DTVHINDIIND vs NZ: After the first day of play, Ravindra Jadeja gave a big statement, said – the last 15 minutes…
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took the 14th 5 wicket haul of his career. Ravindra Jadeja (Pic Source-X) The third test match between India and New Zealand is being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from today. After winning the toss and coming to bat first, the Indian bowlers dominated New Zealand from the beginning and restricted the Kiwis to 235 runs in the first innings. All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja took the 14th 5 wicket haul of his career, while Washington Sundar took 4 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma gave a fast start to India. Rohit Sharma looked in good touch and hit three fours. However, he once again failed to play a big innings and returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs. Young Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill tried to build a partnership, but Jaiswal was out after scoring 30 runs. After Yashasvi’s dismissal, Mohammed Siraj was sent as night-watchman, but he became the victim of Ajaz Patel on the very first ball. Soon after this, star batsman Virat Kohli was also run out. He lost his wicket in the pursuit of a quick single. By the end of the day’s play, India had scored 86 runs losing 4 wickets and were trailing by 149 runs. Taking a wicket for India in Test, it is always special – Ravindra Jadeja After the end of the game, all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja said that the last 15 minutes of the day did not go in the team’s favor and wrong decisions put the host team in a difficult situation. However, he expects other players to build small partnerships and take the lead in the first innings. Jadeja said, “As a batting unit, we need a collective effort. Didn’t think like this, miscommunication and misjudgment keep happening. We are 150 runs behind, small partnerships will be our game plan to take the team’s total above 230. He further said that it is always special to get a wicket for India in Tests. Felt good that I helped my team achieve success. It was not easy bowling in the heat, Washington bowled well and everyone played their part.
‘He was number 1 in our list’, Venky Mysore explains the reason for Shreyas Iyer’s release
KKR has retained Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh. Venky Mysore and Shreyas Iyer Kolkata Knight Riders have released their captain Shreyas Iyer ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction. Iyer joined KKR in 2022 for Rs 12.25 crore and was made the captain. It was under his captaincy that Kolkata won its third IPL trophy in 2024. After this, several rounds of meetings took place between Iyer and the franchise, but things did not work out. After Shreyas Iyer’s release, KKR CEO Venky Mysore said that he was the number-1 choice for retention, but they could not agree on a deal. He also said that every player has complete freedom to go to the auction, so that they can earn more money. Venky Mysore told RevSportz, it is a matter of mutual consent. This is not a unilateral right of any franchisee. Players have to consider and agree on various factors. Somewhere, that agreement does not happen due to various factors – be it money or any other reason. He was at number-1 in our list. He was the captain, so everything has to be built around leadership. In the end people have the freedom to take their own decisions – Venky Mysore He further said that, we had selected him in 2022 and unfortunately he got injured in 2023. But as soon as he arrived, he was handed back the captaincy. We made it clear that when you come back, this will be your team. He was an integral part of the team and did a wonderful job. I have a personal relationship with him, but at the end of the day people have the freedom to take their own decisions. They decide what is good for them and which direction to go. Market value is also an important aspect. Let us tell you that on Thursday, October 31, KKR announced the retained players, in which KKR has retained Rinku Singh, Sunil Narayan, Varun Chakraborty, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh for IPL 2025.
The former cricketer did not like MS Dhoni being retained under the uncapped player rule, said a big thing.
CSK guys did a great job with this trick – Mohammad Kaif MS Dhoni (Photo Source: Getty Images) Chennai Super Kings have retained MS Dhoni as an uncapped player for just Rs 4 crore. This saved CSK from spending a huge amount. Now former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif has commented about IPL after the review of uncapped player rule. On Thursday, October 31, the IPL franchises submitted the list of their retained players. Dhoni was retained by CSK for just Rs 4 crore, a deduction of Rs 8 crore from the previous season. And this could happen because the IPL Governing Council brought back the uncapped player rule, whereby any player can be retained by the franchise in the uncapped category for only Rs 4 crore. Let us tell you that uncapped players are those who have not played for India in the last five years and Dhoni last played for India in July 2019. Dhoni was a perfect fit under this rule and the franchise retained the Men in Yellow legend in the uncapped category without any hesitation. He has saved Rs 10-15 crore – Mohammad Kaif Whereas Mohammad Kaif said on Jio Cinema, CSK has played really well. He has saved Rs 10-15 crore. I think the way this rule was brought back was because we were driven by emotions, and we all really wanted MS Dhoni to play another year. I think CSK played very smartly there. Yes, he is charging less money, but that will allow CSK to buy big-name players in the auction. He further said that, I think whichever player plays for India, I was 36 years old when I last played an international match for India. Now if I am dropped from the team but I perform well in the IPL, I should not come under the uncapped player rule. This should be for those players who have not played any international match yet. CSK people have done such a great trick. And he played it very well, as we all got emotional getting the chance to see Dhoni for another year in the IPL. I think CSK should get the benefit of buying two additional players in the auction.
Social Media Trends: Know about the amazing tweets and videos of October 31 which are going viral very fast.
Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant For IPL 2025, the franchises have to submit the list of their retained players by the evening of October 31. Let us tell you that according to the new retention rules, any franchise can retain a maximum of 6 players. Earlier, many reports have come out in which it is being told that Kolkata Knight Riders can release captain Shreyas Iyer and Andre Russell. Whereas Delhi Capitals can release captain Rishabh Pant. All these players are expected to come in the auction. Apart from this, the festival of Diwali is being celebrated across the country today. The cricket world also wished and congratulated the countrymen and fans on Diwali. In this list, everyone from former cricketers to currently active cricketers sent their best wishes. Very curious to see if Buttler is released by RR with the hope of getting him back cheaper via RTM. I’d really like to see what the market values him at this auction. #AakashVani — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 31, 2024 Looks like DC isn’t retaining JFM…now, PBKS (biggest purse—Aus coach) will ensure that his price goes through the roof. Player Retention has this very important dynamic. Teams approaching players…promising that they’ve kept X amount for them…so, don’t get retained. Auction… — Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 31, 2024 Wishing you warmth, light and endless blessings. Happy Diwali. — KL Rahul (@klrahul) October 31, 2024 🚨 CSK WANTS RISHABH PANT…!!! – MS Dhoni has been actively discussing strategies with CSK to have Pant in CSK for IPL 2025. (Express Sports). pic.twitter.com/k1odY6kYmK — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 31, 2024 🚨 RISHABH PANT WILL ENTER IPL 2025 MEGA AUCTION…!!! – Delhi Capitals have retained Axar, Kuldeep, Stubbs and Porel. (Espncricinfo). pic.twitter.com/CcQ7skdBTt — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 31, 2024 RAJASTHAN ROYALS RETENTION. – RR likely to retain Samson, Parag, Jaiswal and Sandeep Sharma. RTM on Butler. (Express Sports). pic.twitter.com/p8zjRPvTWN — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 31, 2024 pic.twitter.com/1nEmNcrnjQ — Ben Stokes (@benstokes38) October 30, 2024 Wish you sparkling and a cracker of a Deepawali. May this Deepawali bring lots of joy and happiness in your life. #HappyDiwali2024 pic.twitter.com/nhcm1DfZIH — Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) October 31, 2024 Wish you a very happy Deepawali. May you continue to leave your sparkle wherever you go.May your path always be lit and you live in love and grace.#HappyDiwali pic.twitter.com/n6LdH1sySu — VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) October 31, 2024 Wishing everyone a Diwali filled with light, love, and endless blessings. May this festival of lights bring joy to your heart, peace to your home, and success to your path. Let’s celebrate the triumph of light over darkness and spread happiness far and wide. — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) October 31, 2024 #HappyDiwali pic.twitter.com/MiXmkArfFW — Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) October 31, 2024 Happy Diwali🪔 pic.twitter.com/mPS30pbj3S — Robbie Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) October 31, 2024 To everyone celebrating. pic.twitter.com/RR65ZGdQoL — Samit Patel 🏏 (@Samitpatel21) October 31, 2024
‘This injury will only make us better,’ Gautam Gambhir breaks his silence after losing the series to New Zealand
India has lost a Test series at home for the first time since 2012. Gautam Gambhir (Image Credit- Twitter X) India has lost a Test series at home for the first time since 2012. New Zealand defeated the host team by 8 wickets in the first test. And in the second test match, we were defeated by 113 runs. In this way, Team India has lagged behind in the series by 0-2. Now, to save his credibility, he needs to win the third Test match starting from November 1. Now Gautam Gambhir has broken his silence on the disappointing performance of the Indian team. He said that he is feeling sad about losing the series. But it is expected that the players will learn from the mistakes and perform better in the third Test to be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Gambhir also stressed that players should not be sad after a Test defeat, whether it is playing at home or in overseas conditions. Only that injury will make us better – Gautam Gambhir Gambhir said in the press conference before the third Test, “Obviously, it is sad. And it’s good that it’s hurting because it should make us sad. Every time you lose a game, whether at home or away, it must be sad. That hurt will only make us better. Sometimes people say that there should be no pain. But it should hurt.” He further said, “When you are playing for your country, what is wrong in being in that position? Especially for the youth, as much as it is hurting them, I am sure they will keep pushing themselves to keep getting better. Because we want to see them exactly like that. Pushing myself every day to become a better cricketer. And something special has to be done. Because if we have the results like we had in Kanpur, we can also have similar results. And take that hit and keep moving forward.” Since Gambhir became the coach, India lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka, while recently lost the Test series against the Kiwis at home. Speaking on this, Gambhir said that he never expected an easy performance in international cricket. But he wants his players to keep working hard and prepare well if the results go in their favor.
IPL 2025: KKR is going to make a big play in retention, the report shocked the cricket world
Andre Russell and Shreyas Iyer Before the IPL 2025 mega auction, Kolkata Knight Riders have taken a shocking decision. According to reports, the defending champion is going to release captain Shreyas Iyer and star all-rounder Andre Russell. It is being told in the report that the franchise held several meetings with Shreyas Iyer, but no consensus could be reached. Earlier there were talks that the Indian batsman was in touch with two other franchises to get a better deal. There have been talks of Russell’s exit in the last few days. Earlier it was expected that he would be the first retention of the franchise. However, the all-rounder decided to part ways with the franchise. It is believed that KKR management will use the right to card in the auction to bring him back into the setup. Meanwhile, KKR is set to retain Rinku Singh, Sunil Narine and Varun Chakraborty as capped players. KKR won the title in 2024 Sunil Narine was retained for only Rs 6 crore before IPL 2022 and proved to be the most important player for the team in 2024. KKR won the title by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad by eight wickets in the final. Rinku Singh, on the other hand, has created a separate connection and fan base with KKR. The 27-year-old player has scored 893 runs for the team in 46 IPL matches at a strike rate of 143.33. If Russell is out, Rinku Singh will be seen in the role of finisher. Varun Chakraborty has proved to be KKR’s trump card in the last few years. He helped the team reach the final in the 2021 IPL. Whereas in the last two editions, Varun has taken 41 wickets in 29 matches. He was the second leading wicket taker in the 2024 season. In the uncapped category, KKR will retain Harshit Rana and talks are going on with Ramandeep Singh.
ICC Test Batting Rankings: Rohit Sharma’s worst ranking since December 2018
Rohit was in the top-10 between February 27, 2021 and February 21, 2023. Rohit Sharma (Source X) ICC has recently released new batting rankings, in which many changes have been seen. There has been a tremendous decline in the ranking of Indian captain Rohit Sharma. Before the New Zealand series, the T20 World Cup-winning captain was ranked 15th in the ICC Men’s Test batting rankings. But after a very poor performance in three out of four innings of the ongoing Test series, he dropped nine places to 24th. This is the lowest ranking of Rohit Sharma in the last 6 years. After Rohit’s innings of 63* and 5 runs against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 2018, he had reached 44th position. And after scoring a few centuries against South Africa in October 2019, he made a tremendous improvement in his ranking, reaching 17th position. Not only this, Rohit was in the top-10 between February 27, 2021 and February 21, 2023. He achieved an all-time high rating of 813, which came in September 2021. This was a time when he was the fifth best Test batsman in the world. In the ongoing Test batting rankings, his teammates Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have also dropped six and five places to reach 14th and 11th position respectively. Kagiso Rabada overtook Jasprit Bumrah On the other hand, if we talk about bowling rankings, South African pacer Kagiso Rabada has snatched the first place from India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. He has now reached the top in the men’s test bowling rankings. Rabada is performing brilliantly against Bangladesh. He recently took nine wickets in the first Test of the series. Pakistan’s Noman Ali has also shown his talent in the Test bowling rankings. After his brilliant performance in two test matches against England, he has reached the top-10.
Social Media Trends: Know about the amazing tweets and videos of October 30 which are going viral very fast.
It is reported that KL Rahul is leaving Lucknow Super Giants due to personal and professional reasons. Social Media Trends Indian women’s cricket team defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets in the third ODI and captured the series 2-1. During the match played in Ahmedabad, Indian opener Smriti Mandhana made a big achievement. She has become the female cricketer to score the most ODI centuries for India. Mandhana has left behind Mithali Raj, who had scored 7 centuries in 232 ODI matches. Whereas Smriti Mandhana has made this record in her name by scoring 8 centuries in only the 88th match. At the same time, discussions about retention have intensified before the IPL 2025 mega auction. In this sequence, there is news that KL Rahul is leaving Lucknow Super Giants due to personal and professional reasons. Apart from this, there is news of Virat Kohli becoming the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore again. Along with this, there are also discussions about the release of Shreyas Iyer from Kolkata Knight Riders. South African fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has become the number-1 bowler in the ICC Test rankings by defeating Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. He took nine wickets against Bangladesh in the recently concluded first Test in Mirpur, which took him to the first position. Rabada also completed his 300 Test wickets against Bangladesh. 🚨 KL RAHUL MOVES ON FROM LSG. – KL has decided to leave Lucknow Supergiants due to personal and professional reasons. (Gaurav Gupta/TOI). pic.twitter.com/Idz9aTT3uA — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 30, 2024 🚨 BIG BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Virat Kohli has made himself clear that he wants to be the RCB Captain again. pic.twitter.com/SKxlJlD93X — Aditya Saha (@Adityakrsaha) October 29, 2024 🚨 SHREYAS IYER IN IPL AUCTION. – Shreyas unlikely to be on KKR’s Retention list for IPL 2025. (Cricbuzz). pic.twitter.com/Opstz4HycW — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) October 30, 2024 India’s most prolific century-maker in Women’s ODIs, and now into the top 10 in the game’s history 👏 Smriti Mandhana joins elite company 🏏 More from #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/DYbdn7T5yI — ICC (@ICC) October 30, 2024 Best wishes for Chhoti Diwali🪔Remembering this day, when Krishna ji won over Narkasur, why don’t we also walk on the path of truth and win in our heart.#TopDiwali #DiwaliCelebration — Chetan Sharma (@chetans1987) October 30, 2024 𝙄𝙉𝙀𝙀𝙀𝙍𝙎! Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/B6n070iLqu#TeamIndia , #INDvNZ , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/frSDJOFqf8 — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 29, 2024 @mandhana_smriti departs for a fantastic 100(122) as #TeamIndia edge closer to a win👏 Updates ▶️ https://t.co/B6n070iLqu#INDvNZ , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/8KphaWYTQl — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 29, 2024 | #INDvNZ A memorable reveal at the iconic Hall of Fame 🏆🏟️ Join #TeamIndia in a game of @mihirlee_58 @GCAMotera , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/NRfCGfzNBW — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 30, 2024 A chase special A special win in the decider🙌 And a buzzing post-match atmosphere 🥳 Recap #TeamIndia‘s series win in Ahmedabad 🎥#INDvNZ , @IDFCFIRSTBank pic.twitter.com/Gp2YnWOtGs — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 30, 2024 A phenomenal win by our Indian Women’s Team against New Zealand! 🇮🇳Massive applause for @mandhana_smriti on her century and @ImHarmanpreet for a powerful half-century. With this…
INDW vs NZW 3rd ODI: Smriti Mandhana shines in India’s victory, creates history by scoring a century
Mandhana has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India. Smriti Mandhana (Pic Source-BCCI/X) Smriti Mandhana creates history: The last ODI match of the three-match series between the Indian women’s cricket team and New Zealand was played today at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Where Team India defeated New Zealand by 6 wickets. With this, the host team has also won the series by 2-1. However, during the match, Indian batsman Smriti Mandhana made a big record. He created history by scoring a brilliant century in the third ODI against New Zealand. She has become the female cricketer to score the maximum number of 8 centuries for India. She has left behind Mithali Raj, who had scored 7 centuries in 232 ODI matches. Mandhana has achieved this feat only in her 88th match. Smriti Mandhana (88 matches) – 8 centuriesMithali Raj (232 matches) – 7 centuriesHarmanpreet Kaur (135 matches) – 6 centuries A historic hundred🙌pic.twitter.com/bacFaAOtIe — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) October 29, 2024 match status Talking about the match, New Zealand women’s team won the toss and decided to bat first. However, his decision did not prove correct and he lost his 5 wickets at the score of 88. After this, Brooke Halliday played an inning of 86 runs in 96 balls, taking the team to the score of 232 runs. Apart from them, Georgia Plimmer contributed 39 runs, Isabella Gage contributed 25 runs and Lee Tahuhu contributed 24 runs. For India, Deepti Sharma took maximum three wickets, while Priya Mishra got 2 wickets. In response, the Indian team achieved the target by losing four wickets in the 45th over. Smriti Mandhana played an inning of 100 runs in 122 balls, which included 10 fours. Their captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored unbeaten 59 runs. Whereas Yastika Bhatia contributed 35 runs and Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 22 runs. Earlier, in the first match of the series, the Indian team had won by 59 runs, while in the second ODI match, the Kiwi team had won by 76 runs.
IPL 2025: Gujarat Titans preparing to retain Gill and Rashid, Shami will be on leave!
Mohammed Shami unlikely to be retained due to injury concerns Indian Premier League franchise Gujarat Titans has decided to retain one of the biggest names of Indian cricket. Shubman Gill is the first choice in his list, while Rashid Khan is also included in the retention list. Apart from this, the franchise can also retain talented Sai Sudarshan. However, a big news for Gujarat fans will be that star Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami is unlikely to be retained due to his injury concerns. Talking about uncapped players, Gujarat Titans can retain youngsters like Shahrukh Khan and Rahul Tewatia. “Shubman, Rashid and Sai will be retained by the franchise,” an IPL source said, according to India Today. Gujarat Titans were seen struggling in IPL 2024 Let us tell you that Shubhman Gill is being seen as the future of Team India and he has captained Gujarat Titans in IPL 2024. However, the team was seen struggling and finished eighth. Interestingly, Gujarat Titans created history by winning the title in their IPL debut season itself. Hardik Pandya led the team at that time. In the next season also the team had reached the finals. Talking about IPL 2025 mega auction, this event can be organized outside India. There are reports that the auction may be organized in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Let us tell you that this time the total budget of the auction has been increased to Rs 120 crore, which is 20 crore more than the budget of last year’s IPL teams. Apart from this, BCCI has also issued some new guidelines. As per the new IPL retention and rules, a maximum of six players can be retained, which will also include the Right to Match (RTM) card, which was not considered last year.
