10 big news from sports world
Sports Top 10 News: The third match of Team India’s 5-match Test series against England is being played at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Rajkot. Team India is batting first in this match. At the same time, the name of the captain of Team India for the T20 World Cup 2024 has been announced. In such a situation, let us look together at the 10 big news of the sports world.
Third test between India and England in Rajkot
A five-match Test series is being played between India and England. In the third match of this series, Team India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first. In this match, two players made their Test debut under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. These players are Sarfaraz Khan and Dhruv Jurel.
World record made on the first day of Rajkot test match
England captain Ben Stokes has achieved a big achievement in his name as soon as he entered the third test match. 32 year old Ben Stokes is playing his 100th test match. He has become the 16th cricketer from England to play 100 test matches. With Ben Stokes’s 100th Test match, the England team has made a big record in the history of cricket. England has become the first country from which 16 players have played 100 or more matches in Tests. Before this, no country could do this feat.
This player was out of Team India during the test series
Fast bowler Mukesh Kumar, who was part of Team India’s playing 11 in the second match of the Test series against England, has been out of the team. BCCI has updated on social media that Mukesh Kumar has been released from the Indian team for the third Test against England in Rajkot. Now he will join his Bengal team in Ranji Trophy and will be seen playing the next match of Ranji Trophy. However, he will join Team India back in Ranchi where the fourth match of the series will be played.
Changed name of Rajkot stadium
Before the third match of the Test series between India and England, the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium was given a new name, which will now be known as Niranjan Shah Stadium. Niranjan Shah, who has also been the former Secretary of BCCI, has also played a very important role in building this stadium. Niranjan Shah played 12 first-class matches for Saurashtra between 1960 and 1970. Till now, only 2 Test matches have been played on this ground, in which the match between India and England ended in a draw, while in the second match, India defeated West Indies comprehensively.
Jay Shah’s big statement on players not playing in Ranji Trophy
Talking about the players not playing in Ranji Trophy, Jay Shah has called it an important issue and said that he will write letters to the players to participate in Ranji Trophy. Jai Shah said that all the central contract players have been informed over the phone and I will also write to them. If your captain and coach instructs you to play, you have to follow it and participate in red-ball cricket. Tantrums will not work. This instruction applies to all young and fit players.
Indian captain announced for T20 World Cup 2024
Regarding the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, which is going to be hosted by West Indies and America, BCCI Secretary Jay Shah has made it clear in his statement that Rohit Sharma will captain Team India in the mega tournament. Jay Shah made this statement during the ceremony organized to mark the new naming of the stadium, a day before the start of the third Test match between India and England in Rajkot on February 14.
Crown snatched from Shakib Al Hasan after 5 years
Afghanistan’s legendary player Mohammad Nabi has become the new number-1 all-rounder of ODI. Actually, a three-match ODI series is being played between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. Mohammad Nabi has performed brilliantly in this series. Due to this game, he has now become the number-1 ODI all-rounder. Nabi has reached the top with 314 rating points. At the same time, Shakib has now slipped one place to second place. Shakib Al Hasan’s rating points is 310. Shakib Al Hasan remained the number-1 all-rounder in ODI for the last 5 years.
Gujarat team announced new captain
The second season of the Women’s Premier League is going to start from February 23 in Bengaluru. Before the start of this league, the Gujarat Giants team has made a big change. Gujarat Giants has announced the name of the new captain. Australian batsman Beth Mooney will lead the Gujarat Giants team in the second season of WPL. Indian all-rounder Sneh Rana will be his deputy. That means he has been made the vice-captain of the team.
Big update on IPL 2024 schedule
The 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is to be played in the year 2024, the schedule of which all the cricket fans are eagerly waiting for. Meanwhile, IPL Chairman Arun Singh Dhumal has given a big update regarding the start of the season in his statement in which it has been said that it is likely to start at the end of March. However, the chairman also made it clear that the schedule of the 17th season of IPL will be announced only after the announcement of the dates of general elections to be held in the country this year.
Dabang Delhi defeated Tamil Thalaivas
On the basis of Ashu Malik’s 18 points, Dabang Delhi won 45-43 over Tamil Thalaivas in the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) match on Wednesday. Delhi team was trailing 22-9 after the 15th minute of the match but they made a brilliant comeback and won the thrilling match. Narendra scored 18 points for Tamil Thalaivas but it did not prove to be enough for the team to win. After this victory, Delhi team is in third place with 74 points in 21 matches. Tamil Thalaivas are at ninth position with 46 points in the same number of matches.
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