Sports Top 10: In the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, the Indian team will start its campaign in the Super 8 today, in which its first match will be against the Afghanistan team. Team India had won 3 out of 4 matches in the group stage, while one match was canceled. At the same time, in this tournament, South Africa and England teams have started in a great way by winning their respective Super 8 matches. While England defeated joint hosts West Indies by 8 wickets, the African team defeated USA by 18 runs. The Indian women’s cricket team has now taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series by winning the second match of the 3-match ODI series being played against the South Africa women’s team by 4 runs.
India will face Afghanistan on the ground of Barbados
The Indian team’s first match in the Super 8 will be against Afghanistan. Team India will play this match at Kensington Oval ground in Barbados. India has played a total of 8 matches against Afghanistan in T20 International so far, in which the Indian team has won 7 and one match was cancelled. Apart from this, 3 matches have been played between the two teams in the T20 World Cup so far, in which the Indian team has managed to win all three.
England beat West Indies by 8 wickets
Defending champions England defeated West Indies by 8 wickets in their first Super 8 match in the T20 World Cup 2024. In this match, England got a target of 181 runs in 20 overs, which they achieved in 17.3 overs at the loss of just 2 wickets. Phil Salt played an unbeaten innings of 87 runs for England, while Johnny Bairstow played an unbeaten innings of 48 runs.
South Africa won by 18 runs against USA
South Africa defeated USA by 18 runs in their first match of Super-8. In the match against USA, the African team batted first and scored a total of 194 runs, in response to which the USA team was able to score only 176 runs in 20 overs. The US team definitely gave a tough fight to Africa in this match and Andris Gaus performed well for the team. Gaus remained not out after scoring 80 runs in this match, but could not make his team win. Kagiso Rabada took the maximum of 3 wickets in bowling for Africa.
Indian women’s team beat South Africa by a close margin of 4 runs in the second ODI
The Indian women’s team defeated the South Africa women’s team by 4 runs in the second ODI. With the win in this match, the Indian team has taken an unassailable lead of 2-0 in the three-match series. India won the first match of this ODI series by 143 runs. In the second ODI match, the batsmen performed brilliantly for the Indian women’s team. Team India batted first in this match and scored 325 runs in 50 overs, while chasing the target, the African team also managed to reach a score of 321 runs. In this match, Pooja Vastrakar and Deepti Sharma took 2-2 wickets each in bowling for India.
Harmanpreet Kaur scored the fastest century from the Indian women’s team in ODI
In the second match of the three-match ODI series against South Africa, Indian women’s team captain Harmanpreet Kaur scored a brilliant century. In this match, Harmanpreet completed her century in just 87 balls, after which she broke her own record of scoring the fastest century in ODIs on behalf of the Indian women’s cricket team. Earlier, Harmanpreet Kaur had scored a century in 90 balls in the ODI match against Australia in 2017.
Smriti Mandhana became the first Indian woman player to score 2 consecutive centuries in ODIs
Indian women’s cricket team’s vice-captain Smriti Mandhana’s brilliant performance with the bat was seen in the second match of the ODI series against Africa, in which she played a brilliant innings of 136 runs. With this, Smriti Mandhana has become the first player in the ODI history of the Indian women’s cricket team whose bat has scored centuries in 2 consecutive matches. This is also the 7th century of Smriti Mandhana’s ODI career. With this, she has equaled Mithali Raj’s centuries.
The Indian team made the highest score on home ground in ODI
For the first time, the Indian women’s team has managed to score 300 plus runs in an ODI match at home. Team India’s score in the second ODI against Africa was 325 runs. Earlier, the Indian women’s team had scored 298 runs in a match played at home against West Indies in 2004, which was their best total on Indian soil. But now, thanks to the centuries of Smriti Mandhana and captain Harmanpreet Kaur, the Indian women’s team has created history and has also left this record behind.
Mitchell Marsh will be seen bowling in the Super 8 matches
Australian team captain Mitchell Marsh, who did not bowl during the group stage matches of the T20 World Cup 2024, will now be available as an option for the team as a bowler in the Super 8 matches. Marsh himself confirmed this in which he said that I am available to bowl. The way our bowling order is, I do not think I should be needed in it, but if you have an additional bowling option in this format, then it is a very good thing for you.
Travis Head made a big jump in ICC T20 batting rankings
In the new rankings released by the ICC, India’s Suryakumar Yadav is at number one. His rating is currently 837 and he has a good lead over the second-ranked batsman. At the same time, England’s Phil Salt is at number two with a rating of 771. Pakistan captain Babar Azam is currently at third place. Meanwhile, Australia’s star batsman and T20 World Cup performer Travis Head has done wonders. He has jumped five places at once. He has now come straight to number 5 and his rating is currently 742.
Ugandan team captain Brian Masaba steps down from captaincy
The Ugandan team, which was part of Group C in the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, ended its journey from the group stage itself. Now the team captain Brian Masaba has resigned from his post. This information was given by the Uganda Cricket Association. Brian Masaba was the captain of the Ugandan team for the last 5 years, while for the first time the team got a chance to play in the T20 World Cup in which they lost 3 out of 4 matches and also managed to win one match.
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