November 25, 1982—on this day, legendary cricketer Jhulan Goswami was born. She was not only an iconic figure for Indian cricket but also for international cricket. To date, Goswami's ODI wicket-taking record remains untouched. 

A few days ago, the Indian women's cricket team won the ICC Women's World Cup for the first time in the history of cricket. Goswami was there at the Dr. DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai, and witnessed the moment for which countless cricket fans dream. Indian women's cricket is at the top of the world. Goswami couldn't hold her tears. 

During her prime cricket-playing days, the West Bengal-born was among the best pacers in the world. According to stats, in 2017, shortly before playing her fourth World Cup, Goswami went past Cathryn Fitzpatrick to become the leading wicket-taker in ODIs. She claimed 255 wickets in 205 One Day International matches, which is still a record, and the achievement of the former India skipper is at the top of the record list of the most wickets in a career in WODIs. 

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On This Day: Birthday of legendary cricketer Jhulan Goswami 

Goswami emerged as one of the most influential captains of the Indian women's cricket team as well. In 2008, Goswami took over the captaincy from Mithali Raj and held it till 2011. In the previous year, she was named as the ICC Women's Player of the Year. Interestingly, it was the year when no male Indian cricketers received the prestigious award based on individual performance. 

Jhulan Goswami was not fortunate enough to win the World Cup, but she claimed some memorable wins with Team India. In 2006, the pace bowling all-rounder, who could bowl at a pace of 120 km/h, helped India to their first series victory over England. During the Taunton Test, Goswami picked up 10 for 78. Jhulan Goswami retired from all forms of international cricket on September 25, 2022, after her final match at Lord's Cricket Ground on September 24, 2022. 

November 24, 2024—the date entered into the record book as soon as Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) roped in Rishabh Pant after an aggressive bidding war. LSG secured the service of Pant for a record amount, for INR 27 crore. Who would have thought that the swashbuckling keeper-batter was going to fetch INR 27 Cr from the mega auction ahead of IPL 2025?

The mega auction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, witnessed some of the most expensive buys in the history of the cash-rich league. Shreyas Iyer, Venkatesh Iyer, and Yuzvendra Chahal—apart from Pant, these are cricketers who got a record amount of bids from the auction table. All-rounder Venkatesh Iyer returned to Kolkata Knight Riders for 23.75, and batter Shreyas Iyer went to Punjab Kings for Rs 26.75 crore minutes before Pant broke his payday record. Chahal joined the Punjab-based franchise for INR 18 crore.

LSG was in search of a new skipper as a replacement for KL Rahul. KL Rahul was their captain in the season before the mega. But the ambitious franchise was visibly not happy with his performance. Before the mega auction, it was obvious that LSG was going to make some heavy bids for a star player. It was also assumed that Pant could get a handsome paycheck. But how much? That was the question.

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Record-breaking bid for Rishabh Pant

Punjab Kings, who also had a fat purse, was eager to get the keeper-batter. In the end, LSG sought the highest amount for him. Another interesting thing in the auction was that the top 5 buys were Indian cricketers, not overseas candidates. Before, it was the foreign talents who mostly received the most lucrative deals.

Rishabh (INR 27,00,00,000), Venkatesh (INR 23,75,00,000), Shreyas (INR 26,75,00,000), Arshdeep Singh (INR 18,00,00,000, PBKS used RTM), and Chahal (INR 18,00,00,000) broke the jinx.  

November 22, 1999—birthday of Indian pace star Umran Malik,  who emerged as an exceptionally talented bowler from Jammu and Kashmir. Malik quickly gained fame because of his raw pace.

During the IPL 2022 season with Sunrisers Hyderabad, the pacer clocked 156.9 kph. Malik went under the limelight from a very humble background. He was a product of tennis cricket. Even at one stage, he was not aware of boots with spikes professional cricketers use during matches. The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise first spotted the talent and offered him the chance to show what he could do.

The fast bowler came into the SRH squad during the IPL 2021 season as the replacement for injured T. Natarajan. In that season, Malik, who was not a very popular face in Indian cricket, got a very limited number of matches, but enough for him to display his talent and potential. Ahead of the IPL 2022 mega auction, the club retained him for another season, as he was able to take a couple of wickets in 3 matches in the previous season.

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Umran Malik quickly made India debut after a stellar IPL season 

IPL 2022 was the season when the seamer showed his actual potential. In that campaign, he bowled supremely well. In 14 matches, he got 22 wickets at an economy rate of 9.03, including 5 for 25 against Gujarat Titans in a losing cause. In this game, four out of five were bowled, and the other was beaten for pace by a bouncer. He clocked 156.9 kph during the tournament.

After the eye-catching performance throughout the tournament, he made his T20I and ODI debuts for Team India. But repeated injury and fitness concerns quickly derailed the luxury pacer's career path. After the Team India debut, he perhaps also got to learn that only raw pace is not enough for creating a long, successful career. 

On this day (November 21, 2017), the women's team of Australia retained their title through a multiple-format Ashes series. The day-night test at the North Sydney Oval remained drawn, while the Aussies emerged as the winner in two ODIs and one T20I match.

In the Test match, which ended in a draw, Ellyse Perry turned her maiden Test century into a double hundred. During the three-match T20I series, it was opener Beth Mooney who turned most of the limelight on her as she scored 220 runs from three matches.

In the third T20I in Canberra, which was the final match of the series as well, Mooney registered 117 not out against 70 balls. In reply, England Women's team star Danni Wyatt played a match-winning knock (100 off 57). It was the first ton by an English batter in Women's T20. With the two hundreds, a hundred each from both teams, resulted in a high-scoring encounter, which was also a record for women's T20Is.

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England fought well but Australia took the title home

Despite England's heroic performance in the 3rd T20I, Australia won the contest, as they won the previous two matches in a row. Despite driving over some rough patches, Australia crossed the finish line safely and claimed the title, which matters the most.

After the match, Rachael Haynes, captain of the Australian women's team, said, "It's a huge privilege to be asked to captain the country; I have been well-supported by the team. We've had a couple of hiccups, but there have been plenty of positives as a group. Irrespective of what happens today, some exciting times."

Another milestone for Sachin Tendulkar. To date, no other batter has been able to touch the record. As of now, Sachin Tendulkar is the only batter across the world who has 30,000 international runs under his belt.

Another former cricketer, Kumar Sangakkara, is 2nd in the list, having gathered 28,016 runs throughout his career. Modern-day cricket legend, who is still active in international cricket, has accumulated 27,673 runs. During a Test match between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad on November 20, 2009, Tendulkar completed his 30 thousand international runs. Eventually, he got a total of 34,357 runs across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is before hanging up his boots.

 It was a high-scoring encounter between India and Sri Lanka, which ended up in a draw. India registered 426 and 412/4 in the first and second innings, respectively. And Sri Lanka scored 760 runs in exchange for 7 wickets in their first innings batting part and declared. Mahela Jayawardene was named the best player of the game for playing a 275-run knock.

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Sachin Tendulkar completed 30,000 runs during a India vs Sri Lanka home Test match

But, as of now, the match is still remembered for the unmatchable record of Sachin Tendulkar. It was the last day of the match, and he remained not out for 100 off 211. The century itself caused another record, as that was Sachin's 43rd Test and 88th international hundred. He achieved the 30,000 international run record before completing the century. During the 44th over of the day, Tendulkar guided an inswinging delivery from Chanaka Welegedara to deep square leg for a single and reached the mark.

It is worth noting that in the year 2000, Tendulkar became the first batter to have scored 50 international hundreds; in 2008, he passed Brian Lara as the leading Test run-scorer; and in the years after, he went past 13,000 Test runs, 30,000 international runs, and 50 Test hundreds.

On this day is the birthday of Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist, whose style of batting was ahead of the time. Gilchrist was among the first few batters who showed how to rotate run rate swiftly, maintaining the copybook techniques.

When Ian Healy retired, many might have thought that the Australian cricket team had to play with a weak point. But Gilchrist, a keeper-batter, proved everyone wrong and became one of the key parts of Steve Waugh's revolutionary Aussie eleven.

The New South Wales-born player played 96 Tests with the baggy green camp to score a total of 5570 runs at an average of 47.60. In the Whites, the attacking top-order batter recorded 26 half centuries and 17 centuries. During the thrilling encounter against South Africa in 2001-02, Gilchrist smashed 204 not out off only 213 balls in Johannesburg. Due to his fearless batting approach, he achieved the record holder for the fourth fastest Test century and was the first player to hit 100 Test sixes.

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Batting stats of Adam Gilchrist

One of his memorable batting performances was against India in Mumbai. With the help of Gilchrist's quick-fire 122-run innings, Australia easily outplayed the home team. During the innings, the batter completed the hundred only against 84 deliveries. After retiring from Test cricket during the 2007-08 season, Gilchrist joined the Indian Premier League club Deccan Chargers and guided them to glory in 2009. In the One Day International format, he played 287 matches and scored 9619 runs at an average of 35.89. In this format, he smashed 55 fifties and 16 hundreds, including the highest score of 172.

Gilchrist participated in few T20Is as well. In 13 Twenty20 games, the southpaw gathered 272 runs at an batting average of 22.66. 

On this day (November 13, 2014), Rohit Sharma encrypted history by smashing 264 runs against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It was the fourth ODI of the series and a stage for Rohit Sharma to come back after sustaining a finger injury. After the injury layoff, Sharma himself was gasping for some extra oxygen to breathe. How could he mark the comeback? That was the question.

The way he replied was mind-blowing. His innings could have ended only for 4 but carried a long, long way because of a routine drop catch by Thisara Perera at the third man region. As the innings progressed, the young opener, Rohit Sharma, pushed the paddles hard to increase the striking rate. He scored 264 runs in just 173 deliveries. The innings was laced with 33 boundaries and 9 over boundaries, with a strike rate of 152.60.

During this innings, he touched the first 100-run mark at a run a ball, but the remaining 164 needed just 73 deliveries. With the record-breaking knock, India, as a team, posted 404 runs in exchange for 5 wickets, batting first. In reply, Sri Lanka was able to gather only 251 runs; India won the contest by a big margin of 153 runs. With the double hundred, Rohit became the first to score two double centuries in the format. His third double century came in 2017. 

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Record-breaking 264-run knock by Rohit Sharma vs Sri Lanka

"I have been working on it. To bat as long as possible. Finally I managed that. That run-out of Virat was my mistake. Things like that happened, but no hard feelings there. It was a crucial partnership we were building, and to lose him then was quite frustrating," Sharma said after the match. 

"But I kept telling myself to keep on going. It's going to be difficult to pick out one shot that stands out. I really cannot pick out one. I will try my best to get to 300, but as of now I will take 264. A lot of memories at Eden Gardens that will remain close to me. This one was really special."

November 5, 1988, is a memorable date for millions of cricket fans, as it is the birthday of Virat Kohli, a legend of Indian cricket and a legend of modern-day cricket across the globe. He is now 37, still fit and fine, and arguably the fittest cricketer at this age.

Not only for batting, cricket history will remember the Delhi-born for his winning mentality and dedication to the game. Throughout his career across the formats, Kohli has left his mark on a permanent basis. He is one of the former India skippers who might not have won the World Cup as a leader but dared to dream of multiple generations becoming champions.

Kohli defined modern cricket with his skillful batting and aggression on the pitch. Unlike relying on some of the crazy shots of modern cricket, the right-handed batter still can score runs at a quick pace with a straight bat. In T20Is, he played 125 matches for Team India to score 4188 runs at an average of 48.69. In tests, the batting maestro featured in 123 matches, accumulating 9230 runs in total at a batting average of 46.85. His batting stats are more eye-catching in the One Day International format, where his batting average is 57.71 after playing 305 games.

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After winning the T20I World Cup, he took retirement from the format and, only a few days ahead of the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy, also retired from Test, which makes him available only for the 50-over format. His fans and cricket experts strongly believe that Virat still has the hunger to win the ODI World Cup. So far, 2025 has been a memorable season for the batter, who earned the nickname 'chase master.' Kohli started off the season by winning the Champions Trophy, and then, for the first time in the history of the Indian Premier League, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) lifted the trophy with the help of Virat Kohli. 

Virat Kohli's major international trophies with Team India: 

• ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup: 2008
• ICC Cricket World Cup: 2011
• ICC Champions Trophy: 2013, 2025
• ICC Test Mace: Won under his captaincy from 2016 to 2020
• ICC T20 World Cup: 2024

Chris Gayle, known as the 'Universal Boss,' on this day created a record that is still untouched. During an Indian Premier League match, the batter touched the landmark. Five years ago on October 30, the big man from Jamaica hit his 1000th T20 six of his career, which, to date, remains untouched. 

It was a match between Punjab Kings (PBKS) and Rajasthan Royals (RR) at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. PBKS went to bat first and registered 185 runs in 20 overs in exchange for only 4 wickets. Gayle, as expected, showed his muscle power in the match. He scored 99 runs against 63 balls, missing a century by only one run. In this match, he came to bat as a number three batter. In his 99-run innings, the batter smashed six boundaries and eight over-boundaries. 

One of those sixes was the 1000th maximum of his career. Against a delivery from Kartik Tyagi, the batsman hit the record-making over boundary. But sadly, Gayle's effort went in vain as PBKS lost the match against Rajasthan Royals. RR won the match with ease, by 7 wickets and 15 balls to spare. 

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Chris Gayle is the only batter to hit 1000 T20 six

As of now, Gayle is the only player in the T20 format to hit 1,000 sixes. Gayle, in total, hoisted 1,056 sixes throughout his T20 career. His countryman Kieron Pollard is second on this list with 966 sixes. If we talk about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, then these two icons are also well behind in the list. Rohit has played 463 T20 matches so far, hitting 547 sixes. Virat Kohli has hit 435 sixes in 414 T20 matches.

Chris Gayle, now 46 and retired, played a total of 103 Tests, 301 ODIs, and 79 T20Is in his international career. He has 7,214 runs in Tests, 10,480 in ODIs, and 1,899 in T20Is. 

On September 26, 2017, a specific news story caught every cricket fan's eye: Ben Stokes was arrested. Ben Stokes was arrested after getting into an altercation with two men outside a nightclub in Bristol.

He had to spend a night behind bars for this incident. Soon, police released him from prison without any charge. Stokes was then the vice captain of the England cricket team. On that night, another England cricket star, Alex Hales, was also with them on the spot. The England and Wales Cricket Board took the matter seriously and suspended both of the cricketers for one match.

England was then engaged in a limited-over series with the West Indies; Stokes was in good form, but that incident caused him to be suspended for a match. Both Stokes and Hales were punished by the cricket board for the off-the-field incident.

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Ben Stokes had to spend a night in prison 

Later, police confirmed the incident and their actions against a 26-year-old man for suspicious activity. The altercation was perhaps wild; Stokes reportedly injured his hand, and another man was taken to hospital with facial injuries. According to laws there, these types of incidents could result in a maximum of 5 years in prison. It was fortunate for Stokes that he did not have to face the situation. Hales later reached out to the police to help in their investigation. 

Disclosing the series of incidents, ECB in their statement said, "Ben Stokes and Alex Hales will not be available for tomorrow's one-day international match against West Indies at The Oval. Stokes was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning, 25 September, following an incident in Bristol. He was held overnight and released under investigation—without charge—late on Monday and will not join the team in London. Hales, who was with Stokes on Sunday night, did not train this morning and has returned voluntarily to Bristol today to help police with their inquiries."