Unique record in cricket history! More than 100 ODIs, but this player was not out on zero even once

There are many such records in the history of cricket which surprise the fans, but a unique record of former Australian and South African batsman Kepler Wessels remains in the news even today. Wessels is the only batsman in the world who has played more than 100 ODI matches, but despite this he has never been out for a ‘duck’ i.e. zero in his ODI career.

Unique record in the name of this player

Kepler Wessels played a total of 109 ODI matches in his international career, in which he scored a total of 3367 runs in 105 innings. During this period, he scored 1 century and 26 half-centuries. In his international career, Wessels played many important innings and gave a strong start to the team, but the most important thing was that he did not return to the pavilion even once without opening the account. This achievement makes him very special in cricket history.

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Played international cricket for two countries

Let us tell you, Kepler Wessels has played international cricket for two countries. He started his career with the Australia cricket team, but later he also played for the South Africa national team. Talking about Wessels’ international career, he has played 40 test matches, in which he scored 2788 runs. He has 6 centuries and 15 half-centuries to his name in Tests. Apart from this, he scored 3367 runs in 109 ODI matches. Wessels’ statistics in his first class career are excellent. He has scored more than 24000 runs in 316 first class matches. During this period, 66 centuries have been recorded in his name. If we talk about List-A, he has more than 12 thousand runs in his name.