Sports Top 10: Before the start of the 17th season of the Indian Premier League, Gujarat Titans suffered a major blow in the form of their star fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who will not be seen playing in the entire season due to not being completely fit. Gujarat has now announced the name of the replacement player in place of Shami, in which they have made Sandeep Warrier a part of their team. Meanwhile, fast bowler David Willey, who is part of the Lucknow Super Giants team, will not be seen playing in the first few matches of the IPL season.
Sandeep Warrier becomes part of Gujarat Titans team
Before the start of IPL 2024, Gujarat Titans made changes to their squad and included Sandeep Warrier. Sandeep has become a part of the Gujarat team as a replacement player for Mohammed Shami in the IPL 2024 season. Veteran Indian fast bowler Shami recently successfully underwent surgery on his right heel and is currently recovering. Sandeep Warrier has played 5 IPL matches so far. Gujarat Titans have included him in their squad for Rs 50 lakh. If we take a look at Sandeep’s IPL record, he has taken only two wickets in 5 matches.
David Willey will not be available in the initial matches
The Lucknow Super Giants team has suffered a major setback before the start of the IPL 2024 season. David Willey may miss the opening matches of IPL 2024 due to personal reasons. The English left-arm fast bowler, who spent the last two IPL seasons with Royal Challengers Bangalore and was scheduled to play for LSG this year, was included in the squad for Rs 2 crore in the December 2023 auction.
RCB team reached Chennai to play the first match
Royal Challengers Bangalore team has reached Chennai to play the first match of the IPL 2024 season, where the fans welcomed them enthusiastically. Chennai Super Kings team is already making its preparations in Chennai. In the MS Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, the RCB team has played a total of 12 matches so far in the history of IPL, out of which the team has won 5 matches, while if we talk about the RCB and CSK match in Chennai, then there have been 7 matches. Out of this, the team has been able to win only one match.
KL Rahul reached the court of Mahakal before the start of IPL season.
Lucknow Supergiants are scheduled to play their first match in this year’s IPL against Rajasthan Royals on March 24 in Jaipur. For this the team will soon reach Pink City. Before this, team captain KL Rahul has done a special thing. He reached Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh and had darshan of Mahakal. He also participated in the Bhasma Aarti of Mahakal. After getting injured in the Test series against England, KL Rahul is now fully fit and ready to return to the field again.
Three Indian players in top-5 in ICC ODI rankings
Team India captain Rohit Sharma has benefited from the latest ODI rankings released by ICC. Now 3 Indian batsmen have managed to make it to the top 5 of the ODI batting rankings. Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam still holds the number one position. India’s Shubhman Gill remains at the second position. He is on this chair with a rating of 801. Former captain of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli is at the third position with a rating of 768. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has gained one place. He has now moved straight from number 5 to number 4. His rating is 764.
BCCI will make special arrangements in 50 cities of the country to watch IPL matches.
BCCI has been organizing Fan Park continuously season after season since the 2015 IPL season. There will be 15 fan parks in the first two weeks of IPL 2024 in the first phase from 22 March 2024 to 7 April 2024. Chennai Super Kings will take on Royal Challengers Bangalore in a blockbuster clash on the opening day of IPL 2024 on March 22, 2024, and the first fan park of the season will take place on the same day. This fan park will be organized in Madurai. Let us tell you that fan parks will be set up in 11 states of the country. Those states include Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Punjab and Telangana.
Video of Rohit and Hardik’s meeting surfaced
Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma joined the team’s camp on Monday. During that time he also practiced. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians posted a video of the meeting between Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya on their social media on Wednesday. One special thing can be noticed in this video. In fact, as soon as Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya saw each other on the field, Pandya moved towards Rohit. Rohit Sharma extended his hand to shake hands with him, but instead of shaking hands with Rohit, Hardik Pandya hugged him.
Mumbai Indians made Kwena Mafaka a part of their team
Mumbai Indians have included Kwena Mafaka in the squad as a replacement for Dilshan Madushanka. Mafaka has joined the team and is one of the youngest players in the team. South Africa’s 17-year-old Kwena Mafaka came into limelight during the U19 World Cup earlier this year, where he took 21 wickets and was also named Player of the Tournament at the Under 19 World Cup.
Rashid Khan returns to top-10 in T20 rankings
Rashid Khan, who has not played since the ODI World Cup 2023 due to a back injury, recently made a comeback in the three-match T20 series against Ireland, in which he took a total of 8 wickets. Now Rashid has benefited from this in the ICC T20 bowling rankings where he has again returned to the top-10. Rashid Khan has jumped 4 places simultaneously. Now his rating has become 645. With the same rating, Mitchell Santner of New Zealand is at ninth position, while Rashid Khan has confirmed his place at tenth position.
Kohli practiced hard in the nets
Before the match against Chennai Super Kings on March 22, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team practiced at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on March 20. During this, Virat Kohli was seen practicing batting vigorously in the nets. Meanwhile, Glenn Maxwell, who was standing behind the nets, was seen imitating Kohli’s batting style.
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