Mohammed Shami was benched for the first four games during the ODI World Cup 2023. He got his first opportunity to play against New Zealand at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala.
Kane Williamson and Devon Conway had declined the central contracts. It has forced New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to look for new faces who could take them in the right direction moving forward.
Bangladesh completed a huge series win as they swept the two-match assignment against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. The two senior statesmen, Shakib al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim were in the middle as Bangladesh romped home by 6 wickets for only their second away Test series win.
Sumit Antil broke the Paralympics record with a historic throw of 70.59m in the men's javelin F64 event while Pakistan are on the brink of an embarrassing series defeat against Bangladesh with the visitors needing 143 runs to win the second Test. Here's a look at the top 10 sports stories on Sept 3.
It was a historic day for the Indian contingent on Monday, September 2 with as many as eight medals being won including two Gold. Four more potential medals will be up for grabs on Tuesday, September 3 with India's star para-shooter Avani Lekhara in action again in women's 50m rifle event.
Nithya Sre Sivan blew away Indonesia's Rina Marlina to clinch the bronze medal in the women's singles SH6 event at the ongoing Paris Paralympic Games 2024. Nithya won the medal match in straight games and gave no chance to her opponent in the 23-minute match.
Sumit Antil has set a new Paralympic record in the men's Javelin F64 event at the Paris Paralympics 2024. Sumit clinched his second gold medal in successive Paralympic Games. Two more Indians were in the fray but could not finish in the top three.
Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar became the first Indian pair to win an archery medal at the Paralympic Games. The Indian duo defeated an Italian pair to win the bronze medal in Paris.
Suhas Yathiraj lost his gold medal match to France's Lucas Mazur but took home a silver medal as he became the first Indian shuttler to win two medals at the Paralympic Games.
Paralympics 2024: The Indian shuttlers continue to shine at the ongoing Paralympic Games as Murugesan Thulasimathi won a silver medal in the women's singles SU5 event, while Manisha clinched a bronze in the same category.
Bangladesh have a historic clean sweep in their sights as they sit in the driver's seat to win the second Test match against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. The Bangla Tigers need 143 more runs to win the match and have all the 10 wickets in hand.
Avani Lekhara defended her Gold medal at the Paris Paralympic Games 2024. She became the first Indian woman to win two gold medals at the Paralympic Games. Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with Avani on a phone call after her historic achievement.
Saina Nehwal bagged a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton. Nehwal has revealed that she is battling arthritis and has also claimed that she is mulling about retirement.
Suryakumar Yadav has played only one red-ball game for India thus far. His Test debut came against Australia during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in February 2023.
Ravichandran Ashwin made his international debut under the leadership of MS Dhoni and played a sizeable number of games under Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma's captaincy.
Nitesh Kumar brought the second Gold medal for India at the ongoing Paris Paralympic Games 2024. Nitesh defeated Daniel Bethell of Great Britain in the final to claim the top prize in the men's singles SL3 event.
Scotland announced their first-ever women's T20 World Cup with all-rounder Kathryn Bryce set to lead. Scotland had beaten Ireland in the semifinal of the Women's T20 World Cup qualifiers and are placed in Group B in the tournament alongside England, Bangladesh, South Africa and the West Indies.
Yogesh Kathuniya had also clinched the silver medal in the Men's Discus Throw F56 event at the Tokyo Paralympics with his season-best attempt of 44.38m.
Samit Dravid has earned his maiden India U19 call-up for the multi-format home series against Australia. Samit recently represented Mysuru Warriors at the Maharaja KSCA T20 Trophy.
Rohit Sharma won his first ICC tournament as captain in 2024 as the Men in Blue defeated South Africa in the final of the Men's T20 World Cup by seven runs. On the other hand, Dhoni won three ICC tournaments as captain.
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