Top 10 Cricket Moments in 2022

Cricket moments in 2022:- It would not be wrong to say that cricket is reborn in 2022. Fans are the lifeblood of cricket and due to Covid, fans had to enjoy cricket away from the ground. Cricket played without any restrictions in 2022. This year created many such moments which are worth remembering by the fans forever. Here are the top 10 cricket Moments for fans in 2022. This will give us a chance to remember this year’s memory at the end of the year.

10. Most Runs By a Batsman in An Over In List A Cricket- Ruturaj Gaikwad

Ruturaj made the day of 28 November 2022 historical for himself. Ruturaj entered the field in a different mood that day. Shiva Singh who is a left-arm orthodox bowler brought the 49th over of the innings And Rituraj made him his target. Gaikwad went behind Shiv Singh from the very first ball. Shiva bowled 7 balls in this over, including a no-ball. Gaikwad hits all 7 balls from long off to deep mid-wicket to the boundary. It was a day to forget for Shiv Singh. With this, Ruturaj became the batsman who scored the most runs in an over in List A cricket.

9. Highest Individual Score in a List A Cricket

N Jagadeesan scores 277 against Arunachal Pradesh at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, the highest individual score in men’s List A cricket. The previous highest was 268 by Alistair Brown against Glamorgan in 2002. Jagadeesan’s 277 is also the highest score in all List A cricket, surpassing 271 not out by Sripali Weerakkodi against Pushpadana Ladies in the 2007 Sri Lanka Women’s One-Day Tournament. With this inning, Jagadeesan made some other records as well. Jagadeesan became the first player to score centuries in five consecutive innings in men’s List A cricket. Tamil Nadu’s 506 for 2 in this match against Arunachal, the first team to score more than 500 runs in men’s List A cricket. Jagadishan’s strike rate of 196.45 was 277 from 141 balls – the highest for any double century in men’s List A cricket etc.

8. Indian Women’s cricket team won a silver medal in CWG

The Indian women’s cricket team lost to five-time T20 champions Australia by nine runs in the final of the Commonwealth Games 2022 and won the silver medal in Birmingham. Australia scored 161/8 in the final played at Edgbaston ground. In response, the Indian team could only score 152 runs in 19.3 overs. India lost the gold medal match by just 9 runs.

7. Bangladesh completes famous Test win over New Zealand

A jubilant Bangladesh completed their best-ever away Test win, ending a 17-match unbeaten campaign at home to world Test champions New Zealand in a remarkable upset. Former Bangladesh Air Force volleyball player Ebadot Hossain, who had a bowling average of 81.54 in 10 Tests coming into the series opener in Mount Maunganui, proved the most unpredictable of heroes as he rattled the hosts with a brilliant spell of 6-46. After Bangladesh took a 130-run first-innings lead, skillful reverse-swing bowling from fast bowlers Ebadot and Taskin Ahmed (3-36) bundled out New Zealand for just 169 on the final morning of play.

Bangladesh then scored the required 40 runs in 16.5 overs to seal a historic win for the Tigers, who are ninth in the ICC Test standings and are missing Shakib Al-Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, and Mahmudullah. Bangladesh had previously not won any of their 43 matches in New Zealand across all three formats, while the result also ended the Kiwis’ eight-series home winning streak that stretched back to 2017.

6. Whitewash against Pakistan in Pakistan for the first time by a team

England recently created history by becoming the first team to whitewash Pakistan in a Test series at Pakistan’s home ground. England is playing a different kind of cricket at the moment. This fearless cricket has been named Buzzball Cricket. England came to Pakistan after 17 years to play the Test series in December. Everyone knew that England would play their own style of bazzball cricket. But no one expected the kind of dominance that England made a clean sweep against Pakistan. England captured the series by defeating Pakistan badly in all three Test matches.

5. Sam Curran becomes the most expensive player in IPL history

Sam Curran broke Chris Morris’ record (INR 16.25 cr) for the costliest buy in the IPL auction, when Punjab Kings outbid five other teams to sign him for INR 18.50 cr (approx USD 2.25 million). Curran’s name was already running in the top picks of the auction. He has previously played for Punjab and Chennai in the IPL.

“Absolutely overwhelmed and incredibly humbled to have received that bid,” Curran told Star Sports.

Sam Curran to Star Sports:- “Punjab is where I did my debut season a few years ago… It will be very different but I know the stadium in Mohali very well, and of course, our teammates will help me… Incredibly excited to be coming to India for the opportunity. So many things going on in my mind. This morning at 9 am I was struggling to find the stream, it [the auction] wasn’t on TV in England. I sat down with my girlfriend and her dad to watch it. I saw bids coming in from Mumbai, then Chennai, it was good to see him [bid] after playing for Chennai first.”

4. Gujarat Titans Wins Wins IPL Title on Debut

Gujarat Titans joins Lucknow Super Giants for the first time in IPL 2022 And became the champion in their debut season. Although no one was giving the title of favorites to Gujarat before the IPL 2022 auction But Gujarat proved everyone wrong with their game and captured the trophy. Gujarat won many lost matches throughout the season. Hardik Pandya was also captaining a team in the IPL for the first time as a full captain. Pandya also performed well as a captain and got the best out of his players, which is why Gujarat Titans became the IPL winner this year. Apart from Hardik, Shubman Gill, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, Yash Dayal, and Mohammed Shami also performed well for Gujarat.

3. England won T20 World Cup 2022

England cricket is going through its best time. After winning the 50 overs World Cup in 2019, England also won the T20 World Cup this year. This was the first time in world cricket that a team became the defending champion of both 50 overs and 20 overs simultaneously. England started the World Cup with a lot of difficulties. And these difficulties followed him throughout the World Cup. Before the start of the World Cup, players like Jofra Archer, Jonny Bairstow, and Jason Roy could not be part of the England team due to injury. Ireland also beat England in the group stage, almost dashing their dreams.

Mark Wood’s injury ruled him out of the semi-finals and final as well. But something else was written in England’s fate. England won the T20 World Cup by defeating India in the semi-finals and Pakistan in the final. So this topic in our article of Cricket moments in 2022

2. Virat Kohli’s Best Inning in T20 Cricket History

Virat Kohli also played some very good innings in 2022. In the same year, with his first century in T20 cricket, he also broke the process of not scoring a century for 3 years. Virat Kohli’s most memorable inning of 82* runs came in T20 World against Pakistan. His shot over the side screen off the short ball against Harish Rauf probably became the shot of T20 cricket. India was on 31 for the loss of 4 wickets when Hardik Pandya came on the pitch to support Virat Kohli. Hardly anyone here thought that India can win the match from this position. But Virat Kohli is not called Chess Master just like that. Virat Kohli played a match-winning inning of 82* runs and stayed till the end to take India across the winning line. This is one of the best cricket moments in 2022.

1. Lowest Total in T20 Cricket

Sydney Thunders hold an embarrassing record in the BBL 2022-23 season. In the 5th match of the 12th season of BBL, Adelaide Strikers scored 139 runs at the loss of 9 wickets while batting first. Sydney Thunders had only a target of 140 runs in front of them. And it was not that difficult to achieve this target. Henry Thornton and Vas Agar’s balls were on fire that day. That day all the batsmen were coming and getting out after playing 2-4 balls. Thunders got all out for just 15 runs in this match, even the powerplay could not be completed. Thornton got 5 wickets and Vas Agar got 4 wickets. With this, Sydney Thunder became the team to score the lowest total in an inning in T20 history. That’s why is no.1 on our list of cricket moments in 2022. Full Scorecard

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