Sachin Tendulkar became first batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs.He pushed Official Shane Warne to long off to reach the milestone. He reached to the landmark in 259th innings which is still the fastest in terms of number of innings.Little master's well constructed innings of 139 runs helpedIndian Cricket Team to defeat Australian Cricket Team and lead the series 2-1.In this match Glenn McGrath scalped his 200th ODI victim when he clean bowled Vijay Dahiya.

Birth of Hashim Amla

The greatest all rounder of all time Garfield Sobers made his international debut in 1954.

69 years ago Wellington Test turned out be last one for Bill O'Reilly.

 Brian Lara played a gem of a knock to see Windies Cricketteam home against Australian Cricket Team

 Gautam Gambhir played one of the most memorable Test knocks in modern era.He batted for 643 minutes facing 436 deliveries.His knock of 137 runs helped Indian Cricket Team to draw the Napier Test against BLACKCAPS.

It Cannot Get Any Better Than This!

Today BLACKCAPS are going to play their first ICC Cricket World Cup final against Australian Cricket Team .Coincidentally 69 years ago ‪#‎OnThisDay‬Kiwis played their first test against Cricket Australia.

Six decade ago ‎OnThisDay‬ BLACKCAPS were bowled out for lowest (26) ever Test score.

 Virender Sehwag scored his second triple ton.He scored 319 at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai against Cricket South Africa.Coincidentally four years ago on this particular day :Grand Beginning of "Multan Ka Sultan" against Pakistan Cricket Team.

21 years ago ‎OnThisDay‬ Sachin Tendulkar started his career as opener in limited over cricket .He smashed 82 off 49 balls and rest is history.

 Indian Cricket Team won their first ODI series in ‪#‎Pakistan‬defeating arch-rivals 3-2.

‎OnThisDay‬ cricket lost some of the great figures,the man who “walked like Charlie Chaplin (Official) and wisecracked like Groucho Marx ”~Fred Titmus.

Well by now everyone knows "Two-Toes" Martin Guptill (If you don't know, just Google It). Fred Titmus who succumbed to long time illness on this day in 2011 had smilar fate.Fred lost his toes when his left foot brushed against the moving propeller of launch.The ill-omened incident took place during the 1967-68 Caribbean tour .Ironically, the driver of the boat Penny Cowdrey was the wife of then England Cricket team captain Colin Cowdrey.Titmus said. "After all, 'England skipper's wife chops off his deputy's toes' would have been a better story!"

Death of Maharaja of Patiala ,Bhupinder Singhman who bulit* world's‪#‎highest‬ cricket pitch at 2443 m in 1893 at Chail, Himachal Pradeshand donated Ranji Trophy in honour of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar.

*There is some controversy regarding who actually built it.

Wellington Test which began exactly two years ago witnessed a unique (8th person) feat when Alviro Petersen batted on each day of a five day match.

Jhulan Goswami career best bowling figure of 5/11 helped India to win the T20 match against Aussies.

Pakistan Cricket Team team seal their semi final berth in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup,defeating West Indies cricket team cricket team by 10 wickets.

2003:Sourav Ganguly Official's terrible decision to field first in the World Cup final backfired as Punter aggressive batting led Australian Cricket Team to another ICC Cricket World Cup title.

Four years later on the same day Indian Cricket Team were kicked out of World Cup after losing to Sri Lanka Cricket team.

One of the glorious Cricketing journey comes to an end as Kapil Dev played his last Test against BLACKCAPS.The Test was also debut match of great Kiwis skipper ~ Stephen Fleming

Exactly 30 years ago ‎OnThisDay‬ at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.

Imran Khan (official)registered the best bowling figure in losing cause .‎Indo_Pak‬ Thriller:Imran Khan destroyed Indian batting lineup with fierce spell of 6 for 14.Indian's were bowled out for 125 ,Azhar was top scorer with valuable 47 runs. Pakistan Cricket Team in response could manage to score only 87 runs , Indian Cricket Team winning the low scoring thriller.

Border–Gavaskar Trophy 2001:Poetic justice to the most exciting Test Series: Harbhajan Singh hitting the winning runs.‎OnThisDay‬ Indian Cricket Team defeated mighty Australian Cricket Teamin the thrilling Chennai Test to lift the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Once again Harbhajan singh with 15 wickets in the match was the chief wrecker.

1992:You don't want to end your ICC Cricket World Cup campaign like this.

1992:Inzamam-ul-Haq became household name in cricketing world.Inzy came on to bat when Pakistan Cricket Team needed an improbable 123 runs in the 15 overs to enter the final.He and Miandad put on 87 in 10 overs before being run out.Inzy scored 60 off 37 balls one of the finest ICC Cricket World Cup performances.

The inning comprised of seven fours and a six.He pulled ,cut ,lofted all round the park in particulat the six he hit off Harris dancing down the pitch was described by David Lloyd as the shot of the tournament.The inning was absolutely carnage as BLACKCAPS had no answer to Inzy's batting.

1998 Eden Test:India's memorable win over Australian Cricket Team as Oz suffered their biggest defeat post war .Six Indian batsmen scored fifty plus score in the their inning an Indian record. Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinathrattled Aussies batting lineup as Indian Cricket Team won by an inning and 219 runs

2004: Lahore ODI:Mr Dependable Rahul Dravid and Mohammad Kaif put on an unbroken stand of 132 in 22 overs to level the series against arch-rivalsPakistan Cricket Team.Pakistan put on an imposing total of 293 on board thanks to Inzamam-ul-Haq well constructed century.

1971: Sunil Gavaskar notched up first Test Century.

1949:Birth of great West Indies cricket team batsman Alvin Kallicharran.

Sourav Ganguly Official blistering 111 against Kenya led Indian Cricket Team to 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup final.The match was Ganguly's 99th ODI match as captain.

2011 ‪#‎WorldCup‬ Yuvraj Singh 113 against West Indies cricket team helped India to finish second .

Kolkata Test 2005 which ended ‎OnThisDay‬ produced some of the great milestones.Indian Cricket Team made 407 in both innings of Test highest‬ ever total made by a team in both innings.India also passed 400 in both innings of Test for the first time.Anil Kumble 7 wickets haul in second innings of Pakistan led India to an emphatic win over their arch rivals.Rahul Dravid scored century in both innings of Test for second time.Sachin Tendulkar joins the 10000-run club jointly fastest ever to reach the milestone.Steve Bucknor became the first umpire to stand in 100 Tests(as usual controversially gave Tendulkar out).India's first victory over Pakistan Cricket Team at Eden, KOLKATA.

1876 was born Palwankar Baloo,the man who defied caste system ,and became national hero.Read this http://wrongunouchoose.blogspot.in/2015/04/palwankar-baloo.html

India lost one of her great wicket keeper,Naren Tamhane

"Tendulkar Never Fails" were the words of former Indian keeper and selector Naren Tamhane.The incident took place in 1989 when a debate started between the selectors whether to select 16 year old boy for Pakistan tour or not.As a wickekeeper Tamhane made difficult catches look easy.Subhash Gupte rated him as the best keeper of his time.

A poor man's Sobers Eknath Solkar was born.Read this http://wrongunouchoose.blogspot.in/2015/04/eknath-solkar.html

Two years ago ‪#‎OnThisDay‬ Sachin Tendulkar played his last One Day International match.Little master scored sparkling 52 off 48 balls.In that match against Pakistan Cricket Team Virat Kohli scored majestic 183 to guide Indian Cricket Team to victory in Asia Cup.

Black Day in history of cricket,Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistan Cricket Team was found unconscious and later died in hospital ‪#‎OnThisDay‬.

Masterclass knock from Sunil Gavaskar.

Sri Lanka Cricket team won the 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup.