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![]() 11th Jan,1992 vs WI at Brisbane ![]() Maharaj ![]() 3 runs & did not bowl ![]() 168 ![]() 6574, Avg: 44.12 ![]() 183 vs SL at Taunton ,1999 (WC) ![]() 16 ![]() 62, Avg: 34.00 ![]() 5-16 vs Pak at Toronto, 1997 ![]() Flowing extra cover drive. ![]() Short, lifting away-seamer around off. ![]() World Cup 1999: Made 183 off 158 balls, with 17 fours and 7 sixes. ![]() Quasi-dictatorial, proven to momentary fit of anger on the field; field setting and bowling changes marginally more innovative. ![]() 39 ![]() 5th Sept, 99 vs WI at Singapore WI won by 42 runs ![]() 27 yrs 59 days ![]() P39, W21, L18 ![]() 1634, Avg: 48.06 ![]() 5, HS: 144 vs Zim at Ahmedabad 2000 ![]() 15, Avg 26.60 ![]() |
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![]() 26, Dec, 1989 vs Aus at Melbourne ![]() Matara Mauler ![]() 3 runs & did not bowl ![]() 235 ![]() 6601, Avg: 30.14 ![]() 189 vs Ind at Sharjah, 2000 ![]() 11 ![]() 200, Avg; 34.94 ![]() 3-29 vs Eng at Moratuwa, 1993 ![]() Slashing cut over point. ![]() Full length angling in, on off ![]() World Cup 1996: The batting revelation of the World Cup 1996 had amazed cricket fans. ![]() Loose on reins, leads by the book, sets fields by the book. ![]() 53 ![]() 26th Jan ,1998 vs Zim at Colombo SL won y 4 wickets ![]() 28 yrs 210 days ![]() P53, W32, L19, NR1, T1 ![]() 1949, Avg: 37.48 ![]() 5, HS: 189 vs Ind at Sharjah, 2000 ![]() 46, Avg: 33.39 ![]() |
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Remarkable achievements: • Launched into Test cricket in 1996 in spectacular style with a century on debut at Lord's (131). He scored a second hundred (136) in the next Test at Birmingham • His 183 vs SL at the 1999 World Cup is the highest score by an Indian in the World Cup. • Has 8 scores of over 130 in One-day internationals. • His 44-plus average places him among the top ten all-time batsman in ODIs • Together with Sachin Tendulkar forms the most durable one-day opening pair of all time, having opened for India in 103 one-day internationals.
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Remarkable achievements: • Voted the most valuable player of the 1996 World Cup. • Set the trend of quick-fire opening partnerships along with wicketkeeper Romesh Kaluwitharana • Holds the record of scoring the fastest 50 (in 17 balls) in ODI. • Along with Mike Gatting, Holds the record of hitting the maximum sixes (4) in an over. He hit 4 sixes of Aamer Sohail (Pak) at Singapore in 1996. • Became the first Sri Lankan to score a triple century in Tests when he scored 340 against India at Colombo in August, 1997.
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