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Remembering Shane Warne on his birth anniversary: ​​Stats, interesting facts and protests against India – India Times Hindi News

September 13, 2022
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Shane Warne’s birth anniversary: Shane Warne was one of the greatest spinners to ever play this game. The former Australia spinner gave innumerable scintillating spells throughout his career. Warne passed away in March this year while on vacation in Thailand. On his 53rd birth anniversary, it’s time to find out some of Warne’s remarkable stats, interesting facts and his best performance against India.

career statistics

  1. With 708 wickets in his kitty, Warne is the second highest wicket-taker in the history of Test cricket.
  2. Warne is also the second bowler after Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka to take 1000 wickets in ODIs and Tests.
  3. In ODIs, Warne has taken 293 wickets in 194 matches.
  4. With 37 five-wicket hauls, Warne is second in the list of bowlers with most five-wicket hauls in an innings.
  5. In 2005, Warne took 96 Test wickets and became the highest wicket-taker in a calendar year
  6. In the batting department, Warne has 13 international half-centuries to his name.

interesting fact

  1. Warne was one of the top five players on the elite list of Wisden Cricketers of the Century in 2000
  2. In 1993, he produced the ‘Ball of the Century’ to dismiss England batsman Mike Gatting
  3. He was banned from cricket for a year in 2003 after being found guilty of drugs
  4. Warne was an integral member of Australia’s 1999 World Cup winning team
  5. With 20 wickets to his name, Warne emerged as the joint-highest wicket-taker of the 1999 World Cup
  6. Warne also became the first captain to win the Indian Premier League (IPL) after leading Rajasthan Royals to the title in 2008.

protest against india

  1. Warne’s best Test bowling performance against India was in 2004. The leg-spinner took six for 125 against India in the first innings.
  2. In 2001, he registered figures of 4/47 to bundle out India for 176 in the first innings. Australia won the test match by a huge margin of 10 wickets.
  3. In the first Test against India in 1998, Warne took four for 85 in the first innings. However, his bowling efforts eventually proved futile as Australia lost the match by 179 runs.
  4. Warne had another remarkable bowling performance against India during the first Test in 1999. Warne wrote figures of 4/92 in the first innings.
  5. In ODIs, his best figures against India were in 2001. Warne took three wickets for 38 runs in 10 runs.

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