·     Rahul Dravid [ Images ] was dismissed without scoring in the second final of the VB triangular series against Australia [ Images ]. Before that, he had managed to open his account in 120 consecutive innings -- a world record. The previous record was held by New Zealander Martin Crowe with 119 innings.

·     Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to aggregate 13,000 runs in ODIs during the series against Pakistan.

·     Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ] completed his 10,000 runs in ODIs in Champions Trophy [ Images ] match against India [ Images ] to become second batsman in the world to do so. All ten Indian batsmen were dismissed caught in this match -- sixth such instance in ODIs.

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·     Zimbabwe's Tatenda Taibu became the youngest player to captain a side in ODIs at the age of 20 years 342 days against Sri Lanka [ Images ], breaking Pakistan's Waqar Younis' [ Images ] world record. Taibu, however, could keep this record with him for only four months as Bangladesh's Rajin Saleh led his side for the first time during ICC [ Images ] Champions Trophy at 20 years 297 days.

·     Pakistan's Mohammad Sami [ Images ] bowled a 17-ball over against Bangladesh in the last league match of Asia Cup, which consisted of 7 wides and 4 no-balls -- the longest over ever bowled in ODIs.

·     Australia's Adam Gilchrist [ Images ] made 172 off just 126 balls in a VB Series match against Zimbabwe to post the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODIs.

·     Gilchrist also effected 6 dismissals against Sri Lanka at Colombo to equal the world record. This record has now been made on six occasions and Gilchrist has done it four times!

·     Pakistan's Shoaib Malik [ Images ] took 4 for 19 after scoring 118 against Hong Kong in Asia Cup to perform one of the best all-round performances in game's history.

·     693 runs were scored for the loss of 15 wickets in the opening match of the five-match series between Pakistan and India at Karachi - the highest match aggregate in an ODI. The previous record was of 664 runs between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in a Singer Cup match at Singapore in 1995-96.

·     Former Ranji player Rahul Sharma made his ODI debut for Hong Kong at the age of 43 years 306 days -- third oldest player to play in ODIs. Sharma was also captaining Hong Kong in this match - only Normon Gifford of England [ Images ] has captained an ODI side at an older age for the first time.