Cricket Highlights of 4 October 2024:

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

1. Irani Cup 2024: After the fourth day’s play, Mumbai has taken a lead of 274 runs with a strong hold on Rest of India.
2. Due to injury, Nandre Burger is out of ODI series against Ireland and Bangladesh Test series.
3. PAK vs ENG Ben Stokes may be out of the first test match, condition worsened during training
4. Virat Kohli brought a lot of strength to the Indian team during his captaincy: Harbhajan Singh
5. Irani Cup 2024: Prithvi Shaw shuts the mouth of critics with a quick half-century against Rest of India
6. Women’s T20 World Cup 2024: Very tough group, but we hope we can reach the semi-finals: Laura Wolvaardt
7. “Winning the World Cup has always been her dream, hopefully we will be able to make that dream come true…” Shefali Verma said about Harmanpreet Kaur.
8. “They (SRH) would be praying that Nitish Kumar Reddy remains uncapped. They might be saying – ‘Please don’t play them in the T20I series’- Aakash Chopra

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

#HardikPandya

Team India is going to play a three-match T20 series against Bangladesh from October 6. Hardik Pandya has shared some pictures of the practice session, due to which he is making headlines.

#INDvsNZ #HarmanpreetKaur #WomensT20WorldCup

Team India is playing its first match in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 today against New Zealand.

#PAKvsENG #BenStokes

The three-match Test series between Pakistan and England is starting from October 7. According to reports, England captain Ben Stokes may be out of the first Test as he has not been declared fit yet.

#IranianCup

The match between Mumbai and Rest of India is being played in an exciting manner. After the fourth day’s play, Mumbai has taken a lead of 274 runs with a strong hold on Rest of India.

Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and statistics to be made today, October 4, 2024

Win by 10 wickets in Women’s T20 World Cup

• England vs India, 2009 (Target: 113)
  West Indies vs South Africa, 2012 (Target: 74)
  Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2023 (Target: 113)
  South Africa vs Bangladesh, 2023 (Target: 114)
  South Africa vs West Indies, 2024 (Target: 119)

Oldest player to play for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup (oldest appearance for each player)

• 35 years 347 days – Mithali Raj
  35 years 210 days – Harmanpreet Kaur
  33 years 328 days – Sulakshana Naik
  33 years 287 days – Shikha Pandey
  33 years 259 days – Sonia Dabeer
  33 years 202 days – Asha Shobhana
  33 years 123 days – Jhulan Goswami

Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on 4th October?

Shahid Afridi scored an ODI century in 37 balls against Sri Lanka in 1996.

Pakistani player Shahid Afridi scored a century in 37 balls in an ODI match against Sri Lanka on October 4, 1996, which was the fastest century scored by a batsman in ODI at that time. This record of Afridi remained intact for more than 17 years.

Chennai Super Kings won the second title of Champions League T20.

Chennai Super Kings won their second Champions League T20 title by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the final on October 4, 2014. Suresh Raina played an unbeaten inning of 109 runs in 62 balls with the help of 6 fours and 8 sixes.

Rishabh Pant was born

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant was born on 4 October, 1997.

Shadab Khan was born

Pakistani all-rounder player Shadab Khan was born on October 4, 1998.