DTVHINDICricket Highlights of 31 August 2024: Top news, records and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights Today (Source Cricket highlights of August 31, 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news In the Delhi Premier League 2024, 23-year-old Priyansh Arya created havoc by hitting 6 sixes in an over against North Delhi Strikers. Apart from the much-discussed impact player rule, the BCCI is also reviewing the double bouncer rule. The board will decide whether to continue with these two rules or not. BCCI has announced the Indian Under-19 team for the upcoming multi-format series against Australia. Former player Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has been selected for the first time in the team. India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav suffered a hand injury while fielding for Mumbai in the match against Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) XI in the Buchi Babu tournament. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #BabarAzam Former Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam was dismissed for 31 runs off 77 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh. Babar once again failed to play a big innings, due to which he has become a topic of discussion on social media. #Naseem Pakistan’s young fast bowler Naseem Shah has become a topic of discussion after he did not find a place in the playing 11 in the second Test match against Bangladesh. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on August 31? Javagal Srinath was born on this day Former Indian legendary bowler Javagal Srinath was born on August 31, 1969. Sir Garfield Sobers became the first batsman in the history of cricket to hit 6 sixes in an over West Indies’ great cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers created history on August 31, 1968 by hitting 6 sixes in an over. He did this feat against bowler Malcolm Nash in a match against Glamorgan in the English County Championship. The last six of the over went out of the ground and reached the bus stop. It was taking time to bring the new ball, due to which Sir Garry Sobers, who was unbeaten on 76 runs, decided to declare the innings. Nottinghamshire won that match by 166 runs. Today is the 10th anniversary of the birth of the term FAB-4 On August 31, 2014, the term FAB-4 was born. 2014 was the year when the careers of four extraordinary cricketers (Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson) reached new heights. Known as the “Fab 4”, these players have redefined modern batting with their consistency, skill and ability to perform under pressure.
Match referee was seen rigging the toss during MI vs RCB match, watch viral video
Mumbai Indians had achieved a spectacular victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore by 7 wickets. Mumbai Indians vs Royal Challengers Bengaluru (Image Credit- Twitter) The 25th match of the ongoing IPL season between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore (MI vs RCB) was played yesterday on April 11 at Wankhede Stadium. Let us tell you that in this match, the match referee was allegedly seen rigging the time of toss, the video of which is going viral on social media very fast. It is noteworthy that in the Mumbai vs Bengaluru match, former Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath was in the role of match referee. So when the referee goes to pick up the toss coin after Mumbai captain Hardik Pandya tosses it, he can be seen in the viral video rotating it. Also, fans are seen giving their reactions very fast on this viral video. However, Crictracker does not confirm rigging in the Hindi toss. Watch this viral video on the internet Rigged the toss too? @mipaltan pic.twitter.com/lmobHelD0S — 🜲 (@balltamperrer) April 12, 2024 Mumbai’s batting gave the team a great victory On the other hand, if we give you information about this match, Mumbai Indians have won against Bangalore by 7 wickets. Batting first, RCB scored 196 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in the allotted 20 overs on the back of brilliant innings by Faf du Plessis (61), Rajat Patidar (50) and Dinesh Karthik (53 runs, 23 balls). So when Mumbai set out to chase the target of 197 runs given by RCB, it achieved it easily by losing 3 wickets in just 15.3 overs due to the amazing batting of the team. For Mumbai, opener Ishan Kishan played a brilliant inning of 69 runs and Rohit Sharma played a brilliant inning of 38 runs. Apart from this, an explosive inning of 52 runs in 19 balls was seen from the bat of Suryakumar Yadav. Whereas Hardik Pandya remained unbeaten after scoring 21* and Tilak Verma 16*. Also, let us tell you that this is RCB’s 5th defeat in 6 matches played in the ongoing season. After this defeat, RCB has reached 9th position in the points table. Whereas after losing three consecutive matches, Mumbai is back on the winning track. MI has achieved its second consecutive win. With this win, Mumbai has reached 7th position with 4 points from five matches with 2 wins and 3 losses.
SA vs IND 2023-24: From beating Shane Warne-James Anderson to equaling Javagal Srinath’s record, Cape Town Test was very memorable for Jasprit Bumrah
Jasprit Bumrah has been in tremendous form since his return from injury. Jasprit Bumrah. (Image Source: BCCI India’s tour of South Africa 2023-24, SA vs IND: India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah (jasprit bumrah) played an important role in his team’s historic victory against South Africa in the second and final Test match played at the Newlands Ground in Cape Town today on 4 January. Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets in the first innings of the Cape Town Test against South Africa. After which Bumrah made a stronger comeback in the second innings, taking 6 wickets for just 61 runs in 13.5 overs and made an important contribution in helping the Indian cricket team win by seven wickets. With this 6 wicket haul, he has achieved a very important achievement. Jasprit Bumrah created history in South Africa Let us tell you, Jasprit Bumrah is in great form since his return from injury. However, it took some time for the Indian fast bowler to reach his best performance in Test cricket, but thankfully he regained his form in time and took his third 6-wicket haul in Test cricket. Read here: Virat Kohli saw Babar Azam in Dean Elgar, gave his jersey immediately after the match This was Jasprit Bumrah’s third five-wicket haul in South Africa and second in Cape Town, where he made his Test debut in 2018. Bumrah recorded figures of 6/61 in the Cape Town Test and with this he has become the third highest wicket-taker Indian bowler in South Africa. Bumrah now has 38 wickets in Test cricket in South Africa, and with this he has left Mohammed Shami (35) behind. Jasprit Bumrah equals Javagal Srinath’s record Apart from this, Bumrah (18) has now also become the second highest wicket taking foreign bowler at Newlands, Cape Town. He has achieved this feat by defeating Australia’s late spinner Shane Warne (17) and England’s legendary fast bowler James Anderson. England’s Colin Blythe tops the list of foreign bowlers taking the most wickets at Newlands with 25 wickets. Read here: Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma show themselves as best friends in front of the camera. Jasprit Bumrah also equaled the record of taking most 5 wicket hauls by an Indian bowler in South Africa. Bumrah equaled Javagal Srinath’s record by taking 5 wickets for the third time in South Africa. Guest bowler who took most Test wickets in Cape Town – 25 – Colin Blyth (England) 18- Jasprit Bumrah (India) 17 – Shane Warne (Australia) 16 – James Anderson (England) 15 – Jonny Briggs (England) Indian bowler who took most test wickets in South Africa – 45 (in 24 innings) – Anil Kumble 43 (in 16 innings) – Javagal Srinath 38* (in 15 innings)- Jasprit Bumrah 35 (in 16 innings) – Mohammed Shami 30 (in 15 innings) – Zaheer Khan IPL 2024: This strong playing XI of RCB will now bring the trophy to the franchise. Top 10 teams making lowest scores against India in Test cricket These 5 Indian batsmen have never been able to score a Test century…
