DTVHINDIPCB Central Contract: The board announced the central contract for 2024-25, Babar Azam got a place in this category.
Pakistan Cricket Board has given central contracts to 25 players. PCB Logo and Babar Azam (Photo Source: PCB Central Contract 2024-25: Pakistan cricket team recently won the Test series against England by 2-1. The team has won the Test series at home since 2021 and this is also their first win under the captaincy of Shan Masood. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the Men’s Central Contract for the 2024-25 season. The board has given central contracts to 25 players and these will be effective from July 1, 2024. PCB Central Contract: Former Pakistani captain Babar Azam is in ‘A’ category Babar Azam has been struggling with poor form for some time. Babar was also rested for the last two Tests against England. He has been retained as the top player of the men’s team. Mohammad Rizwan is also present in ‘A’ category in the central contract along with Babar. Pakistan’s current Test captain Shan Masood is in the ‘B’ category, which also includes Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah. Five young players were also given central contracts Taking a historic step, Pakistan Cricket Board has given central contracts to five emerging young players. These players have been placed in ‘D’ category and include Khurram Shahzad, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Irfan Khan and Usman Khan. Whereas in ‘C’ category, players like Abdullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Aga, Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan have been kept. Pakistan Cricket Board said in the official media release, “These contracts have been offered under the structure that was agreed between the players and the PCB last year for a period of three years.” Pakistan’s central contract players for the 2024-25 international season- category total players names of players A 2 Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan B 3 Naseem Shah, Shan Masood, Shaheen Shah Afridi C 9 Badullah Shafiq, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Aga, Saud Shakeel and Shadab Khan. D 11 Aamir Jamal, Hasibullah, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Abbas Afridi, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Irfan Khan, Mohammad Wasim Jr. and Usman Khan
Cricket Highlights of 17 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 today. IND vs NZ (Photo Source: Getty Images) Cricket Highlights of 17 October 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s Top Cricket News Before IPL 2025, Hemang Badani was appointed the new head coach of Delhi Capitals and Venu Gopal Rao as the Director of Cricket. ‘My respect for Kohli has increased’ Manjrekar praises veteran for abandoning preferred batting order Steve Smith-Mitchell Starc made a special plan to prepare for BGT, will play for New South Wales in Sheffield Shield PAK vs ENG, 2nd Test: Day 3: Pakistan gave a target of 297 runs to England, by the end of the day the team’s score was 36/2 Team India was all out for 46 in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand, this is India’s third lowest total in the Test. Virat Kohli (536) became the second player to play the most number of matches for India, leaving behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni (535). Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, there is news that Delhi Capitals can retain Rishabh Pant at the highest price, but can snatch the captaincy from him. Today’s Societyl Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #WTC25 #TestCricket #INDvsNZ #MattHenry #RishabhPant #Ashwin #Gambhir #ViratKohli #RohitSharma #Siraj #Bengaluru #RCB’s49 #DelhiCapitals #HemangBadani #PAKvsENG #SajidKhan Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today, October 17, 2024 Most matches for India in international cricket 664 – Sachin Tendulkar536 – Virat Kohli535 – MS Dhoni504 – Rahul Dravid485 – Rohit Sharma Players with most number of dismissals in international cricket (active players) 40 – Ishant Sharma38 – Virat Kohli38 – Tim Southee36 – Tamim Iqbal33 – Rohit Sharma India’s lowest score in test matches 36 vs Australia, Adelaide, 202042 vs England, Lord’s, 197446 vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 202458 vs Australia, Brisbane, 194758 vs England, Manchester, 195266 vs South Africa, Durban, 199667 vs Australia, Melbourne, 1948 India’s lowest score in home test matches 46 vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 202475 vs West Indies, Delhi, 198776 vs South Africa, Ahmedabad, 200883 vs England, Chennai, 197783 vs New Zealand, Mohali, 199988 vs New Zealand, Brabourne, 196589 vs New Zealand, Hyderabad, 1969 Players who have been out on zero the most number of times in an innings for India in Test matches 6 vs England, Manchester, 20146 vs South Africa, Cape Town, 20245 vs Australia, Adelaide, 19485 vs England, Leeds, 19525 vs New Zealand, Mohali, 19995 vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 2024 Lowest score after winning the toss and batting first in test matches 36 – South Africa vs Australia, Melbourne, 193242 – New Zealand vs Australia, Wellington, 194645 – New Zealand vs South Africa, Cape Town, 201346 – India vs New Zealand, Bengaluru, 202452 – England vs Australia, The Oval, 1948 Lowest score against New Zealand in test matches 46, India, Bengaluru, 202451, Zimbabwe, Napier, 201258, England, Auckland, 201859, Zimbabwe, Harare, 200564, England, Wellington, 1978 Lowest score on home ground in WTC 46 – India…
October 16, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Virat Kohli, Babar Azam, Harmanpreet Kaur, IND vs NZ, Irfan Pathan (Photo Source: 1. IND vs NZ: The first day’s play of the Bengaluru Test was affected by rain, both the teams will have to wait for the second day for the toss as well. The first test between Team India and New Zealand has started at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. However, the first day’s play could not be played due to rain. Due to continuous rain, not a single ball could be bowled on the first day of the first Test. Talking about the second day’s play, the morning session will start at 9:15 while the day session will start at 12:10. 2. Schedule of Ashes Series 2025-26 revealed, this will happen for the first time in 43 years The Ashes series between Australia and England to be held in 2025-26 has been announced. Cricket Australia is hosting the upcoming Ashes series. The Australian Board has announced the schedule and venue of this series. The Ashes series 2025-26 will start from Perth. The first Test match will be played at Perth Stadium, from 21 November to 25 November 2025, hosting the opening match of an Ashes series for the first time in 43 years. Second Test in Brisbane (Day/Night Test) from 4 to 8 December, Third Test in Adelaide (Christmas Test) from 17 to 21 December, Fourth Test in Melbourne (Boxing Day Test) from 26 to 30 December, Fifth Test in Sydney ( New Year Test) from 4 to 8 January 3. “This debate should be ended forever” – R Ashwin said on the comparison of Babar and Virat Ashwin has said that there is no need to write the names of Babar Azam and Virat Kohli in one line. Ashwin believes that it is time to end the debate between the two batsmen as there is no comparison between Babar and Kohli. Babar Azam was struggling with poor form for quite some time. Babar could not score even a single half-century in the last 18 Test innings. 4. “We want to build bench strength in bowling”- Captain Rohit Sharma told the future plan of Team India. Along with Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Reddy has also been selected as reserve for the ongoing three-match Test series against New Zealand and they will travel with the team and will also be seen practicing with the players. Now captain Rohit Sharma has given a long term plan regarding this and said that the team has a strong group of batsmen and he wants to create a similar group in fast bowling also. 5. “The captain and the coach asked me to play red ball cricket…”- Sanju Samson’s big revelation Sanju Samson revealed that Team India’s leadership group has asked him to play more Ranji Trophy matches as they are looking to try him in the Test format. Samson, who made his white-ball debut for India in 2015,…
PAK vs ENG: Babar Azam became a fan of Kamran Ghulam’s century, said on social media ‘Very good…’
Kamran has played a century inning of 118 runs in the Multan test match against England. Kamran Ghulam and Babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter The second match of the ongoing Test series between Pakistan and England (PAK vs ENG) is being played at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Let us tell you that in this match, Pakistani batsman Kamran Ghulam, playing in place of Babar Azam, has played a century inning of 118 runs in the debut test match. This innings of Kamran was greatly appreciated by the fans through social media, and they said that Pakistan has got a good replacement for Babar. Also, Kamran became the 13th cricketer from Pakistan to score a century on Test debut. On the other hand, now former captain and veteran batsman Babar Azam has also become a fan of this innings of Kamran Ghulam. Babar is seen praising Kamran’s century in his debut match against a strong team like England. Babar has posted the photo of Kamran scoring a century on his Instagram story. While posting the story, Babar wrote in the caption – Very well played Kamran. See screenshot of Babar Azam’s Instagram story Pakistan’s first innings was limited to 366 runs On the other hand, if we give you information about this second Test match going on at Multan Cricket Stadium, then Pakistan has lost all its wickets in the first innings on the total score of 366 runs in the second session after lunch on the second day. For Pakistan, Sam Ayub 77, Kamran Ghulam 118, wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan 41, Agha Salman 31, Aamer Jamal 37 and Nauman Ali scored 32 runs. On the other hand, for England, spinner Jack Leach has taken the maximum of 4 wickets. Apart from this, Brayden Curse has got 3 successes, Matthew Potts has got 2 successes and Shoaib Bashir has got 1 success. It will be worth watching how many runs England scores in its first innings?
Cricket Highlights of 15 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. Cricket Highlights (Photo Source: Cricket Highlights of 15 October 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s Top Cricket News India is the best team in the world right now: Ian Bell PAK vs ENG, 2nd Test: Day 1: By the end of the first day, Pakistan has scored 259 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Big turmoil in Bangladesh cricket, head coach Chandika Hathurusingha suspended Shubman Gill is in doubt for the first Test match against New Zealand due to slight stiffness in his neck. “We do not want to take unfit Shami to Australia” – Rohit Sharma gave a big update on Mohammed Shami’s fitness. “It would be nice to share the dressing room with him…”, Ian Bell wants to see MS Dhoni in LLC Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #INDvsNZ #PakistanCricket #BabarAzam #KamranGhulam #SaimAyub #PAKvsENG #WestIndies #SLvsWI Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today, October 14, 2024 No big figures and records were made today. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on 14 October? 1964: India won the exciting test match between India and Australia in Mumbai by two wickets. This was India’s second win over Australia in Tests. Chasing the target of 254 runs, India lost 6 wickets at the score of 122, then captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (53) along with Vijay Manjrekar (39) and Chandu Borde (30) played some important innings to help India win. Provided. 1999: The match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka was tied in Sharjah during the 1999 Champions Trophy. Batting first, Pakistan scored 196 runs. Chasing the target, Sri Lanka was heading towards victory. They were at 172/2, needing just 25 runs to win with eight wickets left. But then they lost the last eight wickets for just 24 runs. Abdul Razzaq took 5/31 wickets. 2000: It was a historic day for New Zealand. They won the ICC Knockout Trophy final against India in Nairobi and won their first ICC tournament in history. Chris Cairns scored an unbeaten 102 and helped his team chase down the target of 265/6 to win the final. 2022: The Indian women’s team won its seventh title by defeating the Sri Lankan women’s team in the final of Asia Cup 2022. Batting first, Sri Lanka scored 65/9 runs in 20 overs and India won the match by scoring 71/2 runs in 8.3 overs. 2017: South Africa had their biggest win in ODIs on this day, when they defeated Bangladesh by ten wickets while chasing almost 300 runs. Bangladesh scored 278/7 in the first innings. Quinton de Kock (168) and Hashim Amla (110) scored unbeaten centuries to help their team win by 10 wickets. South Africa registered a record win by scoring 282/0 in 42.5 overs. 2021: Chennai Super Kings won their fourth Indian Premier League title by defeating Kolkata Knight Riders in the…
“If you keep changing selectors, coaches, captains then” – Wasim Akram agreed with Nasir Hussain’s statement.
Wasim Akram (Photo Source: Pakistan cricket has been in the news for the last few months. Coaches, players, captains – everything has changed. However, despite many changes in the support staff and backroom staff, the situation in Pakistan is not improving. Recently, Pakistan lost the Test series to Bangladesh on its own soil and then lost the first Test of the ongoing series against England despite a huge score of 556 runs in the first innings. Meanwhile, former England cricketer Nasir Hussain has spoken openly on the entire situation and said that the cricket board should not be blamed for the performance, but the players. It is noteworthy that after losing the first Test against England, Pakistan made many changes before the second Test and dropped Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah from the team. Former England captain Nasir Hussain gave his opinion about the current situation of Pakistan cricket and said that the turmoil happening in Pakistan cricket has nothing to do with the form of Babar and Shaheen. The former English captain has directly admitted that those running Pakistani cricket from behind are the biggest culprits. Nasir Hussain, while talking to SKY Sports, commented on Pakistan cricket and said, “The issue is not about Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi or Naseem Shah… the issue is about the governance of Pakistan cricket behind the scenes.” Wasim Akram has also reacted to the statement of former Pakistan captain. Wasim Akram reacted and agreed with Nasir Hussain’s words. Commenting, Wasim wrote, “I think Nasir Hussain and Michael Earthton are saying some right things.” This post of Wasim Akram is going viral on social media and fans are also reacting to it. Let us tell you that while talking to Pakistan Cricket, the former captain of Pakistan further said, “In the newspaper I saw that there were 26 different selectors, in the second it was written 27… No one can count. How many selectors have there been in England? Maybe two or three. But if you keep changing selectors, coaches, captains, keep reshuffling the leadership…then it is impossible to plan ahead.
‘He is cricket for Pakistan…’ Rameez Raja on Babar Azam after being dropped from Pakistan’s Test team
Babar has not been selected for the remaining two Test matches against England. Ramiz Raja and babar Azam (Image Credit- Twitter Currently a three-match Test series is being played between Pakistan and England. So after the poor performance in the first test match, the Pakistan Cricket Board has taken a big decision and decided to drop some prominent cricketers including former captain Babar Azam from the test team. After this decision of PCB, the cricket world and many Pakistani players themselves criticized the board. On the other hand, now a new name has been added to this list of former Pakistani captain and well-known cricket commentator Ramiz Raja. Ramiz Raja gave a big statement Let us tell you that recently while discussing with Sky Sports, Rameez Raja said – It should have been for Babar to decide whether he wanted to leave the playing eleven or not. I think it was a knee-jerk reaction, the new selectors had come in, the general consensus was that he needed rest and he was completely dropped from the team. Now we need to understand that he sells cricket for Pakistan. And the debate is going on in Pakistan right now whether this will be another failure for Babar Azam or whether he is going to make a comeback. This keeps things interesting. Right now I don’t see any player in this Pakistan team who can sell cricket, because the sponsors are also a little cautious. Pakistan is continuously losing and now there is no real superstar playing in this test match. On the other hand, currently the second test match between Pakistan and England is being played at Multan Cricket Stadium. It will be worth seeing that after losing the first match, can Pakistan make a comeback in this match after such big changes or not?
Cricket Highlights of 14 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. Cricket Highlights (Photo Source: Cricket Highlights of 14 October 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s Top Cricket News “This is a matter of Pakistan cricket, I have nothing to do with it” – Ben Stokes’ reaction on Babar, Shaheen and Naseem being out of the Test series. ‘He is a brilliant thinker of the game’ Mitchell Starc spoke big about Gautam Gambhir This is the era of bowlers, and the obsessive attitude of batsmen needs to end: Gautam Gambhir Ben Stokes will captain England in the second test against Pakistan Sachin Tendulkar honored during NFL match, gets special number 10 jersey from Dallas Cowboys team Shashi Tharoor honored centurion Sanju Samson with ‘Ponnada’ in Thiruvananthapuram BGT 2024-25: Steve Smith will be seen playing in the middle order and not in the opening. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #BGT2024-25 #CameronGreen #PakistanCricket #BabarAzamisourRedLine #Shaheen #PakistanCricket #BenStokes #GlennMaxwell #GautamGambhir Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today, October 14, 2024 No big figures and records were made today. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on 14 October? 1989: Fourth ODI hat-trick in history On October 14, 1989, the world witnessed the fourth ODI hat-trick in history in the Champions Trophy match played between Pakistan and West Indies in Sharjah. Chasing 251, West Indies were on course to win at 209/5. Then, Wasim Akram bowled Jeff Dujon, Malcolm Marshall and Curtly Ambrose in three consecutive balls. West Indies were all out for 239 and Akram took five wickets for 38 runs. 1999: A tight contest between India and New Zealand ends in a draw A tough match between India and New Zealand ended in a draw in Mohali. India were all out for 83 in the first innings, and then scored 505/3D with the help of centuries from Rahul Dravid (144) and Sachin Tendulkar (126). New Zealand needed 374 runs to win, and they scored 251/7 in 135 overs to draw the match. 14th October Birthday 1900 Eddie McLeod (New Zealand) 1902 Shanter Coen (South Africa) 1913 Ginty Lush (Australia) 1912 Jack Young (England) 1914 Tom Dollery (England) 1968 Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) 1977 Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan) 1979 Hasantha Fernando (Sri Lanka) 1980 Amjad Khan (England) 1981 Gautam Gambhir (India) 1989 Shan Masood (Pakistan) 1989 Glenn Maxwell (Australia) 1993 Ashton Agar (Australia) 14 October debut 1999 Trevor Gripper (Zimbabwe) 2008 Imrul Kayes (Bangladesh) 2010 Hamish Bennett (New Zealand) 2013 Shan Masood (Pakistan), Zulfikar Babar (Pakistan) 2015 Melinda Siriwardana (Sri Lanka)
October 14, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Shashi Tharoor, Virat Kohli (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. Cameron Green will have to undergo surgery to treat spinal stress fracture, read big news Australian all-rounder Cameron Green will undergo surgery this week to treat a stress fracture of his spine. The information about this surgery was given by Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday, October 14. Due to this surgery, it will take at least 6 months for Cameron to recover. In such a situation, he will not be able to participate in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test series between India and Australia. 2. ‘Absolutely stupid decision’ Michael Vaughan on Pakistan dropping Babar Azam from the Test team Recently, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the Pakistani team for the remaining two test matches against England. Let us tell you that this is the first time that Babar Azam has been dropped from the Test team during his career. Well-known cricket commentator Michael Vaughan says that this is a stupid decision of PCB. 3. BGT 2024-25: Steve Smith will be seen playing in the middle order and not in the opening. In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series, former Australian captain and experienced batsman Steve Smith will be seen playing in the middle order instead of opening. Cricket Australia (CA) Chairman of Selector George Bailey has also given a big statement regarding the information about Smith playing in the middle order. 4. Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Mumbai team succumbed to the deadly bowling of Bhargav Bhatt, Baroda won the important match. Baroda defeated Mumbai by 84 runs in an important match of Elite Group A of Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Mumbai needed 262 runs to win this match but the team failed to bat well. All the players from Baroda performed brilliantly and played an important role in the victory of their team. 5. Shashi Tharoor honored centurion Sanju Samson with ‘Ponnada’ in Thiruvananthapuram The best wicketkeeper-batsman of the Indian team, Sanju Samson, batted aggressively and played a match-winning inning of 111 runs in 47 balls in the third T20 match played against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on 12 October. Recently, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor invited Sanju Samson to his home and honored him with the South Indian traditional ‘Ponnada’ which is a manat shawl. 6. ENG vs PAK: England announced playing XI for the second test match against Pakistan, Ben Stokes returned The England cricket team is currently on Pakistan tour for a three-match Test series. So the second test match will be played between the two teams from Tuesday, October 15. England has announced the playing XI for this match today on 14th October. England’s playing 11- Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Braydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir. 7. ‘Australia’s experience has…’ Head coach Amol Muzumdar after the defeat against Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup After India’s…
‘Absolutely stupid decision’ Michael Vaughan on Pakistan dropping Babar Azam from Test team
The second match between Pakistan and England will be played from October 15. Babar Azam (Photo Source: Recently, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the Pakistani team for the remaining two test matches against England. Let us tell you that this is the first time that Babar Azam has been dropped from the Test team during his career. The former cricketer is seen giving his reaction on the decision to drop Babar from the Test team. So now the name of former England captain and well-known cricket commentator Michael Vaughan has also been added to this list. Vaughan says that this is a stupid decision of PCB. Miken Vaughan criticized PCB’s decision Let us tell you that after Babar Azam’s exit from Pakistan’s Test team, Michael Vaughan has shared a post on his official X account. In this post he said- That’s why Pakistan has not won for some time, go 1-0 down in the series and then decide to drop their best player in the form of Babar Azam. I think Pakistan cricket is full of surprises. This is an absolutely stupid decision, unless he himself has asked for leave. See this tweet of Michael Vaughn So Pakistan haven’t won in a while .. Go 1 nil down in the series and decide to drop the best player in @babarazam258 .. I guess Pakistan cricket is full of surprises but this tops the lot .. absolutely stupid decision .. unless he has asked for a break !!! — Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) October 13, 2024 Pakistani team for the second and third test matches Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdullah Shafiq, Hasibullah (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wk), Noman Ali, Sam Ayub, Sajid Khan, Salman Ali Aga and Zahid Mehmood. So to give you information about the ongoing Test series, the host team was defeated by England by a huge margin of an innings and 47 runs in the first Test match. The second match of the series will be played in Multan from October 15. It will be worth watching how the Pakistan team is going to perform in this match?
