Sports Top 10: While Sarfaraz Khan, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Devdutt Padikkal, Rishabh Pant and Washington Sundar flopped on the first day of the Duleep Trophy, Akshar Patel and Mushir Khan played brilliantly. Akshar played an innings of 86 runs while Mushir Khan hit a brilliant century. Mushir made his debut in the Duleep Trophy and scored an unbeaten century. At the same time, Kapil Parmar won the bronze medal for India in the Paris Paralympics 2024. With this, India’s medal count reached 25. England announced their team against Australia while Sri Lanka announced the playing eleven for the third Test.
Sri Lanka announced the playing eleven
ENG vs SL: The Sri Lankan team announced its playing 11 for the last match of the three-match Test series played between England and Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan team decided to include Kusal Mendis and Vishwa Fernando in the playing 11 for the Oval Test match in place of Nishan Madushanka and Prabhat Jayasuriya, who played in the second Test match.
Musheer Khan scored a century
With the start of Duleep Trophy 2025, 19-year-old Mushir Khan won everyone’s heart with his century innings for India B team at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. Mushir came to bat in the first session of the day and after that he kept the innings under control from one end, after which he completed his century in 204 balls. In this way he caught the attention of the selectors.
Keshav Maharaj nominated for Player of the Month
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the names of the players nominated for the Player of the Month for August. ICC nominated South African team’s experienced spinner and Indian-origin Keshav Maharaj, who performed brilliantly in the 2-match Test series against West Indies. Apart from him, Sri Lanka’s Dunith Wellalage and West Indies’ Jayden Seals were also nominated.
Team India’s stars failed
On the very first day of Duleep Trophy 2024, Team India’s star cricketers Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant all three disappointed with the bat, which has increased the tension of the selectors before the Test series against Bangladesh. If Team India has to secure a place in the final of the World Test Championship 2023-25, then the next 4 months are going to be very important for them, in which they have to play a total of 10 Test matches. Out of this, the Indian team will get a chance to play 5 Test matches at home.
Akshar’s bat performed well in Duleep Trophy
With the start of Duleep Trophy 2024, Akshar Patel set the stage on fire with his batting. At one point, his team India-D’s score was 6 wickets for 48 runs, but then Akshar Patel came to the crease and played cautiously and scored a brilliant half-century. After this, he showed a brilliant game with his rapid batting. Akshar played a brilliant innings of 86 runs facing 118 balls. In this, he hit 6 fours and as many sixes.
England captain out of the series
England announced their squad for the 3-match T20I series against Australia. England captain Jos Buttler is out of the entire series due to injury. The captain has suffered a calf injury on his right leg. Surrey all-rounder Jamie Overton has been included in the T20 squad in his place. The three-match T20 series will begin next week on 11 September 2024 in Southampton.
New Zealand set foot on Indian soil
The New Zealand cricket team reached India after a long time. The Kiwi team landed on Indian soil on the morning of 5 September. However, the New Zealand team will not play against the Indian team. A test match will be played between Afghanistan and New Zealand. The Afghanistan team has already arrived in India and now after coming from New Zealand, the preparations for the match are going to gain more momentum. There will be only one test in the series, which will start from 9 September in Noida.
Mongolia made a shameful record
Mongolia’s cricket team scored so low against Singapore that it equaled the world record. In this T20I match played in Bangi on 5 September, Mongolia’s team batting first was all out for just 10 runs in 10 overs. In this way, the team registered the shameful record of scoring the lowest score in T20I cricket.
Hetmyer created history
In the 7th match of the Caribbean Premier League i.e. CPL 2024, a match was played between St Kitts and Nevis Patriots vs Guyana Amazon Warriors. In this match, Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by 40 runs due to Shimron Hetmyer’s stormy innings. Hetmyer played a stormy innings of 91 runs in this match and created a new history in T20 cricket with the help of 11 sixes.
Medal in Judo
The 25th medal came in the Para-Judo event on the 8th day of the Paris Paralympics 2024. Indian para athlete Kapil Parmar won the bronze medal in the men’s para-Judo 60 kg category event by defeating Brazilian para athlete Elilton Oliveira 10-0. In the Paralympics 2024, Kapil Parmar had shown a great game till the semi-finals in which he defeated Venezuela’s Marco Dennis Blanco 10-0 in the quarter-final match. In the semi-finals, he faced S Banitaba Khorram Abadi of Ran and had to face defeat.
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