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Indian women's cricket team openers Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut have become the first pair in women's ODIs to share a 300-plus stand for any wicket. The duo put up a 320-run stand against Ireland's women team during the ongoing quadrangular series in South Africa on Monday. Both players brought up their maiden ODI centuries during the partnership.

India women registered their biggest ever ODI win margin and highest overall in 14 years, defeating Ireland by 249 runs in the ongoing quadrangular series in South Africa on Monday. Indian openers Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut shared a 320-run stand, taking India's total to 358/2. Ireland were all out for 109, with spinner Rajeshwari Gayakwad taking four wickets.

Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner became the fastest player to score 4,000 runs in the IPL, reaching the milestone with a six off Piyush Chawla against Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday. Warner achieved the feat in his 114th IPL innings, and became the first overseas player and the fifth batsman overall to touch the 4,000-run mark in IPL.

Mumbai Indians pacer Jasprit Bumrah registered his best-ever T20 figures in his 100th T20 match, taking 3/7 in the second IPL qualifier against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. Bumrah took the wickets of Chris Lynn, Robin Uthappa and Suryakumar Yadav to give MI a six-wicket win over KKR. The pacer's previous-best figures were 3/10, in a domestic match last year.

Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has become the second player to score over 300 runs in all IPL editions. Rohit completed 300 runs in this edition, in the qualifier against Kolkata Knight Riders on Friday. Gujarat Lions captain Suresh Raina, who is IPL's highest run-getter overall, is the only other player to achieve the feat.

Rising Pune Supergiant player MS Dhoni has set the record for most IPL finals reached by a player, with the 2017 final against Mumbai Indians being his seventh in ten seasons. This is also his first as a non-captain, after having led Chennai Super Kings in six finals. Dhoni has won the title twice with CSK, in 2010 and 2011.

Newly-crowned champions Chelsea set the record for most wins in a single Premier League season, registering their 30th win in this edition's final match on Sunday. Chelsea defeated relegated Sunderland 5-1 to go past their own record of 29 wins in a single season, registered in 2004-05 and 2005-06. The match was Chelsea captain John Terry's last for the club.

Arsenal failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 1996-1997 season, finishing their 2016-17 PL campaign at fifth place. Starting a point behind fourth-placed Liverpool, Arsenal defeated Everton 3-1 but Liverpool and Manchester City both registered victories to ensure top-four finishes. Liverpool will play in the Champions League for the first time since 2014-15.

Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first bowler to win the Purple Cap in two successive IPL seasons, ending the 2017 edition as the highest wicket-taker. Bhuvneshwar finished IPL 2017 with 26 wickets from 14 matches, while he had picked up 23 wickets in 17 matches last season. He claimed his first T20 five-wicket haul in this IPL season.

Rising Pune Supergiant all-rounder Ben Stokes was named IPL 2017's Most Valuable Player at the conclusion of the tournament on Sunday. Stokes, bought by RPS for ₹14.5 crore, was the most expensive player in the IPL 2017 auction. He scored 316 runs in 12 matches this season, including a century and a fifty, besides taking 12 wickets.

During the 2000 Champions Trophy, Sachin Tendulkar told Australian bowler Glenn McGrath that he would "hit him out of the ground". "He got really angry and started spraying the ball around... My sledging did work for the team," Sachin later recalled. McGrath failed to take a single wicket in that match as Australia were eliminated in the tournament quarter-finals.

South African bowlers on Monday reduced England to 20/6 in the first five overs, effecting the quickest fall of first six wickets in ODI history. England managed to reach 153 as Kagiso Rabada picked up four wickets for the Proteas. Hashim Amla's 54-ball 55 and Quinton de Kock's 39-ball 34 helped South Africa reach the target with 21.1 overs remaining.

Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan became the first pair to share three century partnerships in Champions Trophy history, following their 136-run stand against Pakistan on Sunday. Their previous two century stands came in Champions Trophy 2013, against South Africa and West Indies. This is also the third time Dhawan and Rohit have had century partnerships in back-to-back matches.

Bangladesh suffered the worst four-wicket collapse in Champions Trophy history, going from 181/6 to 182 all out against Australia on Monday. Bangladesh lost four wickets in 15 balls, with Australian pacer Mitchell Starc taking all of them. The previous worst four-wicket collapse in CT was recorded by India in 2000, when they went from 293/2 to 295/6 against South Africa.

India equalled Australia's record for the most number of 300+ scores in ODI cricket, scoring their 95th 300+ score on the way to 321/6 against Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy on Thursday. This was India's fifth consecutive 300+ ODI total, the second-best streak in ODI cricket, behind Australia's six consecutive 300+ scores in 2007.

Indian wicketkeeper MS Dhoni completed 50 dismissals in ICC ODI tournaments, reaching the milestone during the Champions Trophy group match against South Africa on Sunday. He is the fourth keeper to do so, with Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara leading the list. Dhoni effected two dismissals in the match, dismissing Hashim Amla and Kagiso Rabada caught behind.

Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga on Monday became the second highest wicket-taker in ICC ODI tournaments after taking his 68th wicket against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy 2017 group match. Malinga surpassed his former teammate Chaminda Vaas's tally of 67 wickets. Notably, Zaheer Khan is the highest wicket taker for India in these tournaments with 59 wickets in 32 matches.

Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the fastest to 8,000 ODI runs, accomplishing the feat in his 175th innings in the Champions Trophy semi-final against Bangladesh on Thursday. Virat, who needed 88 runs to complete 8,000 ODI runs, went past South Africa's AB de Villiers, who had taken 182 innings. Virat is the eighth Indian to aggregate 8,000 ODI runs.

Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has set the record for most appearances by a player in ICC tournament finals, with the Champions Trophy final against Pakistan on Sunday being his career's seventh. Yuvraj has played three Champions Trophy finals in 2000, 2002 and 2017, two World T20 finals in 2007 and 2014, and two World Cup finals in 2003 and 2011.