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Sunday 18 May 2014

31 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts That'll Make You Go Woah!

1. Sri Lanka has a sole Test win against the Aussies till date. 2. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. 3. Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla stadium and Bangabandhu stadium have hosted more ODIs than Lord’s. 4. The highest number of runs scored in an over is not 36. It’s 77. This is how the over went - 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1 But what many people don’t know is that the bowling team allowed the batting team to get close enough to the target and give them a chance to win so that they take risks and get out! 5. Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the most number of Tests straight after debut. He played 96 Test matches between 5thNovember 1999 and 24thJanuary 2008 without dropping out from any of them. 6. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in the 21stcentury. Alistair Cook – 294 Runs, Edgbaston 2011; Michael Clarke – 329 Runs, Sydney 2012; Brendon McCullum – 302 Runs, Wellington 2014.They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early on in their innings. 7. On 12 thJanuary 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai. His figures were 32-27-5-0 which is an economy rate of 0.15 per over which is the lowest of all bowlers where 10 or more overs were bowled. 8. Chris Martin and B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored. In 71 Tests, Martin has scored 123 runs, while he has 233 wickets to his credit, on the other hand Chandrasekhar has 167 runs to his name along with 242 wickets. 9. Wilfred Rhodes took 4,204 wickets in First Class cricket. No, it’s not a typo. He actually did take more than Four Thousand wickets. He also happened to score 39, 969 runs. 10. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in his First Class career. 11. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls. In the Prudential World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand. 12. Jim Laker once took 19 wickets in a Test match. 13. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup. 14. After Virat Kohli’s debut, India has chased down 300+ targets five times. And in 4 of these 5 matches, Virat Kohli scored a century. 15. Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have scored centuries in both the Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup. 16. Sachin + Zaheer = (Almost) Kallis 17. The player with the most number of not outs in Test cricket is not Rahul Dravid, but Courtney Walsh. He’s been unbeaten a total of 61 times in 185 innings. 18. Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs. 19. Dirk Nannes has represented both Australia and Netherlands in International Cricket. 20. Shahid Afridi used a bat borrowed from Waqar Younis to score the fastest century in a ODI match. 21. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before Sachin, was New Zealand's Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004. 22. Inzamam Ul Haq took a wicket off the very first ball he bowled in International Cricket. 23. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire career. 24. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game. 25. Wasim Akram’s highest Test innings score of 257 is higher than that of Sachin Tendulkar's (who has 248 n.o. to his credit). 26. The England Cricket Team is the only team in ODI history to lose a 60 over ODI Final (1979 World Cup), a 50 over ODI Final (1992 World Cup and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over ODI Final (2013 Champions Trophy) in ICC tournaments. 27. Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne are the only players to have batted in 10 different batting positions in ODIs. 28. MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia. 29. Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches. 30. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him. 31. Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award in One Day International Cricket.

31 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts That'll Make You Go Woah!

1. Sri Lanka has a sole Test win against the Aussies till date. 2. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. 3. Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla stadium and Bangabandhu stadium have hosted more ODIs than Lord’s. 4. The highest number of runs scored in an over is not 36. It’s 77. This is how the over went - 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1 But what many people don’t know is that the bowling team allowed the batting team to get close enough to the target and give them a chance to win so that they take risks and get out! 5. Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the most number of Tests straight after debut. He played 96 Test matches between 5thNovember 1999 and 24thJanuary 2008 without dropping out from any of them. 6. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in the 21stcentury. Alistair Cook – 294 Runs, Edgbaston 2011; Michael Clarke – 329 Runs, Sydney 2012; Brendon McCullum – 302 Runs, Wellington 2014.They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early on in their innings. 7. On 12 thJanuary 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai. His figures were 32-27-5-0 which is an economy rate of 0.15 per over which is the lowest of all bowlers where 10 or more overs were bowled. 8. Chris Martin and B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored. In 71 Tests, Martin has scored 123 runs, while he has 233 wickets to his credit, on the other hand Chandrasekhar has 167 runs to his name along with 242 wickets. 9. Wilfred Rhodes took 4,204 wickets in First Class cricket. No, it’s not a typo. He actually did take more than Four Thousand wickets. He also happened to score 39, 969 runs. 10. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in his First Class career. 11. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls. In the Prudential World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand. 12. Jim Laker once took 19 wickets in a Test match. 13. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup. 14. After Virat Kohli’s debut, India has chased down 300+ targets five times. And in 4 of these 5 matches, Virat Kohli scored a century. 15. Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have scored centuries in both the Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup. 16. Sachin + Zaheer = (Almost) Kallis 17. The player with the most number of not outs in Test cricket is not Rahul Dravid, but Courtney Walsh. He’s been unbeaten a total of 61 times in 185 innings. 18. Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs. 19. Dirk Nannes has represented both Australia and Netherlands in International Cricket. 20. Shahid Afridi used a bat borrowed from Waqar Younis to score the fastest century in a ODI match. 21. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before Sachin, was New Zealand's Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004. 22. Inzamam Ul Haq took a wicket off the very first ball he bowled in International Cricket. 23. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire career. 24. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game. 25. Wasim Akram’s highest Test innings score of 257 is higher than that of Sachin Tendulkar's (who has 248 n.o. to his credit). 26. The England Cricket Team is the only team in ODI history to lose a 60 over ODI Final (1979 World Cup), a 50 over ODI Final (1992 World Cup and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over ODI Final (2013 Champions Trophy) in ICC tournaments. 27. Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne are the only players to have batted in 10 different batting positions in ODIs. 28. MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia. 29. Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches. 30. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him. 31. Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award in One Day International Cricket.

31 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts That'll Make You Go Woah!

1. Sri Lanka has a sole Test win against the Aussies till date. 2. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. 3. Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla stadium and Bangabandhu stadium have hosted more ODIs than Lord’s. 4. The highest number of runs scored in an over is not 36. It’s 77. This is how the over went - 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1 But what many people don’t know is that the bowling team allowed the batting team to get close enough to the target and give them a chance to win so that they take risks and get out! 5. Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the most number of Tests straight after debut. He played 96 Test matches between 5thNovember 1999 and 24thJanuary 2008 without dropping out from any of them. 6. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in the 21stcentury. Alistair Cook – 294 Runs, Edgbaston 2011; Michael Clarke – 329 Runs, Sydney 2012; Brendon McCullum – 302 Runs, Wellington 2014.They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early on in their innings. 7. On 12 thJanuary 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai. His figures were 32-27-5-0 which is an economy rate of 0.15 per over which is the lowest of all bowlers where 10 or more overs were bowled. 8. Chris Martin and B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored. In 71 Tests, Martin has scored 123 runs, while he has 233 wickets to his credit, on the other hand Chandrasekhar has 167 runs to his name along with 242 wickets. 9. Wilfred Rhodes took 4,204 wickets in First Class cricket. No, it’s not a typo. He actually did take more than Four Thousand wickets. He also happened to score 39, 969 runs. 10. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in his First Class career. 11. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls. In the Prudential World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand. 12. Jim Laker once took 19 wickets in a Test match. 13. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup. 14. After Virat Kohli’s debut, India has chased down 300+ targets five times. And in 4 of these 5 matches, Virat Kohli scored a century. 15. Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have scored centuries in both the Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup. 16. Sachin + Zaheer = (Almost) Kallis 17. The player with the most number of not outs in Test cricket is not Rahul Dravid, but Courtney Walsh. He’s been unbeaten a total of 61 times in 185 innings. 18. Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs. 19. Dirk Nannes has represented both Australia and Netherlands in International Cricket. 20. Shahid Afridi used a bat borrowed from Waqar Younis to score the fastest century in a ODI match. 21. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before Sachin, was New Zealand's Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004. 22. Inzamam Ul Haq took a wicket off the very first ball he bowled in International Cricket. 23. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire career. 24. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game. 25. Wasim Akram’s highest Test innings score of 257 is higher than that of Sachin Tendulkar's (who has 248 n.o. to his credit). 26. The England Cricket Team is the only team in ODI history to lose a 60 over ODI Final (1979 World Cup), a 50 over ODI Final (1992 World Cup and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over ODI Final (2013 Champions Trophy) in ICC tournaments. 27. Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne are the only players to have batted in 10 different batting positions in ODIs. 28. MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia. 29. Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches. 30. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him. 31. Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award in One Day International Cricket.

31 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts That'll Make You Go Woah!

1. Sri Lanka has a sole Test win against the Aussies till date. 2. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. 3. Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla stadium and Bangabandhu stadium have hosted more ODIs than Lord’s. 4. The highest number of runs scored in an over is not 36. It’s 77. This is how the over went - 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1 But what many people don’t know is that the bowling team allowed the batting team to get close enough to the target and give them a chance to win so that they take risks and get out! 5. Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the most number of Tests straight after debut. He played 96 Test matches between 5thNovember 1999 and 24thJanuary 2008 without dropping out from any of them. 6. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in the 21stcentury. Alistair Cook – 294 Runs, Edgbaston 2011; Michael Clarke – 329 Runs, Sydney 2012; Brendon McCullum – 302 Runs, Wellington 2014.They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early on in their innings. 7. On 12 thJanuary 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai. His figures were 32-27-5-0 which is an economy rate of 0.15 per over which is the lowest of all bowlers where 10 or more overs were bowled. 8. Chris Martin and B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored. In 71 Tests, Martin has scored 123 runs, while he has 233 wickets to his credit, on the other hand Chandrasekhar has 167 runs to his name along with 242 wickets. 9. Wilfred Rhodes took 4,204 wickets in First Class cricket. No, it’s not a typo. He actually did take more than Four Thousand wickets. He also happened to score 39, 969 runs. 10. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in his First Class career. 11. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls. In the Prudential World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand. 12. Jim Laker once took 19 wickets in a Test match. 13. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup. 14. After Virat Kohli’s debut, India has chased down 300+ targets five times. And in 4 of these 5 matches, Virat Kohli scored a century. 15. Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have scored centuries in both the Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup. 16. Sachin + Zaheer = (Almost) Kallis 17. The player with the most number of not outs in Test cricket is not Rahul Dravid, but Courtney Walsh. He’s been unbeaten a total of 61 times in 185 innings. 18. Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs. 19. Dirk Nannes has represented both Australia and Netherlands in International Cricket. 20. Shahid Afridi used a bat borrowed from Waqar Younis to score the fastest century in a ODI match. 21. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before Sachin, was New Zealand's Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004. 22. Inzamam Ul Haq took a wicket off the very first ball he bowled in International Cricket. 23. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire career. 24. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game. 25. Wasim Akram’s highest Test innings score of 257 is higher than that of Sachin Tendulkar's (who has 248 n.o. to his credit). 26. The England Cricket Team is the only team in ODI history to lose a 60 over ODI Final (1979 World Cup), a 50 over ODI Final (1992 World Cup and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over ODI Final (2013 Champions Trophy) in ICC tournaments. 27. Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne are the only players to have batted in 10 different batting positions in ODIs. 28. MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia. 29. Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches. 30. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him. 31. Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award in One Day International Cricket.
1. Sri Lanka has a sole Test win against the Aussies till date. 2. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne. 3. Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla stadium and Bangabandhu stadium have hosted more ODIs than Lord’s. 4. The highest number of runs scored in an over is not 36. It’s 77. This is how the over went - 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1 But what many people don’t know is that the bowling team allowed the batting team to get close enough to the target and give them a chance to win so that they take risks and get out! 5. Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the most number of Tests straight after debut. He played 96 Test matches between 5thNovember 1999 and 24thJanuary 2008 without dropping out from any of them. 6. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in the 21stcentury. Alistair Cook – 294 Runs, Edgbaston 2011; Michael Clarke – 329 Runs, Sydney 2012; Brendon McCullum – 302 Runs, Wellington 2014.They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early on in their innings. 7. On 12 thJanuary 1964, Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai. His figures were 32-27-5-0 which is an economy rate of 0.15 per over which is the lowest of all bowlers where 10 or more overs were bowled. 8. Chris Martin and B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored. In 71 Tests, Martin has scored 123 runs, while he has 233 wickets to his credit, on the other hand Chandrasekhar has 167 runs to his name along with 242 wickets. 9. Wilfred Rhodes took 4,204 wickets in First Class cricket. No, it’s not a typo. He actually did take more than Four Thousand wickets. He also happened to score 39, 969 runs. 10. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in his First Class career. 11. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls. In the Prudential World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand. 12. Jim Laker once took 19 wickets in a Test match. 13. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup. 14. After Virat Kohli’s debut, India has chased down 300+ targets five times. And in 4 of these 5 matches, Virat Kohli scored a century. 15. Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have scored centuries in both the Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup. 16. Sachin + Zaheer = (Almost) Kallis 17. The player with the most number of not outs in Test cricket is not Rahul Dravid, but Courtney Walsh. He’s been unbeaten a total of 61 times in 185 innings. 18. Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs. 19. Dirk Nannes has represented both Australia and Netherlands in International Cricket. 20. Shahid Afridi used a bat borrowed from Waqar Younis to score the fastest century in a ODI match. 21. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before Sachin, was New Zealand's Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004. 22. Inzamam Ul Haq took a wicket off the very first ball he bowled in International Cricket. 23. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire career. 24. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively. 119 was scored in an IPL game. 25. Wasim Akram’s highest Test innings score of 257 is higher than that of Sachin Tendulkar's (who has 248 n.o. to his credit). 26. The England Cricket Team is the only team in ODI history to lose a 60 over ODI Final (1979 World Cup), a 50 over ODI Final (1992 World Cup and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over ODI Final (2013 Champions Trophy) in ICC tournaments. 27. Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne are the only players to have batted in 10 different batting positions in ODIs. 28. MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia. 29. Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches. 30. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him. 31. Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award in One Day International Cricket.

Wednesday 23 April 2014

Happy birthday BHARAT RATNA Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar



  • Story of Every Indian !
  • Year : 1998
  • Son : Papa, I Want To See Cartoon
  • Father :Wait my son, Sachin Is
  • Batting Now Let Me Watch Him.
  • Year : 2013
  • Father : Give me remote, I want to
  • see News Channel
  • Son : Wait, Sachin is Batting, Let
  • me watch him.
  • 24th April is not a normal day
  • It is a day generations ahead will
  • remember.
  • It is the birthday of a man who
  • lived most of his life being
  • worshiped as demiGod in this
  • cricket frenzy nation.
  • Happy birthday BHARAT RATNA
  • Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar ....

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Friday 18 April 2014

TOP 10 IPL TEAMS BASED ON WIN-PERCENTAGE:

TOP 10 IPL TEAMS BASED ON WIN-PERCENTAGE:
10. DECCAN CHARGERS – 38.7%
9. KOCHI TUSKERS KERALA – 42.9%
8. DELHI DAREDEVILS – 45.6%
7. KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS – 48.3%
6. KINGS XI PUNJAB – 48.3%
5. ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE – 50.5%
4. SUNRISERS HYDERABAD – 52.9%
3. RAJASTHAN ROYALS – 53.3%
2. MUMBAI INDIANS – 58.3%
1. CHENNAI SUPER KINGS – 59.6%

TOP 10 BEST WICKET-KEEPERS IN IPL:

TOP 10 BEST WICKET-KEEPERS IN IPL:

10. Brendon McCullum (KTK/KKR) – 17 Dismissals
9. Mahesh Rawat (PWI,RR) – 18 Dismissals
8. Manvinder Bisla (KXIP,KKR) – 23 Dismissals
7. Parthiv Patel (CSK,DC,KTK,SRH,RCB) – 33 Dismissals
6. Naman Ojha (DD,RR) – 37 Dismissals
5. Robin Uthappa (KKR,MI,PWI,RCB) – 43 Dismissals
4. Kumar Sangakkara (DC,KXIP,SRH) – 43 Dismissals
3. Dinesh Karthik (DD,KXIP,MI) – 59 Dismissals
2. MS Dhoni (CSK) – 62 Dismissals
1. Adam Gilchrist (DC,KXIP) – 67 Dismissals

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Bollywood stars, post-match parties, product launches, promotional events, cheerleaders and what not. IPL is not complete without a heavy dose of glitz and glamour. Over the last six editions since its inception, IPL has not only seen some fierce on-field competition but also given us a glimpse of the sporting side of Bollywood actors, a closer look at the most-talked about cricket WAGs, and an insight into the off-field action during this cricketing carnival. Let’s take a look at some of the most memorable offbeat images from IPL over the years. Click on!





















 

Pakistani cricketer Umar Akmal speaks with his bride Noor Amna during their wedding reception in Lahore


Behind every successful man there’s a woman. As far as the old saying goes, our favourite cricketers are no different. The emotional support from their better halves is as instrumental to their professional development as training in the nets. Former Australian pacer Brett Lee married girlfriend Lana Anderson last week.


Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik got engaged to squash ace Dipika Pallikal in November 2013.


Pacer S. Sreesanth exchanged the wedding wows with his long-time girlfriend and Jaipur princess Bhuvneshwari Kumari.


Indian pacer L. Balaji married his model girlfriend Priya Thalur in a low-key ceremony in Chennai


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Sidelined with an injury, Manoj Tiwary utilized the break to tie the knot with his girlfriend Sushmita on July 18, 2013


Indian pacer Ashoke Dinda tied the knot with his girlfriend Sreyasi Rudra in a traditional Bengali wedding on July 22, 2013. Sreyasi is a software engineer.


Indian spinner Piyush Chawla got engaged to his long time sweetheart Anubhuti Singh in Moradabad on July 23,2013


Sri Lankan cricket captain Angelo Mathews, second from left, and his bride Heshani pose for photographs as they exit a church after their wedding service in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, July 18, 2013.


Bangladesh cricket player Shakib al Hasan and his wife Umme Ahmed Shishir pose for a photo during their wedding ceremony in Dhaka. Bangladesh's star player and formerly the nation's most eligible bachelor al Hasan married his United States national girlfriend in a ceremony timed for 12.12.12


India’s upcoming cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara got engaged to Puja Pabari in a private ceremony at a city hotel in Rajkot.


Australian skipper Michael Clarke tied the knot with his model girlfriend Kyly Boldy in a private ceremony on May 15, 2012.


Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his longtime friend Sakshi Singh Rawat during their marriage ceremony in Dehradun on July 4, 2010.


Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir tied the knot with Delhi-girl Natasha Jain in a quiet ceremony on October 28, 2011.


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