You are about to discover many interesting facts about cricket that have taken place over the time in the cricket world that we didn't know about. Below is the list of facts. So let's get started:

1) The then fastest One Day International century hit by Shahid Afridi was played with Sachin Tendulkar's bat.

Pakistan was playing against Sri Lanka in the year 1996 and the venue was Nairobi . Shahid Afridi was flown in from West Indies to play the match. He didn't have a proper bat to play with and that's when Waqar Younis gave him Sachin Tendulkar's bat . Afridi hit 11 sixes and 6 boundaries. He scored a ton in just 37 balls. The then fastest century record was broken by Corey Anderson who scored a fastest century in 36 balls. Today's record is set by South Africa's AB de Villiers who scored a ton in 31 balls.

2) NO COUNTRY HAS EVER WON THE 60 OVER, 50 OVER, 20 OVER WORLD CUP EXCEPT INDIA.

3) Also cricketers have been kissed on field and the ist one to have been kissed was Abbas Ali Baig during a test match.

It was the third day of test match in Brabourne stadium in 1960. Abbas was playing against Australia . Abbas had reached half century when a young girl came running toward him from North Stand to greet him and then kissed him on the cheek.

4) Chris Gayle hit off a six straight away of the first ball of test cricket.

Chris Gayle was playing against Bangladesh in the year 2012. Talented Gayle on his very first ball playing against debutant Sohag Gazi and hit a six straight away. In the 137 years of test cricket this had never happened.

5) Saif Ali Khan's grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi is the only cricketer who has played both for England as well as for India. 

6) Richard Stokes is the only man who is witness to Jim Laker and Anil Kumble taking 10 wickets in an innings.

It was the year 1956 Old Trafford Test against Australia when Richard Stokes as a kid of age 10 witnessed Jim Laker take all the 10 wicket in an inning. This was the first inning he ever watched. The second inning he watched was India vs Pakistan in which he witnessed Anil Kumble taking all 10 wickets of the inning.