Pakistan’s T20I skipper Salman Ali Agha on Sunday, November 23, went past former India head coach Rahul Dravid to become the cricketer to have played the most men’s internationals in a calendar year.
Salman Ali Agha started the year with a Test series against South Africa and is currently playing a T20I tri-series against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. He has now played 54 matches this year (Picture credit: AFP)
Rahul Dravid played 53 matches in 1999, a record that was broken on Sunday. It started with a Test series against New Zealand and ended with the Boxing Day Test. It was a good year for him with the bat as well, as he went on to score 10 hundreds across formats (Picture credit: AFP)
Mohammad Yousuf also played 53 matches in the year 2000. He began the year with an ODI series against Australia and finished with a Test series against England (Picture credit: AP)
MS Dhoni also played 53 matches in the year 2007. He started with an ODI series vs the Windies and finished with the Boxing Day Test. He scored one hundred and 12 fifties across formats that year (Picture credit: AFP)
Former South Africa all-rounder Lance Klusener played 52 matches in the year 2000 (Picture credit: AFP)
Paul Collingwood played 52 matches in 2007. He started with the Ashes and finished with a Test series against Sri Lanka (Picture credit: AFP)
Angelo Mathews played 52 matches in the year 2014. He started with the Test series against Pakistan and ended with another Test series vs New Zealand. He scored three hundreds and 17 fifties across formats that year (Picture credit: AFP)
