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Bhuvneshwar Kumar last played for India in the rain-affected, truncated Napier T20I on 22-11-22, which ended in a tie.
Yesterday in Bengaluru, he returned to the side after nearly 4y, while missing 104 games. But this one, too, a truncated game, as rain ensured no result!
#INDvWI
Eight wickets down, Afghanistan needed to play out the last over of the match, the 142nd, to eke out a well-fought draw against Bangladesh at Abu Dhabi yesterday.
However, Qais Ahmad had other ideas; he hit 2 sixes off Taijul Islam to finish with 49*!
How cool is that?
#AfgvBan
"When I was three, I wanted to be four; when I was four, I wanted to be the prime minister."
- Jeffrey Archer (1940-2026) RIP馃檹
Maximum GOLD medals for India in a single Asian Games event
GOLD - Year (Venue)
28 - 2022 (Hangzhou)
17* - 2026 (Nagoya)
16 - 2018 (Jakarta)
15 - 1951 (New Delhi)
14 - 2010 (Guangzhou)
The only other time Team India won by over 50 balls to spare while chasing a target of 296+ was at Hobart on 28 Feb 2012, when they successfully chased Sri Lanka's 321 and won by 80 balls to spare. Virat Kohli in that game unbeaten 133 in 86 balls!
#IndvWI
An historic day for Japan tomorrow at Sano, when they take on Team India in their 63rd T20I match. India will be their 24th cricketing opponent, but the first from a full-member nation!
Among the top Associate teams, Japan has played Hong Kong (5), PNG (3), & Oman/Nepal/UAE (1).
DYK?
At least 12000 athletes will participate in the ongoing #AsianGames in Nagoya, Japan.
The 2024 Paris Summer #Olympics featured only about 10,700 athletes because the IOC enforces much stricter entry standards to manage hosting costs, venues, and village capacity!
As of today, 28 Test matches have been completed in two days out of the 2632 played so far.
from 1877 to 1946: 15 (out of 275 Tests)
from 1947 to 1999: none (out of 1233 Tests)
from 2000 to date: 13 (out of 1124 Tests)
#AusvBan
#MackayTest
Indian bowlers with maximum Test wickets after the second Test match of their career...
24 - Narendra Hirwani (16+8)
18 - Axar Patel (7+11)
17 - MANAV SUTHAR (7+10)
13 - Shivlal Yadav/Venkatesh Prasad/R Ashwin
12 - L Sivaramakrishnan
#IndvSL
DYK?
Chasing 300+ at Galle is not easy!
Only four times have FC sides made 300+ in the 4th innings here, and only once have they done so successfully!
471 - Southern Province (L) in 2004
366 - Jaffna Dist (L) in 2025
344/6 - Pakistan (W) in 2022
300 - Pakistan (L) in 2012
#IndvSL
Batters scoring '167' as their maiden Test century...
- Mahale Jayawardene in 1998 at Galle (vs NZ)
- VVS Laxman in 2000 at Sydney
- Devdutt Padikkal in 2026 at Galle
#IndvSL
DYK?
Devdutt Padikkal's unbeaten 131 at Galle yesterday was India's first-ever Test century made on 15th August!
The nearest anyone came to doing so prior to this one was Sachin Tendulkar's maiden Test 100 on 14 Aug 1990 at Manchester!
#IndependenceDay 馃嚠馃嚦
#IndvSL
Today in 2015 in the Galle Test, Sri Lanka defeated India by 63 runs after conceding a deficit of 192 runs. The hosts in their 2nd inns were just ahead by 28 runs when they lost their 6th wicket. Dinesh Chandimal 162* set India a target of 176. Rangana Herath (7/48) did the rest!
DYK?
After playing the inaugural Test series in Australia, the English side sailed home in the steamship 'Bangalore' from Adelaide on 17 April 1877. With a stopover @ #GALLE on 8 May, they sailed onwards to Brindisi in Italy.
They then travelled overland across Europe to London!
Today...
In 1948, 40-year-old Don Bradman came out to bat for the final time in his Test career. He was dismissed for a second ball duck at the Oval!
Exactly 42 years later...
In 1990, 17-year-old Sachin Tendulkar registered his maiden Test century, 119* at Old Trafford!
