The ensuing test match between India and Afghanistan slated to be played at Bangalore  on June, 14, 2018 will be his 100^th International Match. Furnished below is his updated CV of his cricketing career

Born on August, 12, 1946 at Channaraya Patna, Hassan District. Nativity – Hirisave {Initial H stands for Hirisave}. Took keen interest in the game of Cricket right from early teens

Passed the Cricket Umpiring Examination conducted by the then Mysore State Cricket Association in 1972 with distinction. Was the only one to get through the examination amongst the sixty candidates who appeared for the examination from Bangalore Centre in the first attempt.

Played Cricket as a decent left arm spinner for RV College of Engineering, Bangalore Cricketers and National United Cricket Club and represented in the league tournaments conducted by Karnataka State Cricket Association. National United Cricket Club is one of the oldest club in Mysore/Karnataka and is the only club which celebrated its Diamond Jubilee in 2004

Has officiated in the capacity of a scorer in many matches conducted by the Karnataka State Cricket Association and also the Board of Control for Cricket in India such as Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Irani Trophy, Pepsi One day games and also Subbaiah Pillay Trophy numbering over hundred {at Bangalore, Madras and Mumbai}.

Was the first outstation Scorer-cum-Statistician appointed by All India Radio, Mumbai for the Finals of Duleep Trophy Match in 1977-78

Was selected by Directorate of All India Radio, New Delhi to tour Sri Lanka in 1985 to assist the Radio Commentary Team in the capacity of a Scorer-cum-Statistician for the Test Match played between Sri Lanka and India at Kandy and the two subsequent One Day internationals between the two countries at Colombo.

Was one of the Statisticians on Doordarshan’s panel for the Reliance World Cup Matches held in India during October-November 1987

No	Team-1	Team-2	Venue	Date
01	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	Hyderabad	10.10.87
02	West Indies	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	21.10.87
03	India	Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	26.10.87
04	Australia	Zimbabwe	Cuttack	30.10.87
05	India	England	Bombay	05.11.87

Was a member of the Statistical Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India for four consecutive terms from 1976-77 to 1980-81

Reviewed the Pakistan Test Cricket from its inception to 1979-80 for a book entitled “Twenty six years of Pakistan Test Cricket” published in Pakistan by Mr.Aziz Rehmatullah.

Was a regular contributor of statistical articles to “Sportstar” {during the period 1979 to 1986 for about seven years} – one of the leading Sports Magazines in India published by the “The Hindu Group of Publications” from Madras, now Chennai

Many statistical articles were published in David Lord’s World of Cricket Monthly {Australia} and Cricket World Quarterly {Pakistan}

Has the credit of being the first Indian Cricket Statistician to have an article published in the Wisden Cricket Monthly {England}

Assisted in compiling Statistics on Duleep Trophy and Irani Cup Matches for the book entitled “Duleep Trophy and Irani Cup Matches – one of the Golden Jubilee Publications of the Board of Control for Cricket in India

Compiled the statistical career of Sunil Gavaskar for the biography  “Sunil Gavaskar” written by Late Dom Moraes. The biography was released during the Jaipur test match between India and Pakistan in 1986-87. First recipient of the book – Former President of Pakistan – Late Zia-ul-Huq

Also contributed statistical articles to the Saturday Supplement “The Saturday Sports Special” of The Hindu

Was awarded Dasara Kreeda Prashasthi by Government of Karnataka in the year 1989 for contribution to the game of Cricket in Sports Promotor’s category

Remains the only Cricket Statistician in the entire country to be honoured by the State Government for the contribution to the game of Cricket through Cricket Statistics

Compiled and updated various sections of Indian Cricket such as Duleep Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Deodhar Trophy and India in One day Games for the Annual editions of the Indian Cricket” published by the Hindu Group of Publications

Was assigned five matches in Pakistan by during the Wills World Cup games {held jointly by India-Pakistan-Sri Lanka in February-March 1996} by Directorate of All India Radio, New Delhi. The assignment was cancelled at the last moment by Union Government due to political unrest in Karachi

Contributed statistical articles to the Web site “Stumpvision.com” hosted by Shri Dinesh Kumble, elder brother of Anil Kumble, the Indian leg spinner.

Contributed statistical articles to the website “thirdslip.com” hosted by Shri Y Ananathnarayan of “Wisden fame”. Contributed statistical articles to an Australian website “howstat.com”

Very actively involved with Cricket Scoring/Statistics from the last 49 years {from 1968 to till date} and is one of the senior cricket statisticians of the country. Shall be  completing my 50^th  year of cricketing career in December 2018

Interviewed live in the programme “Belagu” telecast by Chandana Channel of Bangalore. Also interviewed in “Parichaya” Programmetelecast by Udaya TV

Interviewed by “Chandana” by Smt Meera, with all my collections of autographs for the news item which was telecast in the Kannada News of Bangalore Station of Doordarshan and also in the National News in English from Delhi

Was interviewed for a Programme entitled “Samvedana” in which people from various walks of life were interviewed by Sri Ishwar Daithota, a renowned journalist. The interview was telecast by Udaya TV Channel

Was interviewed live in Suvarna Channel in their “Maidana” programme on the eve of the test match between India and Australia at Bangalore in 2008-09

The Kannada Vernacular weekly “Tharanga” carried a six-page article on my statistical achievements on the eve of the World cup 2007-08 held in West Indies

Has officiated as a Statistician in 99 International Fixtures – 37 Test matches, 57 One day Games and five T20 Internationals. The Bangalore Test between India and South Africa held during Nov 2015 was the 37th test match; the one-day game between India and South Africa at Durban on 01.02.18 was the 57th one-day game and the T20I between India and Bangladesh at Bangalore on 23 Mar 2016 was the fifth T20I {one of the WT20 fixture|

Remains the only Cricket Statistician from South India to have officiated in 99 international fixtures – 37 Test Matches, 57 One day Internationals, and five T20Is

Has got a rare collection of photos of the cricketers and also matches of the past. Some of them can be seen at the museum of Karnataka State Cricket Association. A rare article on the Late Shri Y S Ramaswamy, the only bowler in the world to capture all the twenty wickets in any grade of cricket, an article on Bangalore Jayaram, who happens to be the first cricketer from Bangalore selected to tour England with the All India Eleven in 1911, a rare collection of Don Bradman’s photo card brought out by Australian Cricket Board in 2002 on the demise of the great batsman, the spin quartet – “Chandra-Bedi-Prasanna-Venkat”’ during their playing days with their autographs, the picture of Lord’s when India won the World Cup in 1983, are the few which have found place in the museum.

Sri Sharad Pawar, the then President, BCCI, appreciated the Photograph entitled “This is how the Lord’s looked like after India’s triumph in World Cup 1983” when he visited Bangalore to honour the “Karnataka Legends” on 10.03.07 and requested for an enlarged picture of the photograph to enable him for display at the newly constructed BCCI Office in Mumbai. The photograph has been displayed prominently in the KSCA Secretary’s cabin in KSCA Stadium premises

The photograph of the spin quartet was presented personally to the famed Spin Quartet “Chandra-Prasanna-Bedi-Venkat” at a function organized by JK Mahendra to honour the quartet at Cochin on the eve of the one day match between India and Pakistan on 02.04.05

Was invited by the World’s numero Cricket Portal – Cricinfo.com to assist them during the World Cup Games 2007 which was held in West Indies. Assistied the Website for its statistical needs. Assisted the website in the first ever Twenty20 World Cup held in South Africa during September 2007. One can see the articles containing high quality with researched statistical inputs are posted on the site

Presented a paper during the first ever seminar of Cricket Statisticians held at Nagpur in September 2006 under the aegis of Associations of Scorers and Cricket Statisticians in India

Appointed as the Official Statistician for the BCCI’s website www.bcci.tv and and also for the website www.iplT20.com from July 2008 to May 2009

Was awarded the Rajyotsava Prashasthi 2010 on 01.11.10 by Government of Karnataka for contribution to the game of Cricket in the Sports category

Remain the only Cricket Statistician in the country to be conferred with two state awards – Dasara Kreeda Prashashti in 1989 and Rajyotsava Award in 2010

Participated in the Panel discussion on the finals of the World Cup 2011 organized by Kannada TV Channel “Janasree”. Was interviewed by Akasahvani, Vishakapatnam on the ”Role of statisticians during broadcast of cricket commentary’

Was with the numero uno Cricket website – espncricinfo.com during the World Cup 2007 held in West Indies and also worked for yahoo.cricket portal from Feb 2010 to Feb 2012

Has been assigned two World Cup 2015 games by All India Radio to officiate as a Statistician for the off tube commentary on 06.03.15 and 07.03.15

Was nominated by Karnataka State Cricket Association to attend the first ever BCCI’s Statistician’s Seminar at Nagpur on 17^th and 18^th of June 2015. Presented a paper on “Historical Evolution of the game of Cricket vis-à-vis Statistics

Has officiated in the capacity of a Scorer-cum-Statistician in the following 37 test matches assisting the All India Radio Commentary Team/and Press Box

1	India	Vs	West Indies	at	Bangalore	1974-75
2	India	Vs	England	at	Bangalore	1976-77
3	India	Vs	West Indies	at	Bombay	1978-79
4	India	Vs	West Indies	at	Bangalore	1978-79
5	India	Vs	Australia	at	Bangalore	1979-80
6	India	Vs	Pakistan	at	Bangalore	1979-80
7	India	Vs	Sri Lanka	at	Madras	1982-83
8	India	Vs	England	at	Bangalore	1982-83
9	India	Vs	Pakistan	at	Bangalore	1983-84
10	India	Vs	West Indies	at	Madras	1983-84
11	INDIA	VS	SRI LANKA	AT	KANDY IN SRI LANKA	1984-85
12	India	Vs	Pakistan	at	Bangalore	1986-87
13	India	Vs	New Zealand	at	Bangalore	1987-88
14	India	Vs	West Indies	at	Bombay	1994-95
15	India	Vs	New Zealand	at	Bangalore	1995-96
16	India	Vs	South Africa	at	Ahmedabad	1996-97
17	India	Vs	Sri Lanka	at	Nagpur	1997-98
18	India “A”	Vs	West Indies “A”	at	Bangalore	1998-99
19	India	Vs	South Africa	at	Bangalore	1999-00
20	India	Vs	Australia	at	Madras	2000-01
21	India	Vs	West Indies	at	Madras	2002-03
22	India	Vs	Australia	At	Bangalore	2004-05
23	India	Vs	Australia	at	Madras	2004-05
24	India	Vs	Pakistan	At	Bangalore	2004-05
25	India	Vs	Sri Lanka	At	Madras	2005-06
26	India	Vs	Pakistan	At	Bangalore	2007-08
27	India	Vs	Australia	At	Bangalore	2008-09
28	India	Vs	England	At	Madras	2008-09
29	India	Vs	Sri Lanka	At	Kanpur	2009-10
30	India	Vs	New Zealand	At	Ahmedabad	2010-11
31	India	Vs	South Africa	At	Cape Town {of tube}	2010-11
32	India	Vs	West Indies	At	Bridgetown {of tube}	2011
33	Indis	Vs.	Australia	At	Perth {of tube}	2012
34	India	Vs.	New Zealand	At	Bangalore	2012
35	India	Vs	Australia	At	Mohali	2012-13
36	India	Vs,	England	At	The Oval {of tube}	2014
37	India	Vs,	South Africa	At	Bangalore {Press Box}	2015

Has officiated in 57 One day Internationals so far assisting either Radio Commentary Team and also Doordarshan on some occasions, the list of which is furnished below

1	India	vs	Sri Lanka	at	Bangalore	26.09.82
2	India	vs	Pakistan	at	Hyderabad	10.09.83
3	India	vs	Australia	at	Trivandrum	01.10.84
4	India	vs	England	at	Bangalore	20.01.85
5	Sri Lanka	vs	India	at	Colombo-Sara	21.09.85
6	Sri Lanka	vs	India	at	Colombo-Sara	22.09.85
7	India	vs	Australia	at	Hyderabad	24.09.86
8	New Zealand	vs	Zimbabwe	at	Hyderabad	10.10.87
9	India	vs	New Zealand	at	Bangalore	13.10.87
10	Sri Lanka	vs	West Indies	at	Kanpur	21.10.87
11	India	vs	Zimbabwe	at	Ahmedabad	26.10.87
12	Australia	vs	Zimbabwe	at	Cuttack	30.10.87
13	India	vs	England	at	Bombay	05.11.87
14	India	vs	New Zealand	at	Cuttack	12.12.88
15	India	vs	Australia	at	Bangalore	27.10.89
16	India	vs	England	at	Bangalore	26.02.93
17	India	vs	Sri Lanka	at	Rajkot	15.02.94
18	India	vs	West Indies	at	Bombay	27.10.94
19	India	vs	West Indies	at	Vizag	07.11.94
20	Australia	vs	West Indies	at	Mohali	13.03.96
21	India	vs	Pakistan	at	Bangalore	04.04.99
22	India	vs	New Zealand	at	Hyderabad	08.11.99
23	India	vs	Australia	at	Gwalior	26.10.03
24	India	Vs	Pakistan	At	Cochin	02.04.05
25	India	Vs	South Africa	At	Bangalore	19.11.05
26	India	Vs	England	At	Jamshedpur	12.04.06
27	Australia	Vs	New  Zealand	At	Chandigarh	01.11.06
28	Australia	Vs	West Indies	At	Bombay-BS	05.11.06
29	India	Vs	West Indies	At	Madras	27.01.07
30	India	Vs	Australia	At	Bangalore	29.09.07
31	India	Vs	Australia	At	Kochi	02.10.07
32	India	Vs	England	At	Bangalore	23.11.08
33	India	Vs	Australia	At	Hyderabad	05.11.09
34	India	Vs	South Africa	At	Gwalior	24.02.10
35	India	Vs	Sri Lanka	at	Dambulla {off tube}	22.08.10
36	India	Vs	New Zealand	At	Bangalore	07.12.10
37	India	Vs	New Zealand	At	Chennai {Press Box}	10.12.10
38	India	Vs	England	At	Bangalore	27.02.10
39	England	Vs	Ireland	At	Bangalore	02.03.11
40	India	Vs	Ireland	At	Bangalore	06.03.11
41	Australia	Vs	Kenya	At	Bangalore	13.03.11
42	Australia	Vs	Canada	At	Bangalore	16.03.11
43	India	Vs.	West Indies	At	Vizag	02.12.11
44	India	Vs.	Australia	At	Sydney {off tube}	26.02.12
45	India	Vs.	Sri Lanka	At	Hobart {off tube}	28.02.12
46	India	Vs	Pakistan	At	Chennai	30.12.12
47	India	Vs	Australia	At	Pune	13.10.13
48	India	Vs	Australia	At	Bangalore	02.11.13
49	India	Vs	West Indies	At	Kochi	26.11.13
50	Australia	Vs	England	At	Perth {off tube}	01.02.15
51	India	Vs	Australia	At	Perth {off tube}	06.03.15
52	South Africa	Vs	Pakistan	At	Auckland {off tube}	07.03.15
53	India	Vs	Zimbabwe	At	Harare {off tube]	14.07.15
54	India	Vs	Australia	At	Canberra {off tube]	20.01.16
55	India	Vs	West Indies	At	North Sound {Off tube}	02.07.17
56	India	Vs	Australia	At	Bangalore {Press Box}	28.09.17
57	India	Vs	South Africa	At	Durban {Off tube}	01.02.18

Has officiated in five T20 International assisting either Radio Commentary Team the list of which is furnished below

1	India	vs	New Zealand	At	Madras	11.09.12
2	India	Vs	Pakistan	At	Bangalore	25.12.12
3	India	Vs	Pakistan	At	Kolkata {Off tube}	19.03.16
4	South Africa	Vs	Afghanistan	At	Mumbai {Off tube}	20.03.16
5	India	Vs	Bangladesh	At	Bangalore {Press Box}	23.03.16

Has compiled a compendium on 50 years of Duleep Trophy which was dedicated to my Guru Sri Anandji Dossa, Doyen of Cricket Statisticians of India. Also updated Irani Cup records at Late Anandji Dossa’s instance.

Has compiled a book containing the first class matches of 268 cricketers from 1934-35 to 2011-12  on Mysore/Karnataka Cricketers who have represented Ranji Trophy. This compilation has a forward written by Sri BK Chandrasekhar, Former Professor at IIM Bangalore

WORLD RECORDS UNEARTHED BY H R GOPALA KRISHNA 

Unearthed the following world records in tests as well as one day games the details of which are furnished below

In Australia-India test series of 2007, in Australia’s innings there were two three figure partnerships for the seventh and eight wickets in the same test innings. A Symonds-B Hogg added 173 runs for the seventh wicket and A Symonds-B Lee added 114 runs for the eighth wicket at Sydney. This is the first occasion in the annals of test cricket that a team has posted three figure stands for the seventh and eighth wickets in the same innings.

Five batsmen registering fifties in a team’s innings and eight batsmen registering fifties in a match. This feat is credited to Pakistan as five batsmen scored fifties against Zimbabwe at Karachi and with three Zimbabwe batsmen registering fifties this match had eight fifties – a world record for most fifties in a team’s innings and also in a match

In India’s innings against South Africa at Chennai in Mar 08, for the first wicket there was a 213 runs partnership between Wasim Jaffer and V Sehwag. For the second wicket there was another 200 plus run partnership – 268 runs stand between V Sehwag and R Dravid. For the first time in the annals of test cricket 200 plus runs for the first two wickets were registered in the same test innings

This feat was repeated again by Indian batsmen at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai against Sri Lanka in the third test of 2009-10 test series. M Vijay and V Sehwag added 221 runs for the first wicket which was followed by 237 runs stand for the second wicket between V Sehwag and R Dravid for the second wicket at the end of second day’s play

Mathew Hayden of Australia became the first opening batsman in the world to score 1000 plus boundary fours.

Mahela Jayewardene set up a new record for most runs on a single ground, during the course of his three knock of 167 not out against England in the second test of the ongoing series at Colombo-SSC.  He took his run aggregate at Col-SSC to 2062 at the end of the third day of the test.  With this he not only became the second batsman in the world to aggregate 2000 runs at a single ground, but also earned the distinction of becoming the batsman with most aggregate runs at a single ground. The previous record was with GA Gooch who had an aggregate of 2015 runs at Lord’s. Gooch’s 2015 runs had come in 21 tests, while Mahela’s 2062 runs came in 19 tests. Gooch took 39 innings for his 2015, while Mahela’s 2034 runs came in 28 innings – 11 innings fewer than Gooch.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the only wicket keeper captain in the world to register twin fifties coupled with six catches in an innings of the same test. He scored 52 and 56 not out and pouched six catches in the first innings. He earned this distinction against New Zealand at Wellington in Apr 2009

SR Tendulkar became the first batsman in the world to aggregate 5000 runs on home soil while batting at number. Prior to the start of the Ahmedabad test against Sri Lanka, he had an aggregate of 4999 runs. With a boundary four, he reached the land mark and at the end of his first innings, his aggregate stood at 5003.

Mahela Jayawardene’s 79 at Col-SSC against Pakistan in 2009 series gave him another world record for most fifties at a specific venue. It was his 14^th fifty at Col-SSC {09 centuries and 05 half centuries}. While creating this world record he went past three batsmen – AR Border, GS Chappell and JH Kallis who had registered 13 fifties at specific venues. AR Border of Australia had registered four centuries and nine half centuries at Adelaide Oval, GS Chappell of Australia  had registered  four centuries and nine half centuries at Melbourne and JH Kallis of South Afirca had registered five centuries and eight half centuries at Cape Town.

During the third one day game between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Dambulla on 03.08.09, Muthaiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka with his two wickets created a world record for most wickets against a specific opposition. At the end of this game he has an aggregate of 94 wickets against Pakistan.  Prior to this game – in this category of statistics – he was on par with Wasim Arkram who had captured 92 wickets against Sri Lanka. M Muralitharan and Wasim Akram are the only two bowlers in the history of one day internationals to capture 90 plus wickets against a specific opposition.

Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya has a world record to his credit – he now has most runs against a specific opposition in the history of one day games. He had an aggregate of 2714 runs prior to the start of the third game between Sri Lanka and India in the ongoing Compaq series. At the end of this game his run aggregate against India stood at an impregnable 2812

At the end of India-Sri Lanka one day game at Col-RPS on 12.09.09, SR Tendulkar and R Dravid have an aggregate of 4000 plus partnership runs in one day games. They reached the land mark when they added 13 runs during the course of their 35 run stand for the second wicket in this game. At the end of this game, their partnership runs stood at 4022 runs. Prior to the start of this game they had an aggregate of 3987 runs. SR Tendulkar, SC Ganguly and R Dravid are the only three batsmen in the history of one day games to have partnership runs 4000 plus runs 

No	Partner-1	Partner-2	Team	Runs
1	SC Ganguly	SR Tendulkar	Ind	8227
2	R Dravid	SC Ganguly	Ind/Asia	4363
3	R Dravid	SR Tendulkar	Ind	4022

SR Tendulkar with his 2026 runs as an opening batsman against Sri Lanka now holds the world record for aggregating 2000 plus runs against three specific countries in one day games. He has an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against Australia {2489} and Pakistan {2165} while opening the innings. Other opening batsmen to have an aggregate of 2000 plus runs against two specific countries are DL Haynes of West Indies{2390 vs Pakistan and 2262 vs Australia} and ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka {2690 vs India and 2334 vs Pakistan}

No	Batsmen	Team	Vs	Opp	Runs
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Aus	2489
2	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Pak	2165
3	SR Tendulkar	Ind	Vs	Srl	2026
1	DL Haynes	Win	Vs	Pak	2390
2	DL Haynes	Win	Vs	Aus	2262
1	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Ind	2690
2	ST Jayasuriya	Srl	Vs	Pak	2334

SR Tendulkar’s 175 in the one day game against Australia at Hyderabad on 05.11.09 was his ninth hundred against Australia. He remains the only batsman in the history of one day games to score eight o more centuries against two specific oppositions. He has also scored eight hundreds against Sri Lanka

Hundreds against Australia						Hundreds against Sri Lanka
No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date		No	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Date
1	110	v Australia	Col-RPS	09.09.94		1	112*	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	09.04.95
2	100	v Australia	Kanpur	07.04.09		2	137	v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02.03.96
3	143	v Australia	Sharjah	22.04.98		3	110	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	28.08.96
4	134	v Australia	Sharjah	24.04.98		4	128	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	07.07.98
5	141	v Australia	Dhaka	28.10.98		5	120	v Sri Lanka	Col-SSC	29.08.99
6	139	v Australia	Indore	31.03.01		6	101	v Sri Lanka	Sharjah	20.10.00
7	100	v Australia	Gwalior	26.10.03		7	113	v Sri Lanka	Bristol	11.07.02
8	117*	v Australia	Sydney	02.03.08		8	138	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	14.09.09
9	175	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	05.11.09

MS Dhoni became the first wicket keeper-cum-captain in the world to pouch 100 catches and also 100 dismissals in tests

R Dravid and ST Tendulkar own the record for the most partnership runs added by a pair in tests. At the end of the series against England they have added 6520 runs. They went past the previous record of 6482 runs held by CG Greenidge and DL Haynes of West Indies

RG Sharma became the first batsman in the annals of one day game to be dismissed retired hurt not out after facing just one delivery. He was retired hurt not out after facing one delivery against England at Chester-le-Street on 03.09.11

V Kohli became the first batsman in the annals of one day gamed to be dismissed hit wicket after scoring a hundred. He was dismissed for 107 against England at Cardiff on 16.09.11

R Ashwin’s feat of 6 for 47 in the Delhi test against West Indies in the ongoing test gave him the distinction of bagging the best figures when a debutant spin bowler shared the new ball. He became the fifth bowler to perform the feat.

What is more important here is that R Ashwin feat has come after 102 years, the previous feat coming in Aug 1909 when DW Carr captured five for 146 at The Oval.

R Ashwin became the first bowler to capture six wickets under this category of statistics and has the best figures. The previous best was by R Peel who had captured five for 51 for England against Australia at Adelaide in Dec 1884. The following table lists out the performances of the five bowlers

No	Player	O	M	R	W	Team	Oppn	Ground	Mon/Year
1	R Peel	40.1	15	51	5	Eng	Aus	Adelaide	Dec 1884
2	GA Rowe	49.0	9	115	5	SAF	Eng	Johannesburg	Mar 1896
3	LC Braund	28.4	8	61	5	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Dec 1901
4	DW Carr	34.0	2	146	5	Eng	Aus	The Oval	Aug 1909
5	R Ashwin	21.3	5	47	6	Ind	Win	Delhi	Nov 2011

SR Tendulkar became the only batsman in one day games to aggregate 3000 plus runs against two specific oppositions – Australia and Sri Lanka. He achieved the feat when he completed 3000 runs against Sri Lanka in Commonwealth Bank Tri Series 2012 involving Australia, India and Sri Lanka

When JEC Franklyn of New Zealand was dismissed stumped of the bowling of R Ashwin in the New Zealand second innings at Bangalore, MS Dhoni effected his 16^th stumping dismissal in the dual role of captain cum wicket keeper

MS Dhoni equaled the world record for most stumping dismissals in the role of captain wicket keeper batsman held by PA Sherwell of South Africa who has also effected 16 stumping dismissals as captain cum wicket keeper.

It is interesting to note that MS Dhoni equaled a 101 year old record established by PA Sherwell. PA Sherwell’s 16^th stumping was at Sydney against Australia in March 1911 and 101 years later MS Dhoni equaled it by effecting his 16^th stumping dismissal against New Zealand at Bangalore in Aug 2012

At the  end of his test career – MS Dhoni has effected 24 stumping dismissals as captain wicket keeper and is the only captain wicket keeper to effect 20 plus stumping dismissals in the annals of test cricket

AJ Strauss career’s 100^th test – at Lord’s against South Africa in August 2012 – coincided with his 50^th test as captain of England. His first captaincy assignment was also at Lord’s against Pakistan in Jul 2006, He is the only captain in the annals of test cricket to have his first and last assignment as captain at Lord’s

Another world record – Rival captains scoring hundreds in a one day game was unearthed by me in the Ireland and England one day game at Dublin on 03.09.13. WTS Porterfield of Ireland scored 112 and EJG Morgan of England scored 124 not out. Interestingly enough, EJG Morgan had made his one day representing Ireland and England was his second one day team

SR Tendulkar is the only batsman in the annals of one day games to score 150 plus runs on five occasions. He went past ST Jayasuriya who has to his credit four 150 plus scores with his 200 not out against South Africa at Gwalior on 24.02.10

No	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	186*	1	v New Zealand	Hyd-LBS	08 Nov 1999
2	152	1	v Namibia	Pietermaritzburg	23 Feb 2003
3	163*	1	v New Zealand	Christchurch	08 Mar 2009
4	175	2	v Australia	Hyd-RGS	05 Nov 2009
5	200*	1	v South Africa	Gwalior	24 Feb 2010

Three World records for V Kohli and SPD Smith

V Kohli and SPD Smith notched four hundreds each in this series to provide the first ever occasion of rival batsmen scoring four hundreds in a series constituting a world record

V Kohli and SPD Smith notched four hundreds each coupled with 600 plus runs aggregate in this series to provide the first ever occasion of rival batsmen scoring four hundreds coupled with 600 plus runs in a series constituting a world record. V Kohli totalled 646 runs while SPD Smith aggregated 769 runs and both scored four hundreds in the series

V Kohli and SPD Smith scored three hundreds each in this series while leading their respective sides to provide the very first occasion of rival captains scoring three hundreds in a test series which is a world record.

Two World records in the same one-day international

New Zealand scripted a world record when then won the second game against Zimbabwe by ten wickets at Harare on 04.08.15. They chased a record 235 runs to win the game without losing a wicket. The previous highest chase was Sri Lanka’s win by ten wickets chasing a score of 229 against England at Col-RPS on 26.03.11. The following table lists the teams which have won by scoring 200 plus run s without losing a wicket in the history of one day games.

No	Team	Score	Result	margin	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	New Zealand	236/0	Won	Ten wkts	v Zimbabwe	Harare	04 Aug 2015
2	Sri Lanka	231/0	Won	Ten wkts	v England	Colombo (RPS)	26 Mar 2011
3	Pakistan	228/0	Won	Ten wkts	v Zimbabwe	Harare	11 Sep 2011
4	West Indies	221/0	Won	Ten wkts	v Pakistan	Melbourne	23 Feb 1992
5	India	201/0	Won	Ten wkts	v New Zealand	Hamilton	11 Mar 2009
6	West Indies	200/0	Won	Ten wkts	v India	Bridgetown	03 May 1997

Sikander Raza  {Zim} scored 100 not out, MJ Guptill {NZl] scored 116 not out and TWM Latham {NZl} scored 110 not out in the game between Zimbabwe and New Zealand at Harare on 04.08.15 to provide the first occasion of three batsmen scoring unbeaten hundreds in a one day game in the history of one day internationals.

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	Sikandar Raza	100*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	04 Aug 2015
	2	MJ Guptill	116*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	04 Aug 2015
	3	TWM Latham	110*	2	NZl	Zim	Harare	04 Aug 2015

Indore witnesses a unique incident in test cricket

Indian batsmen batting at number four and five scored 150 plus runs in the first innings of the test {In India’s first innings}, while New Zealand batsman batting at number four and five scored ducks in the second innings of the test {New Zealand’s first innings} to provide the first such instance in the annals of test cricket

V Kohli batting at number four scored 211 and AM Rahane batting at number five scored 188 in India’s first innings {first innings of the test}, while LRPL Taylor batting at number four scored a duck and L Ronchi batting at number five scored a duck in New Zealand’s first innings {second innings of the test}

It is interesting to note that Victory margin, RS Gayakwad’s bowling figures, two century partnerships posted by Indian women, the century partnership for the fifth wicket and M Raj’s knock of 109 against New Zealand at Derby on 15 Jul 17 constitute records in their respective parameters for  Indian Women in Women’s World Cup

India posted a victory by 186 runs in this game. It represents India’s fourth win by 100 plus runs margin in the  Women’s World Cup and also represents its largest victory by runs margin in the World Cup. The previous best was its 154 runs win against Netherlands at Lincon on 02 Dec 2000

RS Gayakwad became the fourth Indian bowler to capture five wickets in an innings in the World Cup. Her figures of 5 for 15 represent the best bowling figures by an Indian bowler in the World Cup. Previous best was E Bisht’s 5 for 18 against Pakistan at Derby on 02 Jul 17

H Kaur-M Raj added 132 runs for the third wicket and M Raj-V Krishnamurthy added 108 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the 11^th and 12th occasion of Indian Women posting three figure partnerships in the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

H Kaur-M Raj added 132 runs for the third wicket and M Raj-V Krishnamurthy added 108 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the eighth occasion of a team posting two three figure partnerships in s World Cup game. It also provides the first such occasion by Indian Women in a World Cup game.

M Raj-V Krishnamurthy added 108 runs for the fifth wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the fifth wicket in a world cup game. The previous best was 87 runs unfinished partnership between R Malhotra and M Raj against Pakistan at Cuttack on 07 Feb 2013

M Raj’s 109 in this game provide the sixth occasion of an Indian woman scoring a century in the World Cup. M Raj’s 109 in this game represent the highest individual score by an Indian batswoman in the World Cup. The previous best was H Kaur’s 107 not out against England women at Mum-BS on 03 Feb 2012

M Raj became the first Indian batswoman to score two centuries in the World Cup. Prior to this, she had scored 103 not out against Pakistan at Cuttack on 07 Feb 2013. 

Harmanpreet Kaur of India scored 171 not out with 20 boundary fours and seven boundary sixes in the  World Cup Semifinal against Australia at Derby on 20 Jul 17. Her score, boundary fours and boundary sixes are all records in their respective parameters for a batswoman in a Women’s World Cup Semi final

Harmanpreet Kaur of India became the first batswoman to score a hundred in a World Cup Semi final when he scored 171 not out against Australia at Derby on 20 Jul 2017. The previous best was 91 not out scored by two women batsmen – LM Keighty of Australia and M Raj of India. The details are furnished below

Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
H Kaur	171*	20	7	1	Ind	Aus	Derby	20 Jul 2017
LM Keightley	91*	13	0	2	Aus	RSA	Lincoln	18 Dec 2000
M Raj	91*	9	0	1	Ind	NZl	Potchefstroom	07 Apr 2005

Harmanpreet Kaur scored 20 boundary fours in her knock of 171 not out which is a record for most boundary fours by a batswoman in semi finals of Women’s World Cup. The previous best was 13 boundary fours scored by LM Keightly of Australia against South Africa at Lincoln on 18 Dec 2000. EJ Vilani also scored 13 boundary fours in her knock of 75 in today’s game. AJ Blackwell who scored 10 boundary fours in this game is the fourth batswoman to score ten or more boundary fours in the Women’s World Cup Semi finals

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inn	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	H Kaur	171*	20	7	1	Ind	Aus	Derby	20 Jul 2017
2	LM Keightley	91*	13	0	2	Aus	RSA	Lincoln	18 Dec 2000
3	EJ Villani	75	13	0	2	Aus	Ind	Derby	20 Jul 2017
4	AJ Blackwell	90	10	3	2	Aus	Ind	Derby	20 Jul 2017

Harmanpreet Kaur scored seven boundary sixes in her knock of 171 not out which is a record for most boundary sixes by a batswoman in semi finals of Women’s World Cup. The next best is three boundary sixes scored by AJ Blackwell in this game.

No	Player	Runs	4s	6s	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	H Kaur	171*	20	7	1	Ind	Aus	Derby	20 Jul 2017
2	AJ Blackwell	90	10	3	2	Aus	Ind	Derby	20 Jul 2017

 

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, became the only ground in  the history of T20 games to have three batsmen scoring 100 plus sixes – CH Gayle {150}, AB de Villiers {101} and V Kohli {100} 

Yet another unique record associated with M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The record is it has three batsmen scoring 1500 plus runs in T20 games. The batsmen are – V Kohli {2435}, CH Gayle {1790}  and AB de Villiers {1654}

It is just a coincidence that the batsmen who have scored 1500 runs  at M Chinnaswamy Stadium have also scored 100 plus boundary sixes. Thus M Chinnaswamy Stadium owns two unique records in the history of T20 games with a rare coincidence

No	Player	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	0	6s
1	V Kohli	79	76	10	2435	113	36.89	3	17	5	100
2	CH Gayle	50	48	6	1790	175*	42.61	3	10	3	150
3	AB de Villiers	54	51	11	1654	129*	41.35	1	11	2	101

WORLD RECORDS UNEARTHED BY HR GOPALA KRISHNA IN WORLD CUP 2011

MATCH NO 42 – INDIA VS WEST INDIES AT CHENNAI ON 20.03.11

MS Dhoni of India and DC Thomas of West Indies were dismissed stumped in this game providing the first occasion of rival wicket keepers dismissed stumped by a wicket keeper in the world cup and also in the annals of one day games constituting a world record

MATCH NUMBER 46 – FOURTH QUARTER FINALS – SRI LANKA VS ENGLAND AT COL-RPS ON 26.03.11

WU Tharanga and TM Dilshan added 231 runs in an unfinished partnership for the first wicket in this game with which he wrote himself into record books with six two hundred runs plus partnerships for the first wicket to his credit in the annals of one day games which constitutes a world record.

WU Tharanga’s six two hundred runs partnerships read thus – 282 runs with TM Dilshan for the first wicket vs Zimbabwe at Pallekele on 10.03.11  –  231* runs with TM Dilshan for the first wicket vs England at Col-RPS on 26.03.11  –  286 runs with ST Jayasuriya for the first wicket vs England at Leeds on 01.07.06  –  201 runs with ST Jayasuriya for the first wicket vs New Zealand at Napier on 28.12.06  –  202 runs with DPMD Jayewardene for the first wicket vs Pakistan at Dambulla on 03.08.09 and 215 with DPMD Jayawardene for the first wicket vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 08.01.10

It is interesting to note that WU Tharanga’s six partnerships of 200 plus runs are for the first wicket – a unique record unparalleled in the annals of one day games

MATCH NUMBER 44 – SECOND QUARTER FINALS – INDIA VS AUSTRALIA AT AHMEDABAD ON 24.03.11

MS Dhoni earned a unique distinction in this game. He became the first captain-cum-wicket keeper to appear in 100 one day games. This game was his 100^th appearance in the dual role

MATCH NUMBER 16 – NETHERLANDS VS SOUTH AFRICA AT MOHALI ON 03.03.11

Shahid Afridi became the first captain to capture four or more wickets in three consecutive games in the annals of one day games. His performance read thus – 5-16 vs Kenya at Hambantota on 23.02.11: 4 for 34 vs Sri Lanka at Col-RPS on 26.02.11 and 5-23 vs Canada at Col-RPS on 03.03.11

MATCH NUMBER 46 – FOURTH QUARTER FINALS – SRI LANKA VS ENGLAND AT COL-RPS ON 26.03.11 

Sri Lanka’s victory without losing a wicket in this game chasing 229 runs provides the third such occasion of a team chasing 200 plus runs in the annals of one day games. The other two occasions are – West Indies won by ten wickets against India at chasing a target of 200 runs {India – 199 for 7 : West Indies – 200 for no loss} and West Indies won by ten wickets against Pakistan at Melbourne on 23.02.92 chasing a target of 220 runs {Pakistan – 220 for 2 : West Indies – 221 for no loss}

Thus Sri Lanka’s win without losing a wicket in this game chasing 229 runs represented the highest run chase by a team in the annals of one day games.  It was the then world record

MATCH NUMBER 11 – INDIA VS ENGLAND AT BANGALORE ON 27.02.11 :

JM Anderson returned with figures of 1 for 91 in this game providing the tenth occasion o of his conceding seventy plus runs in an innings. He now holds the record for a bowler who has conceded seventy plus runs in an innings on most occasions in the annals of one day games. He went past A Nehra of India who has conceded seventy plus runs on nine occasions.

SOME OTHER INTERESTING RECORDS UNEARTHED BY H R GOPALA KRISHNA

MP Vaughan’s hundred – 124 at The Oval in May 2007 against India was 100^th hundred by an England captain in a test innings.

Wasim Jaffer’s double hundred – 202 – against Pakistan at Calcutta in November 2007 was the 100^th hundred by an Indian opening batsman in a test innings.

Australia became the first country to have posted 50 plus three figure partnerships for the first four wickets in the history of one day internationals.  First Wicket – 61: Second wicket – 71: third wicket – 50: Fourth wicket – 53. This record was achieved by Australia when AC Gilchrist and MJ Clarke added 105 runs for the third wicket against Sri Lanka at Perth on 15.02.08

Kevin Petersen’s 152 at Lord’s against South Africa in July 2008 was the 200^th hundred scored by a batsman at Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket