Sports Top 10: March 31 was a very special day for cricket fans. Sunday double-header matches were played in IPL 2024. In the first match, Gujarat team defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad. Whereas, in the second match, Delhi Capitals defeated Chennai Super Kings. On the other hand, a big change was seen in Pakistan cricket. Pakistan Cricket Board announced the name of the new captain for white ball cricket.
Gujarat Titans beat SRH
The 12th match of IPL 2023 was played between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Gujarat Titans won this match easily by seven wickets and registered their second win in IPL 2024. In this match, Hyderabad team, batting first, could score only 162 runs. In response, Gujarat achieved the target of 163 runs with 5 balls remaining.
Delhi Capitals opened the winning account
The second match of the double-header was played between Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings. In this match, Delhi team won by 20 runs. In this match, Delhi team, batting first, gave a target of 192 runs to Chennai Super Kings. In response to which CSK team could score only 171 runs. This is the first defeat of Chennai Super Kings this season.
KKR reached the top in the points table
Before the match played against Delhi Capitals, Chennai Super Kings team was at the first position in the points table. But facing defeat by 20 runs at the hands of Delhi Capitals, it has slipped to second position. At the same time, Kolkata Knight Riders team has benefited the most from CSK’s defeat. She has reached the top in the points table. Both the teams currently have 4-4 points, but due to better net run rate, Kolkata has gone ahead of CSK in the points table.
Dhoni created history at the age of 42
MS Dhoni has completed 7000 runs in T20 cricket as a wicketkeeper batsman. Dhoni became the third player to score 7000 runs as a keeper in T20. Earlier this feat was done only by Quinton de Kock and Jos Buttler. In such a situation, Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper batsman in Asia who touched the figure of 7000 runs in T20 cricket.
This SRH player is out of IPL 2024
Sunrisers Hyderabad team has suffered a big blow in the 17th season of IPL in the form of Wanindu Hasaranga, who was suffering from a left heel injury. Now he is out of the entire IPL season. This is considered to be a big blow for Sunrisers Hyderabad because Hasaranga was a big part of the team’s strategy, who along with scoring runs in the lower order, could also take wickets with his spin bowling.
Pakistan team gets new captain
Pakistan Cricket Board has once again made Babar Azam the captain of the Pakistan team. However, this time he will lead the team in white ball cricket and Shan Masood will continue the captaincy in Tests. Let us tell you that after the ODI World Cup 2023, Pakistani team captain Babar Azam had left the captaincy of all three formats. After this, Shan Masood was made the captain of Test and Shaheen Afridi was made the captain of T20 format. But the captaincy has been snatched from Shaheen Afridi.
Sri Lanka broke the big record of Indian team in test cricket
In the match being played between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on the Chittagong ground, the Sri Lankan team broke a major record of the Indian team in Test cricket by scoring 531 runs in its first innings. From the Sri Lankan team, no batsman was successful in scoring a century in this innings, after which Sri Lanka took the record of making the highest score in an innings without scoring a century in Test cricket, which was previously held in the name of the Indian team. Was. In the year 1976, the Indian team had scored 524 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in the test match played against New Zealand at Kanpur ground, which did not include even a single century.
Deepak Sharma got bail
AIFF executive committee member Deepak Sharma, who was arrested by Goa Police for allegedly assaulting two female players, was released on bail on Sunday. An officer gave this information. Deepak Sharma was arrested by the Mapusa police on Saturday after two women players of Himachal Pradesh’s Khad FC lodged a complaint. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Mapusa) Sandesh Chodankar told PTI that Sharma was released on bail as he was eligible for bail under the sections under which he was booked.
Mirabai Chanu ready to return after six months
Tokyo Olympics silver medalist Mirabai Chanu will make a comeback through the IWF World Cup after a six-month injury break to earn a ticket to the Paris Olympics. The World Cup is not only the final qualifying tournament but is also mandatory for the Paris Games. Her participation in the World Cup alone will be enough to book her ticket to Paris as the former world champion is ranked second in the women’s 49 kg Olympic qualification rankings.
Hardik Singh received Balbir Singh Senior Award
Young midfielder Hardik Singh and defender Salima Tete were given the Hockey India Balbir Singh Senior Award for the best player of the year 2023. While the Lifetime Achievement Award in the name of Major Dhyanchand was given to his son Ashok Kumar. Hardik, who also won the FIH Player of the Year award last year, defeated senior players like PR Sreejesh and Harmanpreet Singh in the race for the award. 25-year-old Hardik, who was a member of the bronze medal-winning Indian team of Tokyo Olympics, has played more than a hundred international matches.
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