The second Test of the Ashes series 2025-26 between Australia and England is being played at The Gabba Stadium in Brisbane. This is a day-night test being played with pink ball, in which three days of play has ended and Australia has maintained a strong hold. By the end of the day’s play, England had scored 134 runs after losing 6 wickets. The team is still 43 runs behind Australia.

The third day started with Australia’s first innings, Alex Carey (46) and Michael Neser (15) took the innings to 378/6. Neser was able to add only 1 run and was out on the ball of Ben Stokes after scoring 16 runs. Carey completed his half-century, scoring 63 runs in 69 balls with the help of 6 fours.

Mitchell Starc created history

Fast bowler Mitchell Starc not only did wonders in bowling, he also performed brilliantly with the bat. Mitchell Starc faced 141 balls and scored 77 runs with the help of 13 fours. He became the second player in the history of the World Test Championship to complete 1000 runs along with 200 wickets. Before him, Pat Cummins had done this.

Starc was dismissed by Brayden Carse. After this, Will Jacques ended the Australian innings in the form of Brendan Doggett (13). Australia scored 511 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 177 runs.

For England today, Gus Atkinson, Ben Stokes, Braydon Carse and Will Jacques took 1 wicket each. 5 Australian batsmen (Jake Weatherald, Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Alex Carey, Mitchell Starc) scored half-centuries in the first innings.

England’s middle order flopped in the second innings too

In the second innings of England, Jack Crawley and Ben Duckett made a partnership of 48 runs for the first wicket, Duckett was bowled by Scott Boland after scoring 15 runs. After this there was a partnership of 42 runs between Crawley and Ollie Pope. Pope (26) was dismissed by Michael Neser. Joe Root (15), who scored a century in the first innings, flopped in the second innings and was made his victim by Mitchell Starc.

After this, Harry Brook and Jamie Smith also returned to the pavilion in a gap of 4 overs. Brook (15) was dismissed by Boland and Smith (4) was dismissed by Mitchell Starc. By the end of the third day’s play, England had scored 134 runs after losing 6 wickets, still England were 43 runs behind. There is 98 percent chance that Australia will win this match.

In a thrilling match in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Saturday, Gujarat defeated Himachal Pradesh by 1 wicket. The excitement can be gauged from the fact that Gujarat achieved the target of 194 on the last ball. The IPL saw the stormy innings of Urvil Patel, who played for Chennai Super Kings, and was Gujarat’s top run scorer.

Abhishek Sharma, Ayush Mhatre are also dominant in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-26, they are batting stormily. CSK player Urvil Patel is also not far behind, who is playing for Gujarat in the tournament. He played an explosive inning of 39 runs against Himachal Pradesh.

Urvil Patel’s stormy innings

Urvil Patel is the captain of Gujarat team. To chase the target of 194 runs, Rishi Patel came to the opening along with wicket-keeper batsman Urvil, but he was out after scoring 18 runs. Urvil scored 39 runs in just 11 balls at a strike rate of more than 350. In this explosive innings he hit 5 sixes and 2 fours. This innings gave a fast start to the team, which played an important role in Gujarat’s victory.

Urvil Patel is at third place in the list of batsmen who have hit most sixes in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2025-2026. He has hit 18 sixes so far. Urvil has scored a total of 195 runs in 6 matches played in the tournament, which also includes a century.

Urvil Patel’s IPL record

Urvil Patel made his IPL debut in 2025, playing for Chennai Super Kings. In his first edition, he played only 3 matches for CSK, in which he scored a total of 68 runs. Let us tell you that Urvil Patel’s IPL price was Rs 30 lakh, and he had joined CSK as a replacement. CSK has retained him before the IPL 2026 auction.

Gujarat won the match on the last ball

In this match, Himachal Pradesh, batting first, scored 193 runs. Captain Mridul Praveen Suroch played an inning of 88 runs in 48 balls. He also took 3 wickets, but gave away 45 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 11.25. Apart from Urvil Patel, Arya Desai (37), Saurav Chauhan (35) played good innings for Gujarat. Harshal Patel scored unbeaten 12 runs in 8 balls and played an important role in the victory.

The first match of the 3-match Test series New Zealand vs West Indies ended in a draw, while at one time West Indies was close to defeat. Justin Greaves scored a historic double century and saved his team from defeat. Before this, Shai Hope also played an amazing inning of 140 runs.

New Zealand and West Indies were not able to score big in the first innings, in the second innings the Kiwi team declared the innings at 466 runs. West Indies had a target of 531 runs to win, while the Caribbean team was all out for 167 runs in the first innings. The start in the second innings was also very bad, the team lost the fourth wicket for 72 runs.

John Campbell (15), Tejnarine Chanderpaul (6), Alec Athanaz and captain Roston Chase (4) were out cheaply, then Shai Hope and Justin Greaves took over the innings, making a partnership of 196 runs for the fifth wicket. Hope was out after scoring 140 runs. In this innings played in 234 balls, he hit 2 sixes and 15 fours.

Justin Greaves created history by scoring a double century

Justin Greaves faced 388 balls and scored a double century. He remained unbeaten after scoring 202 runs, he hit 19 fours in this innings. By the end of the fifth day’s play, West Indies’ score was 457 for 6 wickets and with this the match remained a draw. However, when 4 wickets fell at 72, everyone had agreed that now no one can save West Indies from defeat.

Justin Greaves has become the 7th batsman in the world to score a double century in the fourth innings in the history of Test cricket. Before him, Kyle Mayers (210*, West Indies), Gordon Garinidge (214*, West Indies), George Hadlee (223, West Indies), Nathan Astley (222, New Zealand), Sunil Gavaskar (221, India), William Edrich (219, England) have done this.

Second highest score of the fourth innings

457 runs is the second highest total in the fourth innings in Test cricket history, this is the highest total of West Indies in the last innings. England is at number one, which had scored 654 runs in the fourth innings against South Africa in 1939. Now West Indies team has come at second position, who scored 457 runs in the fourth innings.

India vs South Africa 3rd ODI is being played in Visakhapatnam, which is the deciding match of the 3 match series. Before this, South Africa got a big shock, Tony de Jorzi and Nandre Berger are not playing this match. Not only this, two big players of the visiting team including Jorji have been ruled out of the entire T20 series of 5 matches.

The first two matches of the India vs South Africa ODI series have been competitive. The first match was won by India and the second match by the visiting team, now the series is equal and the team which wins the third match today will win the series. The exit of Jorji and Berger is a big blow for Temba Bavuma and the team. Jorji, who had scored 39 runs in the first match and 17 not out in the second, was out due to a hamstring injury.

30-year-old Nandre Berger took 2 wickets in Ranchi ODI and 1 wicket in Raipur, he was the main bowler of the visiting team who is not playing the decider match. There was also a change in India’s playing 11 in the third ODI, Tilak Verma has been included in place of Washington Sundar.

The South African Cricket Board said in its statement, “Burger suffered a hamstring injury while bowling during the second ODI on Wednesday, and De Zorzi suffered pain in the right hamstring area while batting and was unable to continue batting. Both players underwent scans on Friday which revealed the severity of their injuries.”

Mafaka and Tony De Jorzi out of T20 series

Tony De Jorji has been ruled out of not only the third ODI but also the India vs South Africa 5-match T20 series due to a hamstring injury. 19-year-old young bowler Kwena Mafaka has also been ruled out of the entire T20 series.

A few days ago, Mohammad Siraj got angry when his flight was delayed, after which he expressed his anger on social media. Now Madan Lal, who was a part of the 1983 World Cup winning team, also had to face similar problems. He even wrote that no one cares about the people in our country.

According to reports, Indian airline IndiGo is facing one of its most serious operational problems in recent years. 1983 World Cup winner Madan Lal was also influenced by this. He was stranded in Mumbai for 12 hours. Posting on his

My flight was delayed by 12 hours from Mumbai. No body care in our country for the people’s.Air Port was like fish market.

— Madan Lal (@MadanLal1983) December 5, 2025

IndiGo CEO Peter Albers also apologized for this, when more than a thousand flights were canceled on Friday, which was the “most affected day” in terms of cancellations. He also said that although the crisis will continue on Saturday, the airline expects less than 1,000 flights to be cancelled.

IndiGo’s CEO said, “Complete normalcy is expected between December 10 and 15, although IndiGo cautions that recovery will take time given the large scale of operations.” According to the report, Indigo operates about 2,300 domestic and international flights daily.

Peter Albers apologized for the great inconvenience caused by the delay and cancellation, saying that this situation had happened for several reasons. This crisis in IndiGo has come due to new rules, which have increased the weekly rest requirement of pilots from 12 hours to 48 hours. The new rules allow only two landings per night per week, down from six earlier. IndiGo has cited “miscalculation and lack of planning” as the reason for the large-scale cancellations.

Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman has recently been fined 10 percent of his match fee for violating ICC Code of Conduct Level-1 during the final match of the tri-series against Sri Lanka. In that title match held on Saturday, 29 November, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. Fakhar was out after scoring 3 runs in that match.

The ICC said in its statement that Zaman was found to have violated Article 2.8 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “showing disagreement with an umpire’s decision during an international match”. One demerit point has been added to Zaman’s disciplinary record, which was his first offense in the last 24 months.

This happened in the 18th over of the Pakistani innings, he was unhappy with his wicket and the decision, after which he had a long argument with the on-field umpire.

Fakhar Zaman admitted his mistake

This punishment was proposed by Ryan King of the Emirates ICC International Panel of Match Referees. This allegation was made by on-field umpires Ahsan Raza, Asif Yaqoob, third umpire Rashid Riaz and fourth umpire Faisal Afridi. Zaman admitted his crime and accepted the punishment, so there was no need for a formal hearing.

Mohammad Nawaz was the hero of the final

In that final played in Rawalpindi, Sri Lanka, batting first, was bundled out for 114 runs, while opener batsman Kamil Mishara played a good inning of 59 runs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Nawaz took 3 wickets each, Nawaz gave only 17 runs in 4 overs.

Chasing a small target, Sahibzada Farhan (23) and Sam Ayub (36) made a partnership of 46 runs for the first wicket. Babar Azam had scored an unbeaten 37 runs, Fakhar Zaman was out after scoring 3 runs on the first ball of the 18th over, although Pakistan needed only 11 runs to win.

The Indian cricket team could not defend the big total of 358 runs in the last match. South Africa won by 4 wickets and leveled the series at 1-1. Now the decisive match of the series will be played on Saturday, 6 December at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. A major change is possible in the playing 11 of Team India.

Virat Kohli is in great form, he has scored centuries in both the matches of the series. His record in Visakhapatnam is also excellent, he has scored 3 centuries in ODIs on this ground. Team India’s record is also good on this ground, which is a good thing for KL Rahul as captain. However, they will be most worried about the toss, which Team India has not won in the last 2 years.

There may be a change in the playing 11 of Team India

India did win the first ODI played in Ranchi, but even there the situation got worse while defending a big total (349). Arshdeep Singh bowled well in the last match, he took 2 wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs. Prasidh Krishna also took 2 wickets, but he proved to be very expensive. Krishna gave away 85 runs in 8.2 overs with an economy of 10.20. Although he can play in the third match also.

Harshit Rana had given a good start in the first ODI, but in the second match he conceded 70 runs in 10 overs. Kuldeep Yadav also gave 78 runs with an economy of 7.80. Ravindra Jadeja is an experienced all-rounder, he was economical. But India would not like to tamper with this bowling combination, Nitish Kumar Reddy may return in the playing 11.

Who will be out?

All-rounder Washington Sundar may be out of the third ODI. His performance in the last two matches was not very good. He could not take any wicket in both the ODIs against South Africa, while scoring 13 runs in the first match and only 1 run in the second match.

India’s probable playing eleven

Yashasvi Jaiswal, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Ruturaj Gaikwad, KL Rahul (captain and wicket-keeper), Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Prasidh Krishna.

Richa Ghosh played an important role in the Women’s ODI World Cup 2025, she batted brilliantly in many matches of the tournament. In the league stage, she played a memorable inning of 94 runs against South Africa. In the final, Richa scored 34 runs against this team. After India became the world champion, in the felicitation ceremony organized by CAB (Cricket Association of Bengal), the Chief Minister of the state Mamata Banerjee had announced to give the post of DSP (Deputy Superintendent of Police) to Richa Ghosh. Now he has assumed his post.

Richa Ghosh, who was a part of the world champion team, has joined the state police force as Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP). He held the post of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Siliguri. Officials said that after assuming the post in Siliguri Police Commissionerate, Richa met senior officers and other members.

After India became the champion, BCCI had announced the prize money for the team. States had also announced cash amounts for their respective players. Cricket Association of Bengal had honored Richa Ghosh with Rs 34 lakh.

Richa Ghosh, who became DSP, will have the responsibility of leading police teams, handling law and order, crime control and overseeing various administrative works etc. Richa Ghosh’s salary will be around Rs 56,100 per month, although this is basic pay. Apart from this, many allowances are added on top. This will increase his salary.

ACP RICHA GHOSH HAS TAKEN CHARGE…!!!! pic.twitter.com/VlHzSIkc5t

—Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) December 5, 2025

Did Richa Ghosh get a higher post than DSP Siraj?

Richa Ghosh is DSP in West Bengal, she took charge as Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Siliguri. Mohammed Siraj is the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Telangana Police. ACP and DSP are equal ranks. Both are gazetted officers.

Richa Ghosh cricket career

22 year old Richa was born in Siliguri, West Bengal, where she was posted. Richa made her international debut in 2020. Currently, she has played 2 Tests, 51 ODIs and 67 T20 International matches for India. In this he has scored 151, 1145 and 1067 runs respectively.

The famous Test series Ashes 2025-2026 played between England and Australia is going on. In the second Test, which started on 4 December, England, batting first, were all out for 334 runs, Australia is in a good position. Australia also won the first match. Meanwhile, former England fast bowler James Anderson chose the all-time perfect playing eleven for the Ashes. Anderson did not choose former Australian captain Ricky Ponting as captain. Rather, he was included as a wicket keeper, which surprised everyone.

Who is the captain of all time Ashes XI?

43-year-old former cricketer James Anderson chose the all-time perfect playing eleven by including players from England and Australia. The fans were most surprised when in the end he chose Ricky Ponting as the wicket keeper, while he made Ben Stokes the captain.

TNT Sports asked James Anderson to select his all-time Ashes XI. Anderson first took the name of Donald Bradman, whose average was around 99. This was also surprising, because this great batsman never opened in his Test career. Bradman batted at number 3 in 40 matches, scoring 5078 runs. Anderson chose former England captain Alastair Cook as the second opener.

In case you missed it, here is @Jimmy9 explaining his selections in his All Time Ashes X1.

Make sure you’re sitting down.
This is hysterical. pic.twitter.com/zZLA7FSIza

— The Oracle (@BigOtrivia) December 3, 2025

Ricky Ponting at number three

James Anderson chose Ricky Ponting at number three and Joe Root at number four. Anderson did not include Steve Smith, who is the third highest run-scorer in the Ashes, in his playing 11.

He placed Kevin Pietersen at number five. After Ian Botham, he included Ben Stokes, whom he later made the captain. He included the late Shane Warne in this team. After this he included Bob Wills, Glenn McGrath and Stuart Broad in the team.

After revealing his team, he made Stuart Broad the captain, but the interesting twist came at the end. He had forgotten to choose the wicket keeper, after which he said that he would like to give this role to Ricky Ponting. Let us tell you that in the 90s, Ponting kept wicket 4 times in club cricket, although he never kept wicket in professional cricket.

Anderson’s all-time Ashes XI

Donald Bradman, Alastair Cook, Ricky Ponting (wk), Joe Root, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Botham, Ben Stokes (c), Shane Warne, Bob Willis, Glenn McGrath and Stuart Broad.

In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match played on Thursday, Goa defeated Bihar by 5 wickets. With this defeat, Bihar remains at the bottom in the points table of Group B, although Vaibhav Suryavanshi played a brilliant inning of 46 runs in this match. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar, who is playing for Goa.

In this match held at Cricket Association of Bengal Ground (Jadavpur University), Goa won the toss and chose to bowl first. Batting first, Bihar scored 180 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs. Bihar captain Saqibul Ghani and Vaibhav Suryavanshi had made a great start, making a partnership of 59 runs in 5.5 overs for the first wicket. Vaibhav scored 46 runs in 25 balls at a strike rate of 184, although he missed his half-century.

Arjun Tendulkar and Vaibhav Suryavanshi came face to face

Of course, Vaibhav played a brilliant inning of 46 runs, but it is a big thing that he could not hit even a single six in this innings. He hit 4 fours. He also faced Arjun Tendulkar. Arjun had given only 5 runs in the first over, Suryavanshi was able to hit a four off his ball. After this, Suryavanshi hit 3 fours in Arjun’s next over. Arjun Tendulkar gave only 16 runs in the first 2 overs, which can be called good bowling in front of Vaibhav who plays in an explosive style. In the second spell, Arjun took the wicket of Ayush Loharuka and then Suryaj Kashyap. Arjun took 2 wickets for 32 runs in 4 overs.

Apart from Vaibhav, captain Saqibul Ghani played a brilliant inning of 60 runs. The captain hit 3 sixes and 4 fours in 41 balls. Akash Raj scored 40 runs in 31 balls.

Goa won the match by 5 wickets with 1 ball remaining

Bihar vs Goa This match was very exciting, the result of which came on the fifth ball of the last over. Goa achieved the target in 19.5 overs and won by 5 wickets. However, Goa did not have a good start. Arjun Tendulkar came to open, who could score only 5 runs. After this Abhinav Tejarana was bowled on his first ball. But captain Suyyash Prabhudesai played the match-winning innings, scoring 79 runs in 46 balls with the help of 3 sixes and 6 fours. Lalit Yadav played an important inning of 21 runs in 12 balls in the end.

After this match in the Elite ‘B’ group, Goa has come at fourth position in the points table. The team has won 3 out of 5 matches. Goa is at the bottom of the table, having lost in all five matches.