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. –…
IND vs NZ: Amazing bowling by Ashwin in Wankhede, clean bowled Glenn Phillips after hitting two sixes
R Ashwin showed the way to the pavilion to Glenn Phillips on the score of 26. IND vs NZ, R Ashwin & Glenn Phillips (Photo Source: IND vs NZ, 3rd Test: In the second innings of the third Test against India, the New Zealand team seems to be falling apart like a pack of cards. The team lost the first wicket in the form of captain Tom Latham on the score of just 2 runs. After this, the performance of Devon Conway (22), Rachin Ravindra (4), and Daryl Mitchell (21) was also disappointing. Ravichandran Ashwin could not take a single wicket in the first innings of Mumbai Test. In the second innings, he first tightened the noose on Rachin Ravindra and then gave a big success to the team by clean bowling Glenn Phillips. This is how Glenn Phillips was clean bowled by Ashwin. The 33rd over of New Zealand’s second innings was bowled by R Ashwin. Glenn Phillips hit two brilliant sixes on the first and third balls of the over. No run came on the fourth ball and then Ashwin made a comeback and clean bowled Phillips. Ashwin bowled the carrom ball, Phillips played on the wrong line and then the ball hit the stumps. Glenn Phillips played an inning of 26 runs in 14 balls with the help of one four and 3 sixes and New Zealand got the sixth blow on the score of 131. Watch the video of Glenn Phillips’ dismissal- Carrom ball and Timber Execution and Magic🪄 Ravi Chandran Ashwin pic.twitter.com/XnCqLK4HuT — Archisman Mishra (@iamarchis16) November 2, 2024 Ashwin also showed amazing performance in fielding. Ravichandran Ashwin took a brilliant catch of Daryl Mitchell in the second innings, due to which he is getting a lot of headlines on social media. Daryl Mitchell played a shot at mid-on off Ravindra Jadeja during the 28th over. The ball was in the air and was far away from Ashwin. But Anna took a brilliant catch by running to his left and keeping his eyes on the ball. Daryl Mitchell could score only 21 runs in 44 balls. Runs backwards Keeps his eyes on the ballCompletes an outstanding catch 👍 Sensational stuff from R Ashwin! Live ▶️ https://t.co/KNIvTEy04z#TeamIndia , #INDvNZ , @ashwinravi99 , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/ONmRJWPk8t — BCCI (@BCCI) November 2, 2024
SM Trends: Know here about the best tweets of November 2 which are going viral very fast.
Currently, the third and final Test match between New Zealand and India is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. SM Trends Of 2 Nov Currently, the third and final Test match between New Zealand and India is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this match, New Zealand scored 235 runs in its first innings after losing all the wickets. In reply, the host was all out for 263 runs. In the first innings for Team India, Shubman Gill batted brilliantly and scored 90 runs while Rishabh Pant contributed 60 runs. These two players did not spare any New Zealand bowler and hit hard against all of them. Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 30 runs while Washington Sundar played a valuable inning of 38* runs. In an important match of the Women’s Big Bash League 2024, Melbourne Renegades defeated Perth Scorchers by 6 wickets. On behalf of Melbourne Renegades, all the players performed brilliantly in this match and made valuable contributions to their team’s victory. From @coldplay to @coldchisel Sunday in Brisbane!! Why not I say #coldplay #coldchisel pic.twitter.com/hXySFOPYYB — Damien Martyn🏏 (@damienmartyn) November 2, 2024 Can any country in the world compete with India when it comes to passion for the game of cricket? How many different pitches can you see here on one field? When we went there for a spinning camp we’d see 5 year olds coming for 2 to 4 hour training sessions every day 😯 pic.twitter.com/DW04pRS9NY — Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) November 2, 2024 All smiles as the Mumbai heat keeps us indoors during our lunch show @mukundabhinav @Sdoull pic.twitter.com/Ad0uyhv5zQ — Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) November 2, 2024 “Believe you’re the best, and you’ll perform like the best” 🔥@GraemeSwann 🔗 The Interviews Out now on Mbangwa Media pic.twitter.com/JO9BcZWqdM — Mpumelelo Mbangwa (@mmbangwa) November 2, 2024 A guy in form, has 3 fifties in his first 3 Tests, gets 150 in the Bangalore Test, a good player of spin, pushed back in the order to keep left & right combination?? Makes no sense. Sarfraz now walking in at no 8! Poor call by India. — Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) November 2, 2024 New Zealand lost Tom Latham early in their second innings.#WTC25 , #INDvNZ : pic.twitter.com/norkbtbIH0 — ICC (@ICC) November 2, 2024 Ricky Ponting is aiming to create a new-look Punjab Kings side for IPL 2025 👀 More ➡ pic.twitter.com/h8YohNxcUg — ICC (@ICC) November 2, 2024 RAVI ASHWIN GETS RACHIN. pic.twitter.com/9sKXmRgep5 — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 RAVI ASHWIN OUTFOXED RACHIN RAVINDRA. – India in strong position! pic.twitter.com/eiKiPvRWgU — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 AKASH DEEP STRIKES IN THE FIRST OVER…!!! – Captain Latham departs. pic.twitter.com/93On8Kmi3c — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 2⃣ wickets in quick succession! Washington Sundar & R Ashwin strike 👍 👍 Live ▶️ https://t.co/KNIvTEy04z#TeamIndia , #INDvNZ , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/yro4TxTZ6E — BCCI (@BCCI) November 2, 2024 WHAT A CATCH BY ASHWIN 🤯🔥 – One of the finest Catch ever…!!! pic.twitter.com/UVropaG4x2 —Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) November 2, 2024 This moment between Hayley Matthews and Beth Mooney had us cracking up 🤣#WBBL10 pic.twitter.com/qTIBxWQ2XS — Weber Women’s…
IPL 2025: Ben Stokes will withdraw his name from the mega auction, big reason revealed
Ben Stokes (Image Source: BCCI-IPL) England Test captain Ben Stokes is probably planning to withdraw his name from the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 mega-auction to give greater priority to England’s Test cricket. He did not name his name in the IPL 2024 auction to focus on the Ashes. Star all-rounder Stokes played his last IPL match in 2023. Stokes played only two matches for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) that season. CSK had bought Stokes in the auction for a huge amount of Rs 16.25 crore but he could not play most of the matches due to injury. Now once again Stokes can withdraw his name from IPL to focus on the upcoming series of England. Ben Stokes can now withdraw his name from the mega auction of IPL 2025 According to The Telegraph report, Stokes not being named in the IPL 2025 mega auction means that he is considering focusing completely on white-ball cricket. He last played T20 International in the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, the 33-year-old all-rounder returned in the ODI World Cup 2023 after retiring from ODI cricket. He has indicated to play ODI again. Ben Stokes has a very busy schedule in 2025. England are scheduled to play home and away Test series against India and Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 cycle. As an all-rounder, it is very important to manage Stokes’ workload. He has recently made a comeback after injury. In such a situation, it is very important for the England team to remain fit. The 33-year-old player has played 43 IPL matches so far and has scored 974 runs and taken 28 wickets at an average of 34.79 and economy of 34.79 respectively. The last date of registration for IPL Mega Auction is Sunday (November 3). One reason for Stokes’ withdrawal from the auction is also believed to be the special rules of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for foreign players.
IND vs NZ: Play stopped due to spider cam malfunction in Mumbai Test, field umpire had to take an important decision
Currently, the third test match between Team India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. IND vs NZ (Pic Source-X) Currently, the third test match between Team India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The second day of the game has started and Team India has taken the lead in the first innings in this match. However, New Zealand has also made a very good comeback in the match. On the second day of the game, the spider cam suddenly stopped working due to which the umpire had to take the lunch break a little early. In fact, as soon as Ajaz Patel came to bowl the second over of his new spell, the spider cam stopped working. The field umpire decided that the game should be stopped for a while. However, New Zealand players looked at it humorously. When people came to the field to fix the spider cam, Daryl Mitchell was seen having a funny conversation with the umpire. After this the umpire decided to take a lunch break and the players of both the teams went back to their respective dressing rooms. Lunch break was also taken a few minutes earlier and by then the spider cam was also repaired. Here’s the video: pic.twitter.com/2RTloFZVr3 — Pandit Pranoob (@pranoob76889) November 2, 2024 New Zealand, batting first in this match, scored 235 runs after losing all the wickets. From the host side, Ravindra Jadeja bowled lethally and took 5 wickets while Washington Sundar took four wickets. Both these bowlers maintained a lot of pressure on New Zealand. In reply, Rishabh Pant batted aggressively and scored 60 runs on behalf of Team India while Shubman Gill played a valuable inning of 90 runs. Shubman Gill will be quite disappointed that he could not score a century in the first innings of the third Test. Apart from these two players, Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 30 runs. Ravindra Jadeja failed to do wonders with the bat and was out after scoring 14 runs. Team India is in a very good position at the moment. The Indian captain who lost the most test matches at home- List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup-
Shubman Gill: Gill’s heart broken in Wankhede, missed scoring a century by just 10 runs
Gill scored 90 runs in the first innings of the Mumbai Test match. Shubman Gill (Photo Source: Shubman Gill Missed Century Against NZ: The third and last match of the three-match Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Shubman Gill, who got India out of a difficult situation in this match, missed his 6th Test century. He was out after playing a brilliant innings on the score of 90. India suffered its eighth blow in this innings in the form of Gill. Shubhman Gill extended his innings by 30 runs on the second day of the game. At the beginning of the first session, Shubman Gill completed his half-century in a stormy manner. After completion of fifty, Shubman Gill started playing cautiously. By the end of the first day’s play, the Indian team had lost 4 wickets on the score of only 86 runs, but from here Shubman Gill along with Rishabh Pant put pressure on the New Zealand bowlers. Shubman Gill completed his half-century in 66 balls. Let us tell you that Shubman Gill completed his fifty in just 66 balls. In completing his half-century, Shubman also hit three fours and a six. This was the 7th fifty in Shubman Gill’s test career. In this way, with this half-century of Shubman, Team India made a strong comeback in the match. Whereas in his innings of 90 runs, Shubman faced 146 balls which included 7 fours and 1 six. HEARTBREAK FOR SHUBMAN GILL. – 90 (146) with 7 fours and 1 six, missed out on a very well deserved century. He rescued India when they were in trouble, well done Gill. pic.twitter.com/3zI0ts7skF — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) November 2, 2024 The New Zealand team had decided to bat first after winning the toss at Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai. Batting first, the New Zealand team scored 235 runs. In response, when Team India came on the field, by the end of the first day, it had lost 4 wickets at the score of only 86 runs, but after this there was a strong partnership between Shubhman Gill and Rishabh Pant. Pant was out after scoring 60 runs in this match. After his dismissal the Indian innings completely faltered. Till the time of writing the news, India has scored 247 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the second session of the second day. Washington Sundar and Akash Deep are batting for India.
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.
Team India out of Hong Kong Sixes tournament, hat-trick of defeats under the captaincy of Uthappa
India is out of the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament. Robin Uthappa The Indian team captained by Robin Uthappa is out of the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament. India, part of C Pool, could not win a single match in this tournament. The Indian team lost three consecutive matches in this tournament. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) pulled off an upset against India, winning by one run. Apart from UAE, India had to face defeats against arch-rivals Pakistan and England. Let us tell you that a total of 12 teams are participating in the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament, which is being played after seven years. The final of the tournament will be played on Sunday. Now it will be interesting to see which two teams can secure their place in the final of this tournament. India lost three consecutive matches in Hong Kong Sixes tournament On Saturday, UAE scored 130/5 in the match against India. Khalid Shah scored 42 runs in 10 balls and Zahoor Khan scored 37 runs in 11 balls. In reply, India could score only 129 runs after losing 4 wickets. Stuart Binny was the top scorer from India. His bat yielded 44 unbeaten runs in 11 balls. Captain Uthappa added 43 runs in 10 balls. India needed 31 runs in the last over but only 29 were scored. Binny hit four sixes and a four in the sixth over but could not cross the threshold of victory. At the same time, India had to face defeat by 15 runs at the hands of England in the second match on Saturday. England had scored 120 runs at the loss of one wicket in this match. England captain Ravi Bopara scored 53 runs in 14 balls and Samit Patel scored 51 runs in 18 balls. Whereas India could only make 105/3 in 6 overs. Kedar Jadhav contributed 48 runs in 15 balls and Shrivats Goswami contributed 27 runs in 10 balls. Uthappa’s account was not opened. Binny could score only 5 runs. Talking about India’s first match, it was played against Pakistan. In this match, India had to face defeat by six wickets. India scored 119 runs on the basis of Bharat Chipli’s innings (53 in 16 balls). In reply, Pakistan won the match by scoring 120 runs in five overs without losing any wicket. Asif Ali retired after playing an inning of 55 runs in 14 balls. Mohammad Akhlaq scored unbeaten 40 runs in 12 balls and Faheem Ashraf scored unbeaten 22 runs in five balls. Let us tell you that each team in the Hong Kong Sixes Tournament consists of six players. The teams are divided into four pools.
Rishabh Pant created a stir, became the first player in the world to do so in the history of Test cricket.
Rishabh Pant has hit 66 sixes so far in Test cricket. Rishabh Pant (Photo Source: In the third and last Test against New Zealand in Mumbai, Indian batsman Rishabh Pant batted brilliantly and made some more records in his name. Pant not only became the fastest Indian to score a half-century in Test cricket against the Kiwi team, he also achieved a feat in the history of Test cricket which no one has been able to do till date. Rishabh Pant came to bat at a time when the team was in trouble after losing four wickets for 84 runs. Pant, who became India’s troubleshooter in those difficult times, scored his 13th Test half-century. In this match, he completed his fifty in 36 balls and created a new record. This is the fastest half-century by any Indian against New Zealand. Indian who scored the fastest half century against New Zealand- Rishabh Pant- 36Yashasvi Jaiswal- 41Harbhajan Singh-42Sarfaraz Khan- 42 Rishabh Pant made this unique record in his name By hitting two sixes in this innings, Rishabh Pant achieved a feat which no one has been able to do till date. With this, Pant has hit 66 sixes in Test cricket, which is more than the number of innings played by him (65). Rishabh Pant has played 38 test matches so far, in which he has got a chance to bat 65 times. He is the only batsman in the list of batsmen who have played at least 50 innings whose sixes are more than his innings. Pant was out in the first innings against New Zealand after scoring 60 runs in 59 balls with the help of 8 fours and 2 sixes. With this, he has become India’s number-1 batsman in the history of Test cricket as a wicketkeeper who has played the most number of innings of more than 50 runs with a strike rate of more than 100. In this list, he has left behind former captain MS Dhoni. Whereas in world cricket, now only Adam Gilchrist is ahead of Pant. Most 50+ scores by a wicketkeeper with 100+ strike rate in Tests 8 – Adam Gilchrist 5 – Rishabh Pant* 4 – MS Dhoni 4 – Jonny Bairstow 4 – Sarfaraz Ahmed 3 – Quinton de Kock 3 – Niroshan Dickwella 3 – Matt Pryor
I think Sundar can be seen performing well for Team India in the Test series against Australia: Simon Doull
The five-match Test series between Team India and Australia is starting from November 22. Washington Sundar (Photo Source: Getty Images) Team India’s best all-rounder Washington Sundar has been performing very well in international cricket for some time and many people have praised his bowling. Recently, former player Simon Doull has given a statement that Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja should handle the spin bowling attack in the five-match Test series between Australia and India starting from November 22. Currently, Team India is playing a three-match Test series against New Zealand. Even though Washington Sundar did not participate in the first Test match played in Bengaluru, yet the young player is the highest wicket-taker in this series. He has taken 15 wickets in three innings so far. In the Pune Test, Sundar bowled brilliantly and completely destroyed New Zealand’s batting lineup. After the end of the first day of the third Test between India and New Zealand, Simon Doull told the broadcast, ‘I am looking forward to seeing the art that Washington Sundar has shown and his explosive performance in the Test series against Australia. . He has kept the New Zealand batsmen silent with his excellent spin bowling and the young player can prove to be quite lethal against Australia as well. Team India should not play in Australia with 4 fast bowlers: Simon Doull The former player further said, ‘According to me, Team India should play with its 5 best bowlers in the upcoming Test series against Australia. Out of these 5 bowlers, three should be fast bowlers and two should be Jadeja and Washington Sundar. I would like to say that you should not go to play in Australia with four fast bowlers. The five-match Test series between Team India and Australia is starting from November 22. The first match of this important Test series will be played in Perth. If Team India wants to secure its place in the final of the World Test Championship, then they will have to win this series against Australia. The Indian captain who lost the most test matches at home- List of teams that have won the most matches away from home in WTC- Players who have won “Player of the Tournament” in every edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup- List of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Test cricket- Players who have been out for a duck most times in international cricket (active) Take a look at India’s lowest total in Test cricket- Players who have won Player of the Match the most number of times in Tests- Which Indian batsman has the highest average in Tests against New Zealand? Fastest bowler to take 50 T20I wickets for India Take a look at the performance of Team India in every edition of Women’s T20 World Cup-