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ICC has shifted the Under-19 World Cup from Sri Lanka to South Africa. The ICC Board has taken this decision in view of the administrative uncertainty in Sri Lankan cricket. Whereas in the qualifiers of FIFA World Cup 2026, India had to face 3-0 defeat against Qatar. Let us know about the 10 big news of the sports world.
ICC made this new rule
The ICC agreed to introduce the stop clock on a trial basis in men’s ODI and T20 cricket from December 2023 to April 2024. This clock will be used to reduce the time taken between overs. According to the rules, if the bowling team is not ready to bowl the next over within 60 seconds of the completion of the previous over, a penalty of 5 runs will be imposed if this happens for the third time in the innings. This decision was taken in the ICC Board meeting.
Under-19 World Cup snatched from Sri Lanka
CEC has shifted the Under-19 World Cup from Sri Lanka to South Africa. The ICC Board has taken this decision in view of the administrative uncertainty in Sri Lankan cricket. After lengthy deliberations, the ICC has decided to uphold the November 10 decision to suspend the Sri Lankan board. Cricket will continue normally in Sri Lanka.
India will play series against Afghanistan
The Afghanistan Cricket Board has confirmed that the Afghan team will tour India for a T20 series in early January 2024. 3 T20 matches will be played between the two teams. The first match of this T20 series will be held on 11 January 2024 in Mohali, the second match on 14 January 2024 in Indore and the final match on 17 January 2024 in Bengaluru. This is the first time that a T20 series will be played between the two teams.
Suryakumar Yadav can break Kohli’s record
If Suryakumar Yadav scores 159 runs in 5 matches of the T20 series against Australia, then he can become the fastest Indian batsman to score 2000 thousand runs in T20 International. This record is currently in the name of Virat Kohli. Kohli had played 56 innings to cross the 2000 run mark in T20 International. At the same time, Suryakumar Yadav has scored 1841 runs in 50 innings only.
Indian team lagged behind Netherlands
Australia has won the ODI World Cup 2023 by defeating India. Now ICC has selected Australia as the best fielding team for the World Cup 2023. Australia’s Fielding Impact Rating points are 383.58 and the team occupies the first position. South African team is at second place with 340.59 points. Netherlands team is at number three. He has 292.02 marks. The Indian team is in fourth place with 281.04 points and is lagging behind the Netherlands.
Spectators made this record in World Cup 2023
The recently concluded ODI World Cup matches in India were watched by 12 lakh 50 thousand spectators in the stadium, which is a new record for this tournament held every four years. ICC said that a total of 1,250,307 spectators went to the stadium to watch this tournament. When six matches were left in the tournament, the number of spectators had crossed the magical number of 10 lakhs. This figure of spectators is a new record in the World Cup. It surpassed the figures of the 2015 World Cup played in Australia and New Zealand, which had a total of 10,16,420 spectators. The World Cup played in England and Wales in 2019 was watched by 7,52,000 spectators in the stadium.
The person who entered the field got bail
A court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar has granted bail to Wayne Johnson, an Australian arrested for entering the field during the ICC World Cup cricket final wearing a pro-Palestine T-shirt. Johnson then escaped from the security cordon and entered the field. When Virat Kohli was batting. The court had earlier sent Johnson to police custody for a day. He was released on bail on the condition that he cooperates in the investigation and submits his passport to the court.
Qatar defeated Indian football team
The Indian team suffered a 3-0 defeat against Qatar in the FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifiers. No player from India could score a goal. Mustafa Tarek Mashal (4th minute), Almeoz Ali (47th minute) and Yusuf Adurisagh (86th minute) scored for Qatar. Four years ago, the Indian team had held Qatar to a goalless draw in their home ground. The team came on the field taking inspiration from that match but could barely create a few chances to score goals.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty nominated for this award
India’s star badminton players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been nominated for the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Player of the Year award. The men’s doubles pair of Satwik and Chirag have won several titles recently, including a historic gold medal at the Asian Games. Satwik and Chirag had earlier also won the gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games while they were also part of the Indian team that won the title in the 2022 Thomas Cup. He also won a bronze medal at the 2022 World Championships.
Pankaj Advani won the World Billiards Championship title
Veteran Indian player Pankaj Advani won the IBSF World Billiards Championship title for the 26th time by defeating compatriot Saurav Kothari in the final of the World Billiards Championship. After trailing 26-180 in the opening hour, Advani defeated 2018 world champion Kothari 1000-416, just like in last year’s title match in Kuala Lumpur. Kothari was in a strong position after taking the early lead but on a few occasions he made simple mistakes which gave Advani the opportunity to make a comeback.
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