Kagiso Rabada achieved first place in ICC rankings, theft took place at Ben Stokes’ house; 10 big news from sports world
INDIA TV
Sports Top 10: Many major changes have been seen in the new Test rankings released by the ICC on October 30, in which Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been out of the top-10, while there has been upheaval in the rankings of Test bowlers as well. In which Jasprit Bumrah, who was at number-1 position last week, has suffered a loss in the ranking, now Kagiso Rabada has occupied the first position. Apart from this, English captain Ben Stokes, who returned home after finishing the Pakistan tour, told that there was a theft at his house. Ben Stokes made this big revelation through a post on Instagram.
Taijul Islam broke Shakib Al Hasan’s record
In the Chattogram Test match against South Africa, Bangladesh team’s spin bowler Taijul Islam took 5 wickets, on the basis of which he broke a big record of Shakib Al Hasan. The special thing is that this is Taijul’s third 5 wicket haul in Test cricket against South Africa. He has become the Bangladeshi bowler to take the most 5 wicket hauls in Tests against Africa. He has achieved the number-1 crown by leaving Shakib Al Hasan behind.
Cricket Australia extends Andrew McDonald’s tenure
Cricket Australia has decided to extend the tenure of its team’s current head coach Andrew McDonald till the ODI World Cup to be held in 2027. Earlier, the tenure of Andrew McDonald was ending with the T20 World Cup to be held in the year 2026, which has now been extended for one more year. Andrew McDonald took over the responsibility of the head coach of the Australian team when Justin Langer suddenly decided to leave this responsibility in the year 2022.
Pat Cummins’ statement came out before the test series against India
The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia from November. For this, the squad of Team India has been announced. The Indian team has won the last Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Now Australian team captain Pat Cummins has made a big statement regarding the Test series against India. Pat Cummins said at the launch of his book that winning the Test series against India is the most important thing that I want to add to my name. It is especially important to do this on home soil. Whenever we play on home soil, most Australian cricket lovers like me expect us to perform well. India is the only team that Australia has not defeated in its last 16 Test series.
Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant out of top-10
This time drastic changes are being seen in the new ICC Test rankings. After the poor performance by the star players of the Indian team in the last match against New Zealand, the big players have gone down significantly in the ICC rankings. This time, in the new rankings released by the ICC, former England captain Joe Root is at number one. His rating has become 903. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson remains at second place with a rating of 813. Meanwhile, a big upheaval has happened that the Indian team’s star wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant has dropped 5 places. Now he has gone out of the top-10 and has gone straight to number 11. This is a big shock for them. Virat Kohli has also lost 6 places in one stroke. He has now moved to number 14 with a rating of 688. He also had to be out of the top 10.
Noman Ali made place in top-10
There has been a lot of movement in the latest Test rankings released by the ICC, in which many players who were earlier part of the top-10 have seen a big decline in their rankings while some new players have entered the top-10. One name included in this is that of Pakistani team left-arm spin bowler Noman Ali, who has shown excellent performance with the ball in the recently concluded three-match Test series against England. Noman has now made his place in the top-10 with a straight jump of 8 places. Talking about the performance of Noman Ali, he took a total of 20 wickets while playing in 2 matches in which his average was only 13.85 and during this he also took 5-5 wickets in 2 innings. On the basis of his performance, Noman has jumped 8 places straight in the new Test rankings released by ICC, in which he is now at number 9.
Kagiso Rabada achieved the title of number-1 test bowler
South Africa’s fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has now become the number one bowler in the new ICC Test rankings. His rating has increased to 860. He has achieved this position by jumping three places simultaneously. After this, Josh Hazlewood has come at second place. He has also gained one place. His rating is now 847. India’s star fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah has now directly reached number three. They have suffered the loss of two places. His rating has now dropped to 846. Ravichandran Ashwin has also suffered a loss. He has now slipped two places to number four.
South Africa hit a total of 17 sixes in an innings of the test match.
While the South African team scored a total of 575 runs in its first innings in the Chattogram Test match against Bangladesh, a total of 17 sixes were seen in its innings. South Africa hit 17 sixes and equaled the record of Australia, which is third in terms of hitting most sixes in a Test innings. Australia had hit 17 sixes in an innings of a Test match against Zimbabwe 21 years ago in 2003. New Zealand holds the record for most sixes in an innings.
Team India’s assistant coach gave statement regarding Mumbai’s pitch
The result of the 3-match Test series being played between India and New Zealand has come. After winning 8 wickets in the Bengaluru Test, New Zealand won the Pune Test and achieved the great feat of winning the Test series on Indian soil for the first time. On the other hand, the Indian team had to face defeat in a Test series at home in 12 years. Now the host team India is in danger of a clean sweep, to avoid which it will have to win or draw the third test under any circumstances. The third Test will start from November 1 at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, the pitch of which is being discussed a lot on social media. In fact, many media reports claimed that the Indian team management has demanded turning pitch from Mumbai Cricket Association i.e. MCA. Now a big statement has come from Team India’s assistant coach Abhishek Nair on this. Nair denied that spin-friendly pitches were being prepared. Abhishek Nair said that he does not get the pitch prepared as per his requirement in Test matches.
Shocking news is coming out from England cricket. English captain Ben Stokes, who returned home after finishing the Pakistan tour, said that there was a theft at his house. Ben Stokes made this big revelation through a post on Instagram. He told that when he was on Pakistan tour with the England team, thieves stole jewelery and valuables from his house. This incident occurred during the second Test match played between England and Pakistan in Multan from October 15 to October 18. Ben Stokes wrote on Instagram that on the evening of Thursday, October 17, some masked thieves stole from his house located in Castle Eden area in the north-east.
PCB Chief’s statement on Gary Kirsten’s resignation
After the end of the Test series against England, Pakistan team has now reached Australia tour, where it has to play a series in limited overs format. The tour will begin with a three-match ODI series starting from November 4. Before leaving for this tour, the Pakistani team suffered a big blow when Gary Kirsten, who was appointed as head coach in limited overs format just 6 months ago, resigned from his post. This was a big blow for the PCB as the team was about to go on a difficult tour of Australia. Now the statement of PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi has come out in which he has clearly expressed his unhappiness regarding this step of Kirsten. PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi’s first reaction to his decision has now come to light. Mohsin Naqvi, in a statement while talking to the media during an informal discussion, said that Kirsten has violated some of the conditions included in the contract with the PCB by breaking it.
