If we talk about cricket history, till now there have been many legendary players. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting, Virender Sehwag, Steve Waugh, Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Brian Lara, Courtney Walsh, Viv Richards, you go on taking names but this list will never end.
Some of these players have been good batsmen, some players have been good bowlers, while some players were also great all-rounders. All-round players have a very important role in ODIs. Till now there have been many such all-rounders who have won matches for the team with both their bowling and batting.
If a team has 2-3 good all-rounders then that team becomes very balanced. At the same time, there are many players who are part-time bowlers but take wickets on critical occasions and win matches for the team.
India has won 2 World Cups so far and all-rounders contributed a lot in both of them. All-rounders come in handy on crucial occasions and contribute a lot in winning big tournaments.
In this article today, we take a look at 3 players who score century and took 5 wickets haul in the same ODI match.
Rohan Mustafa
Rohan Mustafa of UAE did this feat against Papua New Guinea in 2017. Rohan Mustafa was the captain of the UAE team in that match played in Abu Dhabi. He played an innings of 109 runs in 125 balls with the help of 7 fours and 1 six. Apart from this, he also performed tremendously with the ball, taking 5 wickets for 25 runs in just 8.2 overs.
Paul Collingwood
At number two in this list is former England cricket team captain Paul Collingwood. Paul Collingwood did this feat against Bangladesh in Nottingham on 21st June 2005. He took 6 wickets for just 31 runs in that match and also played an unbeaten innings of 112 runs.
England had made a huge score of 391 runs in that match and Collingwood played this tremendous innings in just 86 balls. Bangladesh’s team could only manage 223 runs in reply and they had to face defeat by 168 runs.
Viv Richards
This feat was achieved for the first time by former West Indies legend Viv Richards. Viv Richards was famous for his explosive batting and even the biggest bowlers used to fear in front of him. Although he also has 118 wickets to his name in ODI cricket, it shows that he was also a useful bowler.
Viv Richards scored 119 runs in just 113 balls against New Zealand on 18th March 1987. After that, he then contributed with the ball in hand, taking 5 wickets for 41 runs in 10 overs.