DTVHINDIBGT 2024-25: Before BGT, photo of Mitchell Starc practicing with a special ball went viral.
Border-Gavaskar Trophy will start from 22nd November Mitchell Starc (Image Credit- Twitter X) Before the much-awaited Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series between Australia and India (AUS vs IND), Australian team fast bowler Mitchell Starc has made headlines. It is noteworthy that the first match of this series will be played at Perth Stadium from 22nd November. So, before this match, in a practice session of the Australian team, Starc was seen practicing with a special kind of ball. The ball with which Starc is practicing is red on one side and white on the other. According to cricket experts, this type of ball helps the bowler a lot in maintaining hand-eye balance. By practicing with this type of ball, Starc can gain control over the late movement swing in the match. The pitch curator of Perth Stadium recently said that some grass is expected to be left on the pitch, due to which the fast bowlers can prove to be effective in the match. See this photo of Mitchell Starc viral on the internet Mitchell Starc was seen using a ball that was half red and half white to assist batters in practicing for lateral movement. 📷: Rev Sportz pic.twitter.com/JaKOsHrSMq — SportsTiger (@The_SportsTiger) November 18, 2024 On the other hand, if the latest media reports are to be believed, then Indian batsmen may face a lot of trouble due to late movement bowling at the end of the first Test match to be held in Perth. Perhaps this is the reason why Starc is practicing with a special type of ball before this match to take advantage of this weakness of India. However, this move by Australia could serve as a double-edged sword, as the current Indian team has a lot of bowlers who can work their magic in swing conditions. So if we tell you about Starc’s performance in Test cricket in the year 2024, he has bowled in 10 innings, in which he has taken a total of 27 wickets at an average of 32.25 and strike rate of 49.60. Apart from this, his average in Test cricket against the Indian team is 35.84. However, now it will be worth watching whether Starc is able to reduce his average against Team India in the upcoming series or not?
“He will have to talk to himself”- Ganguly gave special advice to Rahul before the start of BGT.
Lucknow Super Giants released their captain KL Rahul ahead of the IPL 2025 mega-auction. During the last edition of the tournament, the keeper-batsman had an intense conversation with owner Sanjiv Goenka after the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad and it is believed that the relationship between them soured after that. Rahul will now try his luck in the mega-auction and former captain Sourav Ganguly is hopeful that he will get a good team that will understand his importance. He said that after the controversy with Goenka, the pressure might have increased on Rahul and said that the player has to talk to himself and then leave everything behind. He also highlighted that every player goes through ups and downs in his career and something similar happened with the 32-year-old. Sourav Ganguly gave important advice to KL Rahul before BGT Ganguly said there is a lot of pressure on Rahul ever since Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) released him ahead of the 2025 mega auction of the cash-rich tournament. “He has to talk to himself,” he said as quoted by RevSportz. He has to talk to himself and say, just leave everything behind. Ups and downs are part of the game. Confidence keeps going up and down. You have to work hard in the nets and get your confidence back.” Ganguly further said, “I know he has gone through a lot. Lucknow Super Giants have released him. I don’t know if they will buy it back in the auction or not. I am sure he will get a good team and he will be able to recover his price in the IPL, but these things put pressure on players.” KL Rahul is currently on Australia tour and is part of the five-match Test series. It is considered certain that he will play in the Perth Test match, because Rohit Sharma is not available yet and Shubman Gill is also injured. In such a situation, he can play in the top order. Ganguly also said that if Rohit is not available then KL Rahul should open and Dhruv Jurel should play in the middle order.
On this day in 2019, Shefali Verma broke Sachin Tendulkar’s 30 year old special record, read big news.
Shefali had made this record in her name by scoring a half century. Shafali Verma (Image Credit- Twitter On this day (9 November) 2019, Indian women’s cricket team’s explosive opening batsman Shafali Verma had made a special record in her name. Let us tell you that on this day that year, Shefali had scored a half-century in international cricket at the age of only 15 years and 285 days. With this, she became the first cricketer to score a half-century at the youngest age in world cricket. The young batsman had broken the 30-year-old record of former Indian cricketer and God of Sports Sachin Tendulkar. Before Shefali, Sachin had scored a half-century against Pakistan in the year 1989 at the age of 16 years and 214 days. But Shefali had also left Sachin behind in the year 2019, and the cricketer achieved this record in his 5th T20 International match. In the year 2019, the Indian women’s cricket team was on West Indies tour for three ODI and five-match T20I series. Shefali Verma, who had debuted for Team India some time ago, was also included in this round. In a match played during the T20 series, Shefali batted brilliantly and played an excellent inning of 73 runs in 49 balls. A look at Shafali Verma’s cricket career So if we give you information about Shefali Verma’s cricket career, she has played a total of 85 T20 matches for the Indian women’s cricket team so far. During this period, a total of 2045 runs have been scored from the cricketer’s bat at an average of 25.56 and strike rate of 129.10. Apart from this, Shefali, born in Rohtak, Haryana, also has 10 half-centuries in her name in T20 cricket. Apart from this, he has also played 29 ODI and five test matches for the Indian team. In ODIs, Shefali has scored a total of 644 runs at an average of 23 and strike rate of 83.20 and in Tests, Shefali has scored 567 runs at an average of 63. Shefali has also played an innings of 205 runs in Test cricket.
Viral Pic: On Kohli’s birthday, Anushka Sharma shared a special picture of son Akay and daughter Vamika with Virat.
Virat Kohli is celebrating his 36th birthday today. Virat Kohli with Vamika and Akaay Indian cricket’s star batsman Virat Kohli is celebrating his 36th birthday today. On this occasion, a picture of him has surfaced, in which he is seen with his son Akay and daughter Vamika. This picture is becoming quite viral on social media. Team India recently suffered a 0-3 defeat in the home Test series against New Zealand. Virat Kohli could not do anything special in the series and was seen struggling for runs. However, after the series, Kohli is currently present in London and spending time with his family. Actually, Kohli’s wife Anushka Sharma has shared the picture of son and daughter for the first time through her social media handle. However, he has covered the faces of both the children with emojis. Looking at this picture it appears that it was taken while roaming in London. In this viral picture, Virat Kohli is holding daughter Vamika with his left hand and son Akay with his right hand. After seeing this picture on Kohli’s special day, fans called it picture of the day. See post here- However, Virat Kohli received best wishes from the cricket world on his birthday. Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Riyan Parag and other players congratulated on social media. The year 2024 has not been good for Virat Kohli yet. In the series against New Zealand, he scored only 93 runs, which did not include a single half-century. Before the IPL mega auction, Royal Challengers Bangalore has retained Kohli for Rs 21 crore. In this way he has become the highest paid Indian player in IPL history.
“He is not just a cricketer, he is the whole world…”, the cricket world congratulated Virat Kohli on his birthday in a special way.
Virat Kohli is celebrating his 36th birthday on 5 November 2024. Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Getty Images) Indian cricket team’s veteran player Virat Kohli is celebrating his 36th birthday on November 5, 2024. On this occasion, the whole world is congratulating him in a special way. Virat made his debut in international cricket in 2008 and never looked back. He has been scoring runs continuously for the last 15 years and remains an important player for the team. He played a big role in the team’s victory by playing an inning of 76 runs against South Africa in the T20 World Cup 2024 final. He also won the title of Player of the Match. Virat has retired from T20 International, he is now representing India in Test and ODI. Virat’s performance in international career After Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar (100 centuries), Virat is the second batsman to score the most centuries in international cricket. Virat Kohli has scored 80 centuries so far. He has scored 29 centuries in Test, 50 in ODI and one century in T20. Virat has scored 9040 runs in 201 innings of 118 Tests at an average of 47.83. He has scored 13906 runs in 295 ODI matches at an average of 58.18 and 4188 runs in 125 T20 matches at an average of 48.7. Talking about his performance in IPL, he has scored 8004 runs in 252 matches at an average of 38.67. Which includes 8 centuries and 55 half-centuries. Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina wrote a special thing on King Kohli’s birthday- Veteran players, BCCI, IPL franchises and fans are congratulating King Kohli on his birthday in a special way. Suresh Raina wrote, “Happy Birthday to an iconic cricketer and an inspirational person, Virat Kohli! May your coming year be filled with happiness and success.”Yuvraj Singh wrote, “Happy Birthday to you King Kohli The best comebacks come from our failures and the world is eagerly waiting for your strong comeback, you have done it before and I am sure you will do it again, God Bless you! Lots of love” Tweets from cricket world on Virat Kohli’s birthday- He is not just a cricketer, he is a saddi duniya! Happy Birthday King!#HappyBirthdayViratKohli #PunjabKings pic.twitter.com/AnXDscJAfd — Punjab Kings (@PunjabKingsIPL) November 4, 2024 Happy birthday Virat. Have a great year ahead. Hope you turn things around in BGT. Go well and make our country proud as always 😇🎂 @imVkohli #HappyBirthdayKingKohli pic.twitter.com/XWJhx70IGy — Vinay Kumar R (@Vinay_Kumar_R) November 5, 2024 𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙊𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙚𝙡𝙝𝙞 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙧, 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙖𝙢𝙚🌟 Happy 36th birthday, King Kohli!#HappyBirthdayKingKohli #HappyBirthdayViratKohli pic.twitter.com/nTVSAARA37 — CricTracker (@Cricketracker) November 4, 2024 Wishing you a very Happy Birthday #KingKohliThe greatest comebacks emerge from our setbacks and the world eagerly looks forward to your solid comeback 🔥 you’ve done it in the past and I’m sure you will do it yet again 👍🏻🙌🏻 God bless! lots of love ❤️ @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/wo9hrzUehq — Yuvraj Singh (@YUVSTRONG12) November 5, 2024 To an iconic cricketer and an inspiring individual, @imVkohlihappy birthday! May your year ahead be filled with joy…
We will keep a special quota of tickets for Indian fans in the Champions Trophy: PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has left it up to the Indian government to decide whether the national team should send the national team to Pakistan for this event or not. Mohsin Naqvi (Photo Source: Many people are eagerly waiting for the Champions Trophy 2025. This great tournament will be played in Pakistan. No decision has been taken yet whether Team India will go to Pakistan for the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has left it up to the Indian government to decide whether the national team should send the national team to Pakistan for this event or not. However, before the start of this tournament, Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Mohsin Naqvi has given a big statement regarding the tickets of Indian fans. According to Mohsin Naqvi, there will be a special quota for tickets for Indian fans of Champions Trophy 2025. According to a report in Hindustan Times, Pakistan Cricket Board Chief Mohsin Naqvi said, ‘We will keep a special quota of tickets for Indian fans and will try to speed up the policy of issuing visas. We want that Indian fans should not face any problem in watching the upcoming tournament and that is why we are making special plans for them. I don’t think Team India will cancel its visit to Pakistan: PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi Mohsin Naqvi further said, ‘Team India must come here. I don’t think she will cancel or postpone coming here and we are confident that the Champions Trophy will be hosted in Pakistan with all the teams. Many former players of Pakistan have also said that Team India must tour Pakistan. No bilateral series has been played between these two teams for a long time. Exciting matches have been seen between these two in ICC events for a long time. Now it remains to be seen what decision the Indian government takes regarding the national team. There are also reports coming out that this tournament can be played in hybrid model. 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-
“Very happy for my favorite cricketer…”, Sanjay Manjrekar’s special tweet in praise of Ravindra Jadeja.
In the first innings of the third Test against New Zealand, Ravindra Jadeja took the maximum of 5 wickets for 65 runs in 22 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Sanjay Manjrekar (Photo Source: Getty Images) Ravindra Jadeja wreaked havoc with his bowling in the first innings of the third match of the ongoing Test series against New Zealand. He took 5 wickets for 65 runs in 22 overs. Jadeja took the wickets of Will Young (71), Tom Blundell (0), Glenn Phillips (17), Ish Sodhi (7) and Matt Henry (0). This is Jadeja’s 14th five-wicket haul in his Test career and fifth in the World Test Championship. Due to the brilliant bowling of Ravindra Jadeja, the New Zealand team was all out for 235 runs in the first innings. Meanwhile, cricket commentator Sanjay Manjrekar was seen praising Jadeja’s performance. Manjrekar said that Jadeja’s spell was exactly what India needed. Sanjay Manjrekar made a special tweet on social media- Praising Ravindra Jadeja, Sanjay Manjrekar tweeted on social media and wrote, I am very happy for my favorite cricketer Jadeja. Five wickets! They needed it! And the team also needed it. Over the moon for my favorite cricketer, Jadeja.A fire! He needed that! And so did the team. — Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) November 1, 2024 Jadeja becomes the fifth bowler to take most test wickets for India Ravindra Jadeja has made a big achievement in the test match being played against New Zealand in Mumbai. He has become the fifth bowler to take the most wickets for India in Test cricket. He has achieved this feat leaving behind Zaheer Khan and Ishant Sharma. Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan have taken 311 wickets in their name after playing 188 and 165 innings respectively. Ravindra Jadeja has taken 314 wickets in 145 innings. Jadeja is behind only Anil Kumble, Ravichandran Ashwin, Kapil Dev and Harbhajan Singh in the list of Indian bowlers who have taken most wickets in the longest format of the game. Most wickets for India in test matches 619 – Anil Kumble (236 innings) 533 – Ravichandran Ashwin (198 innings) 434 – Kapil Dev (227 innings) 417 – Harbhajan Singh (190 innings) 314 – Ravindra Jadeja (145 innings) 311 – Zaheer Khan (165 innings) 311 – Ishant Sharma (188 innings)
Irfan Pathan Birthday Special: The only bowler in world cricket who scored a hat-trick in the opening over of the Test.
Irrfan is celebrating his 40th birthday on 27th October. Irfan Pathan. (Photo Source: CricTracker) Happy Birthday Irfan Pathan: Former Indian cricket team’s veteran all-rounder and T20 World Cup champion Irfan Pathan is celebrating his 40th birthday today on 27th October. So on this special day of the former all-rounder, the cricket world, including his fellow players, has been seen giving many good wishes. Also, for your information, let us tell you that Irfan Pathan holds a special record in his name in world cricket. No one has been able to break this record of Irfan yet. Let us tell you about this special record of Irfan: Irfan is the owner of this special record in cricket Let us tell you that in the third match of the Test series played on India’s tour of Pakistan in the year 2006, Irfan completed a hat-trick by opening the bowling for Team India and taking three wickets in the very first over. In the match, Irfan completed this hat-trick by dismissing Pakistani batsmen Salman Butt, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yusuf. With this, he became the only bowler in the world to take a hat-trick in the first over of Test cricket history. Also, Irfan performed brilliantly in the final of the T20 World Cup 2007, for which he was given the Player of the Match award. In the final, Irfan bowled brilliantly and took 3 big wickets while giving only 16 runs in 4 overs. Happy Birthday @IrfanPathan Here’s reliving his famous hat-trick against Pakistan. This one’s from the archives #TeamIndia pic.twitter.com/CG3sV47aDU — BCCI (@BCCI) October 27, 2018 A look at Irfan Pathan’s cricket career On the other hand, if we give information about the career of the 40-year-old former cricketer, he has played cricket for the Indian team for almost 10 years. During this period, Irfan played 29 Tests, 120 ODIs and 24 T20 matches for the Indian team. In Test, he has taken 100 wickets with 1105 runs, in ODI he has taken 173 wickets with 1544 runs and in T20, he has taken 28 wickets with 172 runs.
South cinema superstar Allu Arjan wished David Warner on his birthday in a special way.
David Warner is celebrating his 37th birthday on 27 October 2024. David Warner and Allu Arjun (Photo Source: Instagram) Former Australian player David Warner is celebrating his 37th birthday on 27 October 2024. On his special day, best wishes are coming from all over the world including the cricket world. It is not hidden from anyone how much Warner loves Indian and South cinema superstar Allu Arjan. Warner is often seen repeating the actor’s famous Pushpa signature step in the field. Allu Arjan has made Warner’s day by wishing him on the special occasion of his birthday. The superstar of South Cinema has posted a special story on Instagram, which is making headlines. Allu Arjan posted a special story on Insta On David Warner’s 37th birthday, Allu Arjan wrote on Insta Story, “Many happy returns of the day to my brother” Allu Arjun Story on David Warner Birthday Lifetime ban lifted from Warner After the sandpaper scandal in 2018, Cricket Australia had banned David Warner for life from captaincy. However, after six years, the ban on Warner has been lifted. David Warner’s international career has been like this Australian legend David Warner has played 112 Tests, 161 ODIs and 110 T20 matches in his international career. He has scored 8786 runs in Test, 6932 runs in ODI and 3277 runs in T20. Warner was part of the Australia team that won the ODI World Cup in 2015 and the T20 World Cup in 2021. Warner was the Player of the Tournament in the 2021 T20 World Cup. Warner was also a part of the team that won the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup in 2023. He was the highest run-scorer for Australia in the ODI World Cup 2023. Apart from this, Warner had led Sunrisers Hyderabad to win the IPL title in 2016 under his captaincy.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Cheteshwar Pujara hits 18th double century, joins Don Bradman in this special list
Cheteshwar Pujara has become the fourth batsman in the world to score most double centuries in first-class. Cheteshwar Pujara (Photo Source: The teams of Chhattisgarh and Saurashtra are face to face in the second round of Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Chhattisgarh won the toss and elected to bat first and declared the first innings at 578/7. Saurashtra team also seems to be batting brilliantly at this time. Cheteshwar Pujara has scored a double century while maintaining his excellent form in red-ball cricket. This is his 18th double century in first-class cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara scored a double century against Chhattisgarh Saurashtra got a bad start while batting in the first innings against Chhattisgarh. The team lost the wicket of Harvik Desai (5) in the sixth over. After this, a partnership of 68 runs was made between Cheteshwar Pujara and Chirag Jani (40) for the second wicket. Pujara then made a 100+ partnership with Sheldon Jackson (62) and Arpit Vasavada (73), playing his 100th first-class match. Today, on the fourth day of play, Cheteshwar Pujara completed his 66th century in first-class cricket. He then scored runs rapidly and completed his 18th double century. Pujara is currently out of Team India, but he is continuously scoring runs in red-ball cricket. After a stellar performance in county cricket in England, he is showing amazing form in the Ranji Trophy as well. Pujara became the fourth batsman to score most double centuries in first-class cricket. Cheteshwar Pujara has become the fourth batsman in the world to score most double centuries in first-class. He has left behind Herbert Sutcliffe and Mark Ramprakash. Both these greats have scored 17-17 double centuries. At the same time, Pujara is already on the top in the list of Indian batsmen. Vijay Merchant is second in the list, with 11 double centuries to his name. Vijay Hazare, Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid have 10 centuries each. Most double centuries in first-class cricket- Don Bradman- 37 Wally Hammond- 36 Patsy Hendren- 22 Cheteshwar Pujara- 18 Herbert Sutcliffe- 17 Mark Ramprakash- 17 Most double centuries in first-class cricket (Indian)- 18 – Cheteshwar Pujara 11 – Vijay Merchant 10 – Vijay Hazare 10 – Sunil Gavaskar 10 – Rahul Dravid 9 – Wasim Jaffer 9 – Paras Dogra
