Cricket Highlights of 23 October 2024: Today’s top news, social trends, statistics and records made in the match


Cricket Highlights: Know key stats, social trends and latest news from today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is it today.

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Cricket Highlights of 23 October 2024:

Today’s Top News: Today’s Top Cricket News

  1. Rishabh Pant has seen a big rise in his test batting ranking. He has left Virat Kohli behind and has come to sixth position.
  2. If Shami misses BGT 2024, then Mayank Yadav should be included in the team in his place: Brett Lee
  3. ‘Being a Bangalore boy, it would be nice to play for RCB’ Abhinav Manohar ahead of IPL mega auction
  4. Dale Steyn included in England Lions team as bowling consultant
  5. “Social media does not decide the playing eleven” – Gautam Gambhir said on the criticism of KL Rahul
  6. Zimbabwe scored a new record of 344 runs in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub-regional Africa Qualifier against Gambia, breaking the previous record of highest T20I total held by Nepal (314 runs)
  7. “He is fit, he will do wicketkeeping tomorrow” – Head coach Gambhir gave a big update on Pant’s fitness.

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

#IPL2025 #IPLAuction #Thala

#INDvsPAK #ViratKohli #Melbourne

#IshanKishan

#BorderGavaskarTrophy

#INDvsNZ #ShubmanGill #KLRahul #GautamGambhir #Pune

Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today, October 23, 2024

1. Most runs for Bangladesh in the WTC 2023-2025 cycle

  • 534 – Mehdi Hasan Miraj (16 innings)
    478 – Mominul Haq (17 innings)
    452 – Mushfiqur Rahim (13 innings)
    438 – Nazmul Hussain Shanto (17 innings)
    311 – Zakir Hasan (16 innings)

2. Most wickets for Bangladesh in the WTC 2023-2025 cycle

  • Mehdi Hasan Miraj (16 innings)
    24 – Taijul Islam (11 innings)
    23 – Hasan Mahmood (10 innings)
    13 – Nahid Rana (8 innings)
    13 – Shakib Al Hasan (10 innings)

3. Highest total in T20 International

  • 344/4 – Zimbabwe vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
  • 314/3 – Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023, Asian Games
  • 297/6 – India vs Bangladesh, Hyderabad, 2024
  • 286/5 – Zimbabwe vs Seychelles, Nairobi, 2024
  • 278/3 – Afghanistan vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
  • 278/4 – Czech Republic vs Türkiye, Ilfov County, 2019
  • 268/4 – Malaysia vs Thailand, Hangzhou, 2023, Asian Games
  • 267/3 – England vs West Indies, Taroba, 2023

4. Most sixes in an innings in T20

  • 18 – Sahil Chauhan – vs Cyprus, Episkopi, 2024
  • 16 – Hazratullah Zazai – vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
  • 16 – Finn Allen – vs Pakistan, Dunedin, 2024
  • 15 – Sikandar Raza vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
  • 15 – Zeeshan Kukikhel – vs Austria, Lower Austria, 2022

5. Highest individual score in T20 International (Full Members)

  • 172(76) – Aaron Finch vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 2018
    162*(62) – Hazratullah Zazai vs Ireland, Dehradun, 2019
    156(63) – Aaron Finch vs England, Southampton, 2013
    145*(65) – Glenn Maxwell vs Sri Lanka, Pallekele, 2016
    137(62) – Finn Allen vs Pakistan, Dunedin, 2024
    133*(43) – Sikandar Raza vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024

6. Most runs given in an innings in T20 international matches

  • 0/93 (4) – Moses Jobarteh vs Zimbabwe, Nairobi, 2024
    0/75 (4) – Kasun Rajitha vs Australia, Adelaide, 2019
    1/72 (4) – Chris Soule v New Zealand, Edinburgh, 2022
    1/70 (4) – Tunahan Turan vs Czech Republic, Ilfov County, 2019
    0/69 (4) – Barry McCarthy v Afghanistan, Greater Noida, 2017

7. Fastest century in T20 International

  • 27 balls – Sahil Chauhan vs Cyprus, Episkopi, 2024
    33 balls – Nicole Lofty-Eaton vs Nepal, Kirtipur, 2024
    33 balls – Sikandar Raza vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
    34 balls – Kushal Malla vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023, Asian Games
    35 balls – David Miller vs Bangladesh, Potchefstroom, 2017
    35 balls – Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka, Indore, 2017
    35 balls – Sudesh Wickramasekera vs Türkiye, Ilfov County, 2019

8. Largest margin of victory in T20 International matches (in terms of runs)

  • 290 runs – Zimbabwe vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
  • 273 runs – Nepal vs Mongolia, Hangzhou, 2023
  • 257 runs – Czech Republic vs Türkiye, Ilfov County, 2019
  • 208 runs – Canada vs Panama, Coolidge, 2021
  • 205 runs – Japan vs Mongolia, Sano, 2024

9. Most sixes in an innings in T20I for Zimbabwe

  • 15 – Sikandar Raza vs Gambia, Nairobi, 2024
    9 – Sikandar Raza vs Namibia, Windhoek, 2023
    8 – Sikandar Raza vs Kenya, Windhoek, 2023

Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on 23 October?

Virat Kohli’s charismatic innings led India to a thrilling victory against Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2022.

In the T20 World Cup 2022, India played its first match against Pakistan. While chasing the target of 160 runs, India lost 4 wickets at the score of 31. After this there was an important partnership of 113 runs between Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli. The game turned there when Virat hit consecutive sixes against Haris Rauf during the 19th over. India needed 16 runs to win in the last over. The wickets of Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik also fell but still the team managed to win by 4 wickets. Virat Kohli played a brilliant inning of 82 runs in 53 balls, which is the best inning of his entire career.

Afghanistan registered its first win against Pakistan in Chennai

In the ODI World Cup 2023, the teams of Afghanistan and Pakistan were face to face in Chennai on 23 October. Chasing the target of 283 runs, Afghanistan registered a spectacular victory by 8 wickets. Rahmanullah Gurbaz had scored 65 runs in 53 balls. Whereas Rahmat Shah and Hashmatullah Shahidi played unbeaten innings of 77 and 48 runs.

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Jasprit Bumrah (Photo Source: Getty Images) In the first Test played in Perth, India recovered from a bad start and defeated Australia by 295 runs. Bumrah took 8 wickets in both the innings of that Test match and for this he was chosen Player of the Match. In the match, India achieved a spectacular victory within four days and took a 1-0 lead in the five-match series. After seeing the brilliant bowling in that match, former England cricket team fast bowler Steven Finn has praised Jasprit Bumrah’s performance in the first Test match against Australia. Finn praised him a lot and even said that he is the best player in the world. Speaking with former England captain Alastair Cook on TNT Sports, Steven Finn said, “Jaiswal scored a brilliant 161, but he is the player I like to watch. That is Jasprit Bumrah. I think he really is the best player in the world. Honestly, sometimes I think bowling like him is a joke! You see him bowling and you just think, I’m glad I don’t have to come out to bat.” He further said, “I was surprised that India went there (Australia) and defeated Australia, where usually it is very difficult to go and play cricket. Perth, I know it’s not the WACA; I know it’s a new stadium, but still, historically, Australia hasn’t lost many matches there. I thought India performed very bravely there.” Let us tell you that, Bumrah now has 118 wickets in 27 Test matches in SENA countries at an impressive average of 22.55, which also includes his career best performance (6/33). During this period, he has taken five wicket hauls 7 times, which is equal to Kapil Dev. They are followed by BS Chandrashekhar and Zaheer Khan (six each), and Bishan Singh Bedi and Anil Kumble (five each).

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