Sports Top 10 News
Sports Top 10 News: The second match of the Test series is being played between India and England. In this match, Team India’s star batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has played a record-breaking innings. Apart from this, India’s Under-19 team has also confirmed its place in the semi-finals of the World Cup. Many other incidents have been seen in the sports world. In such a situation, let us look together at 10 big news from the sports world.
10 big news from sports world
Jaiswal’s double century
The second match of the Test series between India and England is being played at the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. On the first day of this match, Team India had scored 336 runs losing 6 wickets. Hero of the first day, Yashasvi Jaiswal extended his innings by 176 runs on the second day of the game and created history by scoring a double century. He touched the figure of 200 runs in 277 balls. During this, he hit 18 fours and 7 sixes.
Jaiswal made a record
For India, Sunil Gavaskar scored a double century in Test cricket at the age of just 21 years and 227 days. Whereas Vinod Kambli is even ahead of Gavaskar. Kambli has scored a double century for India in Test cricket at the age of 21 years and 32 days. Now Jaiswal has scored a double century and he has achieved this feat at the age of 22 years and 37 days. He has become the third youngest batsman to score a double century for India.
Ashwin clashed with the umpire
When Ravichandran Ashwin came to bat in the last session of the first day against England, there were a lot of overs left. In such a situation, he was playing very carefully. When 90 overs of play were completed, the umpires decided to continue the game as long as there was time. After this, when the last ball of the 93rd over was bowled, Ravichandran Ashwin went towards the dressing room immediately after playing it. Seeing him like this, the umpire along with the players of the England team present on the field were quite surprised. After this, on-field umpire Murray Erasmus stopped Ashwin and said something but some argument was seen between the two.
Team India reached semi-finals
In this season of Under 19 World Cup also, Team India has maintained its strong performance like every time. The Indian team has secured its place in the semi-finals by winning unilaterally against Nepal on Friday. Team India defeated New Zealand in the first match and Nepal in the second match in the Super 6 round. The Indian team has not lost a single match in the World Cup 2024 yet. Team India would like to maintain this momentum in the semi-finals also.
Australian bowler made record
The Australian team, playing in this 3-match ODI series under the captaincy of Steve Smith, gave right-arm fast bowler Xavier Bartlett a chance to debut in international cricket in the first match. After this, in his very first over, he made the opening batsman of West Indies team Justin Greaves his victim and after this he also got the wicket of Alik Athanaze. Along with taking 2 more wickets, Xavier took 4 wickets in this match while giving only 17 runs in 9 overs of bowling. With this, Bartlett has now become the second bowler to bowl such brilliantly in the debut match for Australia. Bartlett is the fifth bowler to take 4 or more wickets in his first match for Australia.
Three players scored centuries for India
February 2 can be considered a very special day for Indian cricket, in which brilliant century innings were seen from the bat of three young players. Where the Indian team is playing the second match of the Test series against England on the ground of Visakhapatnam, a century was seen from the bat of Yashasvi Jaiswal, who was playing unbeaten after scoring 179 runs at the end of the day’s play. In the Under-19 World Cup, in the Super Six match against Nepal, Team India’s two batsmen Sachin Dhas and captain Uday Saharan managed to score centuries.
Trophy announced for New Zealand-South Africa series
A trophy named Tangiwai Shield has been announced for the Test series to be played between New Zealand and South Africa. A trophy commemorating 70 years since the 1953 Tangiwai train disaster that claimed 151 lives. The disaster is considered the worst in New Zealand’s history and the wife of former Kiwi fast bowler Bob Blair was one of the 151 victims of the tragedy. The accident occurred on 24 December 1953 when the second Test of the five-match series between South Africa and New Zealand was being played in the Rainbow Nation.
8 players debuted in one day
In international cricket, the day of 2 February 2024 can be considered very special for 8 players. A total of 8 players got a chance to debut in different formats. In this, in the second test match of the series being played between India and England at Visakhapatnam ground, while Rajat Patidar made his debut from Team India, spinner Shoaib Bashir got a chance to debut in international cricket for England. Apart from this, in the only test match series being played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, the Afghan team has given a chance to 4 players to debut. On the other hand, the Australian team, which is playing a 3-match ODI series against West Indies at home, gave two players Xavier Bartlett and Lance Morris a chance to debut in the first match.
West Indies Board gave a gift to Shamar Joseph
Cricket West Indies (CWI) has upgraded Shamar Joseph’s franchise contract to a CWI International Retainer contract. The Windies Cricket Board made this announcement after Joseph led West Indies to their first win in Test cricket against Australia since 2003. West Indies’ emphatic win over Australia in the second Test at the Gabba in Brisbane was their first win on Australian soil in 27 years. The two-time ODI World Cup winners last won a Test in Australia at the WACA, Perth in February 1997.
Bengal wins in PKL
With the help of captain Maninder Singh’s 11 points and Nitin Kumar’s 13 points, Bengal Warriors defeated Dabang Delhi 45-38 in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) match here on Friday. The home team suffered defeat for the first time in its first four matches. Both the teams are trying to make it to the 10th phase playoff of PKL to be held on 26th February.
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