ICC Test Rankings: Kagiso Rabada became number-1 Test bowler by defeating Bumrah, Ashwin-Jadeja also suffered loss

Kagiso Rabada topped the Test bowling rankings with 860 rating points. Kagiso Rabada & Jasprit Bumrah (Photo Source: ICC Test Rankings: Kagiso Rabada has become the number-1 bowler in the ICC Men’s Test bowling rankings, overtaking Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. Rabada had shown a brilliant performance in the first match of the ongoing Test series against Bangladesh, for which he has been rewarded. Rabada took three wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second innings. Kagiso Rabada also took his 300th Test wicket during the first Test against Bangladesh. He is the third fastest South African bowler (11817 balls) to achieve this feat. Kagiso Rabada reached first place with 860 rating points. Kagiso Rabada reached the first position in the ICC Test bowlers’ rankings for the first time in 2018. He remained at number-1 position till February 2019. The thing to note is that Rabada has been continuously in the top-10 in the rankings recently. After taking 9 wickets against Bangladesh, he left behind Jasprit Bumrah, Josh Hazlewood and Ashwin and secured the first position with 860 rating points. Josh Hazlewood (847) is at second place, Bumrah (846) is at third place and Ashwin (831) is at fourth place. Pakistani spinner Noman Ali reached 9th place On the other hand, Pakistan’s spin bowlers Noman Ali and Sajid Khan have also benefited, who recently performed brilliantly in the Test series against England. Noman Ali took 11 and 9 wickets in two matches, Sajid took 9 and 10 wickets in two matches. Noman Ali achieved a career-high ranking of 9th. While Sajid has jumped 12 places to reach 38th position. ICC Men’s Latest Test Bowling Rankings Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) – 860 rating Josh Hazlewood (Australia) – 847 rating Jasprit Bumrah (India) – 846 rating R Ashwin (India) – 831 rating Pat Cummins (Australia) – 820 rating Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 801 rating Prabhat Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) – 801 rating Ravindra Jadeja (India) – 776 rating Noman Ali (Pakistan) – 759 rating Matt Henry (New Zealand)- 743 rating Rachin Ravindra and Saud Shakeel took a long jump England’s legendary batsman Joe Root is still at first place in the ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings. Kiwi batsman Rachin Ravindra played brilliantly in the first two test matches against India. He has jumped 8 places to 10th position. At the same time, Saud Shakeel of Pakistan made a huge jump of 20 places and has reached 7th position. ICC Men’s Test Batting Rankings Joe Root (England) – 903 rating Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 813 rating Yashasvi Jaiswal (India) – 790 rating Harry Brook (England) – 778 ratings Steve Smith (Australia)- 757 rating Usman Khawaja (Australia) – 728 rating Saud Shakeel (Pakistan) – 724 rating Marnus LaBution (Australia) – 720 rating Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 716 rating Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand)- 711 rating

“Winning this series at any cost…”- Harmanpreet Kaur’s big statement after defeating New Zealand 2-1

Indian women’s cricket team defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets in the third ODI and captured the series 2-1. Harmanpreet Kaur (Photo Source: Indian women’s cricket team defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets in the third ODI and captured the series 2-1. In the match played in Ahmedabad, New Zealand, batting first, was all out for 232 runs in 49.5 overs. In response, the Indian team chased the target in just 44.2 overs. Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 100 runs in 122 balls and captain Harmanpreet Kaur played an unbeaten inning of 59 runs in 63 balls. This victory is very special for the Indian women’s team, because the team had failed to reach the semi-finals in the T20 World Cup in UAE. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur spoke openly about the team’s performance after the series win. Happy that we were able to bounce back after losing the last game – Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet stressed that you want to give 100 percent in every match, but sometimes things don’t go your way. The team discussed many things in the team meeting and got the result they wanted. The entire team is very happy with this. Harmanpreet Kaur while talking at the post match presentation said, It was important for us because we wanted to win this series at any cost. As I said in the morning, we discussed a lot of things and are really happy that we were able to make it happen today. Whenever we play, we always want to give our 100% but sometimes things don’t go your way. As a professional cricketer, you need to keep pushing yourself and keep moving forward. We discussed these things in the team meeting, so really happy that we were able to bounce back after losing in the last game. Harmanpreet further talked about the team’s fielding. The women’s team is continuously working hard to improve its fielding skills. “Always talk about our fielding, it is an area we need to work hard on. We are working hard, but until we become the best fielding team, we are just waiting for the results.”

Womens T20 World Cup, 2024: New Zealand won the Women’s T20 World Cup for the first time by defeating South Africa by 32 runs.

Apart from scoring 43 runs in the final, Amelia Kar also took 3 wickets for New Zealand. South Africa Women vs New Zealand Women, Final (Image Credit- Twitter ICC Womens T20 World Cup, 2024 Final: The final match of the 9th season of the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup was played today, Sunday, 20 October, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Let us tell you that in this match, the New Zealand women’s team has won the Women’s T20 World Cup title by defeating South Africa by 32 runs. This is the first time that New Zealand has won the Women’s T20 World Cup. All-rounder Amelia Kar played an important role in helping New Zealand win the final match. In the final, apart from scoring 43 runs while batting first, he also took 3 wickets while spending 24 runs in four overs in bowling. South Africa vs New Zealand, status of final match If we tell you about the match in detail, South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl. After this, batting first, New Zealand scored 158 runs at the loss of five wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. For New Zealand, opener Suzie Bates scored 32 runs, Amelia Karr scored 43 runs and Brook Halliday scored 38 runs, while Maddie Green remained unbeaten on 12* and wicketkeeper Isabella Gage remained unbeaten on 3*. If we talk about the bowling of South Africa women’s team, Nonkululeko Mlaba took maximum 2 wickets. Apart from this, Ayabonga Khaka, Chole Trian and Nandini de Klerk got one success each.

Irani Cup 2024: Mumbai won the title for the 16th time by defeating Rest of India, read the status of the match?

Sarfaraz Khan elected player of the match Mumbai vs Rest of India (Image Credit- Twitter Irani Cup 2024, Mumbai vs Rest of India: The 61st season of the Irani Cup was played between Mumbai and Rest of India (ROI). Let us tell you that this match played at Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow ended in a draw, but in the match, Mumbai won against Rest of India on the basis of first innings lead. So this is Mumbai’s overall 16th Irani Cup title. Earlier, Mumbai had won the Irani Cup title 27 years ago in 1997. Apart from this, this is Mumbai’s 62nd trophy in domestic cricket. Earlier, Mumbai has won 42 Ranji Trophy titles, 4 Vijay Hazare Trophy and 1 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy title. Mumbai vs Rest of India match status On the other hand, if we tell you in detail about the match, Rest of India won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, Mumbai scored 537 runs on the basis of a double century by Sarfaraz Khan (222*) on the first two days. In response, Rest of India could score only 416 runs in the first innings and lagged behind Mumbai by 121 runs on the basis of first innings. In the first innings for Rest of India, Abhimanyu Easwaran played a brilliant inning of 191 runs and Dhruv Jurel played a brilliant inning of 93 runs. However, after this, Mumbai, who came to bat in the second innings, remained unbeaten on the 5th day of the game and in the end, the captain of the opposing team, Ruturaj Gaikwad, ended the match on a draw with mutual consent. At the time of the draw, Mumbai had scored 329 runs at the loss of 8 wickets after 78 overs in the second innings. At the crease at this time Tanush Kotian was unbeaten on 114* and Mohit Awasthi was unbeaten on 51*. In the second innings for Rest of India, Saransh Jain took 6 wickets and Manav Suthar took 2 wickets. That Winning Feeling! Congratulations to the @ajinkyarahane88-led Mumbai on their #IranianCup triumph 🙌 🙌#IranianCup , @IDFCFIRSTBank Scorecard ▶️ pic.twitter.com/1h1kAXLCHR — BCCI Domestic (@BCCIDomestic) October 5, 2024

Sri Lanka caused a big upheaval in the WTC points table by defeating New Zealand 2-0 in the series; All the teams are surprised

SL vs NZ (Photo Source: Getty Images) A 2 test match series was played between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Sri Lanka has seen excellent performance in both the matches of this series. Sri Lanka, which took a 1-0 lead by winning the first match of the series, defeated New Zealand by 1 innings and 154 runs in the second Test match. With this victory, Sri Lanka not only won the series, but the equation of the World Test Championship table has also changed. Sri Lanka has moved to third place with a 2-0 win.

Harry Brook is very happy after defeating Australia in the fourth ODI, gave a big statement in praise of the players

We have taken all the positivity and momentum from the first two matches and carried them into the last two matches – Harry Brook Harry Brook (Photo Source: The England cricket team registered a spectacular victory by 186 runs in the fourth ODI against Australia. Batting first in the fourth ODI, host England scored 312 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Harry Brook scored the highest score of 87 runs in 58 balls. At the same time, Ben Duckett played an inning of 63 runs and Liam Livingstone played an unbeaten inning of 62 runs. Chasing the target, the Australian team was all out for 126 runs in 24.4 overs. Matthew Potts took the maximum of 4 wickets for 38 runs in 8 overs. After the spectacular victory against Australia, England captain Harry Brook was seen praising the team a lot. He praised Ben Duckett’s brilliant batting, Livingstone’s finishing innings and the bowlers. Duckett is difficult to bowl to – Harry Brook Speaking at the post match presentation after the win in the fourth ODI against Australia, Harry Brook said, We have taken all the positivity and momentum from the first two games and carried them into the last two games. Ducky (Duckett), we know how good he is, on top of that he is incredibly difficult to bowl to. We know what Livi (Livingstone) is capable of at the back end and he showed it beautifully tonight. Harry Brook further said, They (England bowlers) bowled brilliantly. He (Jofra Archer) was bowling fast tonight too, it was good to see with a bit of swing and seam movement, hopefully we’ll see more of that going forward. It’s always good to score runs, when you’re playing well you think a little more clearly. The series between England and Australia is tied at 2-2. The last match of the five-match ODI series will be played in Bristol on 29 September.

LLC 2024: Southern Super Stars registered a hat-trick of wins in the tournament, defeating Gujarat Greats by 8 wickets

With this win, Southern Super Stars remain at number 1 in the points table Southern Super Stars vs Gujarat Greats (Image Credit- Twitter Cricket Legends League 2024: The sixth match of the ongoing third season of Legends League Cricket (LLC) was played today on 26th September, Thursday, between Southern Super Stars and Gujarat Greats. Let us tell you that in this match played at Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur, Southern Super achieved a hat-trick of victories by winning by 8 wickets. So this is the second consecutive defeat of Gujarat Greats in the ongoing tournament. Batting first, Gujarat set an easy target of 124 runs in front of Southern, which the team achieved very easily by losing only 2 wickets. After this victory, Southern Super Stars have won three matches in three matches, and they remain at the top of the points table with 6 points. Southern Super Stars vs Gujarat Greats match status If we tell you about the match in detail, Gujarat Greats captain Shikhar Dhawan won the toss and decided to bat first. However, his entire team was able to score only 123 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Captain Shikhar contributed 38 runs while Asghar Afghan contributed 18 runs. Apart from this, no other player could score more runs. On the other hand, excellent bowling was seen from Southern Super Stars in the match. Subot Bhati got 2 wickets while Hamid Hasan, Abdur Razzaq, Pawan Negi and Jesal Karia got 1 wicket each. On the other hand, when Southern Super Stars came out to chase the easy target of 124 runs given by Gujarat Greats, they achieved this target very easily by losing only 2 wickets in 14.3 overs. For the team, opener Martin Guptill scored 14 runs, while Hamilton Masakadza played a quick innings of 41 runs. Apart from this, captain Shreevats Goswami remained unbeaten on 48* and Pawan Negi remained unbeaten on 19*. Manan Sharma and Samar Qadri got 1-1 wickets from Gujarat’s side. captain’s knock 💥 Catch the action live on @StarSportsIndia , @FanCode#SSSvGG #BossLogonKaGame #LegendsLeagueCricket #LLCSeason3 #LLCT20 #Jodhpur pic.twitter.com/VrCbkEpMQx —Legends League Cricket (@llct20) September 26, 2024

R Ashwin created history in the Chennai Test match, went ahead of Cummins in this matter, eyes on defeating Lyon

R Ashwin reached second place in terms of taking wickets in WTC. R Ashwin (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Team India’s veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin did not get a single wicket in the first innings of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chennai. In this innings, he performed brilliantly with the bat and scored a century but did not get any wicket while bowling. But in the second innings, he has started giving trouble to the Bangladeshi batsmen by taking 3 wickets. Ashwin overtakes Pat Cummins With these three wickets, Ashwin has reached the second position in the list of bowlers who have taken the most wickets in the World Test Championship. He has achieved this position by leaving behind Australian captain Pat Cummins. Australia’s star spinner Nathan Lyon is at the top of this list. R Ashwin has so far taken a total of 177 wickets in 69 innings of 36 WTC matches. During this, his average has been 20.60. Ashwin has also taken five-wicket haul 10 times during this period. Pat Cummins is third on this list with 175 wickets, while Nathan Lyon is at the top with 187 wickets. Ashwin now needs 11 wickets to overtake Nathan Lyon. After Chennai, India will play the second Test against Bangladesh in Kanpur. After this, Team India will host New Zealand for three Test matches before leaving for Australia. It is expected that Ashwin will overtake Lyon in this list before the start of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Most wickets in WTC Nathan Lyon (Australia) – 187 Ravichandran Ashwin (India) – 177* Pat Cummins (Australia) – 175 Mitchell Starc (Australia) – 147 Stuart Broad (England) – 134 If we talk about this match, then on the basis of R Ashwin’s century in the first innings, Team India was able to reach a score of 376. At one point India had lost 6 wickets for 144 runs, then Ashwin along with Jadeja made a partnership of 199 runs for the 7th wicket and took the team to a big score. Bangladesh’s first innings was limited to 149 runs. India gained a lead of 227 runs after the first innings. In the second innings, Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly for Team India, on the basis of centuries of these two future star players, India declared its innings after scoring 287 runs. India set a target of 515 runs for Bangladesh to win, in response to which the visiting team had lost 4 wickets for 158 runs by the end of the third day’s play.

LLC 2024: India Capitals started the tournament with a win, defeating Toyam Hyderabad by 1 run in a thrilling match

Ben Dunk played a match-winning innings for India Capitals India Capitals vs Toyam Hyderabad (Image Credit- LLC Twitter Cricket Legends League 2024: The third season of Legends League Cricket is going on. So today on 21st September, the second match of the tournament was played between India Capitals and Toyam Hyderabad at Barkatullah Khan Stadium in Jodhpur. Let us tell you that in this thrilling match, Suresh Raina-led Toyam Hyderabad lost by 1 run. On the other hand, India Capitals started the tournament with a win. While chasing the target of 186 runs from Capitals, Hyderabad could score only 184 runs. india capitals vs toyam hyderabad match status Talking about the match in detail, India Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first. The team scored 185 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. For the team, Ben Dunk played a match-winning innings of 60 runs in 35 balls with the help of 4 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from this, opener Dwayne Smith scored 14 and Naman Ojha scored 26 runs. Apart from this, Ashley Nurse contributed 30 and Colin de Grandhomme contributed 31* runs. Talking about Hyderabad’s bowling, Shamiullah Shenwari got 2 wickets and Nuwan Pradeep, Bipul Sharma and Stuart Binny got 1-1 wickets. On the other hand, when Toyam Hyderabad came out to chase the target of 186 runs given by India Capitals, they could only score 184 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs and lost the match by a small margin of 1 run. George Walker scored the highest 52 runs for the team, while Chadwick Walton contributed 18, Gurkeerat Singh Mann 28 and Peter Trego 38 runs. Captain Suresh Raina scored 4 runs and Ricky Clarks scored just 8 runs. On the other hand, Dhawal Kulkarni and Rahul Sharma took 2-2 wickets for India Capitals. Apart from this, Pawan Suyal and Chris Mofu got 1-1 wickets. Trego almost did the unthinkable, as India Capitals pull off a 1 run victory 🤯#ICvTH #BossLogonKaGame #LegendsLeagueCricket #LLCSeason3 #LLCT20 #Jodhpur pic.twitter.com/uQOQrGftpK —Legends League Cricket (@llct20) September 21, 2024

Buchi Babu Tournament 2024: Hyderabad won the title by defeating Chhattisgarh by 243 runs

Hyderabad has won a one-sided match against Chhattisgarh. Buchi Babu Tournament 2024 (Image Credit- Twitter X) Hyderabad won the Buchi Babu Tournament 2024 in a one-sided match against Chhattisgarh by 243 runs. Rahul Singh-led Hyderabad defeated Chhattisgarh in the final match with both bat and ball. Talking about the match, Hyderabad batted first and scored 417 runs in the first innings. In the first innings, opener Abhirath M scored 85 runs and Rohith Rayudu scored a brilliant innings of 155 runs for the team. Apart from this, wicketkeeper batsman Rahul Radesh scored 48 runs and tailender Aniket Reddy scored 29* runs. After this, looking at the batsmen of Chhattisgarh during the match, it seemed that they had forgotten how to bat. Chhattisgarh’s first innings was bowled out very cheaply at just 93 runs. After this, Hyderabad wrapped up Chhattisgarh’s second innings at 181 runs. Chhattisgarh, led by Amandeep Khare, found it very difficult to face Hyderabad’s bowlers. In the second innings for Hyderabad, Aniket took 4 wickets, while Tanay Thyagarajan and Rohith Rayudu took 3-3 wickets respectively. After this, Hyderabad came to bat in the second innings and scored 281 runs on the basis of wicketkeeper Rahul’s 41 runs innings and set a target of 517 runs for Chhattisgarh to win in the second innings. But after Chhattisgarh team was all out for 181 runs in the second innings, Hyderabad won the match by a huge margin of 243 runs. Captain Rahul Singh gave a big statement So, after winning the match, Hyderabad captain Rahul Singh was quoted by Sportsstar as saying – We wanted to play aggressive cricket and we did so throughout the tournament. We did this in the Plate Group last year, which was a bit easier, but we played against some good teams here. So, this is a good sign for us before the Ranji season.