October 4, Morning Brief: Today's top news and headlines from cricketing world

1. Harmanpreet Kaur set to be India’s No.3 at Women’s T20 World Cup

India skipper and ace batter Harmanpreet Kaur has decided to promote herself up the batting order, thereby coming one down in the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024. (READ MORE)

2. Afghanistan’s ace Rashid Khan gets married in Kabul, pictures go viral

The wedding ceremony was held in Kabul, and the pictures and videos of the celebrations have taken social media by storm. (READ MORE)

3.  AB de Villiers expresses his desire to see MS Dhoni play IPL until 80s

"I do feel the uncapped player rule brought back only for MS Dhoni and rightfully so we want to see this man play until his 80s. Everywhere you go, you talk about cricket and his name always comes up," said de Villiers on his YouTube channel. (READ MORE)

4. 'Waiting for this moment for a long time' - Nigar Sultana on maiden Women's T20 WC game victory

Pakistan Women won a nail-biting thriller in their opening encounter of the T20 World Cup 2024 against Scotland, and skipper Nigar Sultana expressed her delight on the morale-boosting win. (READ MORE)

5. England name squad for Women's U-19 World Cup

The tournament, which will be played in Malaysia in early 2025 has had the preparations set for the England Women Under-19s side, as they announced their 15-member squad ahead of the global event. (READ MORE)

6.  Alec Stewart reduces Surrey workload to support Cancer-battling wife

Former English cricketer Alec Stewart, whose wife Lynn has been batting the chronic disease, has decided to toll some load at Surrey off himself to spend more family time. (READ MORE)

7. Gary Kirsten's criticism led Babar Azam to step down from Pakistan's Captaincy 

Babar Azam recently announced the end of his captaincy stint few days back, and a latest development suggested the reason behind the decision the star cricketer took. (READ MORE)

8. Brad Haddin feels India will play Kanpur-style cricket in Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Former Australian wicketkeeper-batter Brad Haddin opined his take on the style of play the Rohit Sharma-led side might opt for in the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy down under. (READ MORE)

9. 'Absolute rubbish! - CSK fielding coach on 'fake news' claiming Dhoni broke TV set after RCB loss

Harbhajan Singh's statement of MS Dhoni breaking the TV set after loss against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the 2024 edition of the IPL has been nullified and remarked as a blatant lie by CSK's fielding coach through an Instagram comment. (READ MORE)

10. 'Don't want to think too much about result, focusing more on the process' - Jemimah Rodrigues on T20 WC preparations