Blog Posts by HR Gopala Krishna

Virat Kohli completed 1,000 runs in 2011 when he
was on 95 during his knock of 112 not out in the Delhi ODI against England.

Kohli provides the 28th occasion of an Indian
batsman totaling 1000 or more runs in a year.

The list, by chronological order:

England's opening batsmen - AN
Cook and C Kieswetter - scored zeroes  in
the second one day game against India
at Delhi on
17.10.11 providing the 34^th occasion of both the openers failing to
open their accounts in the annals of one day games. The complete list is
furnished below

AN Cook
scored a duck in this game to provide the 24^th occasion of an England opener
captain scoring a duck. It was the first duck for AN Cook in the dual role of a
captain-cum-opener.

AN Cook
became the second England
opener captain to score a duck against India after MA Atherton. MA
Atherton had failed to open his innings against India
at Manchester
on 26.05.96.

C Kieswetter
scored a duck in this game to provide the 16^th occasion of an England opener
wicket keeper scoring a duck.

C Kieswetter
became the second England
opener wicket keeper to score a duck against India after MJ Prior. MJ Prior had
scored a duck against India
at Lord's on 08.09.07.

It was the
third duck for C Kieswetter as in the dual role of opening batsman and wicket
keeper, Only MJ Prior {04} and AJ Stewart have scored more zeroes than C
Kieswetter amongst the England wicket keepers who have opened the innings

Second T20 – South Africa vs.
Australia at Johannesburg on 16.10.11 – South Africa won by three wicket

Australia capped MR Marsh for this game. He became the 53^rd
cricketer to represent Australia in T20I.

DA Warner failed to open his
account in this game and collected his fourth duck in T20I. He became the 11^th
batsman in T20I to score four or more zeroes. DA Warner became the first
Australian batsman to score four ducks in T20I. 
The complete list is below.

New Zealand's win against Zimbabwe by 10 wickets in
Harare provided the seventh occasion of a team winning a T20 International by
that margin. It was New Zealand's second.

The list:

Brendon McCullum's 81 not out in this game is his
eighth T2oI fifty which is a new record. He went past Mahela Jayawardene's
seven. The list of fifties:

India scored 300-7 in the Hyderabad ODI providing their
eight occasion of a score of 300 or more against England in ODIs.

It was also India's 64^th score of 300
or more in ODIs, equaling Australia's record.

MS Dhoni {87 not out} and Alastair Cook {60} provided
the seventh occasion of rival captains scoring fifties in an India-England ODI.

The whole list:

MS
Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper captain in international cricket to pouch
100 catches in both Tests and ODIs. In the first ODI against England in
Hyderabad, he took his 100^th catch - Craig Kieswetter off Praveen
Kumar.

His
wicketkeeping record in Tests and ODIs as captain is furnished below:

GC Smith
scored zero in this game providing the seventh occasion of a South African
opening batsman scoring a duck in T20Is. It was the first duck scored by GC
Smith in T20I.

HM Amla
became the fourth captain to lead South Africa in T20I. Others are GC
Smith, SM Pollock and J Botha.

DA Warner
became the ninth opening batsman to be dismissed run out on two occasions in
T20I. Others are - H Masakadza {04}, Imran Nazir {03}, BB McCullum {03}, V
Sehwag {03}, C Kieswetter {02}, Mohmmad Hafeez {02}, WTS Porterfield {02} and
Tamim Iqbal {02}.

DA Warner
was dismissed run out for zero after facing one delivery providing the 13^th
occasion of a batsman run out facing one delivery in T20I.

JP Duminy's
67 in this game represent his fourth fifty in T20I. Others are - 78 vs Australia at Melbourne
on 11.11.09, 69* vs Australia
at Brisbane on 13.03.09 and 96* vs Zimbabwe at Kimberley on 10.10.10.

With four
fifties to his credit, JP Duminy became the fourth South African batsman