Fantasy Cricket – 9 fastest batsmen to 10000 ODI runs

In cricket, making good runs is what batsmen do. And in fantasy cricket matches at 11wickets App, we score points to our score card based on the runs those batsmen make.

10000 runs in the cricket career is not easy job for any cricketer. It takes fitness, consistency, perseverance, excellent skills and years of hard work to get there. Only a handful of cricketers have attained it in ODIs and we are here with a list has some legendary names on it. Read it on and them go for making your daily fantasy cricket playing XI team.

V Kohli – India

It was the 2nd ODI match between India and West Indies, where Windies was touring India at Visakhapatnam on October 24, 2018. It was the 213th match and 205th innings of Virat Kohli, the current skipper of Indian team, where he scored 157* runs of 129 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. The match was tied. He holds the record of being the first fastest batsman to achieve this landmark.

SR Tendulkar – India

It was the 3rd ODI match between India and Australia, where Australia was touring India at Indore on March 31 2001. It was the 266th match and 259th innings of Sachin Tendulkar, the little master of Indian team, where he scored 139 runs of 125 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. India won the match by 118 runs chasing 299 runs.

SC Ganguly – India

It was the 4th ODI match between India and Sri Lanka, Indian Oil Cup at Dambulla on, August 3 2005. It was the 272nd match and 263rd innings of Sourav Ganguly, the former Indian skipper, where he scored 51 runs of 110 balls and he completed his 10000 runs. But sadly, India lost the match. Sri Lanka chased 220 runs made by India and won by 4 wickets and with 12 balls remaining.

RT Ponting – Australia

It was 22nd ODI match of Group A between Australia and South Africa at ICC World Cup in Basseterre on March 24 2007. It was the 272nd match and 266th innings of Ricky Ponting, the former Australian skipper, where he scored 91 runs of 91 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. Australia won the match by 83 runs.

JH Kallis – South Africa

It was 3rd ODI match between Australia and South Africa when South Africa was touring Australia at Sydney on January 23 2009. It was the 286th match and 272nd innings of Jacques Kallis, the former captain of South African team, where he scored 60 runs of 72 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. South Africa won the match by 3 wickets with 21 balls remaining.

MS Dhoni – India

It was the 2nd ODI match between India and England, where India was touring Ireland and England in London on July 14, 2018. It was the 320th match and 273rd innings of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the former captain of the Indian team, where he scored 37 runs of 59 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. England won the match by 86 runs.

BC Lara – West Indies

It was the 5th ODI match between West Indies and Pakistan where West Indies was on tour of Pakistan at Karachi on December 16, 2006. It was the 287th match and 278th innings of Brian Lara, the former skipper of West Indies, where he scored 44 runs of 55 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets with 19 balls remaining.

CH Gayle – West Indies

It was the 4th ODI match between England and West Indies, where England was touring Windies at St George’s on February 27, 2019. It was the 288th match and 282nd innings of Chris Gayle, the Universe Boss, where he scored 162 runs of 97 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. Sadly enough, England won the thrilling match by 29 runs in spite of Gayle’s record.

R Dravid – India

It was the 3rd ODI match of Sri Lanka and India where Sri Lanka was on tour of India at Margao on February 14, 2007. It was the 309th match and 287th innings of Rahul Dravid, known as Mr. Dependable for the Indian cricket team, where he scored 66 runs of 82 balls and he completed his fastest 10000 runs. India won the match by 5 wickets with 21 balls remaining.

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Fantasy Cricket – Coin Toss and its Small History

One of the oldest traditions in cricket and of course in online cricket games is toss. A toss decides who will first bat and who will take the fielding. This tradition was first in the rule book of cricket published in 1744. And toss carried out with a piece of money.

The practice got changed in 1774 when this benefit of selecting the pitch and batting first was given to the touring team. Later from the year 1809, the recent day practice of whether to bat first or to field has been left to the selection of the captain winning the toss. In cricket, toss is used to take a stance about which team will bat first and which team will bowl first. Obviously this tossing the coin system also helps in playing daily fantasy cricket for the online cricket game users.

The coin used for toss may be any type, as long as it has two distinct sides. One is head and another is tail, with a portrait on one side. It is actually constructed from nickel or perhaps alloyed metal coin which is used all over the world. During any fantasy games cricket series on the new app of 11wickets app , there is generally currency of the home team is publicized on coin.

Here are a few of the unique coins found in the history of fantasy cricket which can be known as special coin.

Exclusively minted coin for India and South Africa matches

For the celebration of the 146th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, BCCI designed an exclusively minted coin with the pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela as Heads as well as the words Freedom Series as Tails. This coin is used during the time of the toss in every India and South Africa match.

Coin intended for Sachin Tendulkar’s 199th Test Match

In Sachin’s second last Test match that was played at Eden Gardens at Kolkata, a unique 10 gram gold coin was launched by the Cricket Association of Bengal which had Sachin Tendulkar’s picture as Heads with ‘Eden Garden CAB Kolkata, 6th November 2013’ imprinted on the Tails side.

Coin used for Sachin Tendulkar’s 200th Test Match

Sachin Tendulkar’s farewell Test match saw an exceptional gold coin being used for the toss. The coin got the picture of Sachin Tendulkar’s face embossed together with the words “SRT 200” on one side and the MCA logo on the reverse side. This coin was passed over to Tendulkar as a memento when he bid adieu to the game of cricket.

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Fantasy Cricket – Consecutive Winning Streak in ODI

To win a match in cricket, an entire cricket team needs to execute its skill perfectly. It is somewhat similar to the fantasy cricket players who make team and play the game at 11wickets app

However, winning every match over a longer period needs tremendous consistency and fitness on the part of the team. The online fantasy cricket fans know how a continuous winning of a cricket team and the consistency of cricketers effect their daily fantasy cricket scorecard.

There are a number of teams in international cricket who have won matches after matches continuously and made any day of fantasy cricket India players.

Here are five such teams who have won continuous matches in ODI and Australia is on the top of our list. Read the list out:

Australia

Australia is one of the most consistent cricket team in the world. 5 World Cup trophies in their proves this. Naturally, the ardent fantasy cricket fans will expect, the Australians to top this list and of course you are right. Australian team tops this list with 21 continuous ODI wins from 11 January 2003 to 24 May 2003. During this period, the team defeated England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Namibia, New Zealand, Kenya and West Indies in continuous 21 matches.

South Africa

The next in this list comes the Proteas. No doubt the current South African cricket team is in a bad state. However, there was a time when defeating these Proteas was a tough job for any team. The South African team has won 12 matches continuously from 13 February 2005 to 30 October 2005. During the aforementioned period, they played against teams England, Zimbabwe, West Indies and New Zealand in 12 different ODI matches.

Pakistan

The next in this list comes the Pakistan cricket team. Pakistan has given the world cricket fans some of the best cricketers in 2000s. This team has won 12 matches continuously from 18 November 2007 to 8 June 2008. During this period, they played against teams India, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in 12 different ODI matches.

West Indies

Next in the list is the Windies teams. The cricketers from the land of Caribbean were the first team to win two consecutive World Cups. Though, they lost the final of 1983 world cup against India, they were almost impossible to be defeated in the matches after that world cup. They won 11 matches continuously from 4 June 1984 to 2 February 1985. During this period, they played against teams England, Australia and Sri Lanka in 11 ODI matches.

Sri Lanka

The fifth in this list is Sri Lanka. The land of some brightest cricketers and one-time world cup winner has won 10 matches continuously from 29 February 2004 to 23 July 2004. During this period, they played against Australia, Zimbabwe, UAE, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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Fantasy Cricket – Quickest to 15 ODI Centuries

At the limited over, scoring 3 digit runs is really hard for cricketers when compared to Test Cricket. But many players have scored them quite easily which makes the fantasy cricket game points huge for us.

There are just 21 players who have scored 15 and more centuries in ODI fantasy cricket league. Based on the least innings batted we will look at the few fastest batsmen to scored 15 ODI tons.

Dig in to the list of 5 batsmen who has hit quickest to 15 ODI Centuries. Know about them and then select these players in your fantasy cricket team at 11wickets app.

Sourav Ganguly – Indian Cricket Team

The “Dada” of Indian team, one of the most famous and lovable former skipper of the team, Sourav Ganguly, stands fifth in the list. This Indian aggressive opener has scored 15 centuries in just 144 innings in ODI format. In overall, he has 22 centuries on his name in 300 innings and scored 11363 runs at a rate of 41.01.

Saeed Anwar – Pakistan Cricket Team

The Pakistani cricket team attacking opener, Saeed Anwar is fourth quickest to achieve the 15 centuries in ODIs. In overall, he has smashed 20 centuries in 244 innings and scored 8824 runs at a rate of 39.21.

Shikhar Dhawan – Indian Cricket Team

The left handed batsman of Indian team, Shikhar Dhawan is third quickest to attain 15 centuries in one day international matches. He has scored his 15th ODI century in Super Four match against Pakistan in Asia Cup 2018. He scored his 15th ODI century in his 108th ODI innings and scored 4808 runs at a rate of 94.39.

Virat Kohli – Indian Cricket Team

The youngest Indian skipper, who is taking rest in this Asia Cup, Virat Kohli has begun his career on a high note and is the second in this list. He has scored his 15th ODI century in just 106 innings. In overall, has 35 centuries in 203 innings scoring 9779 runs at an average of 58.21.

Hashim Amla – South African Cricket Team

The South African batsman, Hashim Amla with an abundant consistency level scored runs in ODI cricket. He holds record for scoring the 15 ODI centuries quickest than anyone else. He took 86 innings for this achievement. In overall he scored 7696 runs in 166 innings at a rate of 49.65 which has 26 Centuries.

*Records have been compiled as on November 11, 2019

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Fantasy Cricket – Breaking 200 Runs Mark in ODI

The One-Day International (ODI) Cricket format has changed over the years and for players to smash a fastest double century is not a big deal in contemporary cricket now. In addition, with the advent of Twenty20 cricket, batsmen have started hitting the ball from the word go and has notched up massive scores. This has helped the 50 overs matches somehow and in scoring points in the online fantasy cricket matches.

Moreover, ardent fantasy cricket league fans have started debating about the fastest double century in the 50-over format and also talked about balls taken to reach a milestone while playing a marathon of innings.

Dig in to count the names with us before you sit to watch the latest cricket tournament and make daily fantasy cricket at 11wickets.com for it.

Sachin Tendulkar (200*)

It was in 24 February 2010 when history was made in men’s ODI cricket as Sachin Tendulkar became the first to score a double hundred – 200* vs. South Africa of 147 balls in Gwalior. He hit 25 fours and 3 sixes.

Virender Sehwag (219)

When Virender Sehwag became the second double centurion in ODI cricket in 8 December 2011, Rohit Sharma was batting at the other end – 219 vs. West Indies of 156 balls in Indore. He hit 25 fours and 7 sixes.

Rohit Sharma (209, 264)

In 2 November 2013, Rohit Sharma took a liking to the Australian attack as he carted them around the Chinnaswamy stadium to become the third Indian to score a double hundred – 209 vs. Australia of 158 balls in Bengaluru. He hit 12 fours and 16 sixes.

In 13 November 2014, Rohit Sharma again registered the highest individual score in ODIs – 264 vs. Sri Lanka of 173 balls in Kolkata. He hit 33 fours and 9 sixes.

Chris Gayle (215)

Chris Gayle was the first non-Indian to score a double ton on 24 February 2015, during the 2015 World Cup – 215 vs. Zimbabwe of 147 balls in Canberra. He hit 10 fours and 16 sixes.

Martin Guptill (237*)

West Indies were at the receiving end of a second double ton as Martin Guptill on 21 March 2015 powered New Zealand into the semi-final – 237* vs. West Indies of 163 balls in Wellington. He hit 24 fours and 11 sixes.

Rohit Sharma (208*)

Yet again Rohit Sharma does it. Rohit Sharma became the first to score three double tons on 13 December 2017 when he tore apart a Sri Lankan attack – 208* vs. Sri Lanka of 153 balls in Mohali. He hit 13 fours and 12 sixes during this match.

Fakhar Zaman (210*)

Fakhar Zaman scored the first double century by any Pakistan batsmen on 20 July 2018 vs. Zimbabwe, scoring 210* of 156 balls in Bulawayo. He hit 24 fours and 5 sixes.

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Fantasy Cricket – Top 5 Skippers in World of Cricket

Selecting a captain in online cricket game is one of the toughest tasks for the users. Have you ever been got stuck at this step? Imagine you have MS Dhoni, Ricky Ponting and Virat Kohli in the captaincy line-up. Whom will you select as the leader of your playing XI?

You have to bring about all your fantasy cricket understanding and shrewdness to select from these above mentioned great skippers. Today we will tell you the names of 5 captains of different international cricket team, who have tremendous leadership qualities. Read on:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni – India

“Captain Cool” is his name loving given by his teammates and fan followers. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was different, his thoughts for the team was different and brilliant. He was calm and composed on the field. His executed bowling and fielding techniques were decent. He was the encourager of young and talented players. Emerging as the strong leader during critical moments was one of his many qualities. He won the T20 world cup and Champions Trophy, won the world cup for India. Dhoni was inspiration for the youngsters.

Graeme Smith – South Africa

South African cricket has seen a successful skipper in Graeme Smith. He was extremely successful in test cricket. He took the captaincy in young age. Smith was the aggressive and his captaincy style was attacking with high quality playing. Under him, the South African team won test matches against big names such as Australia, India. He achieved in more in captainship. Smith had very strong players in batting and bowling department. During Smith era, South African team changed the definition of cricket team.

Sourav Ganguly – India

Another of the great captain of the indian side, Ganguly has ever been famed for his aggressive style of leadership and cricketing. He was the one to introduce some very talented names in Indian cricket to the world cricket. Ganguly never cared for his batting position when it came to his team. He encouraged and preached team unity. Under him, team India won many matches overseas. Ganguly is one of the best captains of all time cricket sport.

Steve Waugh – Australia

Steve Waugh was the perfect and very successful captain of Australia. He knew the art of winning in cricket. His captaincy skills were amazing. Waugh was champion of the captainship. He was the great example of winning Captains. Steve Waugh won the world cup in 1999 for Australian team. Steve Waugh was game changer of Australian cricket.

Ricky Ponting – Australia

Ponting is one of the best instances for team leadership. His leadership quality was the reason for his remaining the team captain for prolonged years. Ricky Ponting’s field set were amazing. His team have more legendary players such as Shane Warne, Mathew Hayden and many others.  Ponting is the only captain to take two ICC World Cups to Australian soil.

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7 Cricketers Hitting Century in their Last ODI Match

Scoring a century in the first match of the career is one thing and scoring the same in the last match of the cricket career is another thing. Scoring heavy runs in the last ODI before retirement is so very prestigious for a cricketer. Don’t you agree? As much as the overall career performances of a cricketer help in boosting the scoreboard of the fantasy cricket games, the last century helps the cricketers to stay in the memory of their fans.

Let’s dig out 7 players who have hit a century in their last ODI match and meanwhile you start making your fantasy cricket team for the next match at 11wickets.com

DL Amiss

Dennis Amiss is the English cricketer who played both for England and Warwickshire. In his last ODI match, he scored 108 runs of 146 balls against Australia on 6 June 1977 at the Oval. He had hit 7 fours with a strike rate of 73.97.

CT Radley

Clive Radley is the former English cricketer playing for England. In his last ODI match against New Zealand in Manchester on 17 July 1978, he score 117* runs of 140 balls hitting 11 fours and with a strike rate of 83.57.

DL Haynes

Desmond Leo Haynes is a West Indian cricketer and cricket coach. He played his last ODI match on 5 March 1994 and scored a hundred. He made 115 runs of 112 balls against England in the Port of Spain. With a strike rate of 102.67, he had hit 14 fours.

JF Kloppenburg

Feiko Kloppenburg is a former Dutch cricketer, playing for Netherlands, who ended his ODI career with a marvellous hundred. He scored 121 runs of 142 balls against Namibia on 3 March 2003 at Bloemfontein. He had hit 6 fours and 4 sixes with 85.21 strike rate.

KJJ van Noortwijk

Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk is another former Dutch cricketer playing for the same team. Like Kloppenburg, Noortwijk too ended his ODI career on 3 March 2003 at Bloemfontein and he too scored a hundred in that match. He scored 134* runs of 129 balls. He had hit 11 fours and 3 sixes at a strike rate of 103.87 against Namibia.

JAH Marshall

James Marshall is the former opening batsman of New Zealand. He played his last ODI against Ireland and scored a hundred. Of 141 balls he made 161 runs on 1 July 2008 at the ground of Aberdeen. He had hit 11 fours and 4 sixes at a strike rate of 114.18.

RN ten Doeschate

Ryan ten Doeschate is a Dutch cricketer who represented Netherlands. In his last ODI match he made 106 runs of 108 balls against Ireland on 18 March 2011 in Kolkata. He had hit 13 fours and 1 six with a strike rate of 98.14.

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Fantasy Cricket – Largest Margin of Victory by Runs in Test Matches

The first International Test match was played in 1844 between the United States of America versus the British Empire’s Canadian Province. The Canadian team won the test match by 23 runs then. Think about the excitement of the spectator in those times. Perhaps it was the same or even more than people have now when they play fantasy cricket at 11wickets app now.

After almost 175 years of the beginning of International test matches, today perhaps the frequency of these matches played have gone down but this hadn’t affected the popularity of cricket or online fantasy cricket.

Let’s take a look at some of the records where a test cricket team has won a match with the largest margin of runs in a match. Read on:

England vs. Australia

In the 1st Test match between England and Australia during the England tour of Australia at Brisbane on November 30 to December 5 1928, England made 521 & 342/8d while Australia could just reach to 122 & 66 runs. This resulted in England winning the test match with a margin of 675 runs, which is till date the highest margin victory achieved by any nation in the International cricket scenario.

Australia vs. England

In the 5th Test match between Australia and England during the Australia tour of England at London on August 18-22 1934, Australia made 701 & 327 while England scored 321 & 145. When the result was declared, it was obvious that Australia won by 562 runs.

Australia vs. South Africa

In the 4th Test match between South Africa and Australia during the South African tour of Australia at Melbourne on February 17-21 1911, Australian team scored 328 & 578 and South African team made 205 & 171. Australian team won the teat match by 530 runs.

South Africa vs. Australia

In the 4th Test match between South Africa vs. Australia during the Australian tour of South Africa at Johannesburg on March 30 to April 3 2018, South Africa scored 488 & 344/6d and Australian team scored 221 & 119. South Africa won the test match by 492 runs.

Australia vs. Pakistan

In the 1st Test match between Australia and Pakistan during the Pakistan tour of Australia at Perth on December 16-19 2004, Australia scored 381 & 361/5d and Pakistan scored 179 & 72. Australian team won the match by 491 runs.

Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh

In the 2nd Test between Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh during the Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh at Chittagong on January 3-6 2009, Sri Lankan Team made the huge rub of 384 & 447/6d while Bangladesh scored 208 & 158. At the end, Sri Lanka won the match by 465 runs.

West Indies vs. England

In the 3rd Test match of West Indies and England during the West Indies tour of England at Manchester on July 8-13 1976, West Indies scored 211 & 411/5d and England scored 71 & 126. West Indies won the match by 425 runs.

Australia vs. England

In the 2nd Test match of Australia and England during the Australian tour of England at London on June 24-29 1948, Australia took their scoreboard to 350 & 460/7d and in the answer England could only make 215 & 186. Australia won the match by 409 runs.

West Indies vs. Australia

In the 3rd Test match of West Indies and Australia during the West Indies tour of Australia at Adelaide on January 26-30 1980, West Indies scored 328 & 448 while Australia made 203 & 165. West Indies won the match by 408 runs.

Australia vs. England

In the 2nd Investec Test match of Australia and England during the Australia tour of England and Ireland at London on July 16-19 2015, Australian team made 566/8d & 254/2d while England scored 312 & 103. Australia won the match by 405 runs.

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