Cricket Highlights of 18 October 2024: Today’s top news, social trends, statistics and records made in the match
Cricket Highlights: Know key stats, social trends and latest news from today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Virat Kohli, Rachin Ravindra, Tim Southee (Photo Source: Getty Images) Cricket Highlights of 18 October 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s Top Cricket News IND vs NZ: Rohit Sharma’s heart broke after losing his wicket on the ball of Ajaz Patel, Hitman stood with his head bowed Ranji Trophy 2024-25: Sai Sudarshan scored a double century while playing for Tamil Nadu in the match against Delhi. IND vs NZ: Another milestone in Virat’s name, completed 9 thousand runs in Test Tim Southee (93) overtakes Virender Sehwag (91) in terms of most sixes in Tests. Pakistan defeated England by 152 runs in the second test, won the test match after 1348 days. Shakib Al Hasan confirms he is unlikely to return to Bangladesh amid unrest SA20 2025: Paarl Royals appoint Trevor Penney as head coach Today’s Societyl Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #INDvsNZ #ViratKohli #RohitSharma #RachinRavindra #SarfarazKhan #Jaiswal #Chinnaswamy #Ashwin #Kiwis #Pant #PAKvsENG #Multan #BenStokes #Sajid #RanjiTrophy #SaiSudharsan #RahulDravid Cricket Records, on This Day: Records and statistics to be made today, October 18, 2024 1. Most centuries in international cricket in India since 2023 9 – Shubhman Gill (43 innings)6 – Virat Kohli (34 innings)6 – Rohit Sharma (43 innings)4 – Quinton de Kock (10 innings)4 – Rachin Ravindra (11 innings)3 – Glenn Maxwell (13 innings)3 – Shreyas Iyer (27 innings) 2. Highest test wickets for India since 2022 99 – R Ashwin (40 innings)74 – Ravindra Jadeja (33 innings)65 – Jasprit Bumrah (26 innings)44 – Mohammed Siraj (34 innings)30 – Kuldeep Yadav (11 innings) 3. Most sixes in Test 131 – Ben Stokes (192 innings)107 – Brendon McCullum (176 innings)100 – Adam Gilchrist (137 innings)98 – Chris Gayle (182 innings)97 – Jacques Kallis (280 innings)93 – Tim Southee (148 innings)91 – Virender Sehwag (180 innings)89 – Rohit Sharma (107 innings)88 – Brian Lara (232 innings) 4. Two players who have taken all 20 wickets of the opposition team in a Test Monty Noble (13/77) and Hugh Trumbull (7/87) vs England, Melbourne, 1902Colin Blythe (11/102) and George Hurst (9/86) vs Australia, Birmingham, 1909Albert Vogler (12/181) and Aubrey Faulkner (8/160) vs England, Johannesburg, 1910Jim Laker (19/90) and Tony Lock (1/106) vs Australia, Manchester, 1956Fazal Mahmood (13/114) and Khan Mohammad (7/112) vs Australia, Karachi, 1956Bob Massey (16/137) and Dennis Lillee (4/140) vs England, Lord’s, 1972Noman Ali (11/147) and Sajid Khan (9/204) vs England, Multan, 2024 5. Best bowling figures in WTC (match) 14/225 – Ajaz Patel vs India, Wankhede, 202112/106 – Gus Atkinson vs West Indies, Lord’s, 202412/128 – Sajid Khan vs Bangladesh, Mirpur, 202112/131 – R Ashwin vs West Indies, Roseau, 202312/177 – Prabhat Jayasuriya vs Australia, Galle, 202211/70 – Axar Patel vs England, Ahmedabad, 202111/99 – Nathan Lyon vs India, Indore, 202311/117 – Kyle Jamieson vs Pakistan, Christchurch, 202111/136 – Ramesh Mendis vs West Indies, Galle, 202111/147 – Noman Ali vs England, Multan, 2024 6. Highest partnership for the 8th wicket in…
Watch Video: MS Dhoni won hearts again, shook hands with fans in the flight with a big smile on his face
Pictures and videos related to Dhoni keep going viral on social media every day. MS Dhoni (Photo Source: Fans are very excited to see former Indian legendary player Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) playing in IPL 2025. Pictures and videos related to Dhoni keep going viral on social media every day. Recently, Dhoni has once again won the hearts of fans, that too during a flight, the video of which is going viral. MS Dhoni’s gesture won hearts In a video shared by a user on social media, Dhoni (MS Dhoni) is seen boarding the plane with his wife Sakshi and daughter Ziva, what caught everyone’s attention was Thala’s calm nature. He was seen politely talking to other passengers. Dhoni stopped for some time and then smiled and shook hands with the passengers. Fans have gone crazy with this gesture of Dhoni and are seen praising him a lot. Watch MS Dhoni’s video here- “I want people to remember me as a good human being” – Ms Dhoni My man won everything as both cricketer & human being ❤️ #MSDhoni pic.twitter.com/q5QXZDwLQN — Harvey Specter 🕴️ (@7theDestroyeRRR) October 17, 2024 IPL 2025: Dhoni to be retained as uncapped player Mahendra Singh Dhoni (MS Dhoni) played his last match for India in the 2019 ODI World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. He announced his retirement from international cricket in August 2020. He remains India’s most successful captain in limited overs, having won the 2007 T20 World Cup, 2011 ODI World Cup and 2013 Champions Trophy as captain. BCCI has released the new retention policy for IPL 2025. According to which Chennai Super Kings can retain Dhoni only as an uncapped player. Because he has not played any international match for the last five years. If CSK retains Dhoni as an uncapped player, Thala will get Rs 4 crore instead of Rs 12 crore.
This veteran, who played 4 Tests and 40 ODIs, can be appointed the head coach of Delhi Capitals.
Veteran player Hemang Badani can be appointed the head coach of Delhi Capitals in the upcoming season. Hemang Badani. (Photo Source: TNPL) A big report is coming out from the Delhi Capitals franchise ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025. Veteran player Hemang Badani can be appointed the head coach of Delhi Capitals in the upcoming season. Let us tell you that Hemang Badani has played four Tests and 40 ODI matches for Team India. This former player has scored 94 runs in 4 Tests while he has 867 runs in 40 ODIs. Apart from Hemang Badani, Delhi Capitals can appoint former Indian batsman Venugopal Rao as its Director of Cricket. Hemang Badani can replace Ricky Ponting as head coach, who has held this important responsibility for 7 years, while Venugopal Rao can be appointed Director of Cricket in place of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. Let us tell you that for a long time, the performance of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League has been quite disappointing. In the Indian Premier League 2024, Delhi Capitals had won 7 out of 14 matches while they had to face defeat in 7. The team was at sixth position with 14 points. In the 2023 season, Delhi Capitals had won only five out of 14 matches. Delhi Capitals would like to perform well in the Indian Premier League 2025. An IPL source told PTI, ‘DC management wants to hand over important responsibilities to Hemang Badani and Munaf Patel. The final decision is yet to be taken. Munaf Patel may get the post of bowling coach. Hemang Badani has worked as a fielding coach and scout for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team for two seasons but has never played the role of head coach in this important tournament. However, this veteran player may get important responsibility in the upcoming season. Even though Delhi Capitals have failed to show tremendous performance in the last few seasons, the team would definitely like to win the trophy for the 2025 season. 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- IPL: You will be shocked to know the net worth of these 5 star players of Mumbai Indians. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs
This veteran, who played 4 Tests and 40 ODIs, can be appointed the head coach of Delhi Capitals.
Veteran player Hemang Badani can be appointed the head coach of Delhi Capitals in the upcoming season. Hemang Badani. (Photo Source: TNPL) A big report is coming out from the Delhi Capitals franchise ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025. Veteran player Hemang Badani can be appointed the head coach of Delhi Capitals in the upcoming season. Let us tell you that Hemang Badani has played four Tests and 40 ODI matches for Team India. This former player has scored 94 runs in 4 Tests while he has 867 runs in 40 ODIs. Apart from Hemang Badani, Delhi Capitals can appoint former Indian batsman Venugopal Rao as its Director of Cricket. Hemang Badani can replace Ricky Ponting as head coach, who has held this important responsibility for 7 years, while Venugopal Rao can be appointed Director of Cricket in place of former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly. Let us tell you that for a long time, the performance of Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League has been quite disappointing. In the Indian Premier League 2024, Delhi Capitals had won 7 out of 14 matches while they had to face defeat in 7. The team was at sixth position with 14 points. In the 2023 season, Delhi Capitals had won only five out of 14 matches. Delhi Capitals would like to perform well in the Indian Premier League 2025. An IPL source told PTI, ‘DC management wants to hand over important responsibilities to Hemang Badani and Munaf Patel. The final decision is yet to be taken. Munaf Patel may get the post of bowling coach. Hemang Badani has worked as a fielding coach and scout for the Sunrisers Hyderabad team for two seasons but has never played the role of head coach in this important tournament. However, this veteran player may get important responsibility in the upcoming season. Even though Delhi Capitals have failed to show tremendous performance in the last few seasons, the team would definitely like to win the trophy for the 2025 season. 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- IPL: You will be shocked to know the net worth of these 5 star players of Mumbai Indians. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs
IPL 2025: Sunrisers Hyderabad is preparing to pay 23 crores not to Pat Cummins but to Heinrich Klaasen, know here what is the whole matter
BCCI had announced that before the auction, there will be a slab of Rs 18 crore for the first retention of each franchise. Heinrich Klassen (Pic Source-Twitter) Ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025 auction, there is a lot of talk about the retention rules of players. Let us tell you that BCCI had announced that before the auction, there will be a slab of Rs 18 crore for the first retention of each franchise. However, now a surprising report is coming out. According to this report, Sunrisers Hyderabad is retaining Heinrich Klaasen for Rs 23 crore. This amount is Rs 5 crore more than the slab limit. According to the report, a franchise can retain a player for longer than the prescribed slab, as long as the total amount of multiple players is equal to or less than INR 75 crore (considering retaining five players). As per the retention rules, an IPL franchise can retain its first capped player for Rs 18 crore, second capped player for Rs 14 crore, third capped player for Rs 11 crore, fourth for Rs 18 crore and fifth for Rs 14 crore. Can keep. In this, the uncapped Indian can be retained for Rs 4 crore. The report also believes that a franchisee can distribute those rupees as per his choice. As per the rules, the retention deduction is of the overall amount rather than the per player fee, irrespective of the amount paid to the 5 players, in this case Rs 75 crore. If the total amount is more than Rs 75 crore then the actual amount will be deducted. If the amount is less than Rs 75 crore then Rs 75 crore will be deducted. All franchisees will have to keep this in mind Even if a franchise retains its designated players for less than Rs 75 crore, a fixed amount will still be deducted. However, the ability to freely distribute money to retained players could prove to be a big boost for the franchise. However, it remains to be seen how different teams use this rule as fans wait to see who are the players retained by the franchises ahead of the auction. 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- IPL: You will be shocked to know the net worth of these 5 star players of Mumbai Indians. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs
IPL 2025: Date revealed regarding the mega auction of the upcoming season, know on which day the event will be held?
Upcoming IPL auction can be seen in Dubai IPL 2025 Auction (Image Credit- Twitter X) IPL 2025: Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the mega auction for the upcoming season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). But now the wait of these cricket fans is going to end very soon, because the Governing Council of IPL has announced the date for the auction for the exciting season of the tournament. If media reports of Times of India are to be believed, IPL 2025 auction can be seen on November 30. The auction will be seen taking place in Dubai city of United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is noteworthy that on December 19 last year, the IPL 2024 auction was seen at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai. So, when once again 10 franchises will come face to face in the upcoming mega auction, there can be a bidding war between them like in the last few seasons. Who can forget the bidding war between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad to buy Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc in the last auction, when KKR bought Starc for a record Rs 24.75 crore. Also, let us tell you that recently BCCI has told all the rules regarding retention in IPL teams to the franchises. So now all the teams have to submit the list of retained players by October 31, 2024. Sunrisers Hyderabad retained these 3 players According to ESPN Cricinfo, last season’s IPL finalist Sunriders Hyderabad have decided to retain Pat Cummins, wicketkeeper Heinrich Klaasen and opener and all-rounder Abhishek Sharma. However, the team has retained Cummins for Rs 18 crore, while Klaasen’s salary has seen a jump of about 338 percent. In the year 2023, Klaasen was bought by Hyderabad for Rs 5.25 crore. Klaasen is seen getting around Rs 23 crore in the upcoming season.
“We want to build bench strength in bowling”- Captain Rohit Sharma told the future plan of Team India.
Due to injury, Mohammed Shami has been away from cricket for several months. Rohit Sharma (Photo Source: When BCCI announced Team India for the three-Test series against New Zealand, four reserve players were included in the squad, which everyone was surprised to see. Three out of those four were fast bowlers. No one understood why three fast bowlers were kept in the team as reserve players. 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. Rohit Sharma gave a big statement regarding traveling reserve players Captain Rohit said in the press conference before the first Test against New Zealand in Bengaluru, “There are a lot of options when it comes to batting. We want to do the same in bowling also. We want to build bench strength where if anything happens to anyone tomorrow, we don’t have to worry. The captain further said, “We want to keep Mayank, Harshit and Nitish with us, because we are thinking of taking them to Australia, we want to build bench strength, especially with fast bowlers. We have 8 or 9 options, not just 3 or 4. Like batting, we want more options in bowling also.” “We don’t want to be too dependent on a few players,” he added. It is not right to do this. Looking at the future, we want to try to ensure that we get the right players.” This is why India has fast bowlers Mayank Yadav, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Prasidh Krishna for the three Test matches against New Zealand. Present as a reserve player for the series. Rohit said, “Tomorrow if we feel that he is ready to play that role (in place of the injured fast bowler) then he should be ready for it. Of course he played some matches before our announcement.
IPL 2025: I don’t think SRH will give Rs 18 crore to Pat Cummins: Aakash Chopra presented his stand regarding the retention of the Australian player.
Pat Cummins took 18 wickets in the Indian Premier League 2024. Pat Cummins (Pic Source-X) Former player Aakash Chopra believes that Sunrisers Hyderabad will not retain Pat Cummins before the IPL 2025 auction. Let us tell you that Sunrisers Hyderabad had included experienced fast bowler Pat Cummins in their team for Rs 20.75 crore in the IPL 2024 auction. Not only this, Sunrisers Hyderabad franchise also appointed him the captain of its team. Pat Cummins also did not disappoint his team and Sunrisers Hyderabad secured their place in the final of IPL 2024. Along with captaincy, he won the hearts of all the fans by giving a strong performance in bowling as well. Aakash Chopra shared a video on his official YouTube channel in which he said, ‘Pat Cummins said that he does not know whether he will come to IPL or not because there are other things. Cricket has to be played continuously and everyone’s thinking may be different because there is Ashes and World Cup also. Champions Trophy is also to be played and IPL also definitely fits somewhere in between all this. He also said that the new rule has come into effect. However, he also said that if his name is included in the auction, he will not back down. Mitchell Starc and other players have left and I feel that Sunrisers Hyderabad will not retain them. He will not give them Rs 18 crore. I feel so even though he has captained and bowled brilliantly. Pat Cummins will be released: Aakash Chopra Former player Aakash Chopra further said, ‘Pat Cummins will be released and he will not keep his name in the auction also. It is also possible that Pat Cummins may make a comeback after 6 months because it was under his captaincy that the franchise secured its place in the finals. You don’t want to be retained. You would like to go yourself.’ Let us tell you that Pat Cummins took 18 wickets in the Indian Premier League 2024. While bowling lethally, he created constant pressure on the batsmen of the opposing team. Batsman who scored the fastest century in T20I for India List of youngest players to win POTM for India in T20I- List of batsmen who scored the fastest triple century in Test cricket- Batsmen who have scored most double centuries in Tests for England- Joe Root reached this number in terms of scoring most test runs IPL 2025: Lucknow Super Giants can retain these 6 players IPL 2025: Punjab Kings can retain these 6 players “Bangladesh is playing poor cricket”- Aakash Chopra Indian batsman who hit most sixes in T20 against Bangladesh- IPL 2025: Rajasthan Royals can retain these 6 players