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Cricket Highlights of 18 October 2024:
Today’s Top News: Today’s Top Cricket News
- IND vs NZ: Rohit Sharma’s heart broke after losing his wicket on the ball of Ajaz Patel, Hitman stood with his head bowed
- Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Sai Sudarshan scored a double century while playing for Tamil Nadu in the match against Delhi.
- IND vs NZ: Another milestone in Virat’s name, completed 9 thousand runs in Test
- Tim Southee (93) overtakes Virender Sehwag (91) in terms of most sixes in Tests.
- Pakistan defeated England by 152 runs in the second test, won the test match after 1348 days.
- Shakib Al Hasan confirms he is unlikely to return to Bangladesh amid unrest
- SA20 2025: Paarl Royals appoint Trevor Penney as head coach
Today’s Societyl Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today?
#INDvsNZ #ViratKohli #RohitSharma #RachinRavindra #SarfarazKhan #Jaiswal #Chinnaswamy #Ashwin #Kiwis #Pant
#PAKvsENG #Multan #BenStokes #Sajid
#RanjiTrophy #SaiSudharsan
#RahulDravid
Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and statistics to be made today, October 18, 2024
1. Most centuries in international cricket in India since 2023
- 9 – Shubhman Gill (43 innings)
6 – Virat Kohli (34 innings)
6 – Rohit Sharma (43 innings)
4 – Quinton de Kock (10 innings)
4 – Rachin Ravindra (11 innings)
3 – Glenn Maxwell (13 innings)
3 – Shreyas Iyer (27 innings)
2. Highest test wickets for India since 2022
- 99 – R Ashwin (40 innings)
74 – Ravindra Jadeja (33 innings)
65 – Jasprit Bumrah (26 innings)
44 – Mohammed Siraj (34 innings)
30 – Kuldeep Yadav (11 innings)
3. Most sixes in Test
- 131 – Ben Stokes (192 innings)
107 – Brendon McCullum (176 innings)
100 – Adam Gilchrist (137 innings)
98 – Chris Gayle (182 innings)
97 – Jacques Kallis (280 innings)
93 – Tim Southee (148 innings)
91 – Virender Sehwag (180 innings)
89 – Rohit Sharma (107 innings)
88 – Brian Lara (232 innings)
4. Two players who have taken all 20 wickets of the opposition team in a Test
- Monty Noble (13/77) and Hugh Trumbull (7/87) vs England, Melbourne, 1902
Colin Blythe (11/102) and George Hurst (9/86) vs Australia, Birmingham, 1909
Albert Vogler (12/181) and Aubrey Faulkner (8/160) vs England, Johannesburg, 1910
Jim Laker (19/90) and Tony Lock (1/106) vs Australia, Manchester, 1956
Fazal Mahmood (13/114) and Khan Mohammad (7/112) vs Australia, Karachi, 1956
Bob Massey (16/137) and Dennis Lillee (4/140) vs England, Lord’s, 1972
Noman Ali (11/147) and Sajid Khan (9/204) vs England, Multan, 2024
5. Best bowling figures in WTC (match)
- 14/225 – Ajaz Patel vs India, Wankhede, 2021
12/106 – Gus Atkinson vs West Indies, Lord’s, 2024
12/128 – Sajid Khan vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2021
12/131 – R Ashwin vs West Indies, Roseau, 2023
12/177 – Prabhat Jayasuriya vs Australia, Galle, 2022
11/70 – Axar Patel vs England, Ahmedabad, 2021
11/99 – Nathan Lyon vs India, Indore, 2023
11/117 – Kyle Jamieson vs Pakistan, Christchurch, 2021
11/136 – Ramesh Mendis vs West Indies, Galle, 2021
11/147 – Noman Ali vs England, Multan, 2024
6. Highest partnership for the 8th wicket in Test matches against India
- 137 – Rachin Ravindra and Tim Southee, Bengaluru, 2024
124 – Viv Richards and Keith Boyce, Delhi, 1974
112 – Imran Khan and Wasim Akram, Chennai, 1987
108 – Liam Dawson and Adil Rashid. Chennai, 2016
102 – Joe Root and Ollie Robinson, Chennai, 2021
7. Best bowling figures in test matches in Pakistan
- 9/56 – Abdul Qadir vs England, Lahore, 1987
8/46 – Noman Ali vs England, Multan, 2024
8/58 – Imran Khan vs Sri Lanka, Lahore, 1982
8/60 – Imran Khan vs India, Karachi, 1982
8/83 – Rumesh Ratnayake vs Pakistan, Sialkot, 1985
8/85 – Kapil Dev vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1983
8/164 – Saqlain Mushtaq vs England, Lahore, 2000
8. Innings played to score 9000 test runs (by Indians)
- 176 – Rahul Dravid
179 – Sachin Tendulkar
192 – Sunil Gavaskar
197 – Virat Kohli
9. Most runs in Test cricket (by Indians)
- 15921 – Sachin Tendulkar (53.78 average)
13288 – Rahul Dravid (52.31 average)
10122 – Sunil Gavaskar (51.12 average)
9017 – Virat Kohli (48.74 average)
8781 – VVS Laxman (45.97 average)
8586 – Virender Sehwag (49.34 average)
10. Most runs in a one-day Test match in India
- 470 – India vs Sri Lanka, Brabourne, 2009
453 – India vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024
437 – India vs Bangladesh, Kanpur, 2024
418 – India vs Australia, Mohali, 2013
417 – India vs Sri Lanka, Kanpur, 2009
407 – India vs Bangladesh, Indore, 2019
11. Lost matches in WTC
- 23 – England (61 matches)
21 – Bangladesh (27 matches)
21 – West Indies (35 matches)
17 – South Africa (34 matches)
17 – Pakistan (35 matches)
16 – Sri Lanka (33 matches)
15 – New Zealand (34* matches)
13 – India (49* matches)
10 – Australia (46 matches)