Sports Top 10: Many big 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 the ranking of test bowlers has also seen upheaval, in which Jaspreet Bumrah, who was at the number-1 position last week, has suffered a loss in the ranking, while Kagiso Rabada has now captured the first position. Apart from this, English captain Ben Stokes, who returned home after finishing the Pakistan tour, said that there had been a theft at his house. Ben Stokes made this big revelation through a post on Instagram.
Taijul Islam broke Shakib Al Hasan’s record
Bangladesh team’s spin bowler Taijul Islam took 5 wickets in the Chattogram Test match against South Africa, on the basis of which he has also broken 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 surpassing Shakib Al Hasan.
Cricket Australia extends Andrew McDonald’s term
Cricket Australia has decided to extend the tenure of its current head coach Andrew McDonald till the ODI World Cup in 2027. Earlier, Andrew McDonald’s tenure was ending with the T20 World Cup in 2026, which has now been extended for another 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 middle of 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. Team India’s squad has been announced for this. The Indian team has won the last Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Now a big statement has come from Australian team captain Pat Cummins regarding the Test series against India. Pat Cummins said on the occasion of the release of his book that winning the Test series against India is an important thing that I want to add to my name. It is especially important to do so on home soil. Whenever we play on home soil, most of the cricket lovers in Australia like me expect a good performance from us. 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, there are tremendous changes in the new ICC Test rankings. After the poor performance of the star players of the Indian team against New Zealand in the last match, the big players have gone down a lot in the ICC rankings. In the new rankings released by the ICC this time, former England captain Joe Root is at number one. His rating has gone up to 903. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson is at number two with a rating of 813. Meanwhile, the big upset is that the Indian team’s star wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has come down 5 places. Now he has gone out of the top-10 and has gone straight to number 11. This is a big setback for him. Virat Kohli has also lost 6 places in one go. He has now gone to number 14 with a rating of 688. He has also had to be out of the top 10.
Noman Ali made it to the 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 drop in their rankings, while some new players have entered the top-10. One name in this is 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 by jumping 8 places directly. Talking about the performance of Noman Ali, he took a total of 20 wickets in 2 matches, in which his average was only 13.85 and during this time he also took 5-5 wickets in 2 innings. On the basis of his performance, Noman has jumped 8 places directly in the new Test rankings released by the ICC, in which he is now at number 9.
Kagiso Rabada achieved the title of number-1 Test bowler
In the new ICC Test rankings, South Africa’s fast bowler Kagiso Rabada has now become the number one bowler. His rating has increased to 860. He has achieved this position by jumping three places at once. After this, Josh Hazlewood has come to the second position. He has also gained one position. His rating is now 847. India’s star fast bowler Jaspreet Bumrah has now reached the third position directly. He has suffered a loss of two places. His rating has now come down 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 a Test match
While South Africa’s team scored a total of 575 runs in their first innings in the Chattogram Test match against Bangladesh, a total of 17 sixes were seen in this innings. By hitting 17 sixes, South Africa equaled the record of Australia, which is at the third position, for hitting the most sixes in an innings of a Test. Australia had hit 17 sixes in an innings of a Test match against Zimbabwe 21 years ago in 2003. The record for the most sixes in an innings is in the name of New Zealand.
Team India’s assistant coach stated Mumbai’s pitch
The result of the 3 match test series being played between India and New Zealand has come. After winning the Bengaluru test by 8 wickets, 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 threat of a clean sweep is looming over the host team India, to avoid which it will have to win or draw the third test at any cost. The third test will start from November 1 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, 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 a turning pitch from the 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 are being made. Abhishek Nair said that they do not get the pitch prepared according to their needs in test matches.
Theft at Ben Stokes’ house
Shocking news is coming from England cricket. English captain Ben Stokes, who returned home after finishing the Pakistan tour, said that his house had been burglarized. Ben Stokes made this big revelation through a post on Instagram. He said that when he was on a tour of Pakistan with the England team, thieves stole jewelry and valuables from his house. This incident happened during the second Test match played between England and Pakistan in Multan from 15 October to 18 October. Ben Stokes wrote on Instagram that on the evening of Thursday, October 17, some masked thieves robbed his house located in the 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, the Pakistan team has now reached Australia, where it has to play a series in limited overs format. This tour will start with a three-match ODI series starting from November 4. Before leaving for this tour, the Pakistani team suffered a major setback when Gary Kirsten, who was appointed as the head coach in the limited overs format just 6 months ago, resigned from his post. This was a big setback for the PCB as the team was about to go on a difficult tour of Australia. Now a statement by PCB chief Mohsin Naqvi has come out in which he has clearly expressed his displeasure over Kirsten’s move. PCB President Mohsin Naqvi’s first reaction to his decision has now come to the fore. Mohsin Naqvi, while talking to the media during an informal discussion in his statement, said that Kirsten has violated some of the terms and conditions of the contract by breaking it with the PCB.