Born on March 31, 1983, Hashim Mohammad Amla is a South African cricketer. A right-handed top order batsman and occasional medium-pace bowler, Amla bats at number 3 for South Africa in Test matches and has opened in limited overs contests. He is currently batting at number 4 for South Africa and captains the National ODI team in absence of the regular captain, AB de Villiers. In January 2011 Amla became the fastest cricketer to reach 2000 Runs in ODIs in his 40th ODI innings.
He is currently ranked by the International Cricket Council as the world’s number 3 batsman in Test and One Day Internationals (ODIs). Amla became the first South African to score a Test match triple century when he scored 311 not out against England in 2012. In the 57th innings of his one-day international career, Amla became the fastest batsman to score 3,000 ODI runs, requiring 12 innings fewer than Sir Vivian Richards. Also on 8 December 2013, he became the fastest batsman to score 4,000 ODI runs, requiring 8 innings fewer than Sir Vivian Richards. In his 57th match, Hashim Amla became the fastest cricketer to reach 10 centuries in ODIs. In 2013, Hashim Amla became the first batsman since Ricky Ponting to head both the Test and ODI rankings at the same time in the latest ICC charts. In 2014 he became the fastest cricketer to reach 15 centuries in ODIs in his 86th inning. In the same year he became the fastest cricketer to reach 16 centuries in ODIs in his 94th inning and fastest cricketer to 17 centuries in ODIs in his 98th inning. He scored 5 hundreds in ODIs in 2014. On 16th January 2015 against West Indies he became the fastest to reach 5000 runs in ODIs in his 101st inning. On 18th January 2015 he became the fastest cricketer to 18 centuries in ODIs in his 102nd inning. On 28th January he became the fastest cricketer to reach 19 centuries in ODIs in his 107th inning. He has scored ODI centuries against all test playing countries and only the 4th person to do so. He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2013.
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Questions of this week:
1. Who emerged was top scorer for J&K in the recently held Ranji trophy match against Railways?
2. For which team Steve Smith played in IPL-7?
3. Who is the coach of cricketer Ian Dev Singh?
4. Who is the president of Jammu & Kashmir Badminton Association?
5. Who is Ishfaq Ahmed?
Answers of the last week:
1. Aditya Pratap Singh 2. Rajasthan Royals 3. Virender Sharma 4. Mr Sharma 5. President J&K Indian Style Wrestling Association.
The best entry of this week was received from Tushar Mahajan, H No-55, Lower Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu.
The other entries of the week were from Sanjay Dhar, R/o Lane No-1, H-No 3, Upper Laxmi Nagar, Sarwal, Jammu; Raj Kumar, Krishna Nagar, Jammu; Surjeet Singh, Nanak Nagar, Jammu; Ajay Koul, Anand Nagar, Bohri, Jammu and Mohan Lal, Kathua.
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