Cricket highlights of 18th September 2024:

Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news

• ‘It is indeed an honour to have him in the team’ Gautam Gambhir on Jasprit Bumrah
• ‘Retirement is just a joke in today’s time’ Rohit Sharma made a sharp attack on players reversing their decision
• GMR Group, co-owner of IPL team Delhi Capitals has signed a blockbuster deal worth 1200 crores with English county cricket team Hampshire and acquired 49% stake
• I think Gautam Gambhir is a bit misunderstood because of his body language: Harsha Bhogle
• Hardik Pandya is practicing hard with the red ball
• Punjab Kings appoint Ricky Ponting as head coach for IPL 2025 season
• “Best ODI innings by an Indian…”, said Gautam Gambhir about Virat Kohli’s 183-run innings against Pakistan in 2012
• I think Gautam Gambhir is a bit misunderstood because of his body language: Harsha Bhogle
• India head coach Gautam Gambhir heaped praise on Virat Kohli for building a strong bowling line-up during his tenure

Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today?

#SLvsNZ #KaminduMendis

Sri Lankan batsman Kamindu Mendis scored 117 runs in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand. Kamindu has scored his fourth Test century in the seventh Test of his career, due to which he is making headlines.

#IPL2025 #RickyPonting

Punjab Kings have appointed Ricky Ponting as head coach for the IPL 2025 season.

#ViratKohli #GautamGambhir

BCCI has released the interviews of Virat Kohli and head coach Gautam Gambhir, due to which both the legends are making headlines.

#INDvBAN #Jadeja #RohitSharma #WTC25 #TestCricket #Axar

The first test match between India and Bangladesh will be played tomorrow from 19th September, due to which Rohit-Jadeja are trending.

#SLvsAFG #Afghanistan #Sharjah

The Afghanistan team is making headlines after they bowled out South Africa for 106 runs in 33.3 overs in the first ODI.

Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today on 18 September 2024

1. Most wickets lost by teams in the first 10 overs of an innings in ODIs

7 – Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe, Sharjah, 2016 (Powerplay score: 48/7)

7 – South Africa vs Afghanistan, Sharjah, 2024 (Powerplay score: 36/7)

2. Highest average in Test cricket (minimum 500 runs scored) (active players)

80.90 – Kamindu Mendis (809 runs)

68.53 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (1028 runs)

56.97 – Steven Smith (9685 runs)

56.30 – Saud Shakeel (1126 runs)

54.98 – Kane Williamson (8743 runs)

53.72 – Harry Brooke (1558 runs)

3. Most runs after the first 11 innings in Test matches

968 – Everton Weekes

937 – Vinod Kambli

888 – Sunil Gavaskar

872 – Herbert Sutcliffe

861 – Don Bradman

818 – Harry Brooke

809 – Kamindu Mendis

4. Most Test centuries among players currently aged 26 or under

7 – Ollie Pope

5 – Harry Brooke

5 – Nazmul Hussain Shanto

5 – Rishabh Pant

4 – Abdullah Shafiq

4 – Kamindu Mendis

4 – Zak Crawley

4 – Shubman Gill

5. Most runs for Sri Lanka in Tests after the first 10 innings

695 – Kamindu Mendis

640 – Mahela Jayawardene

581 – Thilan Samaraweera

550 – Dhananjay de Silva

529 – Roy Dias

Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on September 18?

Mohit Sharma was born

Team India and Gujarat Titans player Mohit Sharma was born on 18 September 1988.

Sourav Ganguly had performed brilliantly with the ball in ODI cricket

The third match of the India vs Pakistan Sahara Cup ODI series was played on 18 September 1997 in Toronto, Canada. In this match, the Indian team did not show any special batting performance and the entire team was all out for just 182 runs. In this match, India was successful in winning the match due to Ganguly’s bowling. He took 5 wickets for 16 runs in a spell. Ganguly took the wickets of Ijaz Ahmed, Salim Malik, Hasan Raza, Moin Khan and Aaqib Javed in the match. Ganguly was awarded the ‘Player of the Match’ award for this brilliant performance in the match. Pakistan’s team was all out for 148 and India won the match by 34 runs.

Sharjah became the first stadium in the world to host 250 ODI matches

The first match of the ODI series between South Africa and Afghanistan is being played in Sharjah on 18 September 2024. Sharjah Cricket Stadium has become the first stadium to host 250 ODI matches.