Cricket is a game where new players shine every day and make many records. At present, there are thousands of such cricket players who have many records to their name, and they are great players in themselves, but today in this post I will tell you about 10 great players, or GOAT players.
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full form of goat in cricket
In sports or cricket, the full form of GOAT is Greatest Of All Time.
What is the meaning of goat in cricket?
Goat in cricket and sports means Greatest of all time”—this word is used to describe a player. It is described about that player that he is the best, he is great, and he is the greatest of all time.
Jacques Kallis, Sachin Tendulkar, Don Bradman, Ricky Ponting, Ms Dhoni, these top players are still the goat of cricket.
Brian Lara
Brian Lara is the first player after Sir Don Bradman who scored huge scores very fast and like a mountain.
Brian Lara created history playing an unbeaten innings of 400 runs in Test cricket against England in 2004, which still stands today, and in the first-class cricket match, he played a brilliant unbeaten innings of 501 runs against Durham in 1994. Even today, both these innings are the highest individual scores in Test cricket and first-class cricket.
Brian Lara is called the 2nd god of cricket because of his great records in test cricket, first-class cricket, and many more.
Brian Lara Stats Batting
| Formats | Match | Runs | Best score | 100s |
| Test | 133 | 11953 | 400* | 34 |
| ODIs | 299 | 10405 | 169 | 19 |
| T20Is | 3 | 99 | 65 | 0 |
| List A | 429 | 14602 | 166 | 27 |
| First Class | 261 | 22156 | 501* | 65 |
Brian Lara Stats bowling
| Formats | Match | Wickets | Best Figure |
| Test | 133 | 0 | |
| ODIs | 299 | 4 | 2/5 |
| T20Is | 3 | 0 | |
| List A | 429 | 5 | 1/4 |
| First Class | 261 | 4 | 1/18 |
Key Points-
1. International test match most runs in an innings—400 runs
2. 8th player who scored the most centuries in international cricket—53
Rahul Dravid
Rahul Dravid, who is called the wall of test cricket, the bowlers of the opposing team used to get tired of bowling but were unable to get Dravid out. This is the reason why he is known as the” god of test cricket.”
Rahul Dravid Stats Batting
| Formats | Match | Runs | Best score | 100s |
| Test | 164 | 13288 | 270 | 36 |
| ODIs | 344 | 10889 | 153 | 12 |
| T20Is | 1 | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| List A | 449 | 15271 | 149 | 21 |
| First Class | 298 | 23794 | 270 | 68 |
Rahul Dravid Stats Bowling
| Formats | Match | Wickets | Best figure |
| Test | 164 | 1 | 1/18 |
| ODIs | 344 | 4 | 2/43 |
| T20Is | 1 | 0 | _____ |
| List A | 449 | 4 | 1/20 |
| First Class | 298 | 6 | 2/30 |
Key Points –
1.Most nineties in a test cricket career—10
2. Most catches in Test cricket career—210
3. Fastest 9000 runs in Test cricket—176 innings