Cricket Highlights of 16 September 2024: Top news and social trends of the day
Cricket News: Know the key stats of today’s match, social trends and latest news. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket News Today (Photo Source: Cricket highlights of 16 September 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news Before the Test series against Bangladesh, King Kohli practiced hard in the nets against Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin Ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Travis Head calls Shubman Gill the future of India, says “he is a superstar” The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Sri Lankan players Dunith Velalage and Harshitha Samarawickrama as the ICC Players of the Month for August 2024 Indian cricket team’s star batsman Virat Kohli gifted his bat to young fast bowler Akash Deep Big news for Team India, Shardul Thakur is fit before the important tour of Australia “No team will take them lightly”- Gavaskar warns Rohit & Co ahead of Bangladesh series Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #jadeja #INDvsBAN #Ashwin In the first Test match against Bangladesh, Team India can field with the spin attack of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav, due to which Jadeja and Ashwin are trending. Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and figures to be made today on 16 September 2024 No records were made today as it was a non-cricketing day. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on September 16? Dave Richardson was born On this day in 1959, Dave Richardson, one of South Africa’s best Test wicketkeepers, was born. Richardson took 152 catches in 42 Test matches. In January 2002, he became the first General Manager of the ICC and in 2012 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Javed Miandad scored his fifth double century On September 16, 1988, Javed Miandad scored 211 against Australia in Karachi, his fifth double century in Test cricket. India and Pakistan played the first ODI match On September 16, 1996, India and Pakistan played the first ODI match in Canada. Despite Toronto having a significant South Asian population, according to Wisden Almanack, only 750 people came to watch the match. Sachin Tendulkar delighted the fans by scoring 89 runs per ball. Pakistan lost the match by 8 wickets. Rahul Dravid played the last ODI match Former Indian veteran player Rahul Dravid played his last ODI match for India on September 16, 2011. This match was played between India and England at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. In this match, Dravid scored 69 runs in 79 balls. Virat Kohli scored his first century in England On 16 September 2011, in the ODI match played against England, Virat Kohli scored 107 runs in 93 balls and scored his first century on English soil.
Before the Test series against Bangladesh, King Kohli practiced hard in the nets against Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin
Team India now has to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh, which starts from September 19 in Chennai. Virat Kohli (Pic Source-X) Team India now has to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh which is starting from 19 September in Chennai. Both the teams will be seen performing brilliantly in the upcoming Test series. Before this Test series, experienced Indian batsman Virat Kohli was seen batting brilliantly against Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin in the nets. Let us tell you, Virat Kohli failed to perform well in the ODI series played against Sri Lanka. The experienced batsman will definitely want to leave his mark in the upcoming Test series against Bangladesh. Apart from Virat Kohli, Yashasvi Jaiswal was also seen practicing in the nets against Jasprit Bumrah and Ravichandran Ashwin. All the fans will definitely have their eyes on Yashasvi Jaiswal. According to a PTI report, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma has been seen practising hard against spinners. This is because Chennai is a place where spinners get a lot of help and Bangladesh has a very strong spin bowling attack. Team India’s bowlers have also practiced hard in Chennai. Ravindra Jadeja, Rishabh Pant and Mohammad Siraj also participated in it. It will not be so easy to defeat India in their home and Bangladesh will also know this very well. Bangladesh recently won the Test series against Pakistan Let us tell you that, Bangladesh recently won the two-match Test series against Pakistan by 2-0. In this Test series, all the players from Bangladesh performed very well. Now the next goal of the Bangladesh team will be to defeat Team India in their own home. While the first Test between these two teams will be played in Chennai, the second Test will be held in Kanpur. After this, a three-match T20 series will be played between these two teams. Virat Kohli has retired from the T20 format after the end of the ICC T20 World Cup 2024. Luxury car, luxurious house… you will be shocked to know the net worth of Suryakumar Yadav These 7 teams have not played the Champions Trophy even once so far Travis Head Net Worth: India’s villain earns this many crores in a year Bangladesh can snatch the number-1 title in WTC from Team India Players who scored the fastest double century in Test cricket- Apart from Sachin Tendulkar, these 8 famous cricketers wear jersey number 10 Bad news for fans, cricket will be banned in Afghanistan Indian batsman who hit the most sixes in Tests against Bangladesh- Players who scored most centuries in Tests between IND vs BAN- List of players who scored most runs in the powerplay of T20I in 2024-
OTD in 2011: Rahul Dravid played his last ODI for India, Kohli did this feat on England soil
Former Indian legend Rahul Dravid played his last ODI for India on September 16, 2011. Rahul Dravid & Virat Kohli (Photo Source: X/Twitter) Former Indian veteran player Rahul Dravid played his last ODI match for India on 16 September 2011. This match was played between India and England at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. In this match, Virat Kohli scored his first century on English soil. This was the fifth and last ODI match of the series. Team India was trailing 0-2 in the series and was playing only for honour. Rahul Dravid came to bat at number-3 England won the toss and decided to bowl first. The Indian openers Parthiv Patel and Ajinkya Rahane gave the team a good start. There was a partnership of 52 runs for the first wicket between the two. Rahane was out after scoring 26 runs in 47 balls, after which Rahul Dravid came to bat at number-3. The Cardiff fans gave a rousing welcome to Dravid as he was playing his last match in the white-ball format. After three overs, Parthiv Patel was out after scoring 19 runs and then Virat Kohli came to the field. Both Rahul Dravid and Virat were facing the English bowlers with great ease. Rahul Dravid scored 69 runs in the last ODI Rahul Dravid was moving towards a century but was dismissed in the 42nd over by Graeme Swann after scoring 69 runs off 79 balls. He also shared a crucial 170-run partnership with Virat Kohli. This was the biggest partnership made by Dravid against England. Earlier, he had shared a 169-run partnership with Sachin Tendulkar in 2002. The partnership between Kohli and Dravid was the fourth-highest partnership for any wicket by India against England at that time. After Rahul Dravid was out, all the England players congratulated him for his wonderful career. When he was returning to the pavilion, the fans as well as the Indian players stood up and clapped. Virat Kohli scored his first century on England soil Virat Kohli scored 107 runs in 93 balls, scoring his first century on English soil. Batting first, India scored 304 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. England chased the target of 241 (DLS target) runs in 32.2 overs with 6 wickets and 10 balls to spare.
VIDEO: “Ssshhh…!” When Suresh Raina silenced Pakistani fans during IND vs PAK match
During the ICC T20 World Cup 2012, Suresh Raina silenced the Pakistani fans in a unique way. Suresh Raina (Photo Source: The rivalry between India and Pakistan is not hidden from anyone. Fans from all over the world are excited to watch the match between the two teams in ICC tournaments. Many such incidents have happened during the India-Pakistan match, which have garnered discussion. One such memorable incident happened during the ICC T20 World Cup 2012, when former Indian player Suresh Raina silenced the Pakistani fans in his unique style. This is how Suresh Raina silenced his fans India and Pakistan were face to face in the Super-8 round of ICC T20 World Cup 2012. The match was played at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Batting first, Pakistan’s team struggled a lot against the Indian bowling attack. Lakshmipathy Balaji (3 wickets) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2 wickets) played brilliantly. Shoaib Malik scored the highest 28 runs for Pakistan. The turning point of the match came when Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez lost his wicket to Virat Kohli after scoring 15 runs. After Hafeez’s wicket, Umar Akmal played a quick innings of 21 runs in 18 balls. When he hit a huge six on the midwicket ball of Irfan Pathan, Pakistani fans started chanting Pakistan Pakistan. However, Pakistan fans could not celebrate for long. Ashwin came to bowl and captain MS Dhoni deployed Suresh Raina at midwicket. Umar Akmal tried to hit another big shot on Ashwin’s ball, but Raina took a brilliant catch. After taking the catch, Suresh Raina put his ear towards the fans, which meant that he was no longer able to hear their voice. Raina then looked at the fans and signaled them to keep quiet. Watch the video here- The way Suresh Raina silenced Pakistani crowd 🔥🔥#sureshraina pic.twitter.com/3QGOhsAAQK — Virral (@viral_alt) September 16, 2024 Indian veteran player Suresh Raina made his international debut for India against Sri Lanka in 2005. He announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket on 15 August 2020. At the same time, he retired from IPL and domestic cricket in September 2022. Suresh Raina has won big matches for Team India with his brilliant game. Let us tell you, Raina became the first batsman to score a century for India in all three formats.
ICC announced the Player of the Month award, these Sri Lankan players captured it
Dunith Wellalage and Harshitha Samarawickrama. (Photo Source: X(Twitter) The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced Sri Lankan players Dunith Velalage and Harshita Samarawickrama as the ICC Player of the Month for August 2024. This time two Sri Lankan players were successful in winning this award in the men’s and women’s categories. Although this award was started many years ago, but till now it has happened only once when two players (men and women) from the same country have been successful in winning this award. The only previous instance of players from the same country winning this ICC award in the same month was when Jasprit Bumrah and Smriti Mandhana were named Players of the Month in June this year. Talking about Dunith Velalage, she performed brilliantly in the home ODI series against India and Samarawickrama performed brilliantly for his team on the Ireland tour. Dunith Velaleg had an all-round performance in the series against India Velalage beat South African spinner Keshav Maharaj and West Indies pacer Jayden Seals. Meanwhile, Samarawickrama beat Ireland’s Orla Prendergast and Gabby Lewis. Sri Lanka won the ODI series against India 2-0. Velalage was the Player of the Series in this series. This 31-year-old left-handed batsman scored more than 100 runs in two matches. In one match, he was successful in scoring 67 not out and 39 runs in the other match. He also got 7 wickets, including a five-wicket haul. He is the fifth Sri Lankan player to win this award. Earlier, Angelo Mathews (May 2022), Prabhat Jayasuriya (July 2022), Wanindu Hasaranga (June 2023) and Kamindu Mendis (March 2024) have won this award. Harshita Samarawickrama had a great performance against Ireland Talking about Harshita Samarawickrama, she scored 151 runs in two T20 International matches in Dublin. After this, she managed to score 172 runs in the ODI series, which also included a century. She is the second Sri Lankan female player to win this award. Before her, Sri Lankan captain Chamari Atapattu won it three times. She won this award in September 2023, May 2024 and July 2024.
“No team will take them lightly”- Gavaskar warns Rohit & Co ahead of Bangladesh series
The first test match between India and Bangladesh will be played from 19 September. Sunil Gavaskar and Rohit Sharma. (Image Source: Getty Images/X) Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has given a strong warning to Rohit Sharma and company before the start of the two-match Test series against Bangladesh. The Indian team will play the first Test match against Bangladesh from September 19. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, Team India is preparing vigorously for this Test series. The first Test match is to be played at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Bangladesh team recently clean swept Pakistan in the two-match Test series in Pakistan. Keeping that in mind, Gavaskar has warned Team India including Rohit Sharma that they should not make the mistake of taking Bangladesh lightly. Let us tell you that, two years ago in the Test match played in Dhaka, Bangladesh had put India in trouble, however Shreyas Iyer and R Ashwin together led Team India to victory. Sunil Gavaskar warned Rohit and company Gavaskar wrote in his column in Mid-Day, ‘Bangladesh has shown how strong they are by defeating Pakistan in both the Test matches played in Pakistan. Not only this, when Team India visited Bangladesh two years ago, even then this team gave a tough fight to India. Now after winning the Test series against Pakistan, their morale is high and now they would like to defeat India.’ Gavaskar further said, ‘They have some good players and some young cricketers have also impressed, who are not afraid of the opposing team. Now whichever team plays against them will not take them lightly, because they know that Bangladesh has defeated Pakistan 2-0 in the Test series. This series will be worth watching.’ The Indian team has to play a total of 10 important Test matches in the coming few months. First of all, it has to play two Test matches against Bangladesh, then three Test matches against New Zealand on its home ground, while then the team has to tour Australia for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, where it will have to play five Test matches. These 10 Test matches are going to be very important for India in terms of the World Test Championship.
‘My father killed a tiger’ Yuvraj’s father Yograj Singh again gave a shocking statement
Yograj often remains in the news because of his statements Yograj Singh (Image Credit- Twitter X) T20 World and Cricket World Cup champion Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh often remains in the headlines due to his statements. However, Yograj Singh himself could not succeed in international cricket, he could play only 1 Test and 6 ODIs for India. But after this, whatever cricketing skills Yograj had left incomplete, he completed them through his son. Yograj made Yuvraj a world champion cricketer. Apart from this, Arjun, son of the great Sachin Tendulkar, has also taken training from Yograj Singh. So in a recent interview, Yograj has told what mindset a young cricketer should have to join his academy. Also in this interview, he has shared a story from his childhood with the fans, in which he told how his father killed a tiger. Yograj Singh gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a recent interview with Switch, Yograj Singh said- First of all, the fear of death should end. When I was three years old, my father told my mother that we are going to hunt a tiger. My father had a rifle and it was a moonlit night. We were sitting on a scaffolding. Suddenly the tiger came, the child was about to scream but my mother held his mouth. Then my father shot the tiger from six feet. He shot him in the head and killed him. He fell like a mountain. Yograj said- That child was speechless. My father asked me to take him down. After this he held me and said- A lion cub does not eat grass. They made me sit on top of the tiger and applied its blood on my forehead and lips. That photo is still in my house.
CAB was criticized for writing Mohammed Shami’s name wrongly in the award ceremony, know what is the whole matter?
In the ceremony, Shamit was written instead of Shami. Mohammed Shami (Image Credit- Twitter X) The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) had to face embarrassment during an award ceremony on Saturday, September 14, when they displayed the name of Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami incorrectly on the screen. Let us tell you that in this ceremony, Shami’s name was written as Shamit instead of Shami. Apart from this, it was written in this ceremony that Shami took 24 wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2024, which is wrong. At the same time, the photo of this wrong information about Shami went viral on social media, and CAB had to be embarrassed. It is worth noting that 34-year-old Shami has not been seen playing cricket in any form after the Cricket World Cup 2023. Shami played his last match in the World Cup against Australia, and due to ankle injury in this match, Shami has not been able to return to cricket yet. Currently, he is in NCA and is working hard to recover completely. Shami gave a big statement regarding his comeback Recently, Mohammed Shami told News 18 about his comeback – I am working hard to return soon, because I know that I have been out of action for a long time. However, I want to ensure that there is no discomfort when I return. I have to work on my fitness so that there is no problem. Shami further said- The stronger I come back, the better it will be for me. I don’t want to rush and risk getting injured again, whether it is the Bangladesh, New Zealand or Australia series. I have started bowling, but I will not take any risk until I am 100% fit.