January 26 Morning Brief: Today's Top news and headlines from cricket world

1. 'We didn't think they were going to play like that' - Ben Duckett surprised by India's aggressive approach on Day 1

Indian openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Rohit Sharma added 80 runs for the first wicket off 74 balls (Read More)

2. Mitchell Starc feels it will be 'very humbling' to level Dennis Lillee's Test scalps

Mitchell Starc achieved a career milestone on Day 1 of the second Test against West Indies at The Gabba, Brisbane as he completed 350 wickets in Tests (Read More)

3. If you don't win the trophy, those five hundreds don't make sense: Rohit Sharma

India captain Rohit Sharma recently opened up his wounds of India’s ICC trophy drought since 2014 ahead of the first Test against England on Thursday, January 25 (Read More)

4. Head, Hazlewood back in top five of Test Player Rankings

Australia batter Travis Head’s match-winning century in the first Test against the West Indies has lifted him seven places to fifth in the ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings (Read More)

5. Rashid Khan withdraws from PSL 2024 as he continues rehab after surgery

Rashid Khan was recently part of the Afghanistan contingent that came to India to play a T20I series. However, he had to sit on the sidelines as he was not deemed fit to play (Read More)

6. MI Junior a commendable and much needed initiative: Yastika Bhatia

The fourth edition of MI Junior, the vastly successful inter-school cricket tournament by Mumbai Indians, started in fine style on January 25 in Mumbai (Read More)

7. SA20 2024: Playoffs race is about ‘finding momentum at the right time’, says AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers, believes the race to the SA20 finish line will be determined by the team which peaks at the right time (Read More)

8. IND vs ENG: Joe Root breaks Sachin Tendulkar's 11-year-old record

Star England batter Joe Root entered record books during Day 1 of the first Test against India on Thursday, January 25 as he became the leading run scorer in India vs England Test history (Read More)

9. Who is Musheer Khan? All you need to know about young batting sensation

For those unfamiliar with Musheer Khan, he is the younger sibling of Mumbai's star, Sarfaraz Khan, with a notable age gap of more than seven years (Read More)

10. U19 World Cup 2024: Raeeq Daniels to replace injured Martin Khumalo in South Africa squad

Khumalo was ruled out due to a hamstring injury sustained in South Africa’s opening match against the West Indies (Read More)