Team India captain Shubman Gill on Wednesday smashed his ninth hundred in ODI cricket, reaching the three-figure mark off 77 deliveries in the second ODI against Afghanistan in Lucknow. Gill took 63 innings to hit nine hundreds in ODIs, becoming the fastest Indian batter to achieve the feat. Shikhar Dhawan held the previous record, taking 72 innings.

Elon Musk-owned social media platform X experienced a widespread service disruption on Wednesday, leaving thousands of users unable to access key features and triggering complaints across multiple countries. Around 40% of users reported problems with the app, 29% with the feed and timeline, and 18% experienced disruptions on the website, as per Downdetector. It affected both mobile and web users.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick in their FIFA World Cup 2026 opener against Algeria, netting in the 17th, 60th and 76th minutes. Messi has now scored 16 goals in his FIFA World Cup career. He equalled former Germany striker Miroslav Klose’s all-time record for most goals in FIFA World Cup history.

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has accused Reliance of deliberately sabotaging the app's access for millions of users outside India via "BGP hijacking". Durov alleged it may be a competitive war, claiming Reliance is "partially owned" by WhatsApp parent Meta. He said he wouldn't be surprised if Reliance/WhatsApp were also behind recent "lobbying effort" to ban Telegram in India.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi created history by becoming the first footballer to play in six men's FIFA World Cups after taking field in his team's FIFA World Cup 2026 opener against Algeria. The 38-year-old earlier represented Argentina in the 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022 editions. He had led Argentina to the FIFA World Cup 2022 title in Qatar.