DTVHINDIVidhu Vinod Chopra’s son Agni Chopra left Don Bradman behind, scored second consecutive double century.
Agni Chopra has scored his second consecutive double century in the Plate League of Ranji Trophy. Agni Chopra (Pic Source-X) Mizoram’s star batsman Agni Chopra has created a sensation with his batting. He has scored his second consecutive double century in the Plate League of Ranji Trophy. Let us tell you that Agni is the son of film producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and he played an inning of 218 runs in 269 balls in the first innings against Manipur. This season, Agni Chopra is looking in great form and has shown tremendous batting performance so far. He had scored 110 and not out 238 in Mizoram’s last match against Arunachal Pradesh in Ahmedabad earlier in the season. Mizoram won that match by 267 runs. Let us tell you that Chopra has earlier played for Mumbai at Under-19 and Under-23 level. This young player was advised by his coach Khushpreet Singh to play for another team, so that he could get more time on the field, because he was not getting selected in the senior teams of Mumbai. So Agni Chopra went to Mizoram and after that he created a stir in first class cricket. Scored centuries in the first four first class matches Chopra scored 105, 101, 114, 10, 164, 15, 166 and 92 in his first four Ranji matches. In this way he became the first batsman to score a century in his first four first class matches. Which even greats like Don Bradman could not achieve. These scores of his have come against bowlers in the Plate League. Let us tell you that the top 32 teams in the domestic circuit play in four groups of the Elite League, six other teams, five of which are from the North-East region, are included in the Plate League. Earlier, Chopra had told PTI last season, people will say what they have to say, but ultimately, it is your performance and there are many players who are playing in the same division and are not scoring as many runs. The standard is same for everyone. He further said, I think I am trying to stay in the present and my aim is to take Mizoram to the elite division. If we are in the elite division, there is nothing to think about in terms of bowling quality and I will play for Mizoram.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Cheteshwar Pujara hits 18th double century, joins Don Bradman in this special list
Cheteshwar Pujara has become the fourth batsman in the world to score most double centuries in first-class. Cheteshwar Pujara (Photo Source: The teams of Chhattisgarh and Saurashtra are face to face in the second round of Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat first and declared the first innings at 578/7. Saurashtra team also seems to be batting brilliantly at this time. Cheteshwar Pujara has scored a double century while maintaining his excellent form in red-ball cricket. This is his 18th double century in first-class cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara scored a double century against Chhattisgarh Saurashtra got a bad start while batting in the first innings against Chhattisgarh. The team lost the wicket of Harvik Desai (5) in the sixth over. After this, a partnership of 68 runs was made between Cheteshwar Pujara and Chirag Jani (40) for the second wicket. Pujara then made a 100+ partnership with Sheldon Jackson (62) and Arpit Vasavada (73), playing his 100th first-class match. Today, on the fourth day of play, Cheteshwar Pujara completed his 66th century in first-class cricket. He then scored runs rapidly and completed his 18th double century. Pujara is currently out of Team India, but he is continuously scoring runs in red-ball cricket. After a stellar performance in county cricket in England, he is showing amazing form in the Ranji Trophy as well. Pujara became the fourth batsman to score most double centuries in first-class cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara has become the fourth batsman in the world to score most double centuries in first-class. He has left behind Herbert Sutcliffe and Mark Ramprakash. Both these greats have scored 17-17 double centuries. At the same time, Pujara is already on the top in the list of Indian batsmen. Vijay Merchant is second in the list, with 11 double centuries to his name. Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid have 10 centuries each. Most double centuries in first-class cricket- Don Bradman- 37 Wally Hammond- 36 Patsy Hendren- 22 Cheteshwar Pujara- 18 Herbert Sutcliffe- 17 Mark Ramprakash- 17 Most double centuries in first-class cricket (Indian)- 18 – Cheteshwar Pujara 11 – Vijay Merchant 10 – Vijay Hazare 10 – Sunil Gavaskar 10 – Rahul Dravid 9 – Wasim Jaffer 9 – Paras Dogra
What happened after Sarfaraz’s dismissal that Sunil Gavaskar remembered Don Bradman?
Sarfaraz scored 56 runs on 60 balls on the second day of Dharamshala Test. Sunil Gavaskar and Sarfaraz Khan (Photo Source: Since debut in test Sarfaraz Khan continues to perform well. He played a half-century innings on the second day of the match being played in Dharamshala. This is his third half-century in five innings. After consistent good performance in domestic cricket and a lot of wait, Sarfaraz Khan made his debut in Test cricket in Rajkot. Then he scored half-centuries in both the innings. On the second day of Dharamshala Test, Sarfaraz scored 56 runs in 60 balls. In his innings he hit eight fours and one six. However, when it seemed that he would play a big innings, Shoaib became the victim of Bashir. Earlier, Sarfaraz and Devdutt Padikkal made a partnership of 97 runs. As soon as Sarfaraz was out, India lost wickets in quick succession. Meanwhile, the way Sarfaraz Khan was out, the former captain of the Indian team Sunil Gavaskar Not happy. Sunil Gavaskar is playing such shots on the first ball of the season The ball was pitched high, it was not short enough for that shot, Gavaskar said during commentary on Geo Cinema. But went for it and paid the price by losing the wicket. I mean you are playing the first ball after the tee break. Give yourself some time. He further said that, Don Bradman told me that, every ball I face, even if I am at 200, I feel like I am at 0. And here (Sarfaraz) is playing such a shot on the very first ball of the season. India’s position strong in Dharamsala test Talking about the match, Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill performed brilliantly on the second day of the game. Both of them have put India in a strong position by scoring centuries. At the end of the second day’s play, India has scored 473 at the loss of 8 wickets and its total lead over England is 255 runs.
“After Don Bradman, Pat Cummins will be Australia’s greatest cricketer” – Michael Vaughan’s big prediction
Michael Vaughan & Pat Cummins (Photo Source: Getty Images) The year 2023 was a great year for Pat Cummins. Under the captaincy of Cummins, Australia won the ICC World Test Championship and ODI World Cup titles last year. After this, Australia was also successful in retaining the Ashes series. There itself Star fast bowler Cummins has also started 2024 in a great style. Cummins took a brilliant five-wicket haul against Pakistan in his first match of the year. He seems to be in great form in the ongoing series against Pakistan, so far he has taken five wicket hauls three times in a row in this series and after which former cricketer Michael Vaughan praised him and said that after the 30-year-old Sir Don Bradman, Can become the greatest Australian cricketer. Michael Vaughan said a big thing about Pat Cummins Michael Vaughan was quoted by Fox Cricket as saying, ‘I have seen a bit of DK Lillee (Dennis Lillee), but I think it will be Pat Cummins. I don’t think he’ll ever surpass Sir Don, but I think Pat Cummins is going to be Australia’s greatest cricketer since Sir Don. I honestly think he’s that good. His bowling. His captaincy. Their numbers. He has five-seven years left to play.” He continued by saying, ‘I really think he is so good that in a few years we will be talking about him being right behind Sir Don Bradman as the greatest Australian cricketer.’ Australia, under the leadership of Cummins, are leading 2-0 in the three-match series and will be eyeing to complete the white-wash by winning the third Test as well. Due to bad light and rain, only 46 overs were played on the second day, with the hosts still trailing by 197 runs. Aamer Jamal was once again the star with the ball for the Shan Masood-led team, while Agha Salman took the second wicket. Also read: Jasprit Bumrah proved SKY’s comment to be true
