DTVHINDIPAK vs ENG, 1st Test: Abdullah Shafiq hits a six off Shoaib Bashir and completes his half-century, watch video
Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against England. Abdullah Shafique (Photo Source: PAK vs ENG, 1st Test: The first match of the three-match Test series between Pakistan and England is being played in Multan from October 7. Pakistan captain Shan Masood won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan got its first blow in the fourth over itself, when Gus Atkinson showed the way to the pavilion to Saim Ayub (4). After this, the pair of Shan Masood and Abdullah Shafiq have taken charge. Pakistan’s opener Abdullah Shafiq completed his half-century in just 77 balls by hitting a brilliant six off Shoaib Bashir, the video of which is going viral. Abdullah Shafiq hit two fours and a six in Shoaib Bashir’s over. The 24th over of Pakistan’s first innings was bowled by Shoaib Bashir. Abdullah Shafiq went down the wicket and hit a four on the very first ball. Then only 2 runs came on the next three balls. Facing the fifth ball of the over, Abdullah hit another four, after which he was just three runs away from his half-century. On the last ball of the over, Abdullah Shafiq completed his half-century by hitting a six towards long-on. Watch the video here- Full of confidence and excelling in style!@imabd28 marches his way to a half-century 🏏#PAKvENG , #TestAtHome pic.twitter.com/JQUywoPA4B — Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) October 7, 2024 Abdullah was in very poor form for some time. His scores in the last 7 innings of Test cricket are- 3,0,37,2,0,0 and 4. After scoring a half-century against England, the batsman now intends to reach a bigger score. Century partnership between Shan Masood and Abdullah After losing the first wicket in the fourth over of the first innings against England, the pair of Abdullah Shafiq and captain Shan Masood have kept Pakistan on the strong side in the game. Till the time of writing the news, there was a partnership of 153 runs between the two batsmen for the second wicket. Shan Masood (92*) and Abdullah (61*) are present at the unbeaten crease.
PCB completes deal to change name of Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium
Not just Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, but Karachi’s National Stadium will also be renamed as National Bank Cricket Arena. Gaddafi Stadium (Source: Twitter) The Pakistan Cricket Board has struck a deal worth one billion Pakistani rupees with a private bank for the naming rights of Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The stadium was named after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1974 but now the stadium will be named after the bank. Not just Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium, but Karachi’s National Stadium will also be renamed as National Bank Cricket Arena. Although the Pakistan Cricket Board has not yet officially announced this deal, sources have confirmed this. A source said, ‘The deal is worth one billion rupees while the board had sold the naming rights of the Karachi stadium for $450 million.’ The initiative to sell the naming rights started in 2021 during the tenure of former PCB chairman and former captain Rameez Raja. Three important stadiums of the country have to be prepared in the best possible way before the start of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Current Pakistan Cricket Board chief Mohsin Naqvi wants the country’s three important stadiums to be completely repaired before the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and that is why he has made this deal. The source also said, ‘Mohsin Naqvi also wants that the domestic cricket stream should be supported and maximum revenue should be generated from it. All this will also boost Pakistan cricket a lot. The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is to be played in Pakistan. Many people have been eagerly waiting for this important tournament for a long time. This tournament can be hosted in Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi. Before the start of this tournament, the Pakistan Cricket Board is also trying to improve its three important stadiums. Top-5 batsmen who scored the most centuries in WTC 10 HOT pictures of Ishan Kishan’s girlfriend Highest wicket taker for India in International Cricket Virat Kohli’s 10 expensive watches and their prices, know here- Dinesh Karthik will rock LLC, join this team for the upcoming season List of batsmen who hit the most T20 sixes in 2024- Pakistan’s luck is bad, they have not won a Test match for 1294 days These 5 Indian cricketers are addicted to alcohol Shikhar Dhawan did this trick to win the ‘Golden Bat’ 5 big records of Shikhar Dhawan, in this case he is ahead of Kohli
Rohit Sharma completes 17 years in international cricket, ICC shares a special video
Rohit made his debut against Ireland Rohit Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricket team captain and world cricket’s Hitman, Rohit Sharma has completed 17 years in international cricket today on 23 June. It is worth noting that on this day in 2007, Rohit made his international debut against Ireland. Rohit Sharma first played ODI cricket for the Indian team and then T20 and Test. On this special occasion of Rohit Sharma’s career, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has also shared a video, which is rapidly going viral on social media. In this video, ICC has shown some of the best shots of Rohit Sharma’s cricket career. Watch this video shared by ICC 17 YEARS OF THE GREATEST SIX HITTER IN INTERNATIONAL CRICKET. – Rohit Gurunath Sharma 🥶 pic.twitter.com/DmzL00obE5 — Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) June 23, 2024 On the other hand, if we tell you about Rohit Sharma, then he is currently seen captaining the Indian team in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024. Under the captaincy of Rohit, Team India has made it to the Super 8, and is also considered a strong contender to reach the semi-finals. However, as a batsman, Rohit Sharma has not shown anything special in the T20 World Cup so far. Rohit has scored only 99 runs in the five matches played. So now he will be seen playing against Australia in Team India’s last Super 8 match on June 24. Also, let us tell you that Rohit is the player who has hit the most sixes (195) in T20 International cricket. A look at Rohit Sharma’s cricket career If we talk about Rohit’s cricket career, then in his 17-year cricket career, Rohit has played 59 Tests, 262 ODIs and 156 T20 matches for Team India. Rohit has 4138 runs in Tests, 10709 in ODIs and 4073 runs in T20 cricket.
IPL 2024: Virat Kohli completes another ‘century’ in T-20 cricket, becomes the first Indian to do so
Kohli played a brilliant half-century of 77 runs against Punjab Kings. Virat Kohli (Photo Source: IPL/BCCI) Virat Kohli once again proved why he is called King Kohli. Kohli played a match-winning innings against Punjab Kings and played an important role in RCB’s victory. He played a brilliant inning of 77 runs in 49 balls. With this, Kohli achieved another milestone in T-20 cricket. Virat Kohli has become the first Indian and the third player overall to score 100 or more half-centuries in T-20 cricket. Kohli has so far scored 12,092 runs in 378 matches in T-20 cricket at an average of 41.26. He has 8 centuries to his name in this format. He is the batsman and overall sixth highest run scorer among Indians in T-20 cricket. Virat Kohli scored unbeaten 122 runs in just 61 balls against Afghanistan in the T20 World Cup 2022, which is his highest individual score in T20 cricket. Apart from Kohli, there is Chris Gayle of West Indies in the list, who has scored 50+ 110 times in T-20 cricket. He has also scored 22 centuries. At second place is Australia’s David Warner, who has scored 50 or more 109 times. He has 8 centuries to his name. RCB registered its first win of the season Talking about the Punjab vs Bengaluru match, RCB had to struggle in the beginning while chasing 177 runs. However, Virat Kohli took charge and played a strong innings. His teammates from one end kept going to the pavilion, but Kohli kept scoring runs. He played a brilliant half-century of 77 runs before falling victim to Harshal Patel’s ball in the 16th over. After his dismissal, the RCB team faltered. But in the end, the explosive partnership of Dinesh Karthik (28*) and Mahipal Lomror (17*) gave the Faf du Plessis-led franchise its first win of the season.
CSK and Dhoni’s journey completes 16 years, franchise shares special post
Dhoni has been the captain of Chennai Super Kings since the beginning of IPL. MS Dhoni (Image Credit- Twitter X) The first season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the world’s biggest T20 league, was auctioned for the first time on this day in 2008. Let us tell you that in this season, former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) was bought by Chennai Super Kings for 1.5 million dollars (about 12.5 crores). So till now with this season, Dhoni has remained with Chennai and Dhoni and Chennai have completed 16 years together. During these 16 years, under the captaincy of Dhoni, the team has won the IPL title five times and the Champions Trophy title twice. On the other hand, on this special occasion, Chennai Super Kings has made a special post about Dhoni on its official X account. While sharing this post, the franchisee wrote – 16 years and only 1 name ‘Thala’ See this social media post of Chennai Super Kings 1⃣6⃣ years- 1⃣ Name! 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗔🦁💛 pic.twitter.com/ljOq7C3Kcq — Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) February 20, 2024 On the other hand, if we tell you about Dhoni, he is ready to take charge of Chennai Super Kings once again. In the last season of IPL, CSK won the title for the fifth time by defeating defending champions Gujarat Titans in the final. So with this title, he also equaled Mumbai Indians (five times) in winning the IPL title the most number of times. So if we tell you about Dhoni’s IPL career, he has played 250 matches till the time of writing, in which he has scored a total of 5082 runs at an average of 38.79 and an excellent strike rate of 135.92. During this period, 24 half-centuries have also been seen with Dhoni’s bat. However, now it will be worth seeing how Dhoni is going to perform for Chennai at the age of 42?
IND vs ENG: Ravichandran Ashwin completes his 500 wickets in international test cricket, Sachin Tendulkar wishes all the best to the experienced spinner
Ravichandran Ashwin has become the second fastest bowler to take 500 Test wickets. Ravi Ashwin and Sachin Tendulkar (Pic Source-Twitter) Currently, the third match of the five-match Test series between India and England is being played in Rajkot. In this important match, Indian team’s experienced spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has made a special achievement in his name. He completed 500 wickets in Test cricket. Before this match, Ravichandran Ashwin had to take only one more wicket to achieve this feat and he made England opener Zak Crawley his victim in the first innings of the third Test. Let us tell you, Ravichandran Ashwin has become the second fastest bowler to take 500 Test wickets. He has achieved this great feat in 25,714 balls in 98 Test matches. Ravichandran Ashwin is the 9th bowler to achieve this feat. He is the second bowler from India who has taken 500 or more wickets in Test cricket. Apart from Ravichandran Ashwin, only Anil Kumble has achieved this feat from India. Anil Kumble has taken 619 wickets in Tests. Regarding this achievement of Ravichandran Ashwin, former Indian team batsman Sachin Tendulkar has given many good wishes to the experienced spinner. He tweeted on his official social media account that, ‘Ravichandran Ashwin is one of the million bowlers and he is its winner.’ Here is Sachin Tendulkar’s tweet: 500 Test wickets for a one-in-a-million bowler! In Ashwin the Spinner, there was always a WINNER. 500 wickets is a huge milestone in Test cricket. Congratulations, Champion!#INDvENG pic.twitter.com/Cb48ZJE3XO — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 16, 2024 Sachin Tendulkar has congratulated Ravichandran Ashwin for this wonderful achievement. Not only Sachin Tendulkar but many cricketers from all over the world and players of the Indian team wished Ravichandran Ashwin all the best for this. At present, both the teams are in a very good position till the end of the second day of the game. The third day of the game is going to be very important for both the teams. Let’s see who dominates whom? At present the 5 match test series is tied at 1-1. 4 Indian players who scored the fastest half-centuries in test debut 5 teams that have won the Under 19 World Cup the most number of times 3 Australian players who have won POTM awards the most number of times in T20I 5 players who made the biggest scores in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka Five best innings played by Indian captains in Under-19 World Cup 4 Indian bowlers who became number 1 bowler in test cricket List of batsmen who remained not out most number of times in IPL Top 4 Indian bowlers who took 150 wickets in least number of test matches List of foreign players earning big from IPL 2024 5 bowlers who have dismissed Joe Root the most number of times in Test cricket
