This September at Lucknow, India-A made history by becoming the first side in 'A-Tests' history to successfully chase a target of 400+ (target 412) set by Australia-A. Today, in Bengaluru, South Africa-A are on course to chase a record target of 417 against India-A. #IndvSA

Previous record: in 12 balls by Wayne White for Leicestershire vs Essex in 2012 Previous Indian record: In 15 balls by Bandeep singh of JK v Tripura in 2015

Akash Kumar of Meghalaya hit an 11-ball fifty (the quickest in FC cricket history!) against Arunachal Pradesh in #RanjiTrophy in Surat today. He hit 8 consecutive sixes, including six sixes in an over!😲

Yesterday Novak Djokovic (38y-170d) became the oldest to win an ATP title (won Athens Open) 100+ singles titles 167 - Martina Navratilova 157 - Chris Evert 109 - Jimmy Connors 107 - Steffi Graf 103 - Roger Federer 101*- Novak Djokovic On hard courts 72 - Djokovic 71 - Federer

Ryan Williams, 31, a midfielder born in Perth, who has played for Australia's U20/U23 teams & briefly the senior side in 2019, will be added to the Indian football squad for the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup qualifier vs Bangladesh in Dhaka if his Indian citizenship is cleared.

Since losing a T20I series 2-3 in the West Indies in August 2023, Team India has remained unbeaten in their next ten bilateral series, winning nine & sharing one. Also note, during this period, they also claimed the Asian Games Gold, the T20 World Cup, and the Asia Cup! #INDvAUS

Dhruv Jurel (132* & 117 still batting) today against South Africa-A at Bengaluru became the second India-A player to register centuries in each innings of an 'A-Test' match after Naman Ojha (219* & 101* vs Australia A at Brisbane in July 2014). #IndvSA #IndAvSAA

DYK? Jasprit Bumrah (20 wickets, average 10.80, strike rate 14, economy 4.73) and Arshdeep Singh (23 wickets, average 14.61, strike rate 12, economy 7.47) have played together in 12 T20Is since their first on August 18, 2023 - India has won all 12 matches! #AusvsInd #IndvsAus

The last time Australia lost a #ICCWomensWorldCup match was against India at Derby on 20 July 2017. Since then they have not lost a single match in their previous 15 WC matches until tonight! #CWC25 #INDWvsAUSW

Jemimah Rodrigues' first 39 ODI innings from March 2018 to January 2025 had a highest score of 86. Then the next 16 innings, three centuries - all in 2025! #INDWvsAUSW #ICCWomensWorldCup2025 #CWC25

In the Women's World Cup semifinals in 2022: England (293/8) beat South Africa+ (156) by 137 runs in 2025: South Africa (319/7) beat England+ (194) by 125 runs + won toss #ICCWomensWorldCup2025 #CWC25 #SAvEng

How do we stop these unstoppable Aussie women? The time has come for the world to unite and find a way to defeat this dominant ODI side in Women's cricket! #ICCWomensWorldCup2025 #AUSvENG #EngvAus

Bangladesh has done an India tonight - "Clutching defeat from the jaws of victory". #SLvBan #ICCWomensWorldCup2025

India Women have lost this match. Now, they just need to win their next two games against New Zealand and Bangladesh to qualify. But they will, in all probability, be playing the invincible Aussies in the semis. #ICCWomensWorldCup2025 #INDvENG

Someone was recently mentioning that "Joe Biden had a problem of forgetting conversations he had, while Donald Trump has a problem of remembering conversations he never had."😲

42-times Ranji champs Mumbai has lost both their RT games vs Jammu & Kashmir- in 2014/15 (at Wankhede) & 2024/25 (at SPCA). Today in Srinagar, JK needs 243 to beat Mumbai for the third time in a row! Only two occasions JK has won chasing bigger targets - 262/7 v Goa, 251/6 v HP

Over the past two weeks, two leading ICC full member teams, West Indies & South Africa, have been defeated by associate member sides - Nepal (twice in September) and by Namibia (yesterday) in T20Is. Are we seeing the gap between the top teams & the minnows closing in this format?

India U19 v Australia U19 in Tests H2H: Ind6, Aus7, D5 (18 matches) India U19 has won the last 4 H2H 'Test' matches Oct 2024: won by 2 wkts (Chennai) Oct 2024: won by inns & 120 runs (Chennai) Oct 2025: won by inns & 58 runs (Brisbane) Oct 2025: won by 7 wkts (Mackay) - today

Best wishes to former Australian cricketer Neil Harvey, who is 97 today! As of now, he is the oldest living Test cricketer. He is already the longest living player for Australia. His former teammate, Bill Brown (22 Tests, 1934-1948), was 95y-229d old when he passed away in 2008.

Tilak Varma had done it before...