Cricket Highlights of 29 September 2024:

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

1. BCCI inaugurates new NCA in Bengaluru
2. IND vs BAN, 2nd Test: Third day’s play canceled due to wet outfield
3. IND vs BAN: Rinku Singh should open with Abhishek Sharma in T20 series: Saba Karim
4. BCCI has introduced a new rule in IPL, under which if players declare their unavailability after being selected in the auction, they will be banned for two years. Former Indian veteran player Irfan Pathan is very happy with this rule.
5. AFG vs BAN: Afghanistan will play a three-match ODI series against Bangladesh in November, ACB has announced its schedule. The first ODI match will be played on 6 November. The second and third ODIs will be played on 09 and 11 November.
6. Big stir in Pakistan team, Mohammad Yousuf left the post of selector before the test series against England.
7. New Zealand lost to Sri Lankan lions in the second test as well, the hosts won the series 2-0
8. IPL 2025: IPL franchises will have to submit the list of retained players by October 31.

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

#IPLAuction

BCCI has issued rules regarding IPL retention policy and upcoming mega auction.

#KanpurTest #GreenPark #INDvsBAN

The third day of the second Test match between India and Bangladesh was canceled due to wet outfield.

#SLvsNZ #NewZealand

New Zealand had to face 0-2 defeat in the Test series against Sri Lanka. With this, the record of the Kiwi team away from home in the World Test Championship cycle has become worse. The team has played 17 Test matches away from home in the WTC and won only 3.

Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today, 29 September 2024

1. Harry Brook broke Virat Kohli’s record in the ODI series against Australia

Harry Brook scored 312 runs in the ODI series against Australia and broke Virat Kohli’s record of scoring most runs by a captain in a bilateral ODI series against Australia.

2. Travis Head’s best bowling figures in ODIs

• 4/28(6.2) vs England, Bristol, 2024
  2/21(5) vs South Africa, Eden Gardens, 2023
  2/22(5) vs Sri Lanka, Pallekele, 2016
  2/34(4.4) vs England, Nottingham, 2024
  2/35(6) vs Pakistan, Lahore, 2022

3. Most wickets in an innings of debut test for Sri Lanka

• 6/59 – Prabhat Jayasuriya vs Australia, Galle, 2022
• 6/92 – Praveen Jayawickrama vs Bangladesh, Pallekele, 2021
• 6/118 – Prabhat Jayasuriya vs Australia, Galle,
• 2022 6/170 – Mark Peiris v New Zealand, Galle, 2024
• 6/179 – Upul Chandna vs Pakistan, Dhaka, 1999

4. Most wickets in debut test match for Sri Lanka

• 12/177 – Prabhat Jayasuriya vs Australia, Galle, 2022
  11/178 – Praveen Jayawickrama 11 vs Bangladesh, Pallekele, 2021
  9/203 – Mark Peiris v New Zealand, Galle, 2024

5. Players who have scored most consecutive 50+ runs as England ODI captain

• 4 – Eoin Morgan (June 2015)
• 4 – Alastair Cook (October 2011 – February 2012)
• 3 – Andrew Strauss (September 2010)
• 3 – Eoin Morgan (August 2011 – September 2013)
• 3 – Eoin Morgan (September 2015)
• 3 – Eoin Morgan (February 2019)
• 3 – Harry Brook (September 2024)

6. ODI captain who has scored most consecutive 50+ runs against Australia

• 3 – Imran Khan (Pakistan, 1990)
• 3 – Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan, 2004-05)
• 3 – Eoin Morgan (England, 2015)
• 3 – Babar Azam (Pakistan, 2022)
• 3 – Harry Brook (England, 2024)