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Sports Top 10: The first match of the Test series being played between Pakistan and England is going on at the Multan Cricket Stadium, in which the fourth day was in the name of Harry Brook who managed to score the second fastest triple century in Test cricket. A historic inning of 317 runs was seen on the Multan ground with the bat of Harry Brook, in which he faced 322 balls and hit 3 sixes along with 29 fours. The England team declared its first innings in this match at 823 runs. Meanwhile, tennis legend Rafael Nadal announced his retirement on October 10.
Harry Brook broke Virender Sehwag’s record
25-year-old England team player Harry Brook scored a triple century in the first match of the three-match Test series being played against Pakistan at Multan ground and broke Virender Sehwag’s record of 309 runs at this ground in 2004. Gave. When Harry Brook came out to bat in this match, the England team had lost three wickets at the score of 249. From here, he along with Joe Root made a record partnership of 454 runs for the fourth wicket and put the team in a very strong position. At the same time, Harry Brook also scored the first triple century of his Test career in just 310 balls. Harry Brook has become the sixth batsman for England to score a triple century in Test cricket, and is also the first England player to achieve this feat since 1990.
Joe Root becomes part of Sehwag and Jayawardene’s special club
Joe Root was seen swinging the bat fiercely against Pakistan in the Multan Test match. In which he was out after lunch on the fourth day of the first test match after scoring 262 runs. Joe Root has also made a big record on the basis of his innings, in which he has become the first non-Asian player in world cricket, who now holds the record of scoring double centuries in all three countries – India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. . Apart from this, he is also the third player who has been successful in scoring double centuries in these three countries. Earlier, Virender Sehwag, Mahela Jayawardene had achieved this feat.
Brook and Root pair broke 67 years old record
In the first Test being played against Pakistan in Multan, England’s batsmen took a tough dig at the Pakistani bowlers. Especially Joe Root and Harry Brook turned the entire match upside down. The pair of Root and Brook broke the 67-year-old record in which they made the biggest partnership of 454 runs for any wicket in Test cricket for England. If we talk about this earlier, in the year 1957, Colin Cowdrey and Peter May of England had made a partnership of 411 runs.
6 bowlers of Pakistan gave more than 100 runs together for the first time in a test match
This is the first time in the history of Test cricket, when six bowlers of Pakistan have given more than 100 runs in a single innings. This has happened only twice in the nearly 150-year history of Test cricket, when six bowlers of a team have conceded more than 100 runs. It happened for the first time in the year 2004, when the match was played between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Sri Lankan batsmen were beaten so much that 6 bowlers of the team gave away more than 100 runs. Now this has happened in this match i.e. Pakistan vs England match. During the entire innings, Pakistan fielded 7 bowlers, out of which 6 were widely reported.
Babar Azam’s bad form continues
The bad form of Pakistan cricket’s biggest star batsman Babar Azam is showing no sign of ending. Babar Azam could score only 30 runs in the first Test match being played between Pakistan and England in Multan. He was out LBW by Chris Woakes in the first innings. The team had high expectations from Babar Azam in the second innings but Gus Atkinson dashed all the expectations. Babar Azam walked out after scoring only 5 runs. Babar Azam has not been able to score a single half-century in Test cricket for 654 days. His last 50+ score with the bat came in December 2022.
Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season starting from today
The prestigious domestic tournament Ranji Trophy is going to start between India and Bangladesh T20I series. 42-time Ranji champion Mumbai team will start its title defense campaign against Baroda. The first round of Ranji Trophy 2024-25 will begin from October 11, with 38 teams looking to make a great start in this two-phase tournament. In the 2024-25 season, the top 32 teams have been divided into four groups of eight each in the elite category, while 6 teams are in the plate group.
Pakistani women’s team captain leaves for home amid T20 World Cup
Pakistan women’s cricket team started its campaign in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 being played in UAE in a very good manner, winning the first match against Sri Lanka in Group A by a margin of 31 runs. After this, they had to face defeat by 6 wickets in the second match against India. Just before the match against Australia on October 11, Pakistani team captain Fatima Sana has returned home after receiving the news of her father’s demise.
Rafael Nadal announces retirement from tennis
Spain’s legendary tennis player Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement. He won 22 Grand Slam titles in his illustrious career. Nadal’s last tournament will be the Davis Cup final in Malaga in November this year. He has not played a match since the Paris Olympics earlier this year. Spain will face the Netherlands in the quarter-finals in the Davis Cup finals from November 19 to 21. Nadal was included in the squad after missing the group stage due to injury.
New Zealand team left from their country to play test series against India
The New Zealand cricket team has to play a three-match Test series against India from October 16, the first match of which will be played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. The New Zealand team has already been announced for this series. Tom Latham, who is handling the responsibility of captaining the Kiwi team in this Test series, said in the statement given before leaving that according to me, we should try to continue those things in which spin bowling can play an important role. It’s always an exciting challenge to go and play India and once we go there and play according to our plan, we can beat them.
Pakistan team player Abrar Ahmed admitted to hospital
When the fourth day of the first Test match of the series being played between Pakistan and England at Multan ground ended, the condition of the host Pakistani team was very bad. At the beginning of the fourth day, the Pakistani team had suffered a big blow in the form of spinner Abrar Ahmed, who could not take the field during fielding due to illness. In the update given by PCB regarding Abrar, it was told that on the morning of the fourth day of the Multan Test match, Abrar Ahmed had complained of high fever and body pain, after which he was taken to the hospital where he underwent several tests and now Their report is awaited.
