| Achievement |
Achiever |
| First Cricket tournament |
The Bombay Triangular which Later became the Bombay Quadrangular (1912-1936) |
| First Cricket Club in India |
Oriental Cricket Club,1848 |
| First Cricket Test Match |
Against England at Lord’s June 25, 1932 |
| First ODI Match |
Against England at Leeds July 13, 1974 |
| First T20 Match |
Against South Africa 1st December 2006 |
| First Test Captain |
CK Nayudu, 1932 tour of England |
| First ODI Captain |
Ajit Wadekar, 1974 |
| First ODI Won |
1975 against East Africa under the captaincy of S Venkataraghavan |
| First Test Won |
Against England in Madras, 1951-52 |
| First Test Series Victory |
Against Pakistan, 1952 |
| First Test Series Victory outside Indian Subcontinent |
Against New Zealand, 1967-68 |
| First Indian Bowler to take a wicket |
Mohammad Nissar |
| First Cricketer to score a half-century |
Amar Singh |
| First Cricketer to score a century |
Lala Amarnath in 1933 against England in South Bombay |
| First Cricketer to score a double century in Test |
Polly Umrigar, 223 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1955-56 |
| First Cricketer to score a triple century in Test |
Virender Sehwag, 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004. |
| First Cricketer to score a century in ODI |
Kapil Dev, 175* against Zimbabwe in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. |
| First Cricketer to score a double century in ODI |
Sachin Tendulkar, 200* against South Africa at Gwalior, 24 February 2010. |
| First Hat-trick in Test match |
Harbhajan Singh against Australia in March 2001 |
| First Hat-trick in ODI match |
Chetan Sharma against New Zealand in 1987 |
| First Cricketer World Cup Championship Win |
At the 1983 Cricket World Cup |
| First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in Test Cricket |
Sunil Gavaskar (He was the in the world to achieve this feat.) |
| First Batsman to complete 10,000 runs in ODI Cricket |
Sachin Tendulkar (He was the in the world to achieve this feat.) |
| First Cricketer to score 100 centuries in Test and ODIs Combined |
Sachin Tendulkar |
| Bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings |
Anil Kumble, 10/74 against Pakistan in Delhi,1999 |
| First Batsman to score 50 centuries in Test Cricket |
Sachin Tendulkar |
| Highest Test Score |
726/9 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai,2009 |
| Lowest Test Score |
42 against England in 1974 |
| Highest ODI Score |
418/5 against West Indies,2011 at Indore |
| Lowest ODI Score |
54 against Sri Lanka in Sharjah, 2001 |
| Highest Winning margin in ODI |
257 against Bermuda in West Indies,2007 |
| Highest Winning margin in Test Match |
Innings and 239 runs against Bangladesh, Mirpur 2007 |
| Highest Score run by Wicket Keeper in ODI |
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, 183 against Sri Lanka, 2005 |
| Most Wicket taker in Test Match |
Anil Kumble,619 in 132 matches |
| Most Wicket taker in ODI |
Anil Kumble,334 in 269 matches |
| Highest Individual Score in Test Match |
Virender Sehwag, 319 against South Africa, Chennai, 2008 |
| Highest Individual Score in ODI Match |
Rohit Sharma, 264 against Sri Lanka |
| Most dismissals in Test career by wicketkeeper |
MS Dhoni |
| Most catches in Test career (non-wicketkeeper) |
Rahul Dravid, 209 in 163 matches |
| Highest wicket partnerships in Test Match |
Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy, 413 against New Zealand in 1956 |
| First Cricketer to awarded Arjuna Award |
Salim Durani |
| Most number of Man of the Match Awards In ODI |
62 by Sachin Tendulkar |
| Most Consecutive Man of the Match Award In ODI |
4 by Sourav Ganguly |
| Most number of Man of the Series Awards In ODI |
16 by Sachin Tendulkar |
| First Batsman to score two centuries in the same test match |
Vijay Hazare against Australia in Adelaide, 1947-48 |
| First Batsman to score pair of ducks in the same test match |
Vijay Hazare against England in Kanpur, 1951-52 |
| First Batsman to Score 1000 Runs |
Vijay Hazare |
| First Indian player to score a century in three successive Test Matches |
Vijay Hazare |
| Only Player to achieve 4000 test run and 400 test Wickets |
Kapil Dev |
| India’s first ever foreign coach |
John Wright |
| The first stadium to host a Test match in India |
Gymkhana Ground in Bombay, 1933 |
| Wicket Taken on the first bowl of the carrier in Test Match |
Nilesh Kulkarni, against Sri Lanka, Colombo, 1997 |
| Wicket Taken on the first bowl of the carrier in ODI |
S Ramesh, against West Indies,1999 Bhuvneshwar Kumar against Pakistan, 2012 |
| Fastest Century in ODI |
Virat Kohli, 52 Balls against Australia, 2013 |
| Fastest Half Century in ODI |
Ajit Agarkar, 21 balls against Zimbabwe, 2000 |
| Fastest Century in Test Match |
Kapil Dev and M Azharuddin, 74 balls |
| First Batsman to Score Three Triple Centuries in First Class Match |
Ravindra Jadeja |
| Fastest 50 Wicket taker in Test Match |
R Ashwin |
| Fastest Test Century on debut |
Shikhar Dhawan, against Australia, 85 balls |
| 6 sixes in an over |
Yuvraj Singh, against England 2007 |
| Fastest Half Century in T20 |
Yuvraj Singh, against England 2007 in 12 balls |
| Man of the Match on ODI debut match |
Sandeep Patil |
| Indian bowler to top in the ICC ODI bowler’s List |
Anil Kumble |
| Most Sixes in an ODI Innings |
Rohit Sharma, 16 Sixes against Australia in Bangalore, 2013 |
