In the T20 World Cup 2024, fans are getting to see exciting matches every day. The Afghanistan team has defeated New Zealand by 84 runs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored the highest 80 runs for Afghanistan. At the same time, Bangladesh has defeated Sri Lanka by 2 wickets. This is Bangladesh’s second win against Sri Lanka in the history of T20 World Cup. Let’s know about the 10 big news of the sports world.
Afghanistan beat New Zealand by 84 runs
The Afghanistan team has defeated the New Zealand team by 84 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024. This is New Zealand’s biggest defeat in terms of runs in the history of the T20 World Cup. The Afghan team scored 159 runs thanks to the innings of Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz. After this, the entire New Zealand team, which came out to chase the target, was all out for 75 runs. The Kiwi team could not even play the full 20 overs. Rahmanullah Gurbaz scored the highest 80 runs for Afghanistan.
Bangladesh team won the match
Bangladesh team has defeated Sri Lanka team by 2 wickets. In this match, Sri Lanka batted first and scored 124 runs. In response, Bangladesh achieved the target by losing 8 wickets. Liton Das and Tauheed Hirdoy played brilliant innings for Bangladesh. Liton scored 36 runs and Tauheed scored 40 runs. There was a partnership of 63 runs between these two players. Rishad Hussain took three wickets for 22 runs. He was given the Player of the Match award for his brilliant bowling in the match.
Babar Azam is the first captain to lose to these teams
After losing the match against America in the super over under the captaincy of Babar Azam, an embarrassing record has been registered in his name. Babar became the first captain in the world who had to face defeat against America, Ireland, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. Out of these, his team has lost against America, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe in a big tournament like the World Cup. Apart from Babar, no other captain in the world has lost a match against these four teams.
There is a possibility of rain in India and Pakistan match
The match between India and Pakistan is to be played in New York on June 9 in the T20 World Cup 2024. According to the time of USA, this match will start at 10:30 am. But in India, the same match will start at 8 pm. According to the report of AccuWeather, there is a 51 percent chance of rain in New York at around 11 pm i.e. 8:30 pm in India. That is, it may rain about half an hour after the match starts. At the same time, there is a possibility of rain in the late evening as well.
ICC’s big statement on New York pitch
The ICC has admitted that the pitches at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium are not up to standard and promised to improve them for the remaining matches of the T20 World Cup. In the two matches played at this New York venue, teams batting first have scored less than 100 runs and the extra bounce and swing from the wicket has also troubled the teams playing in the second innings. In the first match played at this venue, Sri Lanka were all out for a score of 77 runs.
Gurbaj made this record
Afghanistan’s Rahmanullah Gurbaz has become the highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup 2024. He has reached number one. He has scored 156 runs in 2 matches of T20 World Cup 2024 so far. Gurbaz has scored 76 runs against Uganda and 80 runs in the match against New Zealand. America’s Aaron Jones is at number two. He has scored 130 runs in 2 matches.
Canada beat Ireland by 12 runs
Batting first, Canada scored 137 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. During this, Nicholas Kirton scored 49 runs in 35 balls and Shreyas Movva scored 37 runs in 36 balls. Ireland’s team could score only 125 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets and lost the match by 12 runs. Jeremy Gordon and Dylan Heyliger took two wickets each for Canada.
Last Panghal lost
Indian wrestler Antim Panghal had to settle for a silver medal despite a tough fight in the 53kg category of the Budapest Ranking Series. Antim was defeated 4-0 by Sweden’s Emma Jonna Denise Malmgren. Earlier, this wrestler made it to the finals by registering a spectacular victory over her opponents. She defeated Uzbekistan’s Sakibajmal Esbosinova 10-0 and then defeated Poland’s Katarzyna Krawczak 3-1 to make it to the finals.
Carlos Alcaraz reaches French Open final
Carlos Alcaraz reached the French Open tennis title match for the first time by defeating Yannick Sinner 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-finals. At the age of 21, he became the youngest Spanish player to reach Grand Slam finals on three different surfaces. Alcaraz won the US Open on hard court in 2022, Wimbledon on grass court in 2023 and will now play for the championship on red clay at Roland Garros.
Jeev Milkha Singh reached this number
India’s legendary golfer Jeev Milkha Singh made five birdies in the last six holes to score four under 68 in the opening round of the Costa Navarino Legends Tour Trophy. He performed brilliantly and is in joint 13th place after the first round. Another Indian player Jyoti Randhawa played a card of three under 69 and is in joint 17th place after the first round. Robert Coles and Scott Hend are in joint lead after scoring a brilliant score of 11 under 61 in the first round.
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