Joe Root reaches new heights in latest ICC Test batting rankings, achieves career best ranking

The route has reached 932 rating points. Joe Root (Photo Source: Former England captain and veteran batsman Joe Root has achieved new heights in the category of batsmen in the latest ICC Test rankings. The inning of 262 runs played in the first Test match against Pakistan in Multan has been of great benefit to the experienced batsman. Root currently has 932 rating points and is currently the number 1 Test batsman in the world. Apart from this, he has become the fourth player from England to achieve the all-time best ranking in Tests. This is also his career best ranking. Before Root, Len Hooton (945), Jack Hobbs 942 and Peter May (941) had achieved the best ranking in the batsmen’s category for England. After scoring two centuries in the home Test match against Sri Lanka before Pakistan, he had achieved 923 rating points, his career best ranking, but later slipped to 899 points, but in the first Test against Pakistan in Multan. After his brilliant innings in the match and the record partnership of 454 runs with Harry Brook for the fourth wicket, he has been progressing continuously. Apart from Joe Root, Ben Duckett has gained five points in the batsmen’s category for England in the latest rankings. He has currently reached the 14th position with 685 rating points, while after scoring a triple century, Harry Brook has reached the third position with a jump of 10 points. Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is at second place with 829 rating points. Pakistani batsmen also benefited in ranking In the latest rankings, the ranking of three players who scored centuries for Pakistan in the first Test match played in Multan has also improved. Salman Ali Aga has reached career best 22nd ranking, while Shan Masood has reached 51st position with a jump of 12 points. Besides, Abdullah Shafiq has also reached 39th position.

October 16, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening

This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Virat Kohli, Babar Azam, Harmanpreet Kaur, IND vs NZ, Irfan Pathan (Photo Source: 1. IND vs NZ: The first day’s play of the Bengaluru Test was affected by rain, both the teams will have to wait for the second day for the toss as well. The first test between Team India and New Zealand has started at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. However, the first day’s play could not be played due to rain. Due to continuous rain, not a single ball could be bowled on the first day of the first Test. Talking about the second day’s play, the morning session will start at 9:15 while the day session will start at 12:10. 2. Schedule of Ashes Series 2025-26 revealed, this will happen for the first time in 43 years The Ashes series between Australia and England to be held in 2025-26 has been announced. Cricket Australia is hosting the upcoming Ashes series. The Australian Board has announced the schedule and venue of this series. The Ashes series 2025-26 will start from Perth. The first Test match will be played at Perth Stadium, from 21 November to 25 November 2025, hosting the opening match of an Ashes series for the first time in 43 years. Second Test in Brisbane (Day/Night Test) from 4 to 8 December, Third Test in Adelaide (Christmas Test) from 17 to 21 December, Fourth Test in Melbourne (Boxing Day Test) from 26 to 30 December, Fifth Test in Sydney ( New Year Test) from 4 to 8 January 3. “This debate should be ended forever” – R Ashwin said on the comparison of Babar and Virat Ashwin has said that there is no need to write the names of Babar Azam and Virat Kohli in one line. Ashwin believes that it is time to end the debate between the two batsmen as there is no comparison between Babar and Kohli. Babar Azam was struggling with poor form for quite some time. Babar could not score even a single half-century in the last 18 Test innings. 4. “We want to build bench strength in bowling”- Captain Rohit Sharma told the future plan of Team India. Along with Harshit Rana, Mayank Yadav and Prasidh Krishna, Nitish Reddy has also been selected as reserve for the ongoing three-match Test series against New Zealand and they will travel with the team and will also be seen practicing with the players. Now captain Rohit Sharma has given a long term plan regarding this and said that the team has a strong group of batsmen and he wants to create a similar group in fast bowling also. 5. “The captain and the coach asked me to play red ball cricket…”- Sanju Samson’s big revelation Sanju Samson revealed that Team India’s leadership group has asked him to play more Ranji Trophy matches as they are looking to try him in the Test format. Samson, who made his white-ball debut for India in 2015,…

October 14, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening

This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Steve Smith, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Shashi Tharoor, Virat Kohli (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. Cameron Green will have to undergo surgery to treat spinal stress fracture, read big news Australian all-rounder Cameron Green will undergo surgery this week to treat a stress fracture of his spine. The information about this surgery was given by Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday, October 14. Due to this surgery, it will take at least 6 months for Cameron to recover. In such a situation, he will not be able to participate in the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy (BGT) Test series between India and Australia. 2. ‘Absolutely stupid decision’ Michael Vaughan on Pakistan dropping Babar Azam from the Test team Recently, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the Pakistani team for the remaining two test matches against England. Let us tell you that this is the first time that Babar Azam has been dropped from the Test team during his career. Well-known cricket commentator Michael Vaughan says that this is a stupid decision of PCB. 3. BGT 2024-25: Steve Smith will be seen playing in the middle order and not in the opening. In the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series, former Australian captain and experienced batsman Steve Smith will be seen playing in the middle order instead of opening. Cricket Australia (CA) Chairman of Selector George Bailey has also given a big statement regarding the information about Smith playing in the middle order. 4. Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Mumbai team succumbed to the deadly bowling of Bhargav Bhatt, Baroda won the important match. Baroda defeated Mumbai by 84 runs in an important match of Elite Group A of Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Mumbai needed 262 runs to win this match but the team failed to bat well. All the players from Baroda performed brilliantly and played an important role in the victory of their team. 5. Shashi Tharoor honored centurion Sanju Samson with ‘Ponnada’ in Thiruvananthapuram The best wicketkeeper-batsman of the Indian team, Sanju Samson, batted aggressively and played a match-winning inning of 111 runs in 47 balls in the third T20 match played against Bangladesh at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on 12 October. Recently, Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor invited Sanju Samson to his home and honored him with the South Indian traditional ‘Ponnada’ which is a manat shawl. 6. ENG vs PAK: England announced playing XI for the second test match against Pakistan, Ben Stokes returned The England cricket team is currently on Pakistan tour for a three-match Test series. So the second test match will be played between the two teams from Tuesday, October 15. England has announced the playing XI for this match today on 14th October. England’s playing 11- Jack Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (captain), Jamie Smith (wicketkeeper), Braydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Jack Leach, Shoaib Bashir. 7. ‘Australia’s experience has…’ Head coach Amol Muzumdar after the defeat against Australia in the Women’s T20 World Cup After India’s…

October 13 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening

In this news, a brief description of those incidents is given, which made headlines in the cricket world today. Team India (Image Credit-Instagram) 1) IND vs BAN: Who became the Player of the Match and Player of the Series after the third T20, know here

October 12 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening

Former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa has been named the captain of Team India for the Hong Kong Sixes 2024 tournament. On 12 October, it was announced that Uthappa would lead a team of former Indian star players including Kedar Jadhav, Manoj Tiwary and Stuart Binny in the six-a-side tournament to be held from 1 to 3 November. Robin Uthappa (captain), Kedar Jadhav, Stuart Binny, Manoj Tiwari, Shahbaz Nadeem, Bharat Chipli, Shreevats Goswami (wicketkeeper), 4) Who will be India’s Test captain in Rohit’s absence?? BCCI has given indications

October 11 Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening

In this news, a brief description of those incidents is given, which made headlines in the cricket world today. Rohit Sharma (Image Credit-Instagram) 1) Big blow to India, Rohit Sharma may be out of Border-Gavaskar Trophy! Later this year, Team India will tour Australia for a five-match Test series. Before the start of this series, a very sad news has come out for the fans of Team India. Indian team captain Rohit Sharma may be out of the opening match of the five-match Test series against Australia. Rohit Sharma will not be available in one of the two matches due to personal reasons. He has informed BCCI regarding this. 2) Babar needs rest, if it was anyone else he would have been out of the team – statement of former cricketer Seeing the poor performance of Babar Azam, Basit Ali said on his YouTube channel, “Babar needs rest. Babar should say that I need rest. It has been 18 innings since he performed well. If any other player had been playing, he would have been out of the team after three matches, like Fawad Alam. This is the bitter truth. Babar should lower his stance. Now this is too much. The whole world is laughing. Should we play like this?” 3) ABD went crazy about Hardik Pandya’s no look shot, gave new nickname to the all-rounder South African legend AB de Villiers has also praised Hardik’s performance and given him a new name. AB de Villiers said in the video shared on Instagram, “If I talk about Hardik Pandya, I don’t know how many of you have seen the shot that he played like Vivian Richards, which was between the slip and the wicketkeeper for a four. Was taken. Only Hardiya (Hardik) can do this while chewing gum and appearing in his swag without looking at the ball. Hardiya could be his nickname.” 4) “We have no fear because…” New Zealand captain Tom Latham’s warning to Rohit Sharma for IND vs NZ Test series

October 9, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening.

This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Cheteshwar Pujara and his wife, Joe Root, Harmanpreet Kaur, Pooja Vastrakar, New Zealand Team (Photo Source: 1. Rohit Sharma: Why did Rohit Sharma shake hands with a female fan after stopping at the signal? Rohit Sharma’s car stopped at the signal, when a female fan approached his car. In the video that went viral on social media, the female fan excitedly approached Rohit’s car to click pictures. Meanwhile, the fan’s friend told that today is the girl’s birthday. Hearing this, Rohit Sharma extended his warm wishes to her and shook hands with the birthday girl. 2. Hobart Hurricanes replace Danny Wyatt-Hodge with Suzie Bates in squad for WBBL 10 New Zealand international cricketer Suzie Bates has been included by Hobart Hurricanes in their WBBL 10 team. Suzie Bates has had a long WBBL career, playing 9 out of 10 seasons. His experience will provide a great boost to the Hobart Hurricanes line-up. 3. IND vs NZ: New Zealand announced the team for the Test series against India, Kane Williamson is out. After the ongoing T-20 series between India and Bangladesh, Team India has to immediately play a three-match Test series against New Zealand. This test series will be played from October 16, for which New Zealand has announced its team. New Zealand squad for the series: Tom Latham (captain), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell (1st Test only), Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ben Sears, Ish Sodhi (2nd and 3rd Test only), Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young. 4. Will Harmanpreet Kaur and Pooja Vastrakar play against Sri Lanka today? Smriti Mandhana gave update India will face Sri Lanka in the Group A match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on Wednesday, October 9 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. Meanwhile, a good news has come due to which fans in India can heave a sigh of relief. Actually, captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been considered fit and she is fit for the match to be played on Wednesday. There is also concern over the fitness of star all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar, who missed the match against Pakistan due to injury. Mandhana told reports on this matter that Pooja is being monitored by the medical team and there is still no clarity about her availability for the match against Sri Lanka. 5. Marnus Labuschagne did strange fielding, pulled the fielder’s pants and made him stand behind the umpire. On the first day of the Sheffield Shield between Western Australia and Queensland, he attempted to break the partnership building between Sam Whiteman and Josh Inglis in an awkward fielding setting. During the 66th over of the first day, Labuschagne bowled his second over and asked one of his teammates to stand immediately behind the umpire, thus creating a separate field. It was not a mid-off or mid-on position. The on-field umpire was surprised when he saw that a fielder was standing right…

October 8, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening.

This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Sarfaraz Khan, Travis Head, Team India, Shikhar Dhawan (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. Team India got such a welcome in the heart of the hearts that you too will say ‘WOW’ after seeing it. The second T20 match between India and Bangladesh will be played in Delhi on 9 October. During this, the players of Team India were welcomed with drums and drums on reaching Delhi. In the video, the drummers took the names of all the players and SKY danced with them. 2. Despite scoring double century, Sarfaraz Khan did not get a place in Ranji team, big reason revealed Indian batsman Sarfaraz Khan recently created history by scoring a double century in the Irani Cup 2024. Thanks to that inning, Mumbai also captured the Irani Trophy. However, now Sarfaraz Khan has to be dropped from the Mumbai team for the upcoming Ranji Trophy. He has not been given a place in Mumbai’s squad for the first match. It is believed that Sarfaraz Khan can be included in the Indian team for the 3-match Test series against New Zealand. 3. “Will be dropped…”- Aakash Chopra gave a stern warning to Sanju Samson During a conversation on his YouTube channel, Aakash Chopra said that it is important to talk about Sanju Samson. Abhishek Sharma was playing brilliantly until he was run out. But how much better Sanju Samson played. Gautam Gambhir had said long ago that if Sanju Samson does not play for India then it is a loss for the team. 4. “I 100 percent promise that Rohit Sharma will play the 2027 ODI World Cup” – Big claim of Hitman’s childhood coach Team India captain Rohit Sharma’s childhood coach Dinesh Lad has said a surprising thing. Dinesh Lad believes that, even if Rohit Sharma takes retirement from Test cricket after the final of the World Test Championship 2025, he will be seen playing in the 2027 ODI World Cup. He says that Rohit is increasing in age and he can retire from Test cricket after T20 International cricket to focus on ODI cricket. 5. Sam Curran gave a surprising statement after being ignored as Ben Stokes’ Test replacement England’s experienced all-rounder Sam Curran is quite disappointed that despite the injury to Test team captain Ben Stokes this summer, the team management has not included him in the Test team. According to the brilliant all-rounder, he will once again be seen performing strongly in the upcoming white-ball tour against West Indies. 6. Team India’s star all-rounder Akshar Patel is going to become a father soon, shared the good news with fans on social media. Team India’s star all-rounder Akshar Patel has shared a big good news with his fans. Akshar Patel has told through social media that he is going to become a father. His wife Meha Patel is currently pregnant. Recently in Kapil Sharma’s show, he had confirmed that soon they may become two to three. Now after a few days,…

October 7, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening.

This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Gautam Gambhir, Varun Chakaravarthy, Mayank Yadav, Sanath Jaysuriya (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. Suryakumar Yadav broke Jos Buttler’s record by hitting 3 sixes, now eyes on Hitman’s record Suryakumar Yadav has broken a record of Jos Buttler and has now become the fourth batsman in the world to hit the most number of sixes in T20 International cricket. The Indian captain hit three sixes in the first T20 against Bangladesh. With this he made another record in his name. Rohit Sharma has the most number of sixes in T20 International cricket. Sixer King Rohit Sharma has hit 205 sixes in 159 T20 International matches. 2. Sanath Jayasuriya becomes the head coach of Sri Lankan team, know how long is his tenure? Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed interim head coach of the Sri Lanka men’s cricket team after the Sri Lankan team’s brilliant performance against India, England and New Zealand. Sanath Jayasuriya has been appointed from October 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026 i.e. he will remain the head coach of the team till the T20 World Cup 2026. 3. IPL auction increases BCCI’s tension, board is not getting venue BCCI is unable to find any good venue to hold the IPL 2025 mega auction. Currently, BCCI is considering holding the IPL auction in Saudi Arabia, but is unable to find an affordable venue for the same. Earlier it was being said that it could be organized in London, but it has been decided to go ahead with this option, because it will be very cold in London at that time. 4. Rohit Sharma’s fans raised slogans of ‘Rohit-Rohit’ in the stadium during the match. A video of Gwalior fans holding the Indian tricolor in the stands and wearing Rohit Sharma’s iconic jersey number 45 is going viral. Even though the Indian T20 team is now led by Suryakumar Yadav, fans were heard chanting “Rohit-Rohit” in the stadium, a clear sign of their admiration for the former captain. 5. “This is not the Indian team but IPL 11” – this former player said in praise of Team India After making a clean sweep of Bangladesh in the Test series, Team India has started the T20 series with a spectacular win. When the Indian team registered a resounding victory over Bangladesh in the first T20 match, former Pakistan cricketer Basit Ali praised Team India. Basit Ali said that this is not the Indian team but IPL 11. He said that despite the absence of star players like Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Rishabh Pant, Ravi Bishnoi, Shreyas Iyer, Siraj, the performance shown by Team India is praiseworthy. 6. “Forget that this match is international” – Mayank Yadav got special advice from the debut match Mayank Yadav bowled at a speed of close to 150kmph in his first T20 International match and also took a wicket. He told after the match, what advice did Team India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir give before his debut? Mayank…

October 5, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening.

This news gives a brief description of the incidents which made headlines in the cricket world today. Mumbai Team Irani Cup 2024, Virat Kohli, Jemimah Rodrigues, Harmanpreet Kaur, Rinku Singh (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. “This could be the last tour of England for Virat” – Why did Stuart Broad make such a statement about Kohli? Former England fast bowler Stuart Broad has made a surprising prediction about Virat Kohli. Broad believes that India’s tour of England in 2025 will be the last tour of England for Virat Kohli. Let us tell you that between June 20 and July 31 next year, the Indian team will play a five-match Test series against England and at that time Kohli will be 36 years old. 2. Irani Cup 2024: Mumbai won the title for the 16th time by defeating 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. 3. Asha Shobhana imitates Arsenal star Leandro Trossard by taking wicket in Women’s T20 World Cup In the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, in Asha Shobhana’s over, New Zealand player Georgia Plimmer tried to hit a big shot on a ball, but her shot could not connect and she was caught by Smriti Mandhana. As soon as the catch was completed, the TV screen showed Shobhana celebrating her wicket, which was that of popular Arsenal club footballer Leandro Trossard. 4. “We respect the umpire’s decision”, said Jemimah Rodriguez on the umpire’s dead ball decision. In the post match press conference, Jemima said that, I was not there when the umpire gave the cap to Deepti. What I mean to say is that the New Zealand players were confident that they were 2 runs and Amelia Kerr also showed the same. We thought we had run him out. Amelia herself started to go out because she knew she was out. After this, it was a little difficult for us to accept the umpire’s decision, but all these things are not in our control, we respect the umpire’s decision. 5. Despite losing against New Zealand, Jemimah Rodriguez got this award, heart touching gesture of Harmanpreet Team India’s start in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has been very disappointing. India had to face defeat by 58 runs against New Zealand in its very first match of the tournament. Indian women’s cricket team’s fielding coach Munish Bali expressed regret over the team’s defeat, but also praised the players who fielded brilliantly in the match. During this, Jemimah Rodrigues was awarded the Fielder of the Match award in the dressing room. 6. Rinku Singh told the secret of God’s Plan tattoo, it has a connection with a life changing moment. Team India’s powerful batsman Rinku Singh recently got a tattoo on his left hand. He has got God’s Plan written in the middle…