Cricket Records: Big records have been made in the 150-year history of Test cricket, but do you know that in the 146-year history of Test cricket, only 3 players have managed to score a century apart from taking 10 wickets in a Test? However, today we will talk about those cricketers who, apart from taking 10 wickets in a Test, have also achieved the feat of scoring a century.
ian botham
The first name in this list is that of former England all-rounder Ian Botham. In fact, in the history of Test cricket, Ian Botham was the first to score a century in addition to taking 10 wickets in a match. This English all-rounder had achieved this feat against India in the year 1980. In that test, Ian Botham played a brilliant century of 114 runs as a batsman in the first innings. After this, 13 batsmen of the Indian team were made their victims in both the innings combined.
imran khan
After Ian Botham, the second name in this list is that of former legendary Pakistan captain Imran Khan. Imran Khan had accomplished this feat against India in Faisalabad in 1983. In the first innings of that test, Imran Khan played a century inning of 117 runs. Whereas as a bowler, he had dismissed 11 Indian batsmen in both the innings combined.
shakib al hassan
Shakib Al Hasan is the third name in this list after Ian Botham and Imran Khan. Former Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan had achieved this feat in the test match against Zimbabwe in 2014. As a batsman, Shakib Al Hasan had scored 137 runs in the first innings of that test. Whereas as a bowler, he made 10 Zimbabwean batsmen his victims.
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