DTVHINDICricket Highlights of 31 August 2024: Top news, records and social trends of the day
Cricket highlights: Know the key stats, social trends and latest news of today’s match. Historical events of this day and which cricketer’s birthday is today. Cricket Highlights Today (Source Cricket highlights of August 31, 2024: Today’s Top News: Today’s top cricket news In the Delhi Premier League 2024, 23-year-old Priyansh Arya created havoc by hitting 6 sixes in an over against North Delhi Strikers. Apart from the much-discussed impact player rule, the BCCI is also reviewing the double bouncer rule. The board will decide whether to continue with these two rules or not. BCCI has announced the Indian Under-19 team for the upcoming multi-format series against Australia. Former player Rahul Dravid’s son Samit Dravid has been selected for the first time in the team. India’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav suffered a hand injury while fielding for Mumbai in the match against Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) XI in the Buchi Babu tournament. Today’s Social Trends: Which cricket players and news dominated social media today? #BabarAzam Former Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam was dismissed for 31 runs off 77 balls in the first innings of the second Test against Bangladesh. Babar once again failed to play a big innings, due to which he has become a topic of discussion on social media. #Naseem Pakistan’s young fast bowler Naseem Shah has become a topic of discussion after he did not find a place in the playing 11 in the second Test match against Bangladesh. Cricket Highlights, On This Day: What happened in the history of cricket on August 31? Javagal Srinath was born on this day Former Indian legendary bowler Javagal Srinath was born on August 31, 1969. Sir Garfield Sobers became the first batsman in the history of cricket to hit 6 sixes in an over West Indies’ great cricketer Sir Garfield Sobers created history on August 31, 1968 by hitting 6 sixes in an over. He did this feat against bowler Malcolm Nash in a match against Glamorgan in the English County Championship. The last six of the over went out of the ground and reached the bus stop. It was taking time to bring the new ball, due to which Sir Garry Sobers, who was unbeaten on 76 runs, decided to declare the innings. Nottinghamshire won that match by 166 runs. Today is the 10th anniversary of the birth of the term FAB-4 On August 31, 2014, the term FAB-4 was born. 2014 was the year when the careers of four extraordinary cricketers (Virat Kohli, Steve Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson) reached new heights. Known as the “Fab 4”, these players have redefined modern batting with their consistency, skill and ability to perform under pressure.
Ahmed Shahzad withdraws from domestic tournament, makes serious allegations against PCB like ‘bias, false promises and injustice’
Shahzad has been out of the Pakistan cricket team for almost 5 years Ahmad Shahzad (Image Credit- Twitter Pakistani cricketer Ahmed Shahzad has decided not to play in the domestic cricket tournament Champions Cup. He has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for this and has made serious allegations against the board like bias, false promises and injustice. Apart from this, he has also criticized the new mentorship scheme launched recently by PCB, under which former Pakistani players Waqar Younis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Saqlain Mushtaq and Sarfraz Ahmed will be seen working with five different teams for 3 years. This scheme will cost 5 million dollars, but Shahzad believes that after the inflation and poverty in the country, this decision of PCB is just a waste of money. Ahmed Shahzad made serious allegations against PCB Let us tell you that recently Ahmed Shahzad has given information about not playing in Pakistan’s domestic tournament Champions Cup through a post from his official X account. In this post, Shahzad wrote – With a heavy heart, I have decided not to play in the domestic cricket Champions Cup. PCB’s bias, false promises and injustice towards domestic players are unacceptable. At a time when Pakistan is struggling with inflation, poverty and massive electricity bills, the PCB is wasting Rs5 million on consultants only to do nothing and reward the unsuccessful players in the current squad who have brought Pakistan cricket to an all time low. It is even more insulting that the PCB claims they do not have ‘equipment for surgery’, which is a huge insult to the domestic players. As a Pakistani and a true cricket lover, I cannot support a system in which merit has no value. I refuse to be a part of this failed setup. See this post by Ahmed Shahzad With a heavy heart, I’ve decided not to play in the Domestic Cricket Champions Cup. The PCB’s favoritism, false promises, and injustice towards domestic players are unacceptable. In a time when Pakistan is struggling with inflation, poverty, and massive electricity bills, the PCB… — Ahmad Shahzad 🇵🇰 (@iamAhmadshahzad) August 30, 2024 On the other hand, if I give you information about the cricket career of 32-year-old Shahzad, he has played 13 Tests, 81 ODIs and 59 T20 matches for Pakistan, in which he has scored 982 Test, 2605 ODI and 1471 T20 runs. He has been out of the Pakistani team since 2019.
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
Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood got into a scuffle, both of them beat up Mohammad Rizwan badly when he tried to stop the fight: Report
Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood got into a scuffle after the team’s humiliating defeat. Mohammad Rizwan was also beaten badly by both the players when he tried to intervene and stop the fight. Shaheen Afridi Shan Masood & Rizwan (Source X) According to reports, anger erupted in the Pakistan dressing room after losing the first Test match against Bangladesh. In the match, Shaheen Afridi took only two wickets in 30 overs, while Shan Masood scored only 20 runs in both innings. In the second innings, the entire Pakistan team collapsed for 146 runs. There was a fight between Shaheen Afridi and Shan Masood, Mohammad Rizwan who tried to intervene also had to face the anger A video of the Test match was also going viral, in which Shaheen was seen removing Masood’s hand from his shoulder during the clash between the team. Now, the latest reports coming from Pakistan have revealed that the two players had a scuffle after the team’s humiliating defeat. The report also said that Mohammad Rizwan was also badly beaten up by both the players when he tried to intervene and stop the fight. This report has further tarnished the image of the Pakistan team in international cricket. White ball coach Gary Kirsten had also expressed his displeasure over the lack of unity in the team after Pakistan’s early exit from the T20 World Cup 2024. Kirsten had said, “There is no unity in the Pakistan team. They call it a team, but it is not a team. They are not supporting each other; everyone is isolated, left and right. I have worked with many teams, but I have never seen such a situation.” Shaheen Afridi was out of the second test The star left-arm pacer was ruled out of the second Test, which began on Friday, August 30. Head coach Jason Gillespie said the decision was discussed with Shaheen Afridi before taking it. Gillespie said in the pre-match press conference, “We had a good conversation with him and he fully understands that we are considering the best combination for this match. The last few weeks have been very busy for him due to becoming a father and other reasons. This holiday will give him a chance to spend time with his family.”
August 30, Evening News Headlines: All the latest news from the cricket world till this evening
This news gives a brief description of the events that made headlines in the cricket world today. KL Rahul, Athiya Shetty, Sophie Devine, Rashid Khan and WCPL Celebration (Photo Source: X/Twitter) 1. Sophie Devine made a big announcement, will resign from the captaincy of New Zealand after T20 World Cup 2024 Veteran player Sophie Devine will resign from the captaincy of New Zealand’s T20 team after the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. Let us tell you, this tournament will be played in the month of October. However, the best thing for the New Zealand team is that Sophie Devine will be seen captaining the ODI team. 2. KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty became the target of fans, the couple got trolled for their clothes Every day, photos and videos of KL Rahul and Athiya Shetty keep coming up on social media, and fans also like this couple together. But this time something has happened, due to which fans have targeted KL and Athiya and have also trolled them fiercely. 3. PCB will not desist from irresponsible actions, repeatedly changing the domestic cricket schedule The domestic cricket season in Pakistan is going to start soon, but the PCB has not yet confirmed the schedule of matches. On Thursday (August 29), the Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed the Inter-District Senior Cricket Championship. Citing the monsoon season, the PCB said in a letter addressed to the district cricket associations that the tournament will start a week later than the scheduled time i.e. from September 8. Along with this, the board has also rescheduled some other tournaments. 4. Bombay High Court reprimanded Maharashtra government for reducing police security fee for IPL, also accepted the petition Today, Thursday, August 29, the Bombay High Court has strongly criticized the Maharashtra State Government for the unexpected and unfair cut in fees for providing police security for cricket match events, including the Indian Premier League (IPL). 5. Rashid Khan will not be able to play Test cricket for this long now! Injury puts his career in danger Afghanistan’s key leg-spinner Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the team’s preliminary 20-man squad for the one-off Test against New Zealand due to a back injury. The cricketer reportedly suffered the injury while playing in Afghanistan’s T20 tournament Shpageeza Cricket League last month. 6. “Can’t take them lightly…”, Bhajji and Raina warned Team India before the Test series against Bangladesh Team India has to play a two-match Test series against Bangladesh at home from 19 September next month. Bangladesh has not won a single Test match against India so far, but the team cannot be taken lightly. Recently, under the captaincy of Nazmul Hussain Shanto, Bangladesh registered its first Test win against Pakistan. Former veteran player Suresh Raina says that the series against Bangladesh will be a good rehearsal for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to be held later this year. 7. WCPL Catch Celebration Video: You will laugh out loud watching the bowler’s celebration after taking a wicket One such unique celebration was seen in the final of the Women’s…
PCB will not desist from irresponsible acts, repeatedly changing the domestic cricket schedule
On Thursday (August 29), the Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed the Inter-District Senior Cricket Championship. Mohsin Naqvi (Photo Source: The domestic cricket season in Pakistan is going to start soon, but the PCB has not yet confirmed the schedule of matches. On Thursday (August 29), the Pakistan Cricket Board has postponed the Inter-District Senior Cricket Championship. Citing the monsoon season, the PCB said in a letter addressed to the District Cricket Associations that the tournament will start a week later than the scheduled time i.e. from September 8. The board has also rescheduled some other tournaments, let us give you all the information through this article. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) also rescheduled these tournaments According to a report in Dawn, the Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to move the District Under-19 Championship from September 1 to October 10. Recently, the board also changed the start date of the Champions One Day Cup, the recently launched top-tier “Champions” 50-over tournament, from September 1 to September 12. The mentors of the five Champions teams were announced earlier this week, but the coaching staff and squads of each participating team have not yet been finalised. Each Champions team has not yet named a 30-member squad for the four-day, one-day and Twenty20 formats. A group of players will undergo fitness tests ahead of the team selection process on Friday, August 30. The fitness tests will be held at the Punjab Stadium in Lahore. Heavy compensation has also been fixed for mentors The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also fixed huge compensation for the mentors of the champions teams (Waqar Younis, Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Saqlain Mushtaq and Sarfaraz Ahmed). According to Dawn’s report, the income of the mentors ranges from $25,000 to Rs 5 million per month. Let us tell you, Shoaib Malik has been appointed as the mentor of the champions team Stallions. At the same time, it is not yet decided which teams will be taken charge of by the other mentors.
Tanveer Ahmed silenced all critics by supporting Babar Azam
Babar Azam batted disappointingly in the first Test played against Bangladesh. Babar Azam (Pic Source-X) The performance of the Pakistan team has been very poor in the recent past. Not only this, the Pakistan team failed to perform well in the first test match played against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi and had to face defeat. Many former players had criticized the Pakistan team. However, recently former player Tanveer Ahmed has strongly supported the experienced batsman of the Pakistan team, Babar Azam. Babar Azam had batted disappointingly in the first Test played against Bangladesh. Babar Azam could not even open his account in the first innings while in the second innings he scored only 22 runs. While on one hand Tanvir Ahmed has supported Babar Azam, on the other hand he has also criticized the Pakistan Cricket Board. Tanvir Ahmed tweeted on his official social media account, ‘Looking at social media, it seems that only Babar Azam has spoiled Pakistan cricket and the board has no fault in this. Have some fear for yourself if you want to earn money. Then Babar is being maligned, no one is praising him.’ Here is Tanveer Ahmed’s tweet: Seeing the social media it seems as if Pakistan cricket has only been ruined by Babar Azam, the board is not at fault, fear God a little, if you have a hobby of earning money then do not praise Babar but just speak ill of him. — Tanveer Says (@ImTanveerA) August 29, 2024 Babar Azam played a valuable innings of 161 runs against New Zealand in December 2022. However, after this Babar Azam’s form has seen a decline. Now Pakistan has to play its next match against Bangladesh from December 30. This match will be played in Rawalpindi. Even though Babar Azam failed to score big in the first Test, he will now look to play a valuable innings for his team in the second match. Bangladesh is currently leading 1-0 in the two-match Test series. If Pakistan has to win the second Test, then the bowlers will also have to play their role very well. Not only this, they will also have to perform well in the fielding department. 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 Shaheen Afridi became a father, his wife gave birth to a son Top 10 best innings of Shikhar Dhawan in International Cricket-
PAK vs BAN: Pakistan announced 12-member team for the second Test match against Bangladesh, see which players got a place?
Bangladesh defeated Pakistan by 10 wickets in the first Test match. Pakistan test cricket team (Image Credit- Twitter PAK vs BAN 2nd Test: Bangladesh cricket team is currently on a tour of Bangladesh for a two-match Test series. So now the second match of the ongoing Test series between the two teams will be played from August 30, Friday. On the other hand, Pakistan cricket team has announced a 12-member team for this match a day in advance. This match between the two teams will be played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. Let us tell you that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given this information through a post on its official X account. Also, Pakistan has not given place to fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah, who played in the last match, in this team. Pakistan’s 12-man squad for the second Test match against Bangladesh: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Ali, Salman Ali Agha, Saim Ayub, Babar Azam, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Abdullah Shafiq, Naseem Shah, Khurram Shahzad. Bangladesh registered a historic win over Pakistan It is worth noting that the Bangladesh cricket team surprised everyone by winning the first Test match against host Pakistan by 10 wickets which started on 21 August. So now when it will play the second Test match against Shan Masood and company from 30 August, its eyes will be on winning the Test match and winning the Test series against Pakistan for the first time. Also, let us tell you that when Bangladesh won against Pakistan, it was Bangladesh’s first victory in the history of Test matches played between the two teams. This victory of Bangladesh over Pakistan surprised the cricket world. Because at one time it seemed that the first Test match would end in a draw, but Bangladesh defeated the Pakistan team by 10 wickets on the basis of excellent bowling on the fifth day of the game.
Pakistan will lose the match against USA in T20 World Cup 2026 too: Mohammad Asif
In the T20 World Cup 2024 played this year, Pakistan had to face defeat against USA under the captaincy of Babar Azam. Pakistan Team (Pic Source: X) Former player Mohammad Asif believes that the current Pakistan team will face defeat against USA in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026. Let us tell you, in the T20 World Cup 2024 played this year, Pakistan had to face defeat against USA under the captaincy of Babar Azam. In this entire tournament, the players of the Pakistan team failed to leave their mark and this is the reason why they failed to win even against an associate team like USA. Mohammad Asif said on ‘The Naksh Khan Show’ that, ‘We had to face defeat against USA who were playing the T20 World Cup for the first time. They had not even qualified for this tournament but were playing because the T20 World Cup 2024 was being played at their home. Looking at the current situation, it can be said that USA will defeat Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2026 as well and I am completely sure about this. Here is the video: Talking about the match played in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Pakistan batted first and scored 159 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Shadab Khan played an innings of 40 runs for the team while captain Babar Azam scored 44 runs at a strike rate of 102.33. In the last over, the hosts needed 15 runs to win the match. Haris Rauf gave 14 runs in the last over and the match went to the super over. Mohammad Aamir gave 18 runs in the super over and in reply, Pakistan team could score only 13 runs after losing one wicket and lost the match. The batsmen of the Pakistan team could not leave their mark in this entire tournament. Not only this, many questions were raised on the captaincy of Babar Azam. The most disappointing thing for the team was that it could not even qualify for the Super 8. 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 Shaheen Afridi became a father, his wife gave birth to a son Top 10 best innings of Shikhar Dhawan in International Cricket- List of batsmen who have scored the most Test centuries on foreign soil-
Pakistan included Abrar Ahmed and Kamran Ghulam in their squad for the second Test against Bangladesh
Bangladesh leads 1-0 in the two-match Test series. Pakistan Cricket Team (Photo Source: The second Test match between Pakistan and Bangladesh is starting from August 30 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. For this second Test, Pakistan has included Abrar Ahmed and Kamran Ghulam in its team. Both these teams were released before the first Test because they had to play a four-day match against Bangladesh A team on behalf of Pakistan Shahins at Islamabad Club from August 20 to August 23. Apart from these two, Shaheen Afridi was also released after the first Test and on August 27, he also returned to the team. Not only this, Aamir Jamal has to work a lot on his fitness and that is why he has also been released before the second test. Bangladesh had performed very well against Pakistan in the first test and won it. The players from Pakistan failed to show a great performance in the first test. Bangladesh defeated Pakistan for the first time in Test Bangladesh won the Test match against Pakistan for the first time. In the first match played in Rawalpindi, Pakistan declared their first innings at 448 runs for the loss of 6 wickets. After this, Bangladesh scored 565 runs after losing all the wickets in their first innings. Mushfiqur Rahim played an innings of 191 runs for the team. Host Pakistan failed to bat well in the second innings and was all out for 146 runs. Bangladesh needed 30 runs to win the match and they won it without losing any wicket. Bangladesh is leading 1-0 in the two-match Test series. Here is the Pakistan team for the second Test against Bangladesh: Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal* (subject to fitness), Abrar Ahmed, Abdullah Shafique, Babar Azam, Kamran Ghulam, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Huraira, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper), Naseem Shah, Saim Ayub, Salman Ali Agha, Sarfraz Ahmed (wicketkeeper) and Shaheen Shah Afridi. 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 Shaheen Afridi became a father, his wife gave birth to a son Top 10 best innings of Shikhar Dhawan in International Cricket- List of batsmen who have scored the most Test centuries on foreign soil-
