for a duck. At one stage Pakistan was in a precarious situation of 16/3. But a half-century from Saim Ayub and centuries from Saud Shakeel and Mohammed Rizwan helped Pakistan reach a more than decent total of 448/6. Pakistan captain declared the innings at 448/6 and Mohammed Rizwan was stranded at 171*. The declaration later proved costly to Pakistan.   Bangladesh Openers Zakir Hasan And Shadman Islam Bangladesh in reply to Pakistan, made a mammoth total of 565 in the first innings. Opener Shadman Islam missed his century by 7 runs. Litton Das and Mehidy Hasan scored half-c

Shikhar Dhawan, the former Indian opener announced his retirement from all forms of International cricket on 24th August 2024. Famously called Gabbar, the dashing left-hander made his international ODI debut in 2010 against Australia at Vishakhapatnam. Unfortunately, he was bowled off McKay for a 2 ball duck. But Virat Kohli scored a century in the match and India won by 5 wickets.  Shikhar Dhawan Shikhar Dhawan Debut Later in 2011, Dhawan made his T20 debut against West Indies at Port of Spain. In the match, he scored just 5 runs from 11 balls. India went on to win the game by 16 runs. In 2013, Dhawan made his Test debut against Australia at Mohali. He had a forgettable debut in ODI and T20 matches, and this time he wanted to make it a memorable one. Shikhar Dhawan opened the innings along with Murali Vijay. Shikhar Dhawan made the fastest century by a debutant in a Test match when he scored 100 off 85 balls. He scored 187 runs from 174 deliveries, including 33 fours and 2 sixes. Ev

The year 2010 was a special one for ODI  fans,  because it was in that year, in which Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman in ODI history to breach the 200-run mark. Since then, the 200-run mark has been achieved on 11 different occasions. 264 scored by Rohit Sharma, against Sri Lanka in 2014 remains the highest individual score in the history of ODI cricket. In the test matches, 400* scored by Brian Lara versus England in 2004 remains the highest-ever individual score in Test cricket. No other  batsman  has ever reached the 400-run milestone in the history of Test cricket. In this article, we discuss the highest score in each batting position in Test Cricket history. Position 1: Leonard Hutton The 364 runs scored by the English opener against Australia in 1938 remains the highest score by any batsman at position 1 in Test cricket. Len Hutton was a prolific scorer for England. He amassed 6971 runs at an average of 56.7 from 79 matches.  in  his career, he scored 19 centuries a

There have been 4 instances in test cricket when all the 11 players of the side found their name in the bowling cards. The first match of such a record happened in 1884 and the latest one was in 2005. All those matches were high-scoring ones and ended up in a draw.   England Vs Australia, The Oval (1884)  It was the third test of Australia's tour of England. Batting first, Australia piled up 551 runs with Billy Mudroch scoring a double century and Percy McDonell and Tup Scott scoring centuries. In reply, England was all out for 346 runs. England was made to follow on, and the game ended in a draw. England were 85/2 in their second innings. It was in the first innings of Australian batting, that the English team had used 11 bowlers. It was the first time in the history of test cricket. Interestingly, the best bowling figures of 4/19 in the innings for England was achieved by their wicketkeeper Alfred Lyttelton . Lyttelton was also the first man to play both cricke

 Mayank Yadav     The fastest ball of IPL 2024 belongs to the Delhi Speedster Mayank Yadav. The 21 year old has been the new speed sensation of IPL 2024. Mayank Yadav made his T20 debut for Delhi in 2022. He has so far played only 1 First class match, where he picked up 2 wickets for 46 runs. He has an experience of 17 List A matches and 11 T20 matches. His record in List A matches reads 34 wickets at an average of 21.55. While in T20 matches he has picked up 15 wickets at an average of 14.26. Mayank Yadav The lanky speedster has raw pace and can hurry even the best of batsmen. He was bought by Lucknow Super Giants in 2023, but couldn't make his debut that year because of an injury. In the current year 2024, he made his debut for LSG against Punjab Kings. In the match, he picked up 3 important wickets for 23 runs. His scalps included Johny Bairstow, Prabhsimran Singh and Jitesh Sharma. his spell reduced Punjab Kings from 100/0 to 139/3. While doing so, he sent down the fastest del