Cricket highlights of 23 September 2024:

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

• Irani Trophy 2024: Shreyas Iyer and Shardul Thakur will play for Mumbai, Ajinkya Rahane will captain
• Shakib Al Hasan has been kept under observation due to injury and his chances of playing in the Kanpur Test are doubtful.
• “I have never seen him drop a catch…”, Mohammad Kaif calls Rishabh Pant the best fielder
• After winning the first Test against Bangladesh, head coach Gautam Gambhir shared a picture of himself on his Instagram account. In this picture, Gambhir is holding a ball in his hand. Sharing this picture, he wrote in its caption, ‘Life is about pitching right and coming back.’
• Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 63 runs in the first test match
• Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: ICC releases official song ‘Whatever It Takes’
• “He is the best fast bowler in all three formats…”, Steve Smith’s big statement in praise of Jasprit Bumrah
• Recently Ravichandran Ashwin said, ‘Jadeja has always been on fire on the field. He has always been a rocket in the field. I am very jealous of him but I also praise him equally. In the last four to five years, I have considered him my idol.’
• Virat Kohli, Gautam Gambhir and Rishabh Pant left Chennai for Delhi in the middle of the Test series against Bangladesh

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

#WTC25 #SLvsNZ

The Sri Lankan team defeated New Zealand by 63 runs in the first match of the two-match Test series. The team has reached the third position in the World Test Championship 2023-25 ​​points table.

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

1. Highest win percentage in WTC

61.70% – India (29 wins/47 matches)

60.87% – Australia (28 wins/46 matches)

49.15% – England (29 wins/59 matches)

46.88% – New Zealand (15 wins/32 matches)

44.12% – South Africa (15 wins/34 matches)

34.38% – Sri Lanka (11 wins/32 matches)

30.30% – Pakistan (10 wins/33 matches)

22.86% – West Indies (8 wins/35 matches)

15.38% – Bangladesh (4 wins/26 matches)

2. Most wins by a team in WTC

29 – India (47 matches)

29 – England (59 matches)

28 – Australia (46 matches)

15 – New Zealand (32 matches)

15 – South Africa (34 matches)

11 – Sri Lanka (32 matches)

10 – Pakistan (33 matches)

8 – West Indies (35 matches)

4 – Bangladesh (26 matches)

3. Most wins by a team away from home in WTC

11 – India (24 matches)

10 – Australia (22 matches)

10 – England (26 matches)

6 – Pakistan (18 matches)

5 – South Africa (19 matches)

4 – Sri Lanka (17 matches)

4 – West Indies (18 matches)

3 – Bangladesh (14 matches)

3 – New Zealand (16 matches)

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

Former Indian batsman Ambati Rayudu was born

Ambati Rayudu was born on 23 September 1985. He has played 55 ODIs and 6 T20 matches for India.

Naveen ul Haq was born

Afghanistan player Naveen Ul Haq was born on 23 September 1999.