10 Facts About Pakistani Cricket Players You Would Have Never Guessed
Published: Jan 30, 2025
These facts about our cricket stars are things you would have never guessed
1. Shahid Afridi fastest century in an ODI was with Sachin Tendulkars bat
2. Pakistani magician spinner, Saeed Ajmal has never won a single man of the match award
3. Only four players in cricket have played on all ten batting positions for a team Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne.
4. Wasim Akram has the highest Test innings score of 257, which is higher than Sachin Tendulkar’s highest Test score of 248.
5. Inzamam Ul Haq not only bowled in International cricket, but he took a wicket on his very first delivery.
6. Shahid Afridi has twice as much runs and wickets in ODIs than the legendary Imran Khan.
7. In all of 400 years history of Cricket, the fastest (electronically measured) speed for a cricket ball bowled by any bowler, ever, is precisely 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) by Shoaib Akhtar
8. Shoaib Akhtar handed Sachin Tendulkar a Golden Duck the first time these two came head to head.
9. Wasim Akram has the movie international hat-tricks
10. Sachin Tendulkar international debut was for Pakistan before India
Did you know about any of these facts?