DTVHINDIHistoric moment: On this day in 2002, Yuvraj-Kaif created history, India won the NatWest Trophy by defeating England
Yuvraj-Kaif’s innings gave India a historic victory NatWest Trophy final 22 years ago on this day, the Indian team created history on the soil of England. Under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly, Team India defeated England in the final of the NatWest Series. Then Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif played memorable innings for the Men in Blue. During this historic victory, Sourav Ganguly also took off his T-shirt and waved it, which is an iconic moment in Indian cricket. Today is a very special day in Indian cricket. On 13 July 2002, India and England clashed in the NatWest Trophy final. In the match, England won the toss and decided to bat first. Openers Marcus Trescothick and Nick Knight gave the team a good start and added 41 runs for the first wicket. Nasir Hussain, who came to bat at number three after the dismissal of Nick Knight (14), made a brilliant partnership of 185 runs with Trescothick. Both these batsmen thrashed the Indian team bowlers. Trescothick played an innings of 109 runs, while Hussain was out after scoring 115 runs. Andrew Flintoff also played a quick innings of 40 runs. In this way, England scored a huge score of 325 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. For India, Zaheer Khan took the maximum of three wickets, while Ashish Nehra and Anil Kumble got 1-1 wickets. Yuvraj-Kaif’s innings brought a historic victory In reply, Team India got off to a great start with Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag putting on a 106-run partnership for the first wicket. However, England’s bowlers made a comeback and India’s score became 146/5. Ganguly was out after scoring 60 runs, while Sehwag could score only 45 runs. But Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif, who came to bat at number six and seven, created history. These two batsmen shared a partnership of 121 runs to pull the Indian team out of trouble and bring it close to victory. Yuvraj Singh was out after scoring 69 runs with the help of 9 fours and a six. India won the match by scoring 326 runs with three balls and two wickets remaining. Mohammad Kaif played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs, for which he was chosen as the Player of the Match. After this historic victory, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly took off his T-shirt and waved it in the air on the balcony of Lord’s, which is still remembered by millions of fans. A 21 YEAR OLD YUVARAJ SINGH PLAYED A CLUTCH HAND. – In the NatWest Final chasing 326 against England, India were 146/5 at one stage. Young Yuvi stepped up and scored 69 (63) to help India register a historic win.pic.twitter.com/QXXR1y3oKk — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 13, 2024 It’s been 22 years since the most iconic celebration in Indian cricket history. – Sourav Ganguly waved his jersey at the Lord’s balcony after winning the NatWest series Final.pic.twitter.com/lRdJrLkY9s — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) July 13, 2024
Gus Atkinson created history in his debut match, broke many incredible records
England defeated West Indies by an innings and 114 runs in the first Test at Lord’s. Gus Atkinson and Kraigg Brathwaite (Pic Source X) In the first Test match played at Lord’s, England defeated West Indies by an innings and 114 runs. In this match, young fast bowler Gus Atkinson bowled brilliantly for England and took a total of 12 wickets. He took 7 wickets in the first innings of this match while he took five wickets in the second innings. With this, Gus Atkinson has become the eighth English bowler to take a 10-wicket haul in his Test debut. Not only this, Gus Atkinson became the third bowler to take a 10-wicket haul at Lord’s. Before him, Bob Massie and Alec Bedser have achieved this feat. Not only this, Gus Atkinson became the 9th English bowler to take a 10-wicket haul in Test debut at Lord’s. Gus Atkinson’s bowling was praised by many. He could have become the first bowler to take 8 wickets in an innings in England in his debut match but could not achieve this feat. England won the first test In the first Test, England won the toss and invited West Indies to bat first. West Indies batted first and scored 121 runs in their first innings after losing all wickets. For the team, Mikyle Lewis scored 27 runs in the first innings while Kavem Hodge contributed 24 runs. Alick Athanaze played an innings of 23 runs while Alzari Joseph scored 14 runs. England scored 371 runs after losing all wickets in their first innings. Wicketkeeper batsman Jamie Smith scored 70 runs for the team while experienced batsman Joe Root scored 68 runs. Zak Crawley contributed 76 runs while Ollie Pope scored 57 runs. Harry Brook contributed 50 runs. Jaden Searles took four wickets in the first innings for West Indies. The West Indies team failed to bat well in the second innings as well and was all out for 136 runs. In the second innings, Gudakesh Moti scored the highest 31* runs for the team. Apart from Moti, Alick Athanaze contributed 22 runs while Jason Holder scored 20 runs. 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
Zimbabwe has made the most amazing record against India in the history of T20 cricket
Zimbabwe batted first and scored 115 runs. In reply, the Indian team collapsed for 102 runs. ZIM vs IND (Photo Source: Getty Images) ZIM vs IND: The first match of the five-match T20 series between India and Zimbabwe was played at Harare Sports Club. In this match, the Zimbabwean team defeated the young brigade of T20 World Cup winner Team India by 13 runs. Due to the defeat in this match, Team India fell behind 0-1 in the series. This was the first defeat of the Indian team in T20 International in 2024. Earlier, India had won all the series and World Cup matches. Now Zimbabwe has broken India’s 12-match winning streak. Also, India has lost to Zimbabwe after 8 years. Earlier in the year 2016, the Indian team had lost. But not only this, Zimbabwe has created history by making a great record against India. Let’s know- Zimbabwe defended the lowest ever score against India in T20 history Zimbabwe has created a unique record by performing brilliantly against India. Zimbabwe successfully defended the lowest target against the world champion. Successfully defending the target of 116 runs is the best performance of any team in T20I against India. Earlier this record was in the name of New Zealand, which successfully defended the target of 127 runs given by India in 2016. Teams that successfully defended the minimum score against India 116 runs vs Zimbabwe, 2024 127 vs New Zealand, 2016 131 vs South Africa, 2009 146 vs Zimbabwe, 2016 150 runs vs West Indies, 2023 IND vs ZIM 1st T20 Match Updates Zimbabwe batted first and scored 115 runs. In response, the Indian team collapsed for 102 runs. Team India needed 16 runs from 6 balls to win against Zimbabwe in the last over. India had also lost 9 wickets, but Washington Sundar was batting from one end. Then there was hope that India could win this match. But Washington disappointed everyone and could score only two runs in the last over. With this, the Indian team lost only the third T20 match in history against Zimbabwe.
T20 World Cup 2024 Stats Review: Rohit Sharma created history in captaincy, more special records were made, know here
India has won the World Cup after 13 years and the ICC tournament after 11 years. South Africa vs India, Final (Image Credit- Twitter X) The final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and South Africa in Barbados on 29 June. While Team India won the match by 7 runs, ending their long-running drought of not winning the ICC Trophy, South Africa, which reached a World Cup final after 32 years, have had to wait longer. Let us tell you that by winning this final match, Rohit Sharma has created history as a captain in the T20 World Cup. Rohit has now become the first captain to win the T20 World Cup without losing a single match. No captain has done this before Rohit. Let’s see some special records made in the tournament including the final: See special records and stats of India vs South Africa, Final T20 World Cup 2024 1. In this match, the Indian team scored 176/7, which is the highest score made by any team in the final of a T20 World Cup. 5. This was the 5th World Cup in which Virat Kohli scored more than 150 runs, before Kohli only Mahela Jayawardene has been able to do this. 17. Arshdeep Singh (17 wickets) equalled Fazalhaq Farooqi’s record for most wickets in a T20 World Cup season. 5. In the final match, Heinrich Klaasen hit 5 sixes which is the second highest number of sixes hit by any batsman in a final. Before Klaasen, Marlon Samuels had hit 6 sixes in the final of the 2012 season. 1. India played the 14th final match of the ICC tournament and became the team playing the most finals. Australia has played 13 finals. 3. India became the third team to win 5 or more ICC finals. Australia have won 10 of their 13 finals, while West Indies have won 5 out of 8 finals. 1. This was Rohit Sharma’s 50th win as captain, which no other captain has been able to achieve in T20 International cricket. 76. Virat Kohli scored 76 runs in the final match and became the player with most fifties in ICC T20 World Cup and joint most 50+ scores in T20Is. 2. Virat Kohli was awarded the Player of the Match (POTM) award for his brilliant innings. With this, he has become the second player to win this award in the semi-finals and finals of the T20 World Cup. Before Kohli, Shahid Afridi had done this in the 2009 T20 World Cup season.
Most Runs In ICC Knockouts: 5 batsmen who scored the most runs in knockouts, Kohli created history again
Let’s take a look at the top 5 batsmen who have scored the most runs in ICC knockout matches. Virat Kohli (Pic Source-X) Most Runs In ICC Knockouts: ICC tournaments are very important tournaments in international cricket as all the top countries participate in the competitions. ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy are the 3 main events of ICC. World Test Championship has also become a big event of ICC now. The team that wins the ICC tournament also gets the tag of world champion. The Indian team has won ICC tournaments 5 times. India won the ODI World Cup in 1983 and 2011. India won the T20 World Cup in 2007 and also won two Champions Trophy titles in 2002 (jointly) and 2013. There are some players who have scored a lot of runs in ICC tournament finals and this list includes 3 Indian players. Let’s take a look at the 5 batsmen who have scored the most runs in ICC knockout matches. Most Runs In ICC Knockouts 5. Kumar Sangakkara Kumar Sangakkara says the Lahore attack was the lowest point in his career. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Sri Lanka’s legendary wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara is at the 5th place in this list. He has scored 595 runs in 18 innings of ICC Knockouts (Most Runs In ICC Knockouts). 4. Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: Getty Images) Current captain of Team India, Rohit Sharma, comes fourth in this list. He has scored 649* runs in just 16 innings. However, he will go to third place in this list as soon as he scores 9 runs. 3. Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo by Mark Nolan/Getty Images) It is impossible to talk about records of runs and not include the name of cricket’s greatest batsman Sachin Tendulkar in the list. Sachin has scored 657 runs in 14 innings in the ICC knockout event and is at number three in the list. However, Rohit Sharma can break this record and take his place. 2. Ricky Ponting Ricky Ponting pull. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) Australian veteran batsman Ricky Ponting comes second in the list of highest run scorers in ICC knockout events. He has scored 731 runs in 18 innings. 1. Virat Kohli Virat Kohli (Pic Source-X) Virat Kohli, one of the star batsmen of Team India and the whole world, tops this list. He has scored 743* runs in 17 innings of ICC knockout events. However, he is still going to add more runs to it.
Rohit Sharma broke 3 big records, the first batsman to achieve this feat in the history of T20 cricket
In the match against Australia, Rohit Sharma scored a record 92 runs in 41 balls with the help of 8 sixes and 7 fours with his skyscraper sixes and aggressive batting. Rohit Sharma (Pic Source-X) Rohit Sharma scored a record 92 runs in 41 balls with the help of 8 sixes and 7 fours with skyscraper sixes, aggressive batting and hitman style hitting in the match against Australia. Rohit Sharma’s innings in the crucial match of Super 8 impressed everyone. Team India scored 60 runs in the powerplay on the basis of Rohit’s aggressive batting. So Rohit scored a brilliant half-century in just 19 balls. This match between the two teams was played at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia. In this match, the Indian team lost the toss and batted first. Rohit Sharma scored a half-century in 19 balls. This is the fastest half-century of his T20 International career. Rohit completed his half-century in the 5th over of the Indian innings. This is also the fastest half-century of this year’s T20 World Cup. Rohit had earlier scored a half-century in 22 balls against West Indies. In this innings of 92 runs, Rohit created history by hitting 5 sixes. He has hit 200 sixes in T20 cricket. He has become the first batsman in the world to hit 200 sixes in T20 International. Let’s know the 3 records that Rohit Sharma made in this match. Rohit Sharma broke 3 records Batsman who hit most sixes in T20I (Batsmen with most sixes in T20I 200 Sixes – Rohit Sharma 173 Sixes – Martin Guptill 137 Sixes – Jos Buttler 132 Sixes – Nicholas Pooran 130 Sixes – Glenn Maxwell Most fours Rohit Sharma also holds the record for hitting the most fours in the T20 World Cup. He left David Warner behind. David Warner has 142 fours in the T20 World Cup. But Rohit Sharma has now surpassed him. Most 4s in ICC T20 World Cup 148 fours – Rohit Sharma 142 fours – David Warner 141 fours – Chris Gayle 137 fours – Virat Kohli Fastest half century for India in T20 World Cup (Fastest half century for India in T20 World Cup) Yuvraj Singh – 12 balls vs England KL Rahul – 18 balls vs Scotland Rohit Sharma – 19 balls vs Australia Yuvraj Singh – 20 balls vs Australia Suryakumar Yadav – 23 balls vs Zimbabwe
South Africa created history in the history of T20 World Cup, even big teams like India could not achieve this feat
South Africa created history by becoming the team with the most wins in a single edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. WI vs SA (Photo Source: Getty Images) South Africa (SA) has entered the semi-finals by defeating host West Indies by 3 wickets in its last match of Super 8. South Africa and England have reached the semi-finals from Super 8 Group 2. With this, South Africa has written a big record in the history of T20 World Cup. With this victory, South Africa created history by becoming the team winning the most matches in a single edition of the ICC T20 World Cup. Before South Africa, Sri Lanka and Australia jointly held the record for winning the most matches in a single edition of the T20 World Cup. Australia won 6 matches each in 2010 and 2021, due to which they have made their name in this list twice. At the same time, Sri Lanka won 6 matches in the 2009 T20 World Cup. Most matches won in a T20 WC edition 7 – South Africa (2024)6 – Sri Lanka (2009)6 – Australia (2010)6 – Australia (2021) During the T20 World Cup 2024, South Africa defeated Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Bangladesh and Nepal in their Group D league matches. After that, they achieved this feat by defeating USA, England, and West Indies in the 3 matches played in the Super 8. South Africa is known as “Choker”, but this 7-match streak of theirs has shut everyone’s mouth. Won the match against West Indies in big style In the rain-interrupted match, West Indies could score only 135 runs on a difficult pitch. South Africa also panicked while chasing this small target. But the South African batsmen played with patience in the tense situation. Due to rain, the match was played for 17 overs. South Africa needed 5 runs in the last over. Marco Johnson hit a six off Obed McCoy to seal the team’s victory.
T20 World Cup: When was the last time in the history of the tournament that the host country reached the semi-finals? Know here-
Host West Indies failed to make it to the semi-finals of the ongoing T20 World Cup after losing the match against South Africa by 3 wickets T20 World Cup 2016 Semi Final IND vs WI (Photo Source: Getty Images) The Super-8 round of the 9th edition of the T20 World Cup is currently being played in the West Indies. The names of the two semi-finalist teams from Group-2 have been revealed. Defending champion England became the first team to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing tournament by defeating the USA by 10 wickets. Today (24 June), South Africa defeated host West Indies by 3 wickets and confirmed its place in the semi-finals. In the match, West Indies batted first and scored 135 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Roston Chase played the highest innings of 52 runs for the team. Due to rain, the African team got a DLS target of 123 runs in 17 overs. The team was in trouble while chasing the runs as 23 runs were needed in the last 24 balls. Tristan Stubbs (29) was looking good, but he was out against Roston Chase in the 14th over. Chase then gave another big blow to the team by dismissing Keshav Maharaj in the 16th over. South Africa needed 5 runs to win in the last over. Marco Jensen hit a six off the very first ball against Obed McCoy to give the team victory. Both the USA and West Indies, who are jointly hosting the T20 World Cup 2024, failed to reach the semi-finals. Let us tell you when was the last time in the history of the tournament that a host country reached the semi-finals. The last time India reached the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup as a host country T20 World Cup 2016 was played in India. Team India reached the semi-finals after defeating Pakistan and Australia in the quarter-finals. India played the semi-final match against West Indies at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Batting first, the host scored 192 runs for the loss of 2 wickets. Rohit Sharma (43) and Ajinkya Rahane (40) played good innings. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 89 runs in 47 balls with the help of 11 fours and 1 six. West Indies chased the target with 2 balls to spare on the strength of power hitting innings of Lendl Simmons (82*) and Andre Russell (43*) and won by 7 wickets. After this defeat, Team India missed out on a place in the final. West Indies then won their second T20 World Cup title by defeating England by 4 wickets at Eden Gardens.
Rohit Sharma 50 Sixes: Rohit Sharma has created a big history, he broke Chris Gayle’s record and became number 1
Rohit Sharma (Pic Source X) Rohit Sharma became the first player to hit 50 sixes against 6 international teams: Team India played the second match against Bangladesh in the Super 8 round of T20 World Cup 2024. The match between the two teams was played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, where Team India lost the toss and came out to bat first. India scored 196 runs in 20 overs and Bangladesh team could score only 146 runs, as a result, India won the match by 50 runs. Team India’s captain Rohit Sharma performed well in this match. During this innings, Rohit Sharma also broke a big record of Chris Gayle. IND vs BAN: Rohit Sharma made a big record (Rohit Sharma 50 Sixes) In this match, Rohit Sharma scored 23 runs in 11 balls. Meanwhile, Rohit Sharma hit 3 fours and 1 six. Along with this, he also completed 50 sixes against the Bangladesh team in international cricket. In this way, Rohit Sharma (Rohit Sharma 50 Sixes) has hit 50 sixes against 6 different international teams so far. He has become the first batsman to hit 50 sixes against 6 different teams in international cricket. He has left Chris Gayle behind. Chris Gayle has done this feat against five different teams. Player who hits 50 or more sixes against most teams Against 6 teams- Rohit Sharma Chris Gayle- against 5 teams Against 3 teams- Shahid Afridi Against 3 teams – MS Dhoni Against 3 teams- Brendon McCullum Team India in the semi-finals of T20 World Cup 2024 India has won 2 matches in the Super 8 and is at the top of the points table. Team India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, defeated Afghanistan in the first match of the Super 8, after which they defeated Bangladesh and secured a place in the semi-finals. Now India’s next match will be played against Australia on 24 June at 8 pm. Let us tell you that Australia has not lost in this tournament yet, so India will definitely want to defeat them.
Lockie Ferguson created history against PNG, completed his bowling spell without giving any runs
Lockie Ferguson took three wickets in four overs without giving any runs. Lockie Ferguson (Pic Source-X) At present, the great match of ICC T20 World Cup 2024 is being played between New Zealand and Papua New Guinea at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad. In this match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first. His decision has proved to be quite correct so far and Papua New Guinea was able to score only 78 runs in 19.4 overs in this match. In this match, New Zealand’s best fast bowler Lockie Ferguson broke the record by bowling brilliantly. Let us tell you, Lockie Ferguson took three wickets in four overs without giving any runs. He did not give a single run in all four overs. His bowling spell was 4-4-0-3. This means that Lockie Ferguson bowled four overs in this match and all four were maidens. Lockie Ferguson took the wickets of Papua New Guinea captain Assad Vala, Chad Soper and Charles Amini. Earlier, no player has made this record in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Talking about the match, Charles Amini scored the highest 17 runs for Papua New Guinea. Apart from him, Norman Vanua scored 12 runs in 13 balls with the help of 1 four and 1 six. CC Bau scored 12 runs. Apart from these three batsmen, no other batsman from Papua New Guinea could cross the 10-run mark. Apart from Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult took 2 wickets for 14 runs in four overs for New Zealand while Tim Southee took two wickets for 11 runs in four overs. Ish Sodhi also took two wickets while Mitchell Santner took 1 wicket. New Zealand need 79 runs to win the match against Papua New Guinea If New Zealand wants to win the match against Papua New Guinea, they will have to score 79 runs in 20 overs which is a very easy target for the team. The performance of the New Zealand team was very poor in this tournament and they could not make it to the Super 8. However, the team would like to end its journey of this tournament with a win. The bowlers of the team have done their job well and now the batsmen will also have to bat well. Now it remains to be seen which team wins this match? 5 Australian players who scored half-century in their debut IPL match IPL 2024: These 11 foreign players took crores of rupees but flopped IPL 2024: 5 players who hit the most sixes in the 19th and 20th overs of IPL 5 fastest bowlers in IPL history Who are the head coaches of all 10 teams in IPL 2024? Which team has won the most matches against RCB in Chinnaswamy IPL 2024: 3 former RCB players who are wreaking havoc in SRH 4 players who have played more than 500 T20 matches MS Dhoni: Dhoni’s amazing record as CSK captain Which teams changed their captains before the start of IPL 2024
