Sports Top 10: In the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), two matches were played on April 29, in one match, RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by 9 wickets one-sidedly. In the second match, Chennai Super Kings achieved a big victory of 78 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Batting first in this match, CSK scored 212 runs in 20 overs, chasing which Hyderabad team was limited to 134 runs in 18.5 overs. New Zealand’s 15-member team has been announced for the ICC T20 World Cup starting from June 1, in which experienced player Kane Williamson will be seen handling the responsibility of captaincy.
On the basis of the performance of captain Gaikwad and Tushar Deshpande, Chennai registered its 5th win of the season.
Chennai Super Kings achieved their 5th win in the 17th season of IPL by winning the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad at their home ground by 78 runs. In this match, CSK, batting first, scored 212 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs on the basis of captain Ruturaj Gaikwad’s 98 runs and Daryl Mitchell’s 52 runs. Sunrisers Hyderabad, which came to chase this target, lost 3 wickets in the first 6 overs itself. After this the entire team was out after scoring 134 runs in 18.5 overs. In this match for CSK, Tushar Deshpande bowled brilliantly and took 4 wickets.
Chennai Super Kings created history in T20 cricket
Chennai Super Kings team is one of the most successful teams of IPL. CSK had scored 200+ in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, in which they have achieved this feat for the 35th time in T20 cricket. With this, Chennai Super Kings has also made the world record of scoring 200+ runs most number of times in T20 cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Somerset. Somerset has scored 200+ runs in T20 cricket 34 times. At the same time, Team India is at third place in this list.
Special record in Dhoni’s name in IPL
MS Dhoni has played 259 matches in IPL so far. He is the player who has played the most matches in this league. MS Dhoni has been a part of 150 won matches during this period. With this he has become the first player in the history of IPL to win 150 matches. Rohit Sharma is at second place in this list, who has been a part of the team’s victory in 133 matches in IPL.
Pat Cummins said we will return soon
After the defeat in the match against Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad team captain Pat Cummins said in his statement that we did not think of deciding to bat first after winning the toss. We thought that we had a good chance of winning while chasing the target, but we could not succeed in doing so. This wicket was very good for batting and we had a great chance to win the match, but we lost it. I am confident that we will be able to make a comeback soon.
RCB defeated Gujarat unilaterally by 9 wickets
Royal Challengers Bangalore team has registered its third win this season by defeating Gujarat Titans by 9 wickets at their home ground. Batting first in this match, Gujarat Titans scored 200 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. RCB team chased this target at the loss of 1 wicket in just 16 overs. While Virat Kohli played an unbeaten inning of 70 runs in the win for RCB, Will Jacques scored an unbeaten 100 runs in 41 balls.
Virat Kohli gave statement regarding his strike rate
After winning the match against Gujarat Titans, Virat Kohli said about the talk on his strike rate that all the people who talk about the strike rate and my not playing spin well are the same people who talk about this. Like to talk about. But for me, it’s about winning games for the team and that’s one of the reasons I’ve been doing this for the last 15 years. If you haven’t been in that situation yourself, I’m not sure it’s easy to sit down from a box and talk about the game. I don’t really think about it.
Indian women’s team starts Bangladesh tour with victory
The Indian women’s team, which came to Bangladesh to play a series of 5 T20 matches, succeeded in defeating the host team by 44 runs in the first match. In this match, the Indian women’s team, batting first, scored 145 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. After this, Bangladesh women’s team, which came to chase the target, managed to reach the score of 101 at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In bowling, Renuka Singh took 3 wickets while Pooja Vastrakar took 2 wickets for India.
Pakistan appointed Gary Kirsten as head coach for limited overs
Pakistan Cricket Board, in a big announcement before the upcoming T20 World Cup, has appointed former South African team opening batsman Gary Kirsten as the head coach of its limited overs team. Kirsten will start his tenure with the T20 World Cup. Whereas in the Test format, former Australian player Jason Gillespie will take over the role of head coach for the Pakistani team. Azhar Mahmood will be seen performing the responsibility of assistant coach of the Pakistani team in all three formats.
New Zealand team announced for T20 World Cup 2024
New Zealand Cricket has announced its 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup to be jointly hosted by West Indies and America from June 1. Kane Williamson will be seen handling the responsibility of captaining this team, while Rachin Ravindra has also been given a place in the team. The New Zealand team is part of Group C in the T20 World Cup 2024, in which it will play its first match against the Afghanistan team on June 7.
There will be a clash between KKR and Delhi at Eden Gardens.
The 47th match of the 17th season of IPL will be played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals at the Eden Gardens Stadium. KKR team has played 8 matches so far this season, out of which they have won 5 and are at second place in the points table with 10 points. Talking about Delhi Capitals, they have won 5 out of 10 matches and lost 5 and are at sixth position in the points table with 10 points.
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