Sports Top 10: The 22nd match of IPL 2024 was played between the teams of Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. In this match, Chennai Super Kings won by 7 wickets. At the same time, Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the coaching staff for the T20 series to be played against New Zealand. In such a situation, let us look together at 10 big news from the sports world.
CSK beat KKR by 7 wickets
CSK captain Ruturaj Gaikwad won the toss and decided to bowl first in the match played against KKR. Batting first, KKR gave a target of 138 runs to the CSK team, in response to which Chennai achieved the target at the loss of 3 wickets thanks to Ruturaj Gaikwad’s half-century. This is CSK’s third win this season. At the same time, KKR has got its first defeat.
Status of IPL 2024 Points Table
There has been no change in the points table after the match played between the teams of Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders. However, the impact of this match was seen in the run rate. KKR team, after its first defeat in 4 matches, remains at the first position with 6 points and net run rate of 1.528. On the other hand, CSK also now has 6 points with 3 wins in 5 matches. His net run rate is 0.666.
CSK’s 5 year long wait is over
Ruturaj Gaikwad played an unbeaten inning of 67 runs on 58 balls in the match played against KKR. The CSK captain hit 9 fours in his brilliant innings. At the same time, Ruturaj Gaikwad became the second captain of Chennai Super Kings to score a half-century in IPL. With this inning, Gaikwad also ended a special wait of 5 years for the fans of Chennai Super Kings. Actually, this was the first time in the last 5 years when the Chennai Super Kings captain scored a half-century in the IPL.
Mustafizur Rahman leads the race for Purple Cap
Chennai Super Kings fast bowler Mustafizur Rahman has once again come out ahead in the race for the Purple Cap. In the match played against KKR, Mustafizur Rahman bowled 4 overs and gave only 22 runs at an economy of 5.50. During this, he showed the way to the pavilion to Shreyas Iyer and Mitchell Starc. With this, he has now taken 9 wickets in 4 matches this season.
Ajinkya Rahane got injured
The tension of Chennai Super Kings has increased amid IPL 2024. CSK’s veteran batsman Ajinkya Rahane is injured. Ajinkya Rahane was seen struggling with a calf strain problem in the match played against KKR. Due to this injury, Rahane was not seen on the field for long. He remained out of the field for most of the match, due to which he could not even come out to bat.
Punjab vs Hyderabad in IPL today
The 23rd match of IPL 2024 will be played between the teams of Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad. So far 21 matches have been played between Punjab Kings and Sunrisers Hyderabad in the history of IPL. Out of these, Punjab team has won 7 matches, while Sunrisers Hyderabad has won 14 matches.
Kamindu Mendis won ICC Player of the Month Award
Sri Lanka’s star batsman Kamindu Mendis has been named the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March 2024. He has been performing brilliantly for Sri Lanka for some time now. He left behind Ireland’s fast bowler Mark Adair and New Zealand’s fast bowler Matt Henry to win this big award. Kamindu Mendis is the third Sri Lankan to win the award after Prabhat Jayasuriya and Wanindu Hasaranga.
Announcement of new coaching staff of Pakistan team
Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed former fast bowler Azhar Mahmood as the head coach for the T20 series to be played against New Zealand. Whereas, Wahab Riaz has been given the role of manager for the senior team and Mohammad Yousuf will work as the batting coach. Saeed Ajmal, the spin bowling coach on the previous tours of Australia and New Zealand, will continue in the same role.
Sumit Nagal’s historic victory
Sumit Nagal has become the first player from India to win a main draw singles match at the ATP Masters claycourt tournament. He defeated world number 38 player Matteo Arnoldi. Nagal, India’s top singles player, entered the ATP Masters 1000 tournament through the qualifying tournament. He defeated his Italian opponent 5.7, 6.2, 6.4. Now he will face Denmark’s Holger Rune.
Hockey India trusts experienced players
Hockey India has included senior players like experienced goalkeeper Savita Punia and forward Vandana Kataria in the list of 33 probable players in the national camp to prepare for the upcoming FIH Pro League matches, in which some new faces have also got a place. Hockey India had earlier selected 60 players for the camp, out of which the shortlisting was done after the selection trials and national championship held on April 6 and 7. The Indian women’s hockey team will go to Antwerp and London to play Argentina, Belgium, Germany and Britain for the Pro League matches starting from May 22.
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