Bumrah’s tension may increase after seeing these figures before BGT, Pat Cummins alone said…
AUS vs IND (Photo Source: The five-match Test series between India and Australia is going to start from November 22 at the Optus Stadium in Perth. There will be a lot of pressure on the Indian team in this series after recently facing a clean sweep from New Zealand at home. The path to the World Test Championship has become difficult for India after losing 3-0 in the series against New Zealand. If India now wants to reach the WTC final, then they will have to perform well against Australia. To win BGT, Team India will have to perform well in all three departments (batting, bowling and fielding). The pace attack of the Indian team for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is not as experienced as that of the host team Australia. You will be surprised to know that all the pacers of the Indian team together have not been able to take as many wickets in Test cricket as the Australian team captain Pat Cummins has in his account. AUS vs IND: India’s bowling attack is very weak compared to Australia. Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are part of the playing XI for the Perth Test match. The number of Test wickets taken by these three is 900, whereas the four pacers of the Indian team together have been able to take only 265 wickets. In this way, in terms of bowling, the strength of the Australian team will be three times that of India. In the Test, Jasprit Bumrah has taken 173 wickets, Mohammad Siraj has taken 80 wickets, Akash Deep has taken 10 wickets and Prasidh Krishna has taken 2 wickets. The number of wickets taken by these four is 265, while Australian team captain Pat Cummins alone has taken 269 wickets in Test cricket. Whereas Harshit Rana and Nitish Reddy have not yet debuted in Test cricket. Although when Team India last toured Australia, India’s pace attack was much weaker than Australia, yet the Indian team was successful in defeating the Kangaroos at their home. In such a situation, it will be interesting to see how Team India performs in this Border Gavaskar series.
Cheteshwar Pujara entered for BGT 2024-25, will be seen in a new role in Australia
Cheteshwar Pujara was a part of the Indian team in the last Border-Gavaskar series. Cheteshwar Pujara (Photo Source: Getty) The upcoming five-match Test series between India and Australia is going to start from November 22. Team India’s senior Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara will stay in Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25. Pujara, who has been dropped from the Test team for a long time, will be seen in a different role in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy this time. This time Pujara will be seen in the commentary box not with the bat but with the mike. Pujara is at number four in the list of Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in the Border Gavaskar Trophy. When India captured two consecutive Border-Gavaskar Trophies in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21, Pujara played a very important role in it. 36-year-old Pujara has played 103 Test matches for India and during this he has scored a total of 7195 runs at an average of 43.60. Pujara has not played any Test match for India since the final match of the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23. Since then, he has been continuously out of the team and now his comeback in Test is looking very difficult. In such a situation, now he has got a new role for the upcoming Border-Gavaskar series. Cheteshwar Pujara will be seen doing commentary in Hindi. This time Pujara is going to be seen doing Hindi commentary in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Let us tell you that Dinesh Karthik has returned to international cricket after doing commentary, now it will be interesting to see whether something similar happens with Cheteshwar Pujara or not? If we look at Pujara’s statistics in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, between 2010 and 2023, he has scored 2033 runs in 43 innings of 24 matches at an average of 50.82. There are only four Indian batsmen in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy who have scored more than 2000 runs and apart from Pujara, the names of Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid are in this list.
SL vs NZ: After T20, Sri Lanka also won the ODI series, defeated New Zealand by 3 wickets in the second match.
Wicketkeeper Kushal Mendis gave match winning performance for Sri Lanka Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI (Image Credit- Twitter SL vs NZ: The New Zealand cricket team is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka, where a three-match ODI series is being played between the two teams. So the second match of this series was played today, on Sunday, 17th November, between the two teams at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Let us tell you that in this match, host Sri Lanka has defeated New Zealand by three wickets. After winning the match, Sri Lanka has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series. Wicketkeeper Kushal Mendis played an important role in winning the match for Sri Lanka, who played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 74* runs in 102 balls in the match. Status of Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 2nd ODI match Talking about the match, host Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, New Zealand was all out for 209 runs in 45.1 overs against Sri Lanka’s excellent spin bowling. For the Kiwi team, Mark Champman played the best innings of 76 runs, while wicketkeeper Mitch Hay scored 49 runs. Apart from this, no other player could play a big innings. On the other hand, there was an amazing performance from the host Sri Lanka, especially in spin bowling. Mahish Tikshana and Jeffrey Vandersay took 3 wickets each. Apart from this, Asitha Fernando got 2 wickets and Dunith Vellalage and captain Charith Asalanka got 1 wicket each. After this, when Sri Lanka set out to chase the easy target of 210 runs given by New Zealand, it achieved the target by losing 7 wickets in 46 overs. While Kushal Mendis (74*) kept one end in check for Sri Lanka, they also got good support from Janith Liyanage (22), Dunith Vellalage (18) and Mahish Teekshana (27*) in the end. Talking about the bowling of Kiwi team, all-rounder Michael Bracewell took 4 wickets. Apart from this, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith got 1-1 success. Sri Lanka’s first ODI series win over NZ since 2012Series Lead 2-0 #kusalmendis 74*run #SLvsNZ #NZVSSL pic.twitter.com/znhAUSZJLI — Cric Aassuu (@MohmmadAsif2000) November 17, 2024
Not expecting ‘too much’ Rishaad Hussain on bidders before IPL 2025 auction
Auction for IPL 2025 will be seen on 24th and 25th November. Rishad Hossain (Image Credit- Twitter X) IPL 2025 Auction: Cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the auction to be held for the upcoming season of IPL. It is noteworthy that this time this mega auction will be seen in Jeddah city of Saudi Arabia on 24 and 25 November. In this auction, the Governing Council of IPL has shortlisted about 574 players for the auction. There is every expectation that a lot of money will be showered on these players in this upcoming auction. On the other hand, now before this auction, a big statement of 22 year old young spinner of Bangladesh cricket team Rishad Hossain has come out. Hussain says that he does not expect to get much money in the auction. He has also expressed his desire to play for Chennai Super Kings. Rishad Hossain gave a big statement Let us tell you that in a discussion with Daily Star before the mega auction for IPL 2025, Rishad Hussain said – Everyone has a desire to play in IPL. But I don’t expect too much, I don’t expect too much, so that I don’t get hurt. I didn’t think anything like that. Suppose I thought of playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), but if I am selected by another team, then I may feel bad. It is noteworthy that Hussain has been selected by Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL, but he is worried about playing for Rangpur Riders of Bangladesh in the Global Super League. Hussain further said- I don’t think about any target in advance, I just want to continue it match by match. I will go with the usual plan, because our opponents are from four different teams. I will try my best against them. If you play well at one place, your chances will increase at some other places. I will try to perform well.
Michael Vaughan now apologizes ridiculously for dismissing Matthew Hayden in the Ashes, know the whole matter
When Hayden was out in that match, Vaughan was praised for his captaincy, whereas the matter was different. Michael Vaughan (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has recently been seen jokingly apologizing to former Australian cricket team opener Matthew Hayden. Let us tell you that when Hayden was out in a match during the Ashes series, Vaughan was praised for his captaincy, but Hayden was out for some other reason. Vaughan recently revealed this interesting incident in the Club Prairie Fire Podcast. In this podcast, Vaughan said about Hayden’s dismissal during that match – Hey Hados (Matthew Hayden), I should really apologize to you. The other day at Edgbaston, you came out to bat and I was given credit for the tactical genius of replacing Andrew Strauss and getting caught at short extra cover off Matthew Hoggard on the first ball of the morning . Vaughan further said- You don’t realize this, Strauss (Andrew Strauss) was talking nonsense. He came to the pitch late, and instead of running towards the slip, I just asked him to wait at extra cover, as he was out of the field to use the washroom at that time, and there was someone else in the slip in his place. . Watch this video of Michael Vaughn Vaughany has an apology for Matthew Hayden 🇦🇺 after sharing one of the great Ashes stories ??? about how he got lucky with some of his field placements 🏴👉🏻👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 in the Series!#ClubPrairieFire pic.twitter.com/pp2mJnuliG — Club Prairie Fire (@clubprairiefire) November 17, 2024 On the other hand, let us tell you that Matthew Hayden is one of the great cricketers of Australia. He was born on 29 October 1971 in Queensland. Hayden played 103 Test matches in his career, in which he scored 8625 runs at an average of 50.74. During this period, he has scored 30 centuries and 29 half-centuries. Hayden also represented Australia in 161 ODI matches, in which he scored 6133 runs at an average of 43.8. In 2001, Hayden was voted Australia’s best Test cricketer. Hayden is still remembered for his aggressive batting style.
November 17, 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. Sarfaraz Khan (Image Credit- Instagram) 1) WI vs ENG: West Indies gave a crushing defeat to England in the fourth T20I, registered the first win in the series.
Social Media Trends: Know about the amazing tweets and videos of 17th November which are going viral very fast.
Former Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan is celebrating his 42nd birthday today. Social Media Trends The first Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia will be played in Perth from November 22. Young Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel have become a part of BGT for the first time and this tour is going to be very important for them. Before the start of the series, both the players have shared some pictures and videos from their respective social media handles. In which he seems very excited about the Border-Gavaskar series. After almost a year, Mohammed Shami is again seen playing professional cricket. Recently, he participated in the Ranji Trophy for Bengal, where he took seven wickets against Madhya Pradesh and played an important role in the team’s victory. Now Shami has shared a post on social media regarding his wonderful comeback. Apart from this, former Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan is celebrating his 42nd birthday today. On this occasion, he has received many good wishes and congratulatory messages from the cricket world. Active cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Irfan Pathan, Harbhajan Singh wished him happy birthday through social media posts. India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav has made a lovely post for wife Devisha. they wrote, ‘Happy Birthday to my home, my calm, my fool, my adventures, my biggest support system and cheerleader! With you by my side, every dream seems to come true and the possibilities seem limitless. Grateful for you every day. Love you very much. A very happy birthday to @iamyusufpathanWishing u health, happiness & prosperity always! cheers pic.twitter.com/JFOhSlvmHV — Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) November 17, 2024 Happy Birthday @iamyusufpathan Stay happy and stay safe. Have a great day — Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) November 17, 2024 Never let anyone come between the bond of brothers. A brother is a guiding angel, always protecting and supporting you. Love you, Lala! @iamyusufpathan pic.twitter.com/MQxzYg3LqQ — Irfan Pathan (@IrfanPathan) November 17, 2024 happy birthday @iamyusufpathan bhai stay blessed always 🎂🙌 pic.twitter.com/kgmYSHK8nL — Rahul Sharma (@ImRahulSharma3) November 17, 2024 Wishing you a very happy birthday, @iamyusufpathanJust like your batting, I hope your celebrations go big! Enjoy your special day, Yusuf! — Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 17, 2024 Wishing a very Happy Birthday to the 2007 ICC World T20 & 2011 ICC World Cup winner, Yusuf Pathan 🎂👏#TeamIndia , @iamyusufpathan pic.twitter.com/4ECvaj7j8p — BCCI (@BCCI) November 17, 2024 There’s something about this city that doesn’t let you leave! #NewYorkCity pic.twitter.com/Pff7XN5kv3 — Shoaib Akhtar (@shoaib100mph) November 17, 2024
Sourav Ganguly defends Gautam Gambhir’s sharp comment on panting, know what Dada said?
The market of rhetoric is hot before the start of BGT between India and Australia. Sourav Ganguly and Gautam Gambhir (Image Credit- Twitter X) Cricket fans around the world are eagerly waiting for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test series between India and Australia (IND vs AUS) starting from 22nd November. On the other hand, statements are being made continuously by former cricketers before the start of this much-awaited series. In this sequence, former Australian captain Ricky Ponting had expressed concern about former captain and Virat Kohli, who is out of form in Test cricket these days. On this statement of Ponting, the current head coach of the Indian team and former opener Gautam Gambhir had said that he should stop worrying about Kohli’s form and focus on the Australian team. On the other hand, Gambhir has now got the support of former Indian captain and Sourav Ganguly, popularly known as Dada, on this statement. Ganguly says that there is nothing wrong in whatever Gambhir said. Sourav Ganguly defended Gautam Gambhir’s statement Let us tell you that in a recent discussion with Revzsports, Ganguly said – I would just say that let him be. I saw some criticism on what he said in the press conference. He (Gambhir) is like that, let him remain like that. When he won the IPL, it was just like that, you were rooting for him. Just because he has lost three Test matches and one ODI series, the straight thing has not been viewed well. But that’s just the way it is. Ganguly further said- Ever since I have watched cricket, Australians have been difficult for you. He has played his cricket like this, be it (Steve) Waugh, Ponting or (Matthew) Hayden. Therefore, there is nothing wrong in what Gambhir has said. That’s just the way he is, and he fights, he competes. So let’s give him a chance. He has been in coaching only for two-three months and you are passing judgment on him.