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10 Cricket Legends Who Almost Made History – But Didn’t!

By Vinod Rajbhar            July 11, 2025

Shoaib Akhtar 

He was on a mission to make 100 wickets in Test cricket. However, he could not reach the target due to his injury. 

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Virat Kohli 

He has made centuries in all formats. But he was unable to hit a century in the test matches. He came close to hitting a century but failed. 

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Michael Clark 

Clark against India in test matches could have made the record for the highest individual runs (400), but announced the innings declaration at 329. 

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Muttiah Muralitharan 

He has always desired to take a hat-trick, but he has always missed the last wicket and could never make it. 

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Jacques Kallis 

Kallis has made numerous centuries in all forms, but in the T20 matches, it was never tough for him. 

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AB de Villiers  

His target in the ODIs was to hit 150, but he couldn't make it. Unfortunately, he was caught out at 149. 

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Rahul Dravid 

He has made countless centuries in test matches, but could not reach to triple centuries. 

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Anil Kumble  

Kumble has taken a total of 10 wickets in the test matches against Pakistan. After that match, he was unable to take 10 wickets again.

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Brian Lara 

He has scored a total of 400 runs in test matches, but he has never been able to repeat that again. He made runs closer to it multiple times but did not succeed. 

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Sachin Tendulkar 

He was so close to making a double century in several ODI matches. But he was dismissed at just 190 runs multiple times. 

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