July-29 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the world of cricket till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the events that made headlines in the cricket world today. (Image Credit- Twitter X) 1. Ben Stokes Test Records: Ben Stokes’s great feat, created history by breaking a 43-year-old record Ben Stokes opened for England on the third day of the third Test at Edgbaston. As soon as he came to the crease, he entertained cricket lovers with his explosive batting. Ben Stokes hit 9 fours and 2 sixes in 28 balls and scored an unbeaten 57 runs at a strike rate of 203.57. He completed his half-century in just 24 balls. With this, he made a big record in his name. Stokes has become the fastest player to score a half-century in the history of England Test cricket. 2. Yashasvi Jaiswal became the first batsman to do this in the year 2024, equaled Virat Kohli’s record The year 2024 has been very good so far for Indian young batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal. He has become the first batsman in the world to score a thousand runs in 2024. Yashasvi Jaiswal has completed 1000 runs in a calendar year at the age of just 22, with this he has equaled Virat Kohli in terms of scoring 1000 runs in a calendar year at the youngest age for India. 3. VIDEO: Ashwin gets a taste of his own medicine, narrowly escapes being mankaded in TNPL A match was played between Dindigul Dragons and Nellali Royal Kings on Sunday in the Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL 2024). In this match, Ravichandran Ashwin got a taste of his own medicine. Ashwin is known for running out batsmen at the non-striker end. Ashwin has done this from the Indian Premier League to international cricket. However, in the TNPL, he himself narrowly escaped getting caught in this matter. 4. “I have already heard people talking in the dressing room”- Rahul Dravid on cricket being included in the Olympics Former Team India legend and coach Rahul Dravid expressed his full support for cricket’s inclusion in the Olympic Games during his visit to Paris on Sunday. The former player revealed that there is a lot of excitement about this among the current cricketers. He called it a big moment for India and cricket. 5. “This is the template we want to play with” – Suryakumar explains India’s approach in the T20 format Suryakumar Yadav said after Sri Lanka vs India 2nd T20 match, “We talked about what kind of cricket we want to play before the start of the tournament. This is the ‘template’ we want to move forward with.” He further said, “A score of less than 160 would have been good in bad weather. Rain helped us. The way the boys batted was fantastic. 6. ENG vs WI: Captain Ben Stokes made a big statement praising Mark Wood’s performance in the Edgbaston Test match During the post-match after the end of the third Test match against West Indies at Edgbaston, Birmingham, Ben Stokes said about Mark Wood – I think he (Mark Wood) really deserves the awards he…