2017 has seen one of the years when a bunch of records being created and that too the unbreakable ones. It was a memorable year for cricket in which Team India played Pakistan at Champions Trophy Final and then Australia decimated England to regain the Ashes Urn.
It was another year when the Indian skipper Virat Kohli broke records at a premium. The year also saw Australian skipper Steven Smith break the 50-year old record of most Test runs scored (5764) after 108 innings which was held by Windies legendary batsman Sir Garfield Sobers since 1968. When Smith reached 108 in the final session, he passed that mark.
Here we list 5 records that were made in 2017, which will be really tough to break:
86.7 percent of Tests ended with a conclusive result
Out of 45 Tests, 39 came as the result for the teams while the other 7 ended in a draw. The rate was the highest in any calendar year with a minimum of 10 Test matches played. The previous best was 85.2 percent in 2002 in which 46 out of 54 Tests witnessed a result. This is a clear demonstration tha nowadays stat goes on to show that nowadays cricketers play Test matches to win.
Sri Lanka has opted to try out 7 different captains throughout the year across formats
These no. of changes are the most by any team in a calendar year. Upul Tharanga, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal, Thisara Perera, Rangana Herath, Chamara Kapugedera and Lasith Malinga were the 7 captains of Sri Lanka in 2017. The constant changes of heads is a major reason for their dismal performances in 2017. The previous record was of 6 by England in 2011 and Zimbabwe in 2001.
20 consecutive Tests for India against Sri Lanka without defeat at home
The 3rd most for any Test playing nation against an opponent, this is a record that will make Indian fans feel proud but for the Sri Lankans, it is something they would like to forget.
2 hat-tricks claimed by different bowlers on the same day
In a T20 match on April 14, 2017, Samuel Badree affected a hat-trick for RCB against MI at Bangalore and Andrew Tye for GL against RPS at Rajkot. This was the only 6th occurrence in the history of T20 cricket and 1st in IPL when more than one hat-trick happened on the same day.
The Rohit Sharma 3rd double!
Whats most of the prolific ODI batsman couldn’t manage to register one double century in ODIs, Rohit has now done it thrice, which just goes to show he has a knack for playing excellent, quality cricket.
