Mithali overtakes Rohit, Test Cricket in colours and more – Cricket News Today, 13th November 2018

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After a successful Windies series, the Indian team had a day off today, with the much-awaited Australia tour to begin shortly but the cricketing world had enough happenings today. Bollywood Star Shah Rukh Khan’s promise to Rohit Sharma for a live performance at IPL, Ranji trophy happenings , England playing an unchanged eleven in their second test and the Bangladesh – Zimbabwe Test which is reaching an exciting climax with Brendan Taylor scoring a ton today are some titbits of what happened today in the cricket world.

Here are some headlines from the world of cricket:

#1 Mithali Raj overtakes Rohit Sharma

Mithali Raj, who made a fine knock in her previous match against Pakistan, went past Rohit Sharma to become the top run-scorer for India in T20Is.

Indian men's team were in action for the past one month as they played 2 Tests, 5 ODIs and 3 T20Is against Windies. India emerged successful in all formats. In the recently concluded T20 series Kohli was rested and Rohit Sharma was made the captain. It hardly made any difference as the 'Hitman' was in fine form yet again. He went on to score his 4th century in T20Is thus going past Kohli to become the top run scorer in T20Is.

On the other hand, the Indian women team started their World T20 campaign recently. In their second match against arch-rival Pakistan, Mithali Raj guided the team to victory while chasing 134. She made a fine knock of 56 runs. With that innings, she went past Rohit Sharma to become the leading run scorer in T20Is for India. Mithali Raj has 2232 runs in T20Is while Rohit Sharma has 2207 runs.

#2 Dale Steyn, Shikhar Dhawan move up in the ICC rankings

Dale Steyn and Shikhar Dhawan move up in their respective departments in the latest ODI rankings released by ICC earlier today.

Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan has moved up one position to eight while Dale Steyn who was having a sensational comeback in the Australia series moved up nine positions to reach 15th spot. Ross Taylor achieved a career-best ranking as a consequence of excellent series against Pakistan. He is now at third spot, behind Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.

South Africa's Faf du Plessis moved up three places to reach seventh while Fakhar Zaman jumped six positions to reach 11th spot.

Among the bowlers, Yuzvendra Chahal moved up three positions along with Adil Rashid to share the 5th spot. Josh Hazlewood and Imran Tahir slipped two and four places to 9 and 11th position respectively.

Although Virat Kohli missed the Windies series, he remains at the top in the ODI rankings for batsmen. Jasprit Bumrah holds the top position in the bowlers' rankings.

#3 Test cricket in colours

Oman and Denmark clashed against each other in the ICC World Cricket League Division Three. Both the teams were spotted with red jersey and were playing with white ball thus giving the viewers a reverse effect of Test matches.

Usually, teams play Test matches with a white jersey and red ball which was reversed in this match. ICC which has constantly been trying different ways to popularize the Test format can see this as a viable option. ICC might try this in upcoming Test cricket championship for the popularity and it is sure to be a hit among the fans.

The Test cricket championship will start in July 2019 and finish with a final, scheduled to take place in June 2021.

It will feature top nine of the twelve Test playing nations and is expected to be a path-breaking one in the history of cricket. Batting first, Denmark were bowled out for 154 after a good show with the ball from Oman. Oman, in reply, were responsible with the bat thus beating Denmark by 3 wickets.

#4 Raina grabs a stunner

Suresh Raina who's currently playing for Uttar Pradesh in Ranji trophy took a sensational catch while fielding at slips.

Suresh Raina who is known for stupendous fielding took an extraordinary catch while fielding at slips in the Ranji match against Odisha. Raina who is playing for Uttar Pradesh has been poor with the bat in the ongoing Ranji trophy tournament. Following his lean patch, he was dropped from the captaincy post of UP in the Ranji Trophy and Akshdeep Nath was named the replacement earlier this month.

However, Raina continued to showcase his brilliance on the field. Sujit Lenka, the wicketkeeper of Odisha who was batting on 46 stretched forward to defend a full-length delivery bowled by Saurabh Kumar but edged the ball which went behind the wicketkeeper.

Raina, fielding in the slip position reacted immediately as he caught it with a dive towards his left. Odisha were bowled out for 256 in their first innings. UP in their reply were 361-6 at the end of Day 2 after a solid hundred from the Captain Akshdeep Nath who is batting currently at 151*.

Raina continued his poor form with the bat as he was dismissed for just 10 runs in the first innings.

Here's the video:

Idhar chala mai, udhar chala! Jane kahan mai kidhar chala.... are fisal gayaaaaaaa ... par catch to le liya ...😃😃😃Had a good day at the match today... lets gear up for tomorrow! @UPCACricket .#RanjiTrophy #UPvsODI #Teamwork #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/Grn1bd3G0X

— Suresh Raina🇮🇳 (@ImRaina) November 12, 2018