India vs Australia PM XI: First day of Warm-up Match canceled due to rain, see schedule of second day here
IND vs AUS (Photo Source: Getty Images) The first day of India’s practice match against Prime Minister’s XI at Manuka Oval, Canberra on Saturday, November 30 has been abandoned due to rain. No play was possible on the opening day, due to bad weather, both teams returned to the hotel disappointed. Let us tell you that the warm-up match will be India’s only practice before the Day/Night Test against Australia starting from December 6 in Adelaide. The Rohit Sharma-led team has not played a pink ball Test since March 2022. Hence, the players and coaches were eagerly waiting for the game to acclimatise themselves with the pace of the pink ball under the lights. According to the latest update released by BCCI, there will be a 50-50 over match between the two teams on the second day, this will give India equal opportunity to practice with both bat and ball. There will be a 50-50 over match on the second day of the warm-up match. Along with this, BCCI has also given an update as to when the second day’s play will start and at what time the toss will take place. According to the BCCI post, “The first day’s play has been canceled and play will resume tomorrow (Sunday) at 9:10 am. The toss will take place at 8:40 am. The teams have agreed to play 50 overs for each side.” India vs Australia Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series by winning the first match of the 5-match Border Gavaskar Trophy. India had defeated the hosts by 295 runs in the first match played in Perth. This is India’s biggest win in terms of runs among army nations. Team India was led by Jasprit Bumrah in this test. Regular Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who missed the Perth Test due to the birth of his second child, has now joined the team. This warm-up match against Prime Minister XI is very important for Rohit to adapt to Australian conditions. This practice will also help Team India set its batting order.
NZ vs ENG, 1st Test: Day 3: England in strong position, New Zealand lost 6 wickets in the second innings by the end of the day
The England team scored 499 runs in the first innings. NZ vs ENG (Photo Source: Getty Images) NZ vs ENG, 1st Test: Day 3: The first match of the three-match Test series between New Zealand and England is being played at Hagley Oval from 28 November. Host New Zealand was all out for 348 runs in the first innings. By the end of the second day, England had scored 319 runs at the loss of five wickets in the first innings. On the third day of play, England were all out for 499 runs in the first innings. By the end of the day, New Zealand has scored 155 runs for the loss of 6 wickets, the team is ahead by 4 runs. Daryl Mitchell (31*) and Nathan Smith (1*) are present at the crease unbeaten. Harry Brook missed double century After the second day’s play, Harry Brook was unbeaten on 132 and captain Ben Stokes on 37. There was a partnership of 159 runs between the two batsmen for the sixth wicket. Brook was out against Matt Henry and England suffered the sixth blow at the score of 381. Harry Brook played an innings of 171 runs in 197 balls with the help of 15 fours and 3 sixes. At the same time, captain Ben Stokes played an inning of 80 runs in 146 balls with the help of 9 fours. Apart from these, Gus Atkinson played an unbeaten inning of 48 runs in 36 balls and Braydon Carse played an unbeaten inning of 33* runs in 24 balls. NZ vs ENG, 1st Test: Look at the scores of England’s batsmen in the first innings- Jack Crawley – 9 (12) out against Matt Henry Ben Duckett- 46 (62) out against William O’Rourke Jacob Batchelor- 10 (34) out against Nathan Smith. Joe Root- 0 (4) out against Nathan Smith Harry Brook – 171 (197) out against Matt Henry Ollie Pope- 77 (98) out against Tim Southee Ben Stokes- 80 (146) out against Matt Henry Chris Woakes- 1 (2) out against Tim Southee Gus Atkinson- 48 (36) out against Nathan Smith Braydon Carse- 33* (24) Shoaib Bashir- 5 (9) out against Matt Henry In the first innings against England, Matt Henry took the maximum of 4 wickets for 84 runs in 23 overs. Nathan Smith took three wickets for 141 runs in 26 overs. At the same time, two wickets were included in the name of Tim Southee and one wicket in the name of William O’Rourke. New Zealand got a bad start in the second innings The performance of both New Zealand’s openers in the second innings was disappointing. Captain Tom Latham (1), Chris Woakes and Devon Conway (8) were out against Brydon Carse. Rachin Ravindra was heading towards a good innings but then in the 20th over, Brydon Carse dismissed him and gave the third blow to New Zealand at the score of 64. Kane Williamson played a half-century innings Kane Williamson continued his excellent form in the second innings also. Facing 86 balls, he played an inning…
‘Applied myself well, quite a balanced day’ Kane Williamson after his 93 against England in Christchurch
After this brilliant innings of Williamson, New Zealand’s score till stumps is 319/8. Kane Williamson (Image Credit- Twitter X) The first match of the ongoing three-match Test series between New Zealand and England (NZ vs ENG) is being played from 28 November at Hagley Oval, Christchurch. After the first day’s play, New Zealand looks to be in a very strong position. Apart from this, former team captain Kane Williamson was out after scoring 93 runs. Williamson was just 7 runs away from scoring his 33rd century in Test cricket. So, on the basis of Williamson’s brilliant innings in the match, host New Zealand has scored 319 runs at the loss of 8 wickets after 83 overs at the stump of the first day. Currently at the crease, Glenn Phillips is batting on 41* and former captain Tim Southee is batting on 10*. On the other hand, after playing this brilliant innings against England, Kane Williamson has given a big statement. Kane Williamson gave a big statement Let us tell you that after the end of the first day’s play in the first Test match in Christchurch, Kane Williamson said – It was challenging, we had to work hard, there were some good partnerships, but the wicket was very good. I was just trying to adjust a little where to run. We applied ourselves well, had a very balanced day and both teams received some awards. Overall the first day’s play was interesting. Williamson further said- From our point of view we were happy with the partnerships being made by the team. Some of the balls were having some movement at the end of the day, but we were happy with our performance, after the day’s play. Brayden was getting some bounce and speed from the side and side. He bowled well with the help of the wind. Let us tell you that on the first day, Shoaib Bashir took 4 wickets and Gus Atkinson and Brayden Curse took 2 wickets each in the first innings for England.
OTD: On this day in 2009, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to score 30,000 runs in international cricket.
Sachin Tendulkar has scored 34,357 runs in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images) 15 years ago, on this day i.e. 30 November 2009, Team India’s legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar had made an incredible achievement in international cricket. Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to complete 30,000 runs in international cricket. He achieved this feat during the India vs Sri Lanka Test match at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad. Sachin Tendulkar made this record in his name in the second innings of the first Test match played between these two teams and became the first international cricketer to do so. Let us tell you that Team India had scored 426 runs in the first innings in this match. For the hosts, Rahul Dravid played an inning of 177 runs while Mahendra Singh Dhoni contributed 110 runs. In reply, Sri Lanka declared its first innings at 760 runs for 7 wickets. Mahela Jayawardene had scored 275 runs for Sri Lanka. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 43rd Test century in this innings. At the time of this achievement, Sachin Tendulkar had scored 1277 runs in Test cricket while he had 17,178 runs in ODIs. He scored 10 runs in the only international T20 match. The most important thing was that during this innings, Sachin Tendulkar had scored his 43rd Test century, due to which the match played between Team India and Sri Lanka ended in a draw. Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut in 1989 at the age of 16 and retired from international cricket in 2013. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 34,357 runs in international cricket. He is the highest run scorer in international cricket. No player has yet been able to come close to his achievement. Sachin Tendulkar is also known as God of Cricket and many people consider him as their idol. These 8 star players will not play in IPL 2025 Indian players who have scored 50+ scores most times in Australia Batsmen who hit most sixes in T20Is in 2024- IPL 2025: PBKS will target these 5 players with a purse of Rs 110.5 crore How has been Virat Kohli’s performance in BGT, know here- List of batsmen who scored the fastest T20I century for India- IPL 2025: RR can target these players in the mega auction Indian batsmen who got out on duck most number of times in T20Is- IPL 2025: These 8 players will get expensive bids in the mega auction IPL 2025: MI will target these 5 players in the mega auction
On this day in 2019, Shefali Verma broke Sachin Tendulkar’s 30 year old special record, read big news.
Shefali had made this record in her name by scoring a half century. Shafali Verma (Image Credit- Twitter On this day (9 November) 2019, Indian women’s cricket team’s explosive opening batsman Shafali Verma had made a special record in her name. Let us tell you that on this day that year, Shefali had scored a half-century in international cricket at the age of only 15 years and 285 days. With this, she became the first cricketer to score a half-century at the youngest age in world cricket. The young batsman had broken the 30-year-old record of former Indian cricketer and God of Sports Sachin Tendulkar. Before Shefali, Sachin had scored a half-century against Pakistan in the year 1989 at the age of 16 years and 214 days. But Shefali had also left Sachin behind in the year 2019, and the cricketer achieved this record in his 5th T20 International match. In the year 2019, the Indian women’s cricket team was on West Indies tour for three ODI and five-match T20I series. Shefali Verma, who had debuted for Team India some time ago, was also included in this round. In a match played during the T20 series, Shefali batted brilliantly and played an excellent inning of 73 runs in 49 balls. A look at Shafali Verma’s cricket career So if we give you information about Shefali Verma’s cricket career, she has played a total of 85 T20 matches for the Indian women’s cricket team so far. During this period, a total of 2045 runs have been scored from the cricketer’s bat at an average of 25.56 and strike rate of 129.10. Apart from this, Shefali, born in Rohtak, Haryana, also has 10 half-centuries in her name in T20 cricket. Apart from this, he has also played 29 ODI and five test matches for the Indian team. In ODIs, Shefali has scored a total of 644 runs at an average of 23 and strike rate of 83.20 and in Tests, Shefali has scored 567 runs at an average of 63. Shefali has also played an innings of 205 runs in Test cricket.
IND vs NZ: After Gill-Pant, Jadeja-Ashwin pair put pressure on New Zealand players on the second day, Team India maintained its hold in the match.
The second day of the third Test has ended and New Zealand has scored only 171 runs after losing 9 wickets in its second innings. Team India (Pic Source-X) The third test match between Team India and New Zealand has started at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The second day of the third Test has ended and New Zealand has scored only 171 runs after losing 9 wickets in its second innings. The team has taken a lead of 143 runs. Let us tell you that New Zealand had scored 235 runs in its first innings after losing all the wickets. On behalf of the team, Will Young played an inning of 71 runs with the help of four fours and two sixes while Daryl Mitchell contributed 82 runs. However, apart from these two batsmen, no other player could score big for New Zealand. Captain Tom Latham played an innings of 28 runs while Glenn Phillips scored 17 runs. Apart from these four batsmen, no other player could cross the 10-run mark. On behalf of Team India, Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja completely destroyed New Zealand’s batting lineup with lethal bowling. While on one hand Ravindra Jadeja took 5 wickets in this match, on the other hand information bowler Washington Sundar took four wickets. In reply, Team India was all out for 263 runs in its first innings. From the host side, the best player Shubhman Gill scored 90 runs while Rishabh Pant played an aggressive inning of 60 runs. Both these batsmen gave a tough class to the New Zealand bowlers. However, apart from these two, no other player could score big for his team. Indian spinners bowled brilliantly Till the end of the second day’s play, Ajaz Patel is batting on 7* runs for New Zealand. On behalf of the team, Will Young batted very well and scored 51 runs while Glenn Phillips contributed 26 runs. Devon Conway played an inning of 22 runs while Daryl Mitchell scored 21 runs. From the host side, Ravindra Jadeja bowled lethally and took four wickets while Ravichandran Ashwin took three wickets. Akash Deep and Washington Sundar have taken 1-1 wicket. Ashwin, Jadeja combine to derail New Zealand’s second innings.#WTC25 , #INDvNZ : pic.twitter.com/72liWVggjY — ICC (@ICC) November 2, 2024 What a way to get the final wicket of the day 🙌 Make that 4⃣ for Ravindra Jadeja 👏👏 Scorecard – https://t.co/KNIvTEyxU7#TeamIndia , #INDvNZ , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @imjadeja pic.twitter.com/r6sTQSHgYf — BCCI (@BCCI) November 2, 2024 1% chance of grabbing that and No.9️⃣9️⃣ just knew how to! Ash Anna Supremacy🫡#PlayBold #INDvNZpic.twitter.com/QMFxABwt36 — Royal Challengers Bengaluru (@RCBTweets) November 2, 2024 Stumps on Day 2! 🏏 A tough day for NZ as Ashwin and Jadeja wreak havoc, leaving them reeling at 171/9. A challenging pitch and India’s spin duo have NZ in a tight spot. Can NZ salvage the innings tomorrow? #INDvNZ #3rdtestmatch #INDvNZ , #ViratKohli𓃵 #RohitSharma𓃵 #SRK59 — Muhammad Hanzalah (@Mu00095hanzalah) November 2, 2024 9 Wickets in Match for Ravindra Jadeja 5/65 in first innings 4/52* in Second innings @imjadeja #INDvNZ — JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar)…
IND vs NZ, 3rd Test: Day 2 Highlights: From Gill-Pant’s half-centuries to New Zealand’s 171/9 in the second innings
After the second day’s play, New Zealand is leading by 143 runs. IND vs NZ (Photo Source: IND vs NZ, 3rd Test: Day 2 Highlights: The last match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. On the first day of play, the New Zealand team was all out for 235 in the first innings. By the end of the day, Team India had scored 86 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Today, on the second day of the game, Team India was all out for 263 in the first innings due to the brilliant bowling of Ajaz Patel. By the end of the day, New Zealand had scored 171 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the second innings. Let us tell you all the highlights of the second day of the game- Gill and Pant scored brilliant half-centuries After the first day’s play, Shubman Gill (31*) and Rishabh Pant (1*) were present at the crease unbeaten. On the second day, both the batsmen played brilliantly and scored half-centuries. Both Gill and Pant completed their half-centuries in the 30th over bowled by Ish Sodhi. Shubhman Gill scored a half-century in 66 balls and Rishabh Pant scored a half-century in just 36 balls. This is the seventh half-century of Gill’s Test career and the 19th half-century of Pant. RISHABH PANT IS THE STAR OF TEST CRICKET – PURE ENTERTAINER.pic.twitter.com/viokVd00FF — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 RISHABH PANT IS THE STAR OF TEST CRICKET – PURE ENTERTAINER.pic.twitter.com/viokVd00FF — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 FIFTY IN JUST 36 BALLS BY RISHABH PANT…!!! – What a knock by Pant, a blockbuster guy in Test cricket! pic.twitter.com/hMVmewd84b — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 IND vs NZ: 96 run partnership between Gill and Pant for the fifth wicket Rishabh Pant was out LBW to Ish Sodhi on the third ball of the 38th over and India got the fifth blow at the score of 180. Rishabh played an inning of 60 runs in 59 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. There was a partnership of 96 runs for the fifth wicket between him and Gill. WELL PLAYED, RISHABH PANT. The crisis man of India did his job once again – came in at 86/4 and smashed a wonderful 60 (59). pic.twitter.com/brGxOIF3HH — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 Jadeja and Sarfaraz returned to the pavilion cheaply Ravindra Jadeja and Sarfaraz Khan flopped in the first innings. Ravindra Jadeja was out on 14 balls in 25 balls at the hands of Glenn Phillips and Sarfaraz Khan was out on a duck in 4 balls against Ajaz Patel. Shubman Gill missed a century Shubman Gill played a brilliant inning of 90 runs for Team India in 146 balls with the help of 7 fours and one six. He was caught by Daryl Mitchell off the ball of Ajaz Patel and missed a century, giving India its 8th blow at the score of 227. HEARTBREAK FOR SHUBMAN GILL. –…
OTD in 2013: On this day, 11 years ago, Rohit Sharma scored the first double century of his international career.
On 2 November 2013, Rohit Sharma scored the first double century of his international career against Australia at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: OTD in 2013: Rohit Sharma First Double Century: The Indian cricket team is currently playing the last match of the three-match Test series against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s performance in this ongoing series has not been special. But today, 2nd November, is very special for the hitman. On this day in 2013, Rohit scored the first double century of his international career against Australia at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru. Rohit Sharma played an inning of 209 runs On 2 November 2013, the series decider match was played between Team India and Australia in Bengaluru. Before that match, the series was tied at 2-2 between both the teams. Rohit Sharma played brilliantly for India and scored 209 runs in 158 balls with the help of 12 fours and 16 sixes. Not only was this Rohit’s first double century in ODIs, but it also remains the highest individual ODI score by any batsman against Australia. At that time, Rohit became the third player in the world after Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag to score a double century in ODI cricket. With the help of that brilliant innings of Rohit, Team India had scored 383 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. In response, the Australian team lost the match by 57 runs while chasing the target and India won the series 3-2. Hitman is the only batsman to score three double centuries in ODIs. Rohit Sharma remains the only batsman in the world to score three double centuries in the ODI format. After scoring a double century against Australia, he scored 264 runs in 173 balls against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, which is the highest individual score in ODIs. Hitman also scored his third double century against Sri Lanka in Mohali. He played an unbeaten inning of 208 runs.
IND vs NZ: After the first day of play, Ravindra Jadeja gave a big statement, said – the last 15 minutes…
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took the 14th 5 wicket haul of his career. Ravindra Jadeja (Pic Source-X) The third test match between India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from today. After winning the toss and coming to bat first, the Indian bowlers dominated New Zealand from the beginning and restricted the Kiwis to 235 runs in the first innings. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took the 14th 5 wicket haul of his career, while Washington Sundar took 4 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma gave a fast start to India. Rohit Sharma looked in good touch and hit three fours. However, he once again failed to play a big innings and returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs. Young Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill tried to build a partnership, but Jaiswal was out after scoring 30 runs. After Yashasvi’s dismissal, Mohammed Siraj was sent as night-watchman, but he became the victim of Ajaz Patel on the very first ball. Soon after this, star batsman Virat Kohli was also run out. He lost his wicket in the pursuit of a quick single. By the end of the day’s play, India had scored 86 runs losing 4 wickets and were trailing by 149 runs. Taking a wicket for India in Test, it is always special – Ravindra Jadeja After the end of the game, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja said that the last 15 minutes of the day did not go in the team’s favor and wrong decisions put the host team in a difficult situation. However, he expects other players to build small partnerships and take the lead in the first innings. Jadeja said, “As a batting unit, we need a collective effort. Didn’t think like this, miscommunication and misjudgment keep happening. We are 150 runs behind, small partnerships will be our game plan to take the team’s total above 230. He further said that it is always special to get a wicket for India in Tests. Felt good that I helped my team achieve success. It was not easy bowling in the heat, Washington bowled well and everyone played their part.
IND vs NZ, 3rd Test: Day 1 Highlights: From Devon Conway’s LBW to Virat Kohli’s run out
After the first day’s play, Team India is trailing by 149 runs. IND vs NZ (Photo Source: IND vs NZ, 3rd Test: Day 1 Highlights: The third Test between India and New Zealand is being played at the Wankhede Stadium from November 1. On the first day of the game, after winning the toss and batting first, the New Zealand team was all out for 235 runs. By the end of the day, Team India has scored 86 runs at the loss of 4 wickets. Shubman Gill (31*) and Rishabh Pant (1*) are present at the crease unbeaten. Let us tell you all the highlights of the first day’s play- IND vs NZ: Akash Deep gave India its first success Akash Deep gave a big success to Team India by dismissing Kiwi opener Devon Conway in the first session of the first day of the game itself. The first ball of the fourth over of the innings was played by Tom Latham towards mid-off and took three runs. Akash then dismissed Devon Conway LBW on the next ball. Akash appealed strongly and the onfield umpire declared him out. Conway talked to captain Tom Latham posted at the other end and decided to take a review. UltraEdge showed that the bat was not hit and on ball-tracking, all three dots were red and India got the first success. In the first innings of the third Test, Conway could score only 4 runs in 11 balls. Akash Deep traps Conway. pic.twitter.com/tuTjqKupDf — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 1, 2024 Sundar tightened the noose on Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra Washington Sundar first bowled Tom Latham on the last ball of the 16th over. The ball beat the outside edge and hit the stumps straight away. The Kiwi captain played an innings of 28 runs in 44 balls with the help of 3 fours. Sundar then gave the third big blow to the opposition team by dismissing Rachin Ravindra in the 20th over on the score of 72. Rachin Ravindra tried to defend but the ball went beyond the outside edge and hit the stumps. Rachin Ravindra could score only 5 runs in 12 balls. 1⃣ Brings 2⃣, they say! Washington Sundar agrees! Live ▶️ https://t.co/KNIvTEy04z#TeamIndia , #INDvNZ , @IDFCFIRSTBank , @Sundarwashi5 pic.twitter.com/Q2DwB61Dj0 — BCCI (@BCCI) November 1, 2024 IND vs NZ: Jadeja breaks the partnership between Will Young and Daryl Mitchell Ravindra Jadeja gave a big blow to New Zealand by dismissing Will Young in the 45th over. Will Young tried to play a defensive shot, hit the outside edge and Rohit Sharma, posted at first slip, took a good catch. Jaddu also broke the 87-run partnership between Will Young and Daryl Mitchell. Will Young scored 71 runs in 138 balls with the help of 4 fours and 2 sixes. Ravindra Jadeja sent Tom Blundell to the pavilion for a duck in the same over and New Zealand lost the fifth wicket at the score of 159. Talk about striking in quick succession! A double-wicket over for #TeamIndiacourtesy Ravindra Jadeja! Live ▶️…

