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Sports Top 10: In the 41st match of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, New Zealand defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. With this victory, the Kiwi team has now almost confirmed its place in the semi-finals. At the same time, the path for Pakistan to reach the top-4 is almost closed. In the mega event, the match between South Africa and Afghanistan will be played today on the ground of Ahmedabad. Let us know, 10 big news of sports.
New Zealand almost confirmed its place in the semi-finals
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in the World Cup 2023. In this match, a completely one-sided performance was seen from the Kiwi team, in which they defeated Sri Lanka by 5 wickets. New Zealand’s bowlers first restricted Sri Lanka’s innings to 171 runs and then achieved this easy target at the loss of 5 wickets in 23.2 overs.
Rachin Ravindra broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record
New Zealand team’s young left-handed opening batsman Rachin Ravindra has created a new record in the World Cup by breaking a big record of great batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Rachin has scored 565 runs so far while playing his first World Cup. With this, Rachin has now become the highest run-scorer under the age of 25 in the history of the World Cup.
Trent Boult became the first Kiwi bowler in this case
In the match against Sri Lanka, New Zealand fast bowler Trent Boult also completed his 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup. With this, Bolt has now become the first bowler from New Zealand to take 50 wickets in the history of the World Cup. So far, only six bowlers have been successful in taking 50 or more wickets in the ODI World Cup.
Sri Lankan players broke 20 years old record
In the match against New Zealand, the Sri Lankan team faced 87 balls in a partnership of 43 runs between Dilshan Madushanka and Mahesh Teekshana for the 10th wicket. With this, both these players broke a 20 year old record in the history of the World Cup. Earlier, the record of facing the most number of balls in the 10th wicket partnership was in the name of Netherlands team, who faced 71 balls for the 10th wicket in the match played against England in the year 2003.
South Africa’s match with Afghanistan
Today in the ODI World Cup 2023, South Africa will face the Afghanistan team on the ground in Ahmedabad. South Africa has already confirmed its place in the semi-finals. After Afghanistan’s defeat in the match against Australia, their hopes of reaching the semi-finals were completely destroyed. However, despite this he will try his best to win this match.
Bolt warns Indian team from semi-final match
Indian team’s semi-final match against New Zealand in the World Cup is considered almost certain. Regarding this important match, Trent Boult has also given a statement saying that this time his team will take the field against India with full preparation. I think this match is going to be very exciting and as I said, it cannot be bigger than facing India in front of one and a half billion people.
Pakistan faces impossible target to reach semi-finals
With New Zealand’s win against Sri Lanka, Pakistan will now have to achieve an impossible target to reach the semi-finals. In the match against England, Pakistan will have to win the match by a margin of at least 287 runs, so that their net run rate can be better than New Zealand.
Gill and Siraj gave a big statement after becoming number-1
Indian team’s opening batsman Shubhman Gill and fast bowler Mohammad Siraj have both secured the first position in the recently released ICC ODI rankings. Now both the players have given a big statement and said that ranking does not matter for them, their aim at this time is to get the World Cup for India.
Angelo Mathews’ brother threatened Shakib
Sri Lankan cricket fans have been seen expressing a lot of displeasure after Angelo Mathews was timed out in the match against Bangladesh. Meanwhile, Mathews’ brother said about Bangladesh team captain Shakib Al Hasan that he should avoid coming here because if he comes here, stones will be thrown at him or he will have to face the anger of the fans.
Maharashtra shows dominance in National Games
The 37th National Games played in Goa has concluded. This time, Maharashtra had a great performance in the National Games in which it won the maximum number of 228 medals. Services, which had won the most medals last season, finished second in the medal table this time. Whereas Haryana secured the third position on the podium with 62 gold medals and a total of 192 medals.
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