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Which player made fastest 12000 runs in ODI?

On December 2, 2020, in the third and final ODI between India and Australia that was played at Canberra, Australia, India’s skipper Virat Kohli became just the sixth player to amass more than 12,000 runs in the ODI format.

He joined the elite group of players in style, as he is the fastest to the milestone, reaching it in his 251st match, while playing his 242nd innings.

Among cricketers who have scored 12,000 or more runs in the ODI format, Kohli is the only active player.

Virat kohli reached the 12,000 run mark in his 251st ODI, when he came out to bat for the 242nd time. He scored 63 off 78 balls, in an innings that included five fours, India won the match against Australia at Canberra on December 2, 2020 by 13 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar was the first to reach the 12,000 run mark in the ODI format. He did it in his 309th ODI, while batting for the 300th time.

Ricky Ponting achieved the 12,000 run milestone in his 314th innings, when playing his 323rd match. He scored an unbeaten 111against England at Centurion, South Africa on October 2, 2009 as Australia reached the ICC Champions Trophy final with a nine wicket win.

Kumar Sangakkara went past the 12,000 mark in his 395th ODI, playing his 336th innings Sangakkara scored a 67-ball 58 as Sri Lanka, defeated Pakistan by two wickets at Dubai, UAE on December 20, 2013.

Sanath Jayasuriya notched up the 12,000 mark when batting for the 379th time in his 390th match. It came in the 2007 ODI World Cup final against Australia at Bridgetown, Barbados on April 28, 2007. Jayasuriya scored 63 from 67 deliveries, but Sri Lanka lost the final by 53 runs, according to Duckworth-Lewis method.

 

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Who is Germany’s number 1 goalkeeper?

On November 17, 2020, Spain hosted Germany in a UEFA Nations League clash. Germany lost the game by a huge margin, but the only solace for their goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was the fact that he reached a personal landmark in the game.

Neuer was appearing as Germany’s goalkeeper for a 96th time, the highest for the country.

Manuel Neuer, who has been playing for Bayern Munich at the club level since 2011, has been Germany’s first choice goalkeeper since 2009. This means that he has been the custodian of their goal in international fixtures since then, which includes three FIFA World Cups – 2010, 2014 and 2018.

Neuer was an important part of Germany’s World Cup winning team in 2014. In fact, he was awarded the Golden Glove in that edition of the FIFA World Cup for being the best goalkeeper in the tournament.

Not the way he’d have wanted to reach the milestone

Neuer became Germany’s most-capped goalkeeper by making his 96th appearance in the UEFA Nations League game against Spain.

On the night Neuer broke Maiers appearances record, he let in a goal after just 17 minutes

The floodgates opened after that as Germany conceded five more times in their humiliating 6-0 defeat to Spain.

In fact, this is the first time Neuer has conceded six or more goals in a competitive game in his professional career!

 

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Lewis Hamilton matches Michael Schumacher with seventh title

By winning the Turkish Grand Prix held at Istanbul, Turkey on November 15, 2020, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton took his tally to 307 points this season. With that, he has an unassailable lead at the top of the drivers’ standings.

This means that Hamilton has won the World Championship title for a seventh time, matching the haul of F1 great Michael Schumacher.

Greatest of all time?

For years, fans and experts alike believed that some of the records that Michael Schumacher held would remain untouched for a long time.

And yet in 2020, Lewis Hamilton has not only matched one of his best records (seven world titles), but has also gone past Schumacher in a number of other records.

This has inevitably led to the greatest of all time debate. While it is always a difficult exercise, Hamilton does have a lot of things going for him already. And with a few more years in the sport, he might well make that debate one sided as well.

Seven world titles

Lewis Hamilton matched Michael Schumacher’s record of winning seven F1 World Championship titles this season. Schumacher won his seven world titles in 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. While Schumacher won his first two world titles with Benetton, the remaining five came with Ferrari.

Hamilton notched up his seven world titles in 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Hamilton’s first world title in 2008 was with McLaren. Hamilton won his remaining six world titles with Mercedes.

This makes Hamilton the first driver to win six World Championship titles with the same team.

Schumacher vs Hamilton

By racing from 1991-2006 and then again from 2010 2012, Schumacher’s career totally spanned 19 seasons, during which he took part in 306 races. Hamilton, meanwhile, has participated in 14 seasons starting from 2007 so far, taking part in 264 races.

In 306 races, Schumacher started a race in the front row (two cars will be there in the front row of the grid at the start of a race) 116 times, including 68 from pole position. Hamilton has started 157 of his 264 races so far in the front row, and has taken the pole position 97 times.

Schumacher finished on the podium (top three places) 155 times during his career, which includes 91 races wins. Hamilton already has 163 podiums and 94 race victories. Hamilton went past Schumacher’s record number of podium finishes and race wins in the 2020 season.

Schumacher, however, still holds the record for having the highest total of fastest laps. He set the fastest lap 77 times in his 306 races. Hamilton is second in the list for now having set the fastest lap in a race 53 times.

 

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Why is a green jacket given to the Masters’ champion?

The green jacket is among the most coveted prizes in golf. While it is most visible when awarded to the winner of the Masters tournament each year, it has a much longer story and history.

The Augusta National Golf Club, one of the most prestigious golf clubs in the world, opened in 1934. In 1937, the green jacket came to be. Presented to the members of the club, the jackets are kept on club grounds and taking them off the premises is forbidden (though a few have got out and are now owned by wealthy buyers). It was only from 1949 that the custom of awarding these green jackets to the winner of the Masters tournament that takes place at Augusta started. Since then, it has also been awarded retroactively to previous winners as well. One of the traditions at the Masters include having the tournament’s defending champion help the current champion slip into the green jacket (unless of course, the same person won the previous year as well). This is why we see Tiger Woods, who won the event in 2019. helping Dustin Johnson put on the jacket after winning this year. Multiple Masters winner, however, receive only one jacket. Winners, unlike members, can take home the jacket, but are expected to return it to the club during the next Masters.

 

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How many test wickets has James Anderson taken?

James Michael Anderson, OBE (born 30 July 1982), is an English international cricketer who plays for Lancashire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. Anderson is the all-time leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers and holds the record of most wickets for England in both Test and One-Day International (ODI) cricket. He is the first fast bowler as well as the first English bowler, and the fourth overall, to pass 600 Test wickets.

Anderson was the first English bowler to reach 400, 500 and 600 wickets in Test matches. As of August 2020 he is ranked 8th in the ICC Test Bowling Rankings, having previously reached the top position at various times between 2016 and 2018.

James Anderson was a pupil at St Mary’s and St Theodore’s RC High School, Burnley. He played cricket at Burnley Cricket Club from a young age. His childhood dream was to be a cricketer, and at the age of 17, after a growth spurt, Anderson was one of the fastest bowlers in the Lancashire League. He stated that “I’ve always bowled seam, but when I was about 17 I don’t know what it was but I just started bowling fast all of a sudden”.

 

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What is Bhuvneshwar Kumar famous for?

You must be knowing that Bhuvneshwar Kumar is an Indian pacer who bowls right-arm medium-fast, working his magic mainly with swing. But did you know that he is the owner of a particular record? By having hit the timber to get his first wicket in all three formats of the game, Bhuvneshwar became the first player in cricket history to have his first wickets in all formats!

You would have seen him walk off the field injured in the Indian Premier League that just concluded, ending his campaign with Sunrisers Hyderabad rather early. Injuries have blighted Bhuvneshwar’s career in the recent years, forcing him in and out of the Indian Squad.

While in his element, however, Bhuvneshwar has played all three formats of the game for the country, making the ball do the talking and contributing with the bat as well. That was how he made his international debut in all formats late in 2012 and early 2013, impressing one and all with his line and length.

Buvneshwar first played for India in a T20 against Pakistan on December 25, 2012. He didn’t have to wait for long for his first international wicket as he had Nasir Jamshed bowled off the last ball of his very first over!

When he made his ODI debut few days later against the same opposition on December 30, his first wicket in the format came even quicker. For off his very first delivery, and the first in the match, Bhuvneshwar cleaned up Mohammad Hafeez.

His Test debut came in February 2013 against Australia, but he went wicketless in the format in the next Test match, he hit the stumps once again after David Warner got an inside edge.

With that, he became the first bowler ever to have bowled as his first dismissal in T20s, ODIs and Tests!

 

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What happened to Zidane head-butt?

Italy won the World Cup after beating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw at the conclusion of extra time. The match had been surrounded mostly around France’s Zinedine Zidane and Italy’s Marco Materazzi: this was the last-ever game of the former for France, both were scorers in the final, and also embroiled in an incident at extra times that led to Zidane’s headbutt on Materazzi. The incident was the subject of much analysis following the match. Italy’s Andrea Pirlo was awarded the Man of the Match, and Zidane was awarded the Golden Ball as the player of the tournament.

The final served as a key match in the France–Italy football rivalry, coming after Italy were defeated by France in the UEFA Euro 2000 Final. Italy’s victory was their first world title in 24 years, and their fourth overall, putting them one ahead of Germany and only one behind Brazil. The victory also led to Italy topping the FIFA World Rankings in February 2007 for the first time since November 1993.

It was an incident which followed both players ever since – both were fined by FIFA at the time and have not discussed it until only recently. In an interview this week, Materazzi spoke in detail for the first time about what happened: “Zidane’s headbutt? I wasn’t expecting it in that moment. I was lucky enough that the whole episode took me by suprise because if I had expected something like that to happen and had been ready for it, I’m sure both of us would have ended up being sent off,” the former Inter Milan defender explained. 

That was the final straw for Zidane, who turned and headbutted Materrazi in the chest. After reviewing the incident, the ref sent him off. Zizou spoke about it for the first time in an interview for Téléfoot in 2017: “”I’m not proud of what I did. One of the first things I did was to apologise to all of the young players in front of everyone, to all of the coaches who try to ensure that football is not about something else, not that. But it forms part of my career, it is part of my life and part of things which may not be that serious but it’s something which I have to accept that happened and take it on board”.

 

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In which edition did Zizou achieve FIFA World Cup Golden Ball?

France playmaker Zinedine Zidane won the adidas Golden Ball voted for by journalists at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™.

Although his team ultimately failed in their bid to lift the Trophy, Les Bleus’ No.10 won the vote for the best player to grace the world stage in Germany. Behind ‘Zizou’ came Italy’s defensive rock Fabio Cannavaro, with the Juventus defender’s Azzurri team-mate Andrea Pirlo completing the podium.

In the Final against Italy, he opened the scoring with an audacious spot-kick. Despite his tireless prompting, however, Zidane was unable to pick up the second FIFA World Cup winner’s medal of a glittering career and was sent from the field in extra time for butting Marco Materazzi in the chest.

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA World Cup finals, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively. The current award was introduced in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, sponsored by Adidas and France Football, though fifa.com also lists in their player articles as “golden ball winners” Kempes, Cruyff, Pelé, Bobby Charlton, Garrincha and Didi for 1978, 1974, 1970, 1966, 1962 and 1958 respectively. Barcelona is the only club whose players have won the Golden Ball a record 3 times (Johan Cruyff in 1974, Romário in 1994, Lionel Messi in 2014).

 

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In which year did Zizou, a Frenchman, win the FIFA World Cup with his country?

Zinedine Zidane, byname Zizou, (born June 23, 1972, Marseille, France), French football (soccer) player who led his country to victories in the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship.

Zidane joined Real Madrid in 2001, and the following year the team won the Champions League title and the European Super Cup. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) named Zidane World Player of the Year three times (1998, 2000, and 2003).

Zidane was also a success in international competition. He had an eventful 1998 World Cup, which was held in France for the first time. Zidane stomped on an opponent in the second game of the first round and was suspended for two contests. There was speculation that he would be kicked off the team, but he returned in the quarterfinal round. Zidane scored two goals in the final against Brazil, and France took the World Cup with a 3–0 victory. In 2000 Zidane was named player of the tournament after leading France to the European Championship.

 

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Who is the footballer who is popularly known as Zizou?

Zinedine Yazid Zidane, popularly known as “Zizou”, is a former professional French football who played as an attacking midfielder in the juniors teams of the France and eventually in the core national team for a very long period. He also played for the clubs like Cannes, Bordeaux, Juventus and Real Madrid, and brought laurels for each of them.

His elegance, swiftness and exceptional ball control made him probably the best of his time.

He is decorated with Legion of Honour bestowed by French Government and National Order of Merit by Algerian Government for his remarkable career.

In 1989, Zizou earned his first professional contract by Cannes and made his debut in the French first division game against Nantes. In his first full season with Cannes, the club secured its first ever European football berth by qualifying for the UEFA Cup after finishing fourth in the league. He made 61 appearances in his first three seasons for the club and scored six goals.

In 2004, he was declared as the best European footballer in the history of UEFA. In 2006, he scored his maiden hat-trick, against Sevilla, and ended the season as the second highest goal scorer, only after Ronaldo.

In 2016, he was bestowed with more intense duty- managing Real Madrid. Under his regime, Madrid set a new record of 16 consecutive La-Liga victory. He also led the team in the 2016 and 2017 UEFA Championship, 2016 FIFA Club World Cup and 2017 UEFA Super Cup victory. He was awarded as the Best FIFA Men’s Coach in 2017.

 

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