Cricket highlights of 26 September 2024:

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

• Kamindu Mendis created history, became the first player in the world to score 50+ in the first 8 test matches
• After Ricky Ponting joined the Punjab Kings team, Director of Cricket Development Sanjay Bangar and Head Coach Trevor Bayliss have been removed from their posts by the franchise.
• IPL 2025: Ashish Nehra and Vikram Solanki to continue in their respective roles at Gujarat Titans: Reports
• Shakib Al Hasan has announced his retirement from the Test format. The all-rounder has confirmed that he will play his last Test match for Bangladesh against South Africa in Mirpur next month.
• Rahul Dravid was given a grand welcome at the High Performance Center of Rajasthan Royals
• Shikhar Dhawan revealed that he no longer had the ‘motivation’ to play domestic cricket to make it to the national team and that was the reason he decided to retire from the game.
• Pat Cummins and company are playing mind games with Team India: Basit Ali made a big statement before the start of BGT

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

#IPL2025 #IPLRetention #MSDhoni

#SLvsNZ #KaminduMendis #DineshChanimal

Kamindu Mendis has become the first player in the world to score 50+ in the first 8 Test matches by scoring a half-century in the first innings of the second Test against New Zealand. At the same time, Dinesh Chandimal scored the 16th century of his Test career, due to which both the players are trending.

#ShakibAlHasan

Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has announced his retirement from Test cricket. Shakib has also announced his retirement from the T20 format. The all-rounder said that he has played the last T20 match for Bangladesh during the T20 World Cup 2024. Due to which he is trending on social media.

Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today on 26 September 2024

1. Highest average in Test cricket (minimum 500 runs) (active player)

79.36* – Kamindu Mendis (873 runs)

64.35 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (1094 runs)

56.97 – Steven Smith (9685 runs)

56.30 – Saud Shakeel (1126 runs)

54.83 – Kane Williamson (8828 runs)

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

99.94 – Donald Bradman (6996 runs)

79.36* – Kamindu Mendis (873 runs)

72.57 – Barry Richards (508 runs)

65.72 – Stewie Dempster (723 runs)

64.35 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (1094 runs)

3. Most consecutive 50+ scores in Test matches since debut

8 – Kamindu Mendis

7 – Saud Shakeel

6 – Bert Sutcliffe

6 – Saeed Ahmed

6 – Basil Butcher

6 – Sunil Gavaskar

4. Most 50+ scores in Tests in 2024

8 – Kamindu Mendis (12 innings)

8 – Joe Root (20 innings)

6 – Dhananjaya de Silva (12 innings)

6 – Dinesh Chandimal (13 innings)

6 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (13 innings)

5. Most Test centuries for Sri Lanka

38 – Kumar Sangakkara (233 innings)

34 – Mahela Jayawardene (252 innings)

20 – Aravinda de Silva (159 innings)

16 – Tillakaratne Dilshan (145 innings)

16 – Dinesh Chandimal (150 innings)

16 – Marvan Atapattu (156 innings)

16 – Dimuth Karunaratne (183 innings)

16 – Angelo Mathews (202 innings)

Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on 26 September?

CSK became the first team to win both IPL and CLT20 titles in a year

On this day in 2010, Chennai Super Kings created history by winning both the Indian Premier League and the Champions League T20.