DTVHINDIDinesh Karthik created history, became the first Indian player to be a part of SA20
Karthik will be seen playing for Paarl Royals Dinesh Karthik. (Image Source: IPL-BCCI) Former wicketkeeper batsman of the Indian cricket team Dinesh Karthik has created history. Let us tell you that now he has become the first Indian player to participate in South Africa’s premier T20 tournament SA20. It is worth noting that today on 6th August, Paarl Royals has made public the information about including Karthik in the team. So now he will be seen playing for Paarl Royals in the third season of the tournament. Also, for your information, let us tell you that after IPL 2024, he retired from all formats of the game. After this, he will be seen working as a batting coach with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the upcoming season of IPL. But he has signed a contract with the Paarl Royals franchise ahead of the upcoming season of SA20. It will be interesting to see how DK will perform with the bat and behind the wicket in the upcoming season of the tournament? A look at Dinesh Karthik’s cricket career Dinesh Karthik, who made his debut for Indian cricket in 2004, has played 26 Tests, 94 ODIs and 60 T20 matches for Team India till 2022 in a cricket career spanning nearly 19 years. During this period, Karthik has scored 1025 Tests, 1752 ODIs and 686 T20 runs. Apart from this, Karthik has scored a total of 4842 runs in 257 IPL matches at an average of 26.32 and a strike rate of 135.36. On the other hand, along with his cricket career, Karthik also started trying his hand at cricket commentary. He has been seen doing commentary during Australia vs England Ashes 2023 and many Test series of India abroad. So now he will be seen playing for Paarl Royals in the upcoming season of SA20, which is definitely a good step towards making the tournament big.
The Hundred 2024: Oval Invincible’s Sam Curran creates history, only the third player to do so in the tournament
Sam Curran did this feat against London Spirit Sam Curran (Image Credit- Twitter X) Sam Curran bags maiden hat-trick in The Hundred 2024: England cricket team’s all-rounder Sam Curran is seen in great form in the ongoing The Hundred Men’s Tournament. And he has shown his form by taking a hat-trick for the first time in the ongoing season. So with this hat-trick, he has become the third player to do so in the tournament. Sam achieved this feat by taking the wickets of London Spirit’s Liam Dawson, Ollie Stone and Andre Russell. Before Sam, former South African spinner Imran Tahir in 2021 and Tymal Mills in 2023 have taken hat-tricks. It is worth noting that the 15th match of the ongoing tournament was played on 4 August between London Spirit vs Oval Invincibles. So, on the basis of the brilliant performance of Sam Curran in this match, Oval Invincibles led by Sam Billings won the match by 30 runs. See how Sam Curran completed his hat-trick Today @CurranSM became the third player to take a hat-trick in the men’s hundred. Was thrilled to be on commentary on BBC Two when it happened. What a player💯 pic.twitter.com/qYquILjgPa — Aatif Nawaz (@AatifNawaz) August 4, 2024 Oval Invincibles won the match by 30 runs due to the all-round performance of Sam Curran So if we tell you about the match in detail, then batting first, Oval scored a total of 147 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 100 balls. After the top order failed, Sam Curran played a brilliant innings of 51 runs in 22 balls with the help of 6 sixes in the middle order. After this, when London Spirit came out to chase the target of 148 runs given by Oval Invincibles, they were all out for 117 runs in 95 balls and lost the match by 30 runs. After batting for Oval, Sam Curran also performed brilliantly in bowling. Sam took five wickets giving just 16 runs in 20 balls. Apart from this, Adam Zampa got 3 wickets and Will Jack and Nathan Souter got 1-1 wickets.
On this Day: 17 years ago on this day, Sangakkara and Jayawardene created history, made the biggest partnership in Test cricket history
In that match, both of them had made a record partnership for the third wicket. Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene (Image Credit- Twitter Biggest Partnership in Test Cricket: 29th July is a very important day in the history of Sri Lankan cricket and Test cricket. Let us tell you that on this day 17 years ago, former Sri Lankan cricket team captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene created history. Let us tell you that on this day in 2006, Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene had made the highest partnership for any wicket in Test cricket history. In this partnership, Jayawardene scored 374 runs and Sangakkara scored 287 runs. Both of them had a partnership of 624 runs for the third wicket in the first Test match played against South Africa at Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo, which is a world record. No one has been able to break this partnership of both the players in Test cricket till now. It is worth mentioning that in this match, Sangakkara and Jayawardene had batted for a total of 157 overs in the Test match, which is a record in itself. Sri Lanka won the match by an innings and 153 runs On the other hand, if we give you information about this match, then while batting first, South Africa lost all its wickets at 169 runs in the first innings. After this, Sri Lanka scored 756 runs at the loss of 5 wickets after 185.1 overs in the first innings. So, despite having great players, South Africa cricket team’s second innings were all out at 434 runs after 157.2 overs and they had to face defeat by an innings and 153 runs in the match. Former captain Mahela Jayawardene was also given the Player of the Match award for his brilliant innings of 374 runs, which was also his highest score in Test cricket. The biggest Test partnership of all time! #OnThisDay in 2006, the legendary duo of Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene set a new high 🙌 pic.twitter.com/eHokzNHLuV — ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) July 29, 2024
Sri Lanka creates history, defeats India in the final of Women’s Asia Cup 2024
While Chamari Atapattu played a valuable inning of 61 runs in 43 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes, Harshitha Samarawickrama played a match-winning inning of 69* runs in 51 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Srilanka Team (Pic Source-X) In the final match of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 played today i.e. on 28th July, Sri Lanka defeated India by 8 wickets and won the trophy of this great tournament for the first time. All the players from the Sri Lankan women’s team performed very well and played an important role in their team’s victory. Talking about the match, India batted first and scored 165 runs in 20 overs losing six wickets. Smriti Mandhana scored 60 runs in 47 balls with the help of 10 fours for the team. Apart from Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh contributed 30 runs. Shefali Verma scored 16 runs while Jemimah Rodrigues contributed 29 runs. For the Sri Lankan women’s team, Kavisha Dilhari took two wickets for 36 runs in four overs. The batsmen of the Indian women’s team played their role quite well. Sri Lanka women’s team defeated India by 8 wickets Sri Lankan women’s team did not have a good start while chasing the target and Vishma Gunaratne was out after scoring one run. After the first wicket fell at seven runs, Sri Lankan team captain Chamari Atapattu and Harshitha Samarawickrama made an important partnership of 87 runs for the second wicket. Both of them did not spare any Indian bowler and attacked everyone strongly. While Chamari Atapattu played a valuable innings of 61 runs in 43 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes, Harshitha Samarawickrama played a match-winning innings of 69* runs in 51 balls with the help of 6 fours and 2 sixes. Both these batsmen played their roles very well. Kavisha Dilhari scored 30* runs in 16 balls with the help of 1 four and 2 sixes. From the Indian women’s team, Deepti Sharma took one wicket for 30 runs in four overs. Apart from Deepti Sharma, no other bowler could make a mark in this match. India lost Women’s Asia Cup Against Srilanka. Srilanka women’s team owns the Asia Cup for the first time. So sad for our Shernis🥺. Hope next time better luck for us. And Congratulations Srilanka Women’s team For Win Asia Cup Final.🏆#AsiaCup2024 pic.twitter.com/nadGGvGm1m — Unknown Roy⁴⁵ ❤️ (@NMRoy45) July 28, 2024 Jubilant crowds celebrate a historic win over India by Sri Lanka in the #AsiaCup2024 pic.twitter.com/q15DaQkRhU — PTV Sports (@PTVSp0rts) July 28, 2024 Congratulations Srilanaka for being new Champions of women’s ACC t20 Asia Cup 🏆#Asiacup2024 pic.twitter.com/j0PGK3Dxxd — Sita Rana Magar (@Sita_magar8) July 28, 2024 Kavisha Dilhari today becomes the youngest Sri Lankan to take 50 T20I wickets Played a key hand with the bat too, such a key and impressive performer for Sri Lanka got 2 massive wickets today#WomensAsiaCup2024 #AsiaCup2024 #SLvIND — Mohit Shah (@mohit_shah17) July 28, 2024 Congratulations 🙏👏🙏🏻 @OfficialSLC @58Chamari #Asiacup2024 pic.twitter.com/4JKSv2KegI — Ajoomiya Elango (@ajoomiya) July 28, 2024 Incredible Victory…
Most Runs in Test: List of players who scored the most runs in Test cricket history
A total of 14 players have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests so far. The list toppers include players from India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan. Joe Root and Sachin Tendulkar. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Most Runs in Test: There is nothing special to say about Team India’s great player Sachin Tendulkar. He has made many records in his 24-year long cricket career. One of these is the record of scoring the most runs in Tests. Sachin has played 200 Test matches in his career, and he has scored 15,921 runs. At the same time, Australian legend Ricky Ponting is in second place with 13,378 runs. In third place is South African legend Jacques Kallis who has scored 13,289 runs in 166 Test matches. 14 players have scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket A total of 14 players have scored more than 10,000 runs in Tests so far. The list toppers include players from India, Australia, South Africa, England, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Pakistan. Players who have scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket – Team-wise India Sachin Tendulkar – 15,921 runs in 200 Test matches Rahul Dravid – 13,288 runs in 164 Tests Sunil Gavaskar – 10,122 runs in 125 Test matches Australia Ricky Ponting – 13,378 runs in 168 Tests Allan Border – 11,174 runs in 156 Tests Steve Waugh – 10,927 runs in 168 Tests England Alastair Cook – 12,472 runs in 161 Tests Joe Root – 12,027* runs in 143 Tests Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara – 12,400 runs in 134 Tests Mahela Jayawardene – 11,814 runs in 149 Tests West Indies Brian Lara – 11,953 runs in 131 Tests Shivnarine Chanderpaul – 11,867 runs in 164 Tests South Africa Jacques Kallis – 13,289 runs in 166 Tests Pakistan Younis Khan – 10,099 runs in 118 Tests Most Runs in Test: List of 10 players who scored the most runs in the history of Test cricket Player Runs in Test cricket Sachin Tendulkar- India 15,921 Ricky Ponting – Australia 13,378 Jacques Kallis- South Africa 13,289 Rahul Dravid- India 13,288 Alastair Cook- England 12,472 Kumar Sangakkara- Sri Lanka 12,400 Joe Root- England 12,027 Brian Lara- West Indies 11,953 Shivnarine Chnaderpaul- West Indies 11,867 Mahela Jayawardene- Sri Lanka 11,814
Sri Lankan player created history, became the first player to score a century in Women’s Asia Cup
Chamari Atapattu becomes the first player to score a century in Women’s T20 Asia Cup Chamari Athapaththu (Pic Source-X) Today, a match is being played between Sri Lanka and Malaysia in the Women’s Asia Cup 2024. Where Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu has created a new record. She scored a century with brilliant batting, which no one could do before. She has become the first player to score a century in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup. Let us tell you that Sri Lanka won the toss against Malaysia and decided to bat first and scored 184 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. Chamari Atapattu created history against Malaysia. She scored an unbeaten 119 runs in 69 balls, which included 14 fours and 7 sixes. During this, her strike rate was 172.46. With this, Chamari is the first batsman to score a century in the history of Women’s T20 Asia Cup. While Chamari scored a century, other Sri Lankan batsmen could not score a half-century. Anushka Sanjeevani’s second highest score was 31 runs. Harshita Madvi contributed 26 runs. Take a look at the current points table Talking about the points table of Women’s Asia Cup 2024, the Indian team is at the top of Group A by winning two consecutive matches. At the same time, Pakistan and Nepal have won one match each. Pakistan is at second and Nepal is at third place. Apart from this, Thailand’s team is at the top in Group B with two points. Sri Lanka also has two points, if it wins the match today, it will reach the top. The Indian team led by Harmanpreet Kaur is leading its group by winning two matches so far and it seems certain to reach the semi-finals. Pakistan is also likely to reach the semi-finals from Group A. Sri Lanka seems certain to reach the semi-finals from Group B.
On This Day: On this day Virat Kohli created history in Test cricket against West Indies
On this day, Kohli had played an innings of 200 runs in 283 balls against West Indies. Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter X) On this day, 22 July 2016, former Indian captain Virat Kohli created history against West Indies in Test cricket. Let us tell you that in this match, Kohli played an innings of 200 runs, and he became the first captain from India to score a double century while captaining on foreign soil. Kohli did this feat at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua. On the first day of that Test match, Kohli remained unbeaten by scoring 143 runs, and Team India scored 302 runs on the first day. Kohli continued this momentum on the second day of the game as well. On the second day of the match, Kohli created history by completing his double century before lunch. But as soon as Kohli achieved this feat, Caribbean bowler Shannon Gabriel took his wicket. Kohli scored 200 runs in 283 balls with the help of 24 fours, and India declared their first innings at 566 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. India won the match by an innings and 93 runs If we tell you about the situation of this match, then the Indian team won this match by an innings and 92 runs. Veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was successful in winning the Player of the Match award, he scored 113 runs in the match and also took 7 wickets. But on the other hand, Kohli registered his name in the pages of history by playing an innings of 200 runs. Kohli will be seen on Sri Lanka tour On the other hand, if we give you information about Virat Kohli, then he will now be seen playing in the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting from August 2. It will be worth seeing how Kohli is going to perform in this ODI series after the T20 World Cup?
ENG vs WI 2024: Mark Wood created history in the Nottingham Test match against West Indies, becoming the first fast bowler to do so
Wood made this record in the second over of the innings. Mark Wood (Image Credit- Twitter X) England cricket team’s star fast bowler Mark Wood has created history in the second Test match against West Indies being played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Wood achieved this feat in the second over of West Indies’ first innings. Also, Wood has become the first bowler to do so on home soil and has achieved this big and unique record. With this record, Wood’s name has been included in the list of legends. Wood made this special record his name Let us tell you that the second over of the West Indies first innings bowled by Wood on the second day of the Nottingham Test match has become the fastest over bowled by any bowler in England. In this over, Mark Wood’s balls were wreaking havoc with their speed. Wood bowled the first ball of this over at a speed of 155.14 kilometers per hour, which was left by Caribbean opener Mikyle Lewis. After this, Wood bowled the second ball at a speed of 154.65 kmph, followed by the third ball at 152.88 and the fourth ball at 148.06 kmph. With this, it has become the fastest over bowled in Test history in England. Wood has also become the first English bowler to do so. This record has already been beaten… By Mark Wood’s third over ??? — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 19, 2024 England scored 416 runs in the first innings On the other hand, if we give you information about England’s performance in the second Test match, then West Indies won the toss and asked the host team to bat first. Batting first, England lost all their wickets for 416 runs in 88.3 overs in the first innings. Ollie Pope played a brilliant innings of 121 runs for the team, while captain Stokes made a good contribution of 69 runs. Also, opener Ben Duckett scored 71 runs.
England’s batsmen showed explosive game, scored the fastest fifty in Test history
Ben Duckett played a strong innings of 71 runs on the first day ENG vs WI (Pic Source-X) ENG vs WI: The second Test match between England and West Indies is being played at Trent Bridge in Nottingham from today, where West Indies won the toss and decided to bowl first. England lost their first wicket in the first over before their account was even opened. However, after this, the stormy batting displayed by England’s batsmen was something the West Indies team would not have even imagined in their dreams. England broke a 30-year-old record and achieved the feat of scoring the fastest 50 runs in Test history. England reached the 50-run mark in just 4.2 overs i.e. 26 balls. Earlier, England had scored 50 runs in 27 balls against South Africa at the Oval in 1994. England completed 50 runs in 4.2 overs The host team, which came to bat first after losing the toss, did not have a good start and Alzari Joseph took the wicket of Jack Crowley in the very first over. After this, left-handed opener Ben Duckett took charge. Duckett hit four consecutive fours to Jaden Seals who came to bowl the second over. Ollie Pope also hit two fours to Alzari Joseph in the third over. Ben Duckett again hit two fours in the fourth over and completed England’s 50 runs by hitting a four on the second ball of the fifth over. Ben Duckett did not stop here. He completed his half-century in 32 balls, which is a record. He has become the joint third fastest batsman to score a half-century in Test cricket for England. Duckett was dismissed after playing an innings of 71 runs, in which he hit 14 fours in 59 balls. At the time of writing the news, England has scored 134 runs for the loss of 2 wickets in 26 overs till the lunch break. Ollie Pope is currently at the crease with 47 runs and Joe Root with 13 runs.
41 runs in one over and 61 runs in 2 overs, the most exciting match in cricket history – watch video
In cricket, a bowler bowls 6 balls in an over, even if 6 sixes are hit on these 6 balls, 36 runs are scored. The number of runs becomes 37 or 38 if the bowler bowls a no ball or wide. But have you ever heard of 41 runs in an over? Probably not? But this record was seen in the match between Romania and Austria. Victory in this match was uncertain. But something happened in the last 2 overs that the team that was losing the match won. Exciting match between Austria and Romania
