10 big news from sports world
Sports Top 10 News: India’s oldest international cricketer Dutta Gaikwad has said goodbye to the world at the age of 95. Dutta Gaikwad was also the captain of Team India. At the same time, ICC has announced the January Player of the Month Award for the year 2024. This time a young player has won this award. In such a situation, let’s look together at the 10 big news from the sports world.
India’s oldest cricketer Dutta Gaikwad passes away
Dutta Gaikwad, who played for India, breathed his last at his home in Baroda at the age of 95. Dutta Gaikwad was the longest-lived cricketer for India. He played 11 test matches for India between 1952 and 1961. Dutta Gaikwad had scored 350 runs in 20 innings of these 11 test matches. During this period he had scored 1 half-century. Dutta Gaikwad also captained the Indian team. He captained the Indian team that toured England in 1959. Team India had to face 4-0 defeat on this tour.
ICC Player of the Month announced
West Indies star fast bowler Shamar Joseph received the ICC Player of the Month award for the month of January 2024. For the first time, a male cricketer from West Indies has won the Player of the Month award. Before Joseph, no male cricketer from West Indies had won this award. Joseph had made a explosive start to his career. He made his Test debut against Australia and created history by taking the wicket of Steve Smith on his very first ball.
Suspension removed from Indian Wrestling Federation
United World Wrestling has lifted the suspension imposed on the Indian Wrestling Federation with immediate effect. United World Wrestling had suspended the Wrestling Federation of India in August last year after the WFI failed to conduct elections on time. The Disciplinary Chamber decided that there were sufficient grounds to impose a suspension, as this had been the case for at least six months in the federation.
England revealed playing 12 for Rajkot test
The third match of the Test series between India and England will be played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. England has announced its playing 12 for the third test. Fast bowler Mark Wood has been included in this list along with 11 players who played in the last Test. In such a situation, England will choose its playing 11 from among these 12 players only for the Rajkot Test match. Let us tell you that Mark Wood was part of the playing 11 in the first match of the series, but James Anderson got a chance to play in his place in the second match.
Captain Rohit close to creating history against England
Rohit Sharma has played 46 matches against England including all three formats. During this period, Rohit has scored 1971 runs at an average of 42.84. He has also scored 9 half-centuries and 5 centuries against England. Rohit now needs 29 runs to complete 2000 international runs against England. If Rohit manages to score 29 runs in the Rajkot Test, he will become the 9th Indian player to do so against England.
The captain of this team was suddenly changed in PSL
Before the next season of Pakistan Super League, Quetta Gladiators has announced the name of its new captain. Quetta Gladiators have appointed Riley Rossouw as the new captain of their team in place of Sarfaraz Ahmed. Sarfaraz Ahmed was playing as captain in Pakistan Super League for the last 8 years. At the same time, Saud Shakeel has been made the vice-captain of the team.
David Warner’s big charisma in T20 cricket
David Warner completed his 12000 runs in T20 cricket when he scored his 48th run in the third T20 match against West Indies. He has become the fifth batsman to score more than twelve thousand runs in T20 cricket. Before him, Chris, Kieron Pollard, Shoaib Malik and Alex Hales have achieved this big position. Chris Gayle has scored the most runs in T20 cricket. He has 14562 runs in his name.
Ishan Kishan can play DY Patil tournament
Jharkhand’s star wicketkeeper batsman Ishan Kishan is currently out of Team India. Ishaan was selected in the team for the South Africa tour at the end of last year, but due to personal reasons he took a break. Meanwhile, now news has come out that Ishan Kishan will return to the field from the DY Patil Tournament to be held in Mumbai just before the Indian Premier League 2024. However, it is not yet clear whether he will play in the next round of Ranji Trophy starting from February 16 or not.
New Zealand announced T20 team
New Zealand has announced the team for the three-match T20 series against Australia. Mitchell Santner has been made the captain of the team. At the same time, Trent Boult has returned to the New Zealand T20 team. But he has been selected only for the second and third T20 matches. Boult has not played for New Zealand in the ODI World Cup 2023 after the semi-finals.
Patna Pirates reach playoffs after defeating Telugu Titans
Patna Pirates qualified for the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) playoffs by defeating Telugu Titans 38-36 in a close encounter on Tuesday. Patna Pirates has become the fifth team to make it to the PKL playoffs. Telugu Titans captain Pawan Sehrawat played brilliantly and scored 16 points but in the end his efforts went in vain. Patna Pirates came back from behind and won. From his side, Manjeet scored maximum 8 points. Telugu Titans team was ahead by 20-12 at one time but after that their rhythm got disturbed while Patna Pirates team made a great comeback by playing well.
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