Sports Top 10 News
Sports Top 10 News: Team India has faced defeat in the first match of the two-match Test series between India and South Africa. On the other hand, Australia’s women’s team has also defeated the Indian women’s team in the first match of the ODI series. In such a situation, let us look together at 10 such big sports news.
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South Africa defeated India
South Africa won it on the third day of the Centurion Test match against India. After defeating India by an innings and 32 runs in this match, they have now taken a 1-0 lead in this 2-match Test series. On the third day, the first innings of the African team ended at a score of 408, due to which they had achieved a huge lead of 163 runs compared to the first innings of India. After this, the African fast bowlers showed their magic and registered a big victory in the match by bundling out the Indian team’s second innings at a score of just 131.
Rohit Sharma out on 0 after 8 years
Rohit Sharma was out without opening the account in the second innings of Centurion Test. With this, he was out for 0 runs in the Test after 60 innings and almost 8 years. Earlier, he was out for 0 runs in the test in 2015. Even then Rohit was facing only South African team. At the same time, this is the first time in the World Test Championship that Rohit Sharma has been out without opening the account. Rohit’s bat remained calm even in the first innings of this match. He returned to the pavilion after scoring 5 runs in 14 balls in the first innings.
This player became a threat to Rohit
Kagiso Rabada achieved a special milestone by dismissing Rohit for a duck in the first Test, in which he has now become the first bowler to dismiss Rohit for a duck in all three Tests, ODI and T20. If we look at Rohit’s record against Rabada in Tests, it has been very poor so far, in which he has scored only 104 runs in 11 innings against Rabada and during this period he has lost his wicket 7 times. Rohit’s batting average of only 14.85 has been seen against Rabada.
Virat Kohli made a new record
When Virat Kohli scored his 28th run during India’s second innings, he completed his 2000 international runs in all formats this year. Kohli took only 35 innings to reach this milestone. If we look at the batsmen who have scored 2000 runs in international cricket in the year 2023, then apart from Kohli, the second name in it is that of Shubman Gill. Kohli has scored 1377 runs in 27 matches in the ODI format this year at an average of 72.47. By scoring more than 2000 international runs, Kohli left behind Kumar Sangakkara who had achieved this feat 6 times in world cricket. Virat Kohli has become the first batsman in the world to score 2000 plus runs in a calendar year 7 times.
Bavuma will not play the second test
Temba Bavuma injured his hamstring while fielding on the first day of the Centurion Test match against India, after which he did not take further part in the match. According to the report of ESPN Cricinfo, now he will not be seen playing even in the Cape Town Test, whose Dean Elgar, who is playing the last series of his Test career, has been given the responsibility of captaining the team. Elgar has also previously held the responsibility of captaincy for the South African team in the Test format.
Team India’s dream remained unfulfilled
The Indian team has been playing Test series against South Africa since 1992. The Indian team is touring South Africa for the 9th Test series in the almost 30-year-old Test history between the two countries. During this period, Team India has never defeated South Africa in a Test series at their home till date. This time too this dream of the Indian team remained unfulfilled. This test series is to be played in two matches between the two teams. Where Team India has lost the first match. Even if we win the second match of the series, we will still not be able to win the series. In such a situation, their dream of winning the series against South Africa at home could not be fulfilled this time too.
Big change in WTC points table
Before the start of the Test series against South Africa, the Indian team was occupying the first position in the points table of the World Test Championship. After the defeat in the Centurion Test, now Team India has directly reached the fifth position. While the Indian team has 16 points, their percentage of points has now reached 44.44. Now the Indian team has played three Test matches in this edition of the World Test Championship, in which one was won, one was lost and one match ended in a draw. By defeating India, South Africa has secured the first position in this points table with 100 points percentage.
Australia women’s team won the first ODI
A three-match ODI series is being played between the Indian women’s team and the Australian women’s team. In the first match of this series, Team India had to face defeat at the hands of Australia. Australia won this match by 6 wickets. With the defeat in this match, Team India has trailed 0-1 in the series. The Indian team scored 282 runs for eight wickets, thanks to Jemimah Rodrigues’ 82 runs and Pooja Vastrakar’s unbeaten 62 runs. But Australia achieved this target by scoring 285 runs for four wickets in 46.3 overs with half-centuries from Phoebe Litchfield (78 runs), Elise Perry (75 runs) and Tahlia McGrath (68 runs not out).
Harmanpreet Kaur is disappointed with the team’s fielding
Indian fielders allowed Australian players to score runs as per their wish due to which the team easily achieved the target. Harmanpreet said after the match that we had made a challenging score. The bowlers did their job but our fielding was not good. After some time dew also fell but the bowlers did well by bowling into the stumps. She further said that but I was not happy with my fielding. Australia saved runs brilliantly. Pooja Vastrakar performed well. We need to back ourselves and play aggressive cricket.
This player cheated Rishabh Pant
Cricket is one of the most famous sports in India. This is the reason why some big news keeps coming out about cricketers every day. Now a case related to fraud has come to light. Which can surprise the fans a lot. A former Indian cricketer has committed a major crime of fraud. In which this player has cheated even Indian star Rishabh Pant. Former cricketer Mrinank Singh has been detained for allegedly cheating on luxury hotels and even Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant. Singh, who was detained on December 25, had posed as an IPS officer to defraud luxury hotels. He defrauded several hotels including Taj Palace in Delhi to the tune of Rs 5.5 lakh and Rishabh Pant of Rs 1.6 crore.
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