Kumar Rupesh

India TV Sports Wrap on October 17: From all the football action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on October 17.

Sarfaraz Khan last played for India against England in a Test match at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium (HPCA) in Dharamsala. He recently scored a double hundred for Mumbai in the Irani Cup against Rest of India.

Australia are still unbeaten in the tournament and eyeing their seventh ICC Women's T20 World Cup title. They finished the group stage with four wins in as many games and will take on South Africa who finished Group B in the second position.

Alyssa Healy was unavailable for selection against India in Australia's last group-stage encounter. The wicketkeeper-batter was forced to warm the bench and allrounder Tahlia McGrath led the team in her absence.

Steve Smith has confirmed that he will no longer play as an opener in Test cricket for Australia. The right-handed batter will bat at his favourite slot, No. four, during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

Cameron Green has been ruled out of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy after deciding to undergo back surgery. The surgery and the rehab are likely to rule him out of action for six months.

Dinesh Karthik recently signed up for the Legends League Cricket and captained Southern Super Stars. He retired from all forms of competitive cricket at the end of Royal Challengers Bengaluru's IPL 2024 campaign.

Virat Kohli scored 99 runs during the two-match Test series against Bangladesh on home soil recently. The right-handed batter scored his runs at an average of 33.00 and was the fifth-leading run-getter for India in the series.

PAK vs ENG 2nd Test: Pakistan have to get closer to 400 in their first innings to apply pressure on England in Multan. Kamran Ghulam's century on debut rescued Pakistan after England had the hosts reeling at 19 for the loss of two wickets.

India TV Sports Wrap on October 16: From all the football action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on October 16.

New Zealand came to the Indian subcontinent to play Afghanistan in a one-off Test match in Greater Noida in early September and had to fly to Sri Lanka for a two-match Test series afterwards. They are currently in India to play a three-match Test series.

Kamran Ghulam got his opportunity in Test cricket after playing a total of 59 first-class matches. The right-handed batter has amassed 4377 runs in first-class cricket at an average of 49.17, including 16 centuries and 20 half-centuries.

Dunith Wellalage returned figures of 3/9 in his four overs and made an impact straightaway on his T20I debut. The left-arm orthodox bowler accounted for Brandon King, wicketkeeper-batter Andre Fletcher and Roston Chase.

Babar Azam has scored merely 352 runs in nine Test matches since the start of 2023 without a fifty-plus score. The former captain could only manage scores of 30 and 5 in the first Test against England in Multan.

The pitch in the first Test of the series turned out to be a graveyard for bowlers and witnessed the dominance of batters from both teams. Pakistan posted 556 while batting first and England, in reply, scored 823 for the loss of seven wickets before declaring their innings.

Pakistan have slipped to the bottom of the ICC World Test Championship points table after their loss to England by an innings and 47 runs in the Test series opener at the Multan Cricket Stadium.