September 11, 2022—a date to remember for all Sri Lankan cricket fans. When the whole planet was devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic, hoping for a new dawn, Sri Lanka surprised the whole cricket world by winning the Asia Cup title, defeating Pakistan in the final.
September 10, 1989, is the birthday of star Indian batter Manish Pandey, who was considered as one of the most talented batters to grace the Indian Premier League (IPL) by scoring a thunderous century at the age of only 19 for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB).
The man who scored a record number of hundreds and half centuries had to wait for a long time to register in the first century in the One Day International format.
September 9, 2019, was a landmark day for Afghanistan cricket. It was the day when they emerged victorious in a Test match against Bangladesh in Chattogram. The heroics of Rashid Khan made the match result possible for the Afghanistan cricket team.
September 8, 1999- birthday of Shubman Gill, from a promising youngster to team India captain, who climbed the ladder quickly. Right after the retirement of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli from the Tests, BCCI assigned him for the Test captaincy during the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy in an away series against England, with a newly shaped team India.
Birthday of one of the finest modern-era middle-order batsmen, Dhananjaya de Silva. On September 6, 1991, Silva was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Stormy spells from Jasprit Bumrah and Umesh Yadav in the second session of the final day forced England to kneel down at The Oval when they were at least in a position to level the scoreboard.
At that time, it was a near impossible task to do. Sunil Gavaskar narrowly missed one of the biggest upsets in Indian cricket history. When India needed 438 runs, Gavaskar played a 221-run knock against all odds.
A test series without Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman. In 2012, it was India's first Test series without two legends since 1996. Then, captained by Mahendra Singh Dhoni, team India was going through a transformation, with a slightly new look in the middle order.
September 3, 1990: birthday of star Indian pacer Mohammed Shami, whose international debut turned into a piece of masterclass. In his first international match for India, in Tests, Shami took 9 for 118 against the West Indies in Kolkata in 2013, which still stands as the best match figures on debut for an Indian fast bowler.
It is not my job to announce the winner
Rohit Sharma on being asked if England were rightly awarded the World Cup title in 2019
