DTVHINDIAsghar Afghan Exclusive Part-2: Afghanistan in Champions Trophy, coaching in IPL and how to improve Test cricket? Read Crictracker’s exclusive interview with Asghar Afghan
Read this special interview with Asghar Afghan Asghar Afghan (Image Credit- Twitter/X) Former Afghanistan cricket team captain Asghar Afghan will be seen playing for Gujarat Greats in the third season of Legends League Cricket (LLC). Recently, he had a special conversation with Crictracker, which is the official media partner of the ongoing season of LLC, about the Afghanistan team. In this interview, he has told what the Afghan team will have to do to do well in Test cricket. How is Afghanistan going to perform in the Champions Trophy? And is he himself going to be seen working with any IPL team? So here are some questions and answers from this special interview with Asghar Afghan: Question: How do you see the performance of the Afghanistan team in the upcoming Champions Trophy? Asghar Afghan: Look, the pitches of Pakistan and India are quite similar. There are batting tracks, later they are a bit slow. But Afghanistan will have to go there and play good cricket. As I said earlier, Afghanistan players are very experienced at this time, they play cricket leagues all over the world, play different bowlers. In my opinion, today there is no team as experienced as Afghanistan in the world except India and one or two other teams. But it is being heard that India will go to Pakistan or not because of politics. In my opinion, these things should be kept away from cricket. Sports should be kept away from politics. Afghanistan will play very good cricket in the upcoming Champions Trophy. They have a lot of experience in the 50-over World Cup and the T20 World Cup, the team now knows that they can beat any team. So, I hope that this time Afghanistan’s performance in the Champions Trophy will be different. Question: What more does Afghanistan need to do to improve in Test cricket? Asghar Afghan: Look, first of all we have to make our first class cricket tough. Whenever Afghanistan has a first class season, I think all national players should play the first class season. Our first class season is about to start, but about 40-50 of our young cricketers have left the country. If the current 25-30 cricketers also do not play first class cricket, then our test cricket will be left far behind. My suggestion to the cricket board is that they should ask the national players to play domestic cricket so that the youth can gain experience. Only then can we do well in this format. Question: This time too you are playing LLC season, how is your preparation this season and will your team lift the trophy? Asghar Afghan: On the paper, our team is very good. The team has players like Shikhar Dhawan, Chris Gayle, Mohammad Kaif, Shannon Gabriel. We are just playing regular cricket. Before this, I have also played a lot of cricket leagues. You can’t say anything in T20 cricket, let’s see what happens, but we will try to play good cricket. Question: If you get a chance to work in IPL in…
KL Rahul achieved a big achievement in international cricket, did this special feat in Chennai Test
KL Rahul remained unbeaten after scoring 22 runs in the second innings of the Chennai Test match. KL Rahul (Photo Source: X) India’s wicketkeeper batsman KL Rahul achieved a big feat on Saturday. He has completed 8 thousand runs in international cricket. He achieved this feat on the third day of the first test match against Bangladesh. In the second innings of the match being played in Chennai, Rahul scored an unbeaten 22 runs in 19 balls. In the first innings, he scored 16 runs in 52 balls. KL Rahul, who was dismissed cheaply in the first innings, looked in good rhythm in the second innings but skipper Rohit Sharma declared the second innings at 287/4 and set the visitors a target of 515 runs to win. India’s experienced batsman KL Rahul made his Test debut against Australia in 2014, after which he scored 2885 runs in 50 Test matches and 86 innings. In ODIs, he has scored 2851 runs in 72 innings of 77 matches at a strike rate of 87.56. In T20 Internationals, the 32-year-old player scored 2265 runs in 72 matches. Rahul left Suresh Raina behind in this list. Raina has scored 7988 runs in 322 matches. India set a target of 515 runs for Bangladesh to win On the third day of the first test match being played against Bangladesh, India declared its second innings at 287 runs for four wickets. With this, India set a target of 515 runs for Bangladesh to win. In reply, Bangladesh has scored 158 runs for four wickets in the second innings. However, Bangladesh is still 357 runs behind the target while India now needs six wickets to win. India had scored 376 runs in their first innings, in response to which Bangladesh’s first innings collapsed at 149 runs. With a lead of 227 runs in the first innings, India scored 287 runs in their second innings to take a lead of 514 runs and gave the visiting team a strong target of 515 runs to win.
ENG vs AUS 2024: Adil Rashid creates history in ODI cricket, first spinner to do so for England
Adil did this feat in the second ODI match between England and Australia in Leeds Adil Rashid. (Photo Source: Getty Images) The second match of the ongoing ODI series between England and Australia (ENG vs AUS) is being played today on 21 September at Headingley ground in Leeds. In this match, England cricket team’s spin bowler Adil Rashid has registered his name in the pages of history. He has become the first cricketer from England to achieve this feat in ODI cricket. Let us tell you that in the match, Adil Rashid dismissed the dangerous Glenn Maxwell. With this wicket, he has become the first spin bowler to take 200 wickets for England in ODI cricket. Before Rashid, no spin bowler has been able to achieve this feat. Also, this is the third fastest 200 wickets taken by a spinner in ODI cricket. Rashid took 131 innings to take 200 ODI wickets. Former Pakistani spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq is at number one with 101 innings and former late Australian cricketer Shane Warne is at number two with 124 innings. England bowl out Australia for 270 On the other hand, if we talk about this match, England won the toss and decided to bowl first, and the bowlers proved captain Harry Brook’s decision right. Let us tell you that in the match, the English bowlers have wrapped up the Kangaroos’ innings on a total score of 270 runs after 44.4 overs. For Australia, Alex Carey played an innings of 74 runs, while captain Mitchell Marsh contributed 60 runs. If we talk about England’s bowling, Brydon Curse got 3 wickets, Matthew Potts, Adil Rashid and Jacob Bethell got 2-2 wickets each. Apart from this, Ollie Stone got 1 wicket. It will be interesting to see whether England is able to achieve the target of 271 runs given by Australia or not?
Cricket Highlights of 21 September 2024: Top news and social trends of the day
Cricket News: Know the key stats of today’s match, social trends and latest news. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights (Photo Source: Cricket highlights of 21st September 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news AFG vs SA: “I tried to stay on the field till the end…”, Rashid Khan played the match despite injury Rishabh Pant is the ‘Boss’ of Test cricket, has scored 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries in the last 11 innings “He should use his feet”- Ravi Shastri advises Virat after his flop in Chennai Test IND vs BAN: On the third day of the match, Team India declared the second innings at 287 runs and Bangladesh has got a target of 515 runs to win. By the end of the day, the visiting team has scored 158 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. My availability was becoming a problem for Delhi Capitals: Ricky Ponting made a big revelation Shubman Gill surpassed Kohli to score the most centuries in the World Test Championship for India. Gill now has five centuries in WTC history. Like Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli also feels like home away from home: Sanjay Manjrekar IPL 2025: Rishabh Pant will be the first choice in Delhi Capitals’ retention policy Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #INDvsBAN #ShubmanGill #RishabhPant #YashasviJaiswal Both young batsmen Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant scored centuries in the second innings of the first Test against Bangladesh, due to which both are trending on social media. Meanwhile, in the second innings of the game, Yashasvi Jaiswal took a stunning catch to dismiss Zakir Hasan off Jasprit Bumrah’s bowling, due to which he is making headlines. #ENGvsAUS #SteveSmith In the second ODI match between England and Australia, Steve Smith was out after scoring just 4 runs. Smith has been able to score only two half-centuries in the last 10 ODI innings, due to which he is being trolled. Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today on 21 September 2024 1. Most sixes in WTC 81 – Ben Stokes (88 innings) 52 – Rohit Sharma (56 innings) 42 – Rishabh Pant (43 innings) 32 – Jonny Bairstow (67 innings) 29 – Yashasvi Jaiswal (18 innings) 2. Most centuries by an Indian wicketkeeper in Test matches 6 – Rishabh Pant (58 innings) 6 – MS Dhoni (144 innings) 3 – Wriddhiman Saha (54 innings) 2. Farokh Engineer (87 innings) 2 – Syed Kirmani (124 innings) 2 – Buddhi Kundran (28 innings) 3. Most centuries in Tests in 2024 4 – Kamindu Mendis (11 innings) 4 – Joe Root (20 innings) 3 – Kane Williamson (9 innings) 3 – Ollie Pope (20 innings) 3 – Shubman Gill (13 innings) 4. Most centuries in international cricket since August 2022 12 – Shubman Gill (89 innings) 10 – Virat Kohli (76 innings) 8 – Kane Williamson (54 innings) 7 – Travis Head (76 innings) 7. Rohit Sharma (87 innings) 5. Most international centuries among active wicket-keepers 28 –…
There was a rain of punches and kicks in a domestic cricket match in UAE, the video went viral
The video of this fight is getting viral very fast UAE (Image Credit- Twitter X) Recently a fight was seen in a domestic cricket match in UAE. Let us tell you that this fight was seen during the MCC Weekdays Bash XIX between Aerovisa Cricket and Rabdan Cricket Club. During this, there was a lot of kicking and punching between the players and both the players hit each other with the bat. Let us tell you that this incident was seen in the 13th over of the match. During this, Kashif Muhammad was out LBW on Nasir Ali’s ball after scoring 8 runs off 15 balls. After the player was out, Nasir celebrated very loudly. After this, he asked the player to go to the dugout in a very aggressive manner. After this, the player who was out got angry and a fight broke out between the two, in which later other players also joined in. It can be easily seen in the video that Nasir did this celebration intentionally and provoked the cricketer. See how this scuffle happened on the field This is real cricket…. Hopefully PZ vs LQ in PSL10. pic.twitter.com/Nt9bRH3Uku — Usama Zafar (@Usama7) September 18, 2024 Also, for your information, let us tell you that this is not the first case of scuffle on the field in cricket. Earlier also scuffles have been seen in many domestic and international matches. It is worth noting that a similar incident was also seen in the Celebrity Cricket League held in Bangladesh last year. This incident happened in that tournament due to a dispute over the umpire’s decision and after this serious chaos spread. The seriousness of the incident was such that the official organizers had to cancel the league. After this the knockout matches of the tournament were not seen. Apart from this, this incident was seen in a match between Pakistan and Afghanistan during the Asia Cup 2022 in international cricket, in which the dispute between the players reached the stage of a scuffle. In that match, bowler Farid Ahmed took the wicket of Asif Ali and after taking the wicket, he went to Ali and celebrated. There was chest-bumping between the players of both the countries. After this, the ICC fined both of them 25 percent of their match fees for violating Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct.
IND vs BAN: Rishabh Pant is the real ‘Boss’ of Test cricket, has scored 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries in the last 11 innings
In Test cricket, Rishabh has scored 784 runs in the last 11 innings. Rishabh Pant (Photo Source: Getty Images) The first match of the Test series between India and Bangladesh is being played in Chennai. Young player Rishabh Pant returned to Test cricket after 634 days in this match and scored a brilliant century. This is his sixth century in Test career, he has also equaled MS Dhoni’s record of most Test centuries (6) as India’s wicketkeeper-batsman. Rishabh was out after scoring 39 runs in the first innings against Bangladesh. In the second innings, he scored a century in 124 balls and scored 109 runs in 128 balls with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes. Pant along with Shubman Gill also made a brilliant partnership of 167 runs for the fourth wicket in the second innings. Due to the brilliant innings of Rishabh and Gill, India has set a target of 515 runs for Bangladesh to win. Rishabh Pant has scored 784 runs in the last 11 Test innings Rishabh Pant may have returned to Test cricket after two years, but his form is the same as he left it. Pant scored his last Test century before the injury on 1 July 2022 against England. Talking about Rishabh’s last 11 innings in Test cricket, he has scored 784 runs with the help of 3 centuries and 4 half-centuries. Take a look at Rishabh Pant’s last 11 innings in Test cricket- 109(128) vs Bangladesh39(52) vs Bangladesh9(13) vs Bangladesh93(104) vs Bangladesh46(45) vs Bangladesh57(86) vs England146(111) vs England50(31) vs Sri Lanka39(26) vs Sri Lanka96(97) vs Sri Lanka100*(139) vs South Africa Let us tell you, Rishabh was badly injured in a car accident on 30 December 2022. He suffered head, knee and calf injuries, after which he underwent a lot of surgeries. It was being said that it was impossible for Rishabh to play cricket, but then he made an amazing recovery and did not lose courage. He returned to competitive cricket this year while playing for Delhi Capitals in IPL 2024. Pant was also part of the Indian team that won the T20 World Cup 2024.
September 21, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the events that made headlines in the cricket world today. Rashid Khan, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant & Irfan Pathan (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. “Malinga is still there” – Virat Kohli pulled Shakib’s leg in the middle of the match, the entire thing was captured in the stump mic In the video, Virat Kohli is seen pulling Shakib Al Hasan’s leg during the match. Actually, Shakib was constantly bowling near Virat Kohli’s feet. When his over was over and Virat Kohli was at the non-striker end, he told Shakib that Malinga is still there, he is throwing yorker after yorker. Fans are liking this video a lot. 2. IND vs BAN 1st Test: Shubman Gill scored his 5th Test century, broke many records of Virat Kohli In the second innings of the first Test against Bangladesh, Shubman Gill gave a befitting reply to all the critics and scored a century in 161 balls with the help of 9 fours and 3 sixes. Gill surpassed Kohli in terms of scoring the most centuries in the World Test Championship for India. Gill now has five centuries in WTC history, one more than Kohli. 3. Irfan’s magic worked in LLC, defended 12 runs in the last over, gave the team a thrilling victory Legends League Cricket (LLC) 2024 has started. In the first match of the tournament, the teams of Konark Suryas Odisha (KSO) and Manipal Tigers (MT) were face to face. It was a low scoring match. Under the captaincy of Irfan Pathan, Konark Suryas registered a thrilling win by 2 runs. Captain Irfan defended 12 runs in the last over and led his team to victory. KNSO scored 104/9 while batting first. 4. IND vs BAN: Rishabh Pant raised the flag in Chennai, scored a century and achieved this great feat On the third day of the first Test being played between Team India and Bangladesh in Chennai, Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly and scored a valuable century for his team. In this match, he played an aggressive innings of 109 runs in 128 balls with the help of 13 fours and 4 sixes. After scoring this century, Rishabh Pant has become the Designated Wicketkeeper to score the most centuries for India in Test cricket. He has scored 6 centuries in 58 innings so far. Pant has equaled the record of his mentor Mahendra Singh Dhoni. 5. Virat suffered a big loss after flopping in the Chennai Test match, this happened for the first time since 2016 After the first Test against Bangladesh, Virat Kohli’s average in Test cricket has become 48.74, which is the lowest in the last 8 years. The last time Virat’s average was 48.28 was in 2016. Virat Kohli’s performance in Test cricket has declined since 2020. In the last 30 matches, Virat has scored only 1669 runs with an average of 32.72. During this, only 2 centuries and 8 half-centuries have come from his bat in 52 innings. 6. LLC 2024: Irfan Pathan imitates Billy Bowden’s ‘crooked finger of doom’…
Cricket Highlights of 20 September 2024: Top news and social trends of the day
Cricket News: Know the key stats of today’s match, social trends and latest news. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights (Photo Source: Cricket highlights of 20 September 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news IND vs BAN: Team India has scored 81 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in the second innings till the end of the second day of the first Test, the team is ahead by 308 runs. The umpire gave Virat Kohli out LBW, the batsman did not take the review and the replay clearly showed that an inside edge was hit. LLC 2024: Konark Suryas Odisha reveals new jersey kit for the upcoming season, has a glimpse of Konark temple Jaspreet Bumrah’s big achievement, became the sixth Indian fast bowler to take 400 international wickets IND vs BAN: Shakib Al Hasan is still not fully recovered, batted with a black thread between his teeth ‘It could have been seven sixes’ Stuart Broad on Yuvraj Singh’s ‘six sixes’ in T20 World Cup 2007 Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #INDvsBANTEST #INDvsBAN #JaspritBumrah #WTC25 #RishabhPant #ViratKohli Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets in the first innings of the first Test against Bangladesh. Virat Kohli was given out LBW by the umpire in the second innings, but the replay clearly showed that it was an inside edge and he did not take a review. Due to which Virat Kohli is trending on social media. At the same time, Rishabh Pant hit a huge six when there were 5 minutes left for the second day’s play to end, due to which he is making headlines. #SanjuSamson Sanju Samson scored the 11th century of his first-class career while playing for India-D in the Duleep Trophy. He scored 106 runs for the team, due to which he is making headlines. Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today on 20 September 2024 1. Test partnerships broken at 199 Alec Bannerman and Percy McDonnell v England, Sydney, 1882Gordon Greenidge and Richie Richardson v Australia, Bridgetown, 1991Michael Slater and Steve Waugh v New Zealand, Wellington, 2000Jacques Kallis and Gary Kirsten v Zimbabwe, Harare, 2001Stephen Fleming and Lou Vincent v Australia, Perth, 2001Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith v West Indies, Durban, 2008Cheteshwar Pujara and Wriddhiman Saha vs Australia, Ranchi, 2017Dinesh Chandimal and Angelo Mathews vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 2022R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja vs Bangladesh, Chennai, 2024 2. Highest individual score at No. 8 or below in WTC 164(237) – Kamindu Mendis v Bangladesh, Sylhet, 2024118(115) – Gus Atkinson vs Sri Lanka, Lord’s, 2024113(133) – R Ashwin vs Bangladesh, Chennai, 2024113(213) – Yasir Shah v Australia, Adelaide, 2019106(148) – R Ashwin vs England, Chennai, 2021103(168) – Mehidy Hasan Miraz vs West Indies, Chittagong, 2021100*(257) – Joshua Da Silva vs England, St George’s, 2022 3. Best bowling figures by a Bangladeshi bowler in India in Tests 5/83 – Hasan Mahmud, Chennai, 20244/108 – Abu Zayed, Indore, 20193/55 – Taskin Ahmed, Chennai, 20243/85 – Al-Amin Hussain, Kolkata, 20193/91 –…
IND vs BAN: Old Pant returns to Test cricket, a familiar voice captured in stump mic, watch video
This reaction of Pant is becoming increasingly viral on social media. India vs Bangladesh, 1st Test (Image Credit- Twitter X) The second day of the first test match between India and Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) being played at MA Chidambaram Stadium Chennai ended today on 20 September. At the end of the second day, India has taken a lead of 308 runs over Bangladesh. On the other hand, today when Bangladesh came out to bat after India scored 376 runs in the first innings, cricket fans got to see their old style Rishabh Pant. The specialty of this Pant was that he always keeps saying something behind the stump mic and entertains the fans. So today a similar video of Rishabh Pant is becoming viral on social media very fast. In this video, Pant is seen motivating spin bowler Ravichandran Ashwin during the Bangladesh innings. According to the viral video, Pant tells Ashwin – Keep bowling in good areas Ash bhai, come on Ash. Watch this viral video of Rishabh Pant Rishabh Pant: “come on ash bhai, keep bowling in good areaasssbbbbbbb, come on ash” 🤣🏻#INDvBAN pic.twitter.com/173qHdNUHX — PantMP4. (@indianspirit070) September 20, 2024 Rishabh – let’s go Jaddu brother, you are visible everywhere friend Jaadu brother come back you are you Let’s go brother 😂 Rishabh pant character #RishabhPant #pants #INDvBAN #INDvsBANTEST pic.twitter.com/0FkzBoNK5A — Harsh-shekhawat (@wordofshekhawat) September 20, 2024 Bangladesh’s first innings were bowled out for 149 runs On the other hand, in reply to India’s first innings score of 376 runs, Bangladesh’s first innings was limited to just 149 runs. No Bangladeshi player could play well against the Indian bowlers. Experienced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was the top scorer for the team in the first innings by scoring 32 runs. While five players of the team could not even reach the double digit score. Shadman Islam 2, Zakir Hasan 3, Captain Nazmul Hussain Shanto 20, Mominul Haque 0 and Mushfiqur Rahim got out cheaply after scoring 8 runs. Apart from this, at the stumps of the second day, India has scored 81 runs at the loss of 3 wickets after 23 overs in the second innings. Shubman Gill is batting at 33* and Rishabh Pant at 12* at the crease. India currently has a lead of 308 runs over Bangladesh.
September 20, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the events that made headlines in the cricket world today. R Ashwin, Vikram Rathour, Sanju Samson & Team India (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. IND vs BAN 1st Test: Akash Deep roared in Chepauk, took the wickets of 2 batsmen in 2 balls Akash Deep wreaked havoc in Bangladesh’s first innings at Chepauk, taking two wickets in two consecutive balls. He clean bowled Zakir Hasan and Mominul Haque in two consecutive balls in the ninth over of the innings. Zakir scored three runs and Mominul could not even open his account. Not only this, his ball also caused a wicket to fall. 2. IND vs BAN Test: Bangladesh was restricted to 149 runs in the first innings, Indian bowlers made them dance the Naagin dance well The first test match is being played between India and Bangladesh from 19 September. In the match, both the teams have batted in the first innings and so far Team India has had the upper hand. Team India scored 376 runs in the first innings and in response, Bangladesh team was able to score only 149 runs in their first innings. 3. IND vs BAN: KL Rahul’s form is declining, Sanjay Manjrekar put forth his point For some time now, KL Rahul has failed to score big in international cricket. Former player Sanjay Manjrekar has given his opinion on his form. According to Sanjay Manjrekar, KL Rahul has a bit of difficulty in batting even when the match is in his favor. 4. ‘The results of my hard work are now visible’ – Travis Head said this after scoring a brilliant century against England In the first ODI against Australia, Travis Head played an unbeaten innings of 154 runs with the help of 20 fours and 5 sixes in just 129 balls. After the brilliant innings, Head spoke at the post-match presentation and said, “I am happy that I took the game forward. This wicket is very good. I think it was difficult to get the team started and we somehow saved the wickets. But after that we caught our rhythm and achieved the difficult target easily. The atmosphere here is good and I enjoy playing for my teammates. I have worked very hard and it is visible in my game.” 5. IND vs BAN: Ravichandran Ashwin achieved the feat which no other player in the world could achieve In the first innings against Bangladesh, Ashwin played a valuable innings of 113 runs in 133 balls with the help of 11 fours and 2 sixes on behalf of Team India. During this innings, Ravichandran Ashwin has achieved a special feat. Ravichandran Ashwin has become the first player in the history of cricket to score more than 20 half-centuries in Test cricket and has also taken more than 30 5-wicket hauls. 6. Rajasthan Royals made another big announcement, a new name was added to the coaching staff of the team The teams have already started their preparations for IPL 2025, Rajasthan Royals is also not behind in this…
