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, has not played a single Test yet. Samson scored 3819 runs in 64 first class matches at an average of 38.96, which included 11 centuries.

6. Harmanpreet Kaur’s captaincy is in danger, BCCI may take a big decision soon

BCCI has decided to consider a change in the captaincy after the early exit of the Indian team in the Women’s T20 World Cup. According to reports, the BCCI will hold a meeting with the selection committee and head coach Amol Majumdar to discuss Harman’s future as captain.

7. PAK vs ENG: Babar Azam became a fan of Kamran Ghulam’s century, said on social media ‘Very good…’

The second match of the ongoing Test series between Pakistan and England (PAK vs ENG) is being played at the Multan Cricket Stadium. Let us tell you that in this match, Pakistani batsman Kamran Ghulam, playing in place of Babar Azam, has played a century inning of 118 runs in the debut test match.

On the other hand, now former captain and veteran batsman Babar Azam has also become a fan of this innings of Kamran Ghulam. Babar is seen praising Kamran’s century in his debut match against a strong team like England. Babar has posted the photo of Kamran scoring a century on his Instagram story. While posting the story, Babar wrote in the caption – Very well played Kamran.

8. LLC 2024: Konark Suryas Odisha eyes winning Legends League Cricket final, captain Irfan says ‘within the team…’

Before the final match against Southern Super Stars, Irfan said – The energy within the team is fantastic. We’ve worked hard to get to this level, and tonight we’re ready to give it our all. Every player in the team has shown incredible courage, and our aim is clear to win the trophy and make our supporters in Odisha proud. Southern Super Stars is a strong team, but we are up for the challenge and we are going to play with passion, confidence and unity in this final.

10. BGT 2024: Shubman Gill should not open in Australia in the absence of Rohit Sharma: Anil Kumble

According to Anil Kumble, Shubman Gill has a lot of experience of playing in Australia and he can be seen batting tremendously at number three. He has appealed to Team India that if Rohit Sharma is unavailable in the Test match, then Shubman Gill should not be made to open.

11. Shikhar Dhawan shared a post related to Legends League Cricket, told further plans in the caption.

After retiring from international cricket, Shikhar Dhawan started a new innings, where he was seen playing in Legends League Cricket for the first time. But the performance of his team under the captaincy of Dhawan in this league was not special, after which this batsman has shared a special post on social media. He wrote in the caption – Signing off from LLC, time to chase the next thrill!

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PAK vs ENG, 2nd Test: Day 2: Pakistan’s team was limited to 366 in the first innings, England’s score at the end of the day was 239/6.

After the second day’s play, the England team is behind by 127 runs. PAK vs ENG (Photo Source: Getty Images) PAK vs ENG, 2nd Test: Day 2 Highlights: The second Test match between Pakistan and England is being played at Multan Cricket Stadium from 15 October. By the end of the first day, Pakistan had scored 259 runs at the loss of 5 wickets. Today, on the second day of play, the host team was all out for 366 in the first innings. By the end of the day, England had scored 239 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Jamie Smith (12*) and Braydon Carse (2*) are unbeaten at the crease. PAK vs ENG: Mohammad Rizwan lost his wicket at the beginning of the second day By the end of the first day of play, Mohammad Rizwan (37*) and Salman Ali Aga (5*) were present at the crease unbeaten. At the beginning of the second day, Braydon Carse gave a big blow to the host team by dismissing Mohammad Rizwan. Rizwan played the ball towards the off-side, got an outside edge and Jamie Smith took a good diving catch. Rizwan could score only 41 runs in 97 balls with the help of 5 fours. Agha Salman and Aamir Jamal scored 16 runs in the 99th over bowled by Braydon Carse. The 99th over of Pakistan’s first innings was bowled by Brydon Carse, in which Agha Salman and Aamir Jamal together scored 16 runs. No runs were scored in the first two balls of the over. On the third ball, Aamir Jamal hit a four towards long-off. Aamir Jamal took a run on the fourth ball but the ball turned out to be a no-ball. Then Agha Salman hit a sharp four towards third man. Two runs came on the fifth ball and then Agha Salman finished the over in spectacular style by hitting another four on the last ball. PAK vs ENG: Agha Salman out against Matthew Potts Agha Salman lost his wicket against Matthew Potts on the last ball of the 101st over. Agha Salman tried to hit a shot towards third man, but it hit an outside edge and the ball went straight into the hands of the wicketkeeper. He played an inning of 31 runs in 53 balls with the help of 5 fours. In the first innings, Pakistan was able to score 366 runs due to the innings of Kamran Ghulam (118), Rizwan (41) and Aamir Jamal (37), Noman Ali (32). For England, Jack Leach took the maximum of 4 wickets for 114 runs in 38.3 overs. Brayden Carse had three wickets and Matthew Potts had two wickets. The flair of Noman Ali 😊 The ninth-wicket stand takes us past 3️⃣5️⃣0️⃣#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/sHrEmeWKwJ — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 16, 2024 England got its first blow on the score of 73 The England team suffered its first blow on the score of 73 runs in the first innings. Jack Crawley was out against Noman Ali on the first ball of the 13th over. Jack…

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