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The bat used by MS Dhoni in the 2011 World Cup final holds the record for being the most expensive bat in cricket history. It was auctioned for £100,000 (then ₹72 lakh) at the 'East Meets West' Charity Dinner in London in July 2011 and bought by Mumbai-based investment firm RK Global. The proceedings went to Dhoni's wife's charitable organisation.

Pakistani batsman Younis Khan became the first player in cricket history to score centuries in 11 nations, after scoring his first ton in Australia in Sydney on Thursday. Younis also became the second batsman in the history to score a century in all ten Test-playing nations. Former Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid was the first-ever player to achieve this feat

Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne bowled a big leg-break as his first delivery in an Ashes Test to clean bowl England's Mike Gatting. The flighted delivery drifted in, then dipped and eventually hit Gatting's off-stump with a sharp turn and is commonly known as 'the ball of the century'. Shane Warne made his Test debut on January 2, 1992.

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The first Indian gymnast to qualify for Olympic finals, Dipa Karmakar has received ₹25 lakh cash after returning the BMW she was presented as a reward for her performance. Karmakar had to return the car as her hometown Agartala did not have a BMW service centre. According to her coach, Karmakar has bought a Hyundai Elantra with the amount.

American Tennis player Serena Williams on Thursday announced her engagement to social news website Reddit's 33-year-old Co-founder Alexis Ohanian. While Williams announced her engagement via a poem in a Reddit post, Ohanian wrote on his page, "She said Yes". Williams, 35, has been dating Ohanian for over a year.

Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the ICC Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year during the year-end ICC awards. Ashwin, the top-ranked Test bowler and all-rounder, scored 612 runs and took 72 wickets in Tests this year, including eight five-wicket hauls. He is also the only Indian in the ICC Test team of the year.

Former Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath got out on the first ball he faced in international cricket, in his debut Test match in 1993. The pacer again bagged a first-ball dismissal, called a golden duck, in his debut ODI match on December 9, 1993, against South Africa. Interestingly, McGrath was dismissed for zero 49 times in his international career.

Wankhede Stadium, located in the heart of Mumbai, has been special for cricket lovers in the country, but did you know that when it comes to test cricket, especially against England, our luck hasn't exactly been favourable?

1) India has not won a single test match against England at Wankhede Stadium.
2) This is the first test match in Wankhede in 3 years.
3) The God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, played his final, 200th test match on his home ground at Wankhede.
4) India won its first World Cup after 1983 at Wankhede Stadium.
5) The Mumbai Cricket Authority has discounted ticket prices for the upcoming test, the cheapest ticket costing 100 rupees.