Ten Biggest Wins In Test Cricket History By Runs: A 2-match test series was played between India and South Africa, in which South Africa made a clean sweep. In the second match of this series, South Africa defeated India by 408 runs, which was the biggest win by any team against Team India in terms of runs in Test cricket. Here we are going to tell you which are the 10 biggest winning teams in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket?

10 biggest wins in terms of runs in test cricket

1. England – 675 runs

England is at first place in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. England defeated Australia by 675 runs at Brisbane in 1928.

2. Australia – 562 runs

Australia is second in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. Australia defeated England by a margin of 562 runs at The Oval Cricket Ground in 1934.

3. Bangladesh – 546 runs

Bangladesh is at third place in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. Bangladesh had defeated Afghanistan in Mirpur by a margin of 546 runs in the year 2023.

4. Australia – 530 runs

Australia is also at number four in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. Australia defeated South Africa by a margin of 530 runs in Melbourne in 1911.

5. South Africa – 492 runs

South Africa is at fifth position in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. South Africa defeated Australia by a margin of 492 runs in Johannesburg in 2018.

6. Australia – 491 runs

Australia is also at sixth position in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. Australia defeated Pakistan by 491 runs at WACA in 2004.

7. Sri Lanka – 465 runs

Sri Lanka is at number seven in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 465 runs in Chattogram in 2009. Was defeated by margin.

8. India – 434 runs

India is at eighth position in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. India defeated England by 434 runs in Rajkot in the year 2024.

9. West Indies – 425 runs

West Indies is at number nine in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. West Indies defeated England by a margin of 425 runs in Manchester in 1976.

10. New Zealand – 423 runs

New Zealand is at tenth position in the list of teams that have achieved the 10 biggest wins in terms of runs in the history of Test cricket. New Zealand had defeated Sri Lanka by a margin of 423 runs in Christchurch in 2004.

World Fastest Bowlers In Cricket History: There have been many bowlers in the history of cricket who are known for their fast speed. Every day in cricket some record is made or broken, but there is one record which has not been broken for a long time. This record of bowling the fastest ball in cricket is in the name of former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Akhtar had made this record 22 years ago in 2003. Here we are going to tell you who are the top-5 fastest bowling bowlers in the world?

Top 5 bowlers who bowled the fastest ball in the history of cricket

1. Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan) – 161.3 km/h

Pakistan’s deadly fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is at number one in the list of top-5 bowlers who have bowled the fastest ball in the history of cricket. Shoaib bowled the ball at a speed of 161.3 kilometers per hour against England in the 2003 ODI World Cup, which is still the world record for bowling the ball at the fastest speed.

2. Shaun Tait (Australia) – 161.1 km/h

Former Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait is at second place in the list of bowlers who have bowled the fastest ball in the history of cricket. Shaun bowled the ball at a speed of 161.1 kilometers per hour against England in 2010.

3. Brett Lee (Australia) – 161.1 km/h

Australia’s dangerous fast bowler Brett Lee is at third place in the list of bowlers who have bowled the fastest ball in the history of cricket. Brett Lee bowled the ball at a speed of 161.1 kilometers per hour against New Zealand in 2005.

4. Jeff Thomson (Australia) – 160.6 km/h

Australia’s most feared fast bowler of the 70s, Jeff Thomson, is at fourth position in the list of bowlers who have bowled the fastest ball in the history of cricket. Thomson bowled the ball at a speed of 160.6 kilometers per hour against West Indies in 1975.

5. Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 160.4 km/h

Australia’s star fast bowler Mitchell Starc is at fifth position in the list of bowlers who have bowled the fastest ball in the history of cricket. Starc bowled the ball at a speed of 160.4 kilometers per hour against New Zealand in 2015.

Urvil Patel Hits Century In SMAT: In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match played between Gujarat and Services, Gujarat batsman Urvil Patel scored a stormy century in just 31 balls and led his team to a spectacular victory. Urvil has been retained by Chennai Super Kings for IPL 2026. Whom the franchise had bought for Rs 30 lakh in the mega auction for the last season. Urvil being in great form before IPL 2026 is good news for CSK, as he is known for his explosive batting.

Urvil Patel scored a stormy century

In this match, Services batted first and gave Gujarat a target of 183 runs. In reply, while chasing the target, captain Urvil Patel batted explosively from the very first ball and the Services bowlers failed to stop him. Urvil played a brilliant inning of 119 unbeaten runs in just 37 balls at a strike rate of more than 300 and he also hit 12 fours and 10 sixes in this innings.

Gujarat chased in just 12.3 overs

Thanks to the explosive innings of captain Urvil, Gujarat chased the target of 183 runs in just 12.3. To chase the target, Arya Desai came to open with captain Urvil Patel and both of them made a partnership of 174 runs for the first wicket. Where Urvil scored the third fastest century in T20 by an Indian batsman in just 31 balls. Whereas Arya played a brilliant inning of 60 runs in 35 balls at a strike rate of 171.43. Which included 6 fours and 3 sixes.

Good news for CSK

Before the IPL 2026 season, Urvil has shown with this innings that he is ready to create a stir while playing for Chennai Super Kings. Urvil Patel was bought by 5-time champion Chennai Super Kings in the mini auction held for the IPL 2025 season. He has been retained by CSK for the upcoming IPL season.

In 2017, Simon Harmer signed the ‘Kolpak Deal’ to play for the English county team Essex. Harmer had given up hope of playing Test cricket for South Africa. This off-spinner played for the first time in India with the South African team that toured India in 2015, but he had an average performance in this series. After which his chances of playing another Test match in India were almost over. However, Harmer has performed brilliantly on the current tour of India, playing an important role in helping the South African team achieve a historic 2-0 win in the two-match series.

What did Simon say about playing after 2015?

After registering a big win of 408 runs in the Guwahati Test against India, Simon Harmer said on Wednesday, ‘I never thought that I would get another chance in international cricket and I also never thought that I would come to India to play again. To be here, to win the series 2-0 and to be named player of the series, it is very special. I think it will take some time to understand and assimilate it and this is a very special victory for us.

Statement given on the historic victory in India

Simon Harmer said in response to a question asked by ‘PTI’, ‘Yes, I think when I signed the Kolpak deal, one of the conditions was that I would never be able to play for my country again, so I had accepted this fact.’

Harmer, who won the ‘Player of the Series’ award by taking 17 wickets in two Test matches in India, was expecting an excellent performance from himself on this tour. He said, ‘I always wanted to be able to look back at the end of my career and say that I was the best for myself.

India Vs South Africa ODI Series: A 2-match test series was played between India and South Africa, in which Team India suffered a shameful defeat by 2-0. After the Test series, the Indian team will play a 3-match ODI series from November 30, the first match of which will be held at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium in Ranchi. The process of Indian players reaching Ranchi for this series has started. Today i.e. on November 26, 2025, former captain Virat Kohli has reached Ranchi.

Warm welcome for Virat Kohli in Ranchi

Team India’s star batsman Virat Kohli was given a warm welcome after reaching Ranchi. A huge crowd of fans was seen to get a glimpse of him. When Kohli came out of the airport, a large number of police forces were deployed. Former Indian team player Saurabh Tiwari was also seen with Virat. Saurabh used to play domestic cricket for Jharkhand only. He played with Virat Kohli in the Under-19 World Cup winning team in 2008.

#WATCH Jharkhand: Indian cricketer Virat Kohli arrives in Ranchi ahead of the first India vs South Africa ODI match to be played on November 30 at the JSCA International Cricket Stadium. pic.twitter.com/ozsfFV0URQ

— ANI (@ANI) November 26, 2025

Virat is expected to score runs in the series against South Africa

Virat Kohli will be seen playing on the field for the first time after the Australia tour. Virat has recently returned from London. Virat had a bad start on the Australia tour. Kohli could not open his account in the first two matches of the ODI series. However, in the third match he played an unbeaten inning of 74 runs on 81 balls. In this match, Rohit Sharma scored a century and Team India got a big victory by 9 wickets.

India Vs South Africa 2nd Test Match: The South African cricket team that toured India has performed brilliantly in Test cricket. By taking a 1-0 lead in the Test series, the South African team has brought itself closer to winning the series. While the players have received a lot of applause for their excellent performance, a statement by team coach Shukri Conrad has become a bone of contention, due to which he is being reprimanded. On the fourth day of the second Test match in Guwahati, the South African coach used a word for the Indian team which has a controversial history in cricket. After this statement, he was reprimanded by Indian legend Anil Kumble and former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn.

South African coach gave controversial statement

On the fourth day of the second Test match being played between India and South Africa, South Africa declared its second innings at 260 runs and gave a target of 549 runs to Team India. After the end of the day’s play, when South African coach Conrad was asked in the press conference why he delayed declaring the innings, he gave a controversial statement in response. Conrad said that he wanted to tire Team India and see them crawling on their knees. For which he used the English word ‘Grovel’.

The South African coach’s use of the word ‘grovel’ became the real cause of controversy because during the West Indies tour in 1976, England captain Tony Greig had used this word for the West Indies team, which means lying face down on the ground or crawling on the knees. There was a lot of uproar on this matter then.

Anil Kumble and Dale Steyn reprimanded

The use of this word in cricket after 49 years has created controversy and Conrad is facing criticism. Before the start of the fifth day’s play, Indian veteran spinner Anil Kumble advised the South African coach not to be arrogant and to remain humble.

Kumble said in the Star Sports show, “There is history associated with this word. 50 years ago the England captain said this in the West Indies and we saw what happened. South Africa has probably won this series but when you are at the top, the choice of your words is important. At such times, humility is most important.”

At the same time, former South African fast bowler Dale Steyn also appeared unhappy with the coach’s statement and clearly said that he is not in support of it. Stan also said in the same show, “I am not in support of it. His style was probably not as tough as Tony Greig. But that does not matter. You cannot use such words. It is very disappointing.”

Shreyas Iyer Fitness Update: ICC announced the schedule of T20 World Cup 2026 in Mumbai on Tuesday i.e. November 25, 2025. During this time, a good news also came out for Indian cricket. Indian ODI team vice-captain Shreyas Iyer has started training after the operation. Shreyas was seriously injured during the third ODI match against Australia in Sydney on 25 October. Now Iyer has shared his health update on social media, in which he is seen riding an exercise bike. Now it remains to be seen whether Shreyas will be available for selection in Team India by the ICC T20 World Cup 2026, which is going to start in February next year.

How did Shreyas Iyer get injured?

Shreyas Iyer was injured in the Sydney ODI against Australia, when he was trying to catch the ball of Harshit Rana. Iyer had a serious problem of spleen laceration due to his fall from the left side. Due to this, Iyer had to be admitted in the ICU and there was also a complaint of internal bleeding in his body, which could have been fatal. He was operated on in Australia itself, after which his condition became stable. Shreyas Iyer returned to India after being discharged from the hospital in the beginning of November.

Iyer has been advised to take rest for two months

Medical experts have advised Shreyas to take rest for at least two months and stay away from cricket. Doctors say that if spleen injuries are not taken seriously, their hidden dangers can increase, because this organ plays an important role in filtering blood in the body and supporting immunity function. Recently there were reports that due to this injury, Iyer may be out of the race for selection for the T20 World Cup 2026. He will also be out of IPL 2026, but now after this photo, there are speculations that he will soon become fit and return to the field.

Under-19 One-day Tri-Series: The fifth match of the Under-19 triangular series between India B Under-19 team and Afghanistan Under-19 team was played in Bengaluru. In which India B team defeated Afghanistan Under-19 team by 2 wickets in a thrilling match and India won the match with 11 balls to spare. Batting first, Afghanistan team was able to score 202 runs in 50 overs. on this difficult wicket Achieving the target was not easy but Vedant Trivedi scored 83 runs and BK Kishore scored 29 not out to help India-B Under 19 team win.

Rahul Dravid’s son Anvay failed

In this match, Anvay Dravid, son of former veteran batsman Rahul Dravid, proved to be a flop and he returned to the pavilion on a golden duck. BK Kishore was the hero of the victory against Afghanistan Under-19, who apart from scoring unbeaten 29 runs, performed brilliantly in bowling and took 3 wickets for just 19 runs in 10 overs. Due to this brilliant performance, Kishore was chosen player of the match. India B team got its first win in the Under-19 ODI triangular series and is at the bottom of the points table.

How did India B Under-19 team win?

India B Under 19 team came on the field to chase the target of 203 runs but the team did not have a good start. Opener Yuvraj Gohil returned to the pavilion after scoring only 3 runs. After this, a good partnership between captain Aaron George and Vedant Trivedi took the team to 90 runs. However, India B team started faltering from the 23rd over. Because Nazifullah Amiri first bowled Aaron George and then sent Anvay Dravid back to the pavilion for a golden duck. The condition of India B became worse when Rahul Kumar was out in the very next over. By the time it reached 90 to 115 runs, India B team lost 6 wickets and the team was in danger of defeat, but after this there was a half-century partnership between Vedant and BK Kishore, which led to a thrilling victory against Afghanistan.

Slowest Test Century In Test Cricket History: Test cricket started 148 years ago i.e. in 1877 and the first test match was played between Australia and England. In the beginning of this format, very low scores and slow runs were common. In modern day cricket, big totals and high run rates are seen and results are also seen in most of the matches.

The name of former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar is also present in the list of batsmen who have scored the slowest century in Test cricket. Here we will tell you about 7 batsmen who have scored the slowest centuries in the history of Test cricket.

7 batsmen who scored the slowest century in test

1. Mudassar Nazar – 557 minutes

Former Pakistan opener Mudassar Nazar is at number one in the list of 7 batsmen who have scored the slowest century in the history of Test cricket. Nazar had scored the slowest century against England in Lahore in 1977. He batted for 557 minutes in this match.

2. Jackie McGlue – 545 minutes

Former South African opener Jackie McGlue is second in the list of batsmen who have scored the slowest century in the history of Test cricket. McGlue scored the second slowest century against Australia in 1957 in Durban after batting for 545 minutes.

3. Asanka Gurusingha – 535 minutes

Former Sri Lankan opener Asanka Gurusingha is at third place in the list of batsmen who have scored the slowest century in the history of Test cricket. Gurusingha had scored the third slowest century against Zimbabwe in Harare in 1994. He batted for 535 minutes in this match.

4. Jeff Crowe – 516 minutes

Former New Zealand captain Jeff Crowe is fourth in the list of batsmen who have scored the slowest century in the history of Test cricket. Crowe batted for 516 minutes against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1986, after which he scored the fourth slowest century.

5. Sanjay Manjrekar – 500 minutes

Former Indian batsman Sanjay Manjrekar is at fifth number in the list of batsmen who have scored the slowest century in the history of Test cricket. Manjrekar had scored the fifth slowest century against Zimbabwe in Harare in 1992. He batted for 500 minutes in this match.

6. Peter Richardson – 488 minutes

Former England opener Peter Richardson is at sixth place in the list of batsmen who have scored the slowest century in the history of Test cricket. Richardson batted for 488 minutes against South Africa in Johannesburg in 1956, after which he scored the sixth slowest century.

7. Keith Fletcher – 458 minutes

Former England batsman Keith Fletcher is at seventh place in the list of batsmen who have scored the slowest century in the history of Test cricket. Fletcher scored the seventh slowest century against Pakistan at The Oval in 1974. He batted for 458 minutes in this match.

Triple Century In Test & Double Hundred In ODIs: In the history of international cricket, many fearsome batsmen have come and gone, but there have been only a few batsmen who have registered their names in the pages of history. In international cricket, very few batsmen have been able to create fear among the bowlers, among which the names of former Indian opener Virender Sehwag and former West Indies opener Chris Gayle come on top. They scored a lot of runs with their batting in all three formats and both were successful in achieving a feat which no batsman has been able to do till date.

Virender Sehwag made a big record

India’s explosive former opening batsman Virender Sehwag is the first player in the history of international cricket to score two triple centuries in Tests and a double century in ODIs. Sehwag had created history by scoring the first triple century against Pakistan while the second triple century was scored in the match played with South Africa. In the year 2004, he played an inning of 309 runs in Multan. In the year 2008, he set a new record by scoring 319 runs against South Africa in Chennai. Sehwag has a total of 8,586 runs in his name in 104 Test matches, in which his average was 49.34 and the best score is 319 runs.

In One Day International, Sehwag scored a double century on 8 December 2011 in the match played against West Indies at Holkar Stadium, Indore. Sehwag had scored 219 runs in 149 balls with the help of 25 fours and 7 sixes. He scored a total of 8,273 runs in 251 ODI matches, in which he has 15 centuries and 38 half-centuries.

Chris Gayle also made a great record

In the history of international cricket, the second player in the world to score two triple centuries in Tests and one double century in ODIs is former West Indies star opener Chris Gayle. Gayle had made this great record against South Africa and Sri Lanka. Chris Gayle had scored 317 runs against South Africa in 2005, while in 2010 he had scored 333 runs against Sri Lanka in Galle.

Chris Gayle played an inning of 215 runs during the 2015 ODI World Cup against Zimbabwe in Canberra. He played this historic innings with the help of 10 fours and 16 sixes in 147 balls. Gayle scored a total of 10,480 runs in 301 ODI matches, in which he has 25 centuries and 54 half-centuries.