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Shubman Gill Flops, Babar Azam Record– October 18 Cricket Highlights

Aakash Saini

Shubman Gill and Babar Azam [Source: AFP]Shubman Gill and Babar Azam [Source: AFP]

Shubman Gill flopped on his domestic return for Punjab. In other news, Pakistan great Babar Azam reached a significant landmark figure with the bat during the match against Sri Lanka.

Capping an eventful day in the world of cricket, here we take a look at five of the biggest cricketing news that emerged out of Sunday, October 18. 

Babar Azam completes 16,000 runs in international cricket

Pakistan batting legend Babar Azam scored 45 runs off 57 balls with six boundaries against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the ODI tri-series in Rawalpindi. Through the course of his innings, the prolific top-order batter completed 16,000 runs in international cricket, thus becoming only the fifth Pakistani cricketer to reach the landmark figure against Inzamam-ul-Khan, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf and Javed Miandad.

Babar also completed 8,000 runs while batting at number three for Pakistan. In doing so, he became the first cricketer from his country for this unique record.

Niki Prasad creates huge world record as India Women go 2-0 up

Niki Prasad picked up two wickets in the first two balls of her international career, doing so against Zimbabwe Women in the second T20I of India’s home series in Raipur. The cricketer dismissed Chipo Mugeri-Tiripano and Nyasha Gwanzura off successive deliveries to claim figures of 2-7.

In doing so, Prasad has now become only the second cricketer in Women’s T20I history, and the first from a member nation, to take two wickets in the first two balls of her international career.

Shubman Gill flops on Ranji Trophy 2026 return for Punjab

Shubman Gill scored just a single off five balls on his domestic return for Punjab in the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season. The cricketer was dismissed by Ajay Mandal in the 26th over of the first Punjab innings on Day 1 of their Elite Group B match against Chhattisgarh at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium in New Chandigarh.

IPL 2027 auction set for December 16

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has confirmed that the mini auction of the IPL 2027 season will be held on December 16. Earlier this year, the BCCI official had also claimed that the auction will be hosted by India after a gap of four years.

Rinku Singh charts fourth successive Ranji Trophy ton for UP

Rinku Singh smashed 118* runs off just 186 balls with 11 cracking boundaries and two sixes against Goa on the opening day of Uttar Pradesh’s Elite Group A match of the 2026-27 Ranji Trophy season. Notably, the entire Uttar Pradesh team bundled out for just 202, with Rinku himself accounting for nearly 60 percent of the total.

The innings not only marked Rinku’s 11th first-class century, but also his second of the season and his fourth successive score of 100 or more for UP in Ranji Trophy.