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2019

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is the 1st Indian player to reach the 350-game mark in ODI?
A
Sachin Tendulkar
B
Kapil Dev
C
Sourav Ganguly
D
Rahul Dravid
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -MS Dhoni became the only second Indian player to reach the 350-game mark in One-Day International cricket, the first being Sachin Tendulkar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kapil Dev was the first Indian to score an ODI hundred, after he hit 175*(138) against Zimbabwe during the 1983 World Cup, which India went on to win. Dev, who turned 58 on Friday, achieved the feat in what was India’s 45th ODI.

Detailed explanation-3: -In men’s cricket, the first player to score a double century was India’s Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 200 not out against South Africa at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, on 24 February 2010.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Virendra Sehwag, Ishan Kishan, and Shubman Gill are the players from India to score a double century in ODIs.

Detailed explanation-5: -ODI was the favourite format of Sachin Tendulkar in which he has scored the most number of half-centuries (145), hit the most boundaries (2016), and was the fastest batsman to reach 18,000 runs.

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