The cricketing trends in the fraternity revolved around various aspects. From the Women’s World T20 which kick-started on a positive note for India to various other bilateral tours in men’s cricket, the fans and cricketers have had a restless start to the penultimate month of the year.
Many eyes were on the World T20 which started in the Caribbean islands yesterday. Indian eves registered a breathtaking win against a strong Kiwi unit, which should give them a lot of confidence going ahead. The Indian women managed to reach the finals of the 50-over World Cup and would be eager to go one step further in this tournament.
Harmanpreet Kaur bagged a phenomenal century, which happened to be the first by an Indian cricketer in T20Is. Her stellar strokeplay was backed up brilliantly by teenage sensation Jemimah Rodrigues, who registered a 45-ball 59. The duo added 134 runs for the fourth wicket. Poonam Yadav ad Dayalan Hemalatha chipped in with three wickets each to steer their side home.
Rangana Herath’s farewell game turned out to be a disastrous event for the hosts as they bowed down to England. The Three Lions registered a thumping win and for the first time in quite a long while, they managed to dominate a subcontinent side in Asia. The second Test between the sides will commence on 14th November in Pallekele.
Here’s what the cricketing world has been up to in the last 24 hours
1. PM Imran Khan fulfilling his social responsibilities
Today I laid the foundation for 1st of 5 shelters for the homeless in Lahore & one in Pindi to be followed by shelters in other cities. We are committed to building a social net for our poor citizens so everyone has a shelter over his/her head & access to health & education pic.twitter.com/4QCXfEzgJK
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 10, 2018
2. Raina heaps praises on Harmanpreet
Congratulations @ImHarmanpreet & welcome to the club of first T20I century! Wonderful inning and massive shots! Way to go! 👏👏👏#WomenInBlue #WWT20 #HarmanpreetKaur pic.twitter.com/mKWhRo3CfK
— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) November 10, 2018
3. Blessings from “The God” for the Indian captain
An excellent century to begin the @WorldT20, @ImHarmanpreet. Congratulations on your amazing knock. #WWT20 #INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/qj7XvWeP9N
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 10, 2018
4. KP in awe of England’s performance
Winning in Sri Lanka is damn hard work!
Congrats @root66 & team…! 👍🏻🤙🏽— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) November 10, 2018
5. Pant’s “No-quote Saturday”
It’s Saturday and here is my wise quote of the day… actually I got nothing! 😊🤗 pic.twitter.com/7afSYYLP0T
— Rishabh Pant (@RishabPant777) November 10, 2018
6. Hardik – The new fashion icon
🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/sFPkkNesGI
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) November 10, 2018
7. Afridi attends an event in Karachi
Thank u Karachi #HopeNotOut pic.twitter.com/aaVy8J9Eoj
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) November 10, 2018
8. “Keep smashing’em” – DK’s advice to the Indian eves
What a fantastic start to the Women’s World T20. @bcciwomen. Special mention to the young jemimah and harmanpreet. Keep smashing em. More power to you’ll. @JemiRodrigues@ImHarmanpreet #sheroes
— DK (@DineshKarthik) November 10, 2018
9. Wilfried Zaha extends his support to Afridi’s foundation
A huge thank you to @wilfriedzaha for supporting @SAFoundationN & for the signed shirt. We look forward to auctioning this at our UK events next week! Tickets still available in Bradford & Luton: https://t.co/tPDOx53ITE #HopeNotOut pic.twitter.com/Ct5jpYnw22
— Shahid Afridi (@SAfridiOfficial) November 10, 2018
10. Wasim Akram at the Governor house
A great evening at the Governor House with Imran Ismail and the winners of Shooper League, Beaconhouse JCDC and TCF. I wish all the best to these future Cricket stars, and I am excited to see what Shoop Noodles has in store for us next! #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/gjzYN6YVMc
— Wasim Akram (@wasimakramlive) November 10, 2018
11. Jadhav sweating it out in the gym
Behind every run scored and every wicket taken is hours of fitness! pic.twitter.com/7hzc81x6Qe
— IamKedar (@JadhavKedar) November 10, 2018
12. Viru unleashes the Shayar side in him
लफ़्ज़ों के इत्तेफाक़ में
यूँ बदलाव करके देख
तू देख कर न मुस्कुरा
बस मुस्कुरा के देख ! #SmilePlease pic.twitter.com/DT5Ea3dbiG— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) November 10, 2018
13. Ngidi promotes the Mzansi Super League
Its gonna be lit 😎🙈 pic.twitter.com/N6IRJT7UMr
— Lungi Ngidi (@NgidiLungi) November 10, 2018
14. Brad Hogg enjoying his commentary stint in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka not having a good first test, did not stop the fun in the commentary box with Russell Arnold and Roshan Abeysinghe. #SLvEng @SPNSportsIndia pic.twitter.com/pBFUswvzbd
— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) November 10, 2018
15. Mandeep Singh plays a “Tendulkaresque” Straight drive
— Mandeep Singh (@mandeeps12) November 10, 2018
