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Cricket Stats and Trivia Blog managed by @aniket_dass. Because numbers are such an integral part of Cricket. Also a contributor at @SK__Cricket.

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Most ODI Hundreds by Virat Kohli at a venue in India - 3 each at Ranchi, Pune, and VIZAG.

#Iykyk #INDvSA

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1. Gambhir out
2. NKR out where he's not going to contribute with the ball

[Kartik Kannan @kartik_kannan]

India's next test assignment is against Sri Lanka in August 2026.

It's not going to be easy playing spin against Lasith Embuldeniya, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya.

We then go to New Zealand in Oct 2026 for a 2 Test series.

We have a good 9 months before our next test. What changes woukd you do to our test side for the next 2 away series?

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Largest defeats (by Runs) for 🇮🇳 in Home Tests

408 vs 🇿🇦, Guwahati 2025
342 vs 🇦🇺, Nagpur 2004
333 vs 🇦🇺, Pune 2017

#INDvSA

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Best Test bowling average for seamers in 🇮🇳 (min. 50 wickets)

17.1 - J BUMRAH
22.1 - M Shami
25.9 - U Yadav
26.5 - K Dev
26.6 - J Srinath

#INDvSA

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Bumrah showing his class again... 56 wickets at 17.12 in Home Tests since the start of 2020. Class apart.
#INDvSA

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@snaer91332 @mufaddal_vohra Possibly losing KL to KKR?

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@_cricketzindagi @bhaleraosarang 80 if no wickets lost

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Most International Cricket matches for 🇮🇳 together

391 - Tendulkar and Dravid
391 - Kohli and Rohit

#AUSvIND

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50+ Test Wickets in 3 different countries for a fast bowler

M Holding 🌴
R Hadlee 🇳🇿
C Walsh 🌴
C Ambrose 🌴
W Akram 🇵🇰
G McGrath 🇦🇺
J Bumrah 🇮🇳

End of list.

#INDvWI @Jaspritbumrah93

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@nellbergcricket The base price he asked for was 15% of the total budget a team has. Mental!

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His 1,113th ball in this series. What an effort and what a finish! Miyaan supremacy.
#ENGvIND

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Rahul? Naam toh suna hoga?

[Dr. Sanjiv Goenka @DrSanjivGoenka]

The skipper leads. The warrior stands tall. Washing'ton' lives up to his name. Hats off to all three centurions. A draw to remember. #INDvsENGTest

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4 - most hundreds in an Away Test series by an Indian

Gavaskar vs West Indies, 1970/71
Kohli vs Australia, 2014/15
Gill vs England, 2025

Golden opportunity for Gill to make it completely his at the Oval this week!

#ENGvIND

[australian womens cricket with very little context @awcwvlc]

#ENGvIND

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@ps_it_is Would've been even more fun if they declared and said we want to bowl now just to pull the mickey over these clowns

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@ps_it_is Hahahaha

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@CricketTamizhan Can you accept my follow please

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6 off the last 9 Test hundreds by an Indian opener in England have come from a guy named Rahul...

#ENGvIND

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👑 Rahul

[𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 @Shebas_10dulkar]

Indian Openers with 500+ runs In Away Test Series

Sunil Gavaskar in WI (1971)
Sunil Gavaskar in ENG (1979)
𝗞𝗟 𝗥𝗮𝗵𝘂𝗹 in ENG (2025)*

#ENGvsIND

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Where is that flop captain Kohli? Oh, wait...

[𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒔 @Shebas_10dulkar]

India Conceding 600+ runs in a Test Inning
(Under a Captain)

6 - MS Dhoni
3 - Lala Amarnath
3 - Sourav Ganguly
3 - Sunil Gavaskar
2 - Rahul Dravid
2 - Virender Sehwag
1 - Shubman Gill*
1 - Hemu Adhikari
1 - M Azharuddin
1 - NJ Contractor
1 - Ghulam Ahmed
1 - Anil Kumble
1 - MAK Pataudi
1 - K Srikkanth
1 - Sachin Tendulkar
1 - S Venkataraghavan
1 - Ajit Wadekar

#ENGvIND