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“Don Bradman” was an Australian international cricketer. Sir Donald George Bradman (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed “The Don”, was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman’s career test batting average of 99.94 has been cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.

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Rohit Sharma got the most runs in the 2019 Cricket World Cup. The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men’s national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May to 14 July in England and a single venue in Wales. The final between England and New Zealand ended in a tie after the match ended with both teams scoring 241 runs, followed by the first Super Over in an ODI; England won the title, their first, on the boundary countback rule after the Super Over also finished level.

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Great Britain won the Gold medal in the cricket game at the 1900 Paris Olympics, which was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics. Cricket was included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal. This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics.

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Cricket sport’s reference book is “Wisden”.Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, or simply Wisden, colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description “bible of cricket” was first used in the 1930s by Alec Waugh. In October 2013, an all-time Test World XI was announced to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.

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Virat Kohli was the 2018 Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World. He consecutively won the award three times from 2016 to 2018.

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Kabaddi is the national sports of Bangladesh. In rural Bangladesh, several traditional indigenous sports such as Kabaddi, Boli Khela, Lathi Khela and Nouka Baich remain fairly popular. While Kabaddi is the national sport, Cricket is the most popular sport in the country followed by football.

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India is the most successful team winning the most number of  Kabaddi World Cups. The Kabaddi World Cup is an indoor international Kabaddi competition conducted by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF) in a standard style, contested by men’s and women’s national teams. The competition has been previously contested in 2004, 2007 and 2016. All the tournaments have been won by India.

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India ranked first in the International Kabaddi Federation’s top 10 Kabaddi teams. The top 10 teams according to the International Kabaddi Federation are India, Iran, Pakistan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Poland, England, United States, Japan.

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International Hockey Federation is the highest governing body of the “Field Hockey”. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) is the international governing body of field hockey and indoor field hockey. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. FIH is responsible for field hockey’s major international tournaments, notably the World Cup.

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South Korea won the 2019 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup.