The second qualifier match of IPL 2024 will be played at Chepauk in Chennai. In this match, Rajasthan Royals will face Sunrisers Hyderabad. Whichever team wins this match will face KKR in the final. On the other hand, the CEO of Chennai Super Kings has made a big statement about MS Dhoni. Talking about other sports, PV Sindhu has continued her strong performance in Malaysia Masters 2024. In such a situation, let’s take a look at the 10 big news of the sports world together.
10 big news of sports world
Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals face off in Qualifier 2
The second qualifier match of the 17th season of IPL will be played on 24 May at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, in which a clash will be seen between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals team. Hyderabad had to face defeat in the first qualifier match of this season against Kolkata Knight Riders, while Rajasthan team has confirmed its place in Qualifier 2 by defeating RCB in the eliminator match. Now both the remaining matches of this season are to be played at Chennai’s Chepauk Stadium. The team that wins the match will face Kolkata Knight Riders in the final.
It may rain in Chennai
If we talk about the weather during the Qualifier 2 match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals, then according to the Indian Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of heavy rain in South India but light rain is expected in Chennai. In such a situation, even if there is a disruption of rain during this important match to be held in Chennai, it will be seen very rarely. At the same time, there may be a gathering of clouds during the match, due to which the role of dew may be reduced during the match. Talking about the temperature, the maximum can be around 36 degrees while the minimum can be around 29 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind speed can be around 19 kilometers per hour.
Canada fired its head coach
There is a lot of chaos in the Canadian team, which is in Group A with India for the T20 World Cup, in which the decision to suddenly remove Pubudu Dassanayake, who has been holding the post of head coach for the last 2 years, has come to the fore before the start of the tournament. Qualifying for the T20 World Cup was a big deal for the Canadian team, in which Pubudu Dassanayake played an important role as the head coach. He was serving his second term in this position with the Canadian team. Before joining the Canadian team in the year 2022, Dassanayake has also served as the head coach for the Nepal and USA teams.
ICC released new anthem
The ICC has released a new anthem song for cricket lovers before the start of the T20 World Cup 2024. This song will now also be used in all ICC events taking place in world cricket. In a way, this song can now also be considered as the brand song of the ICC. Earlier, the ICC used to release a special anthem song for any of its important events, but this time they have done something completely different. This new anthem song has been released by the ICC through social media. This song shows clips of many different world events of the ICC, including clips of ODI World Cup, World Test Championship matches as well as T20 World Cup matches. The most special thing about this song is that it also shows women’s cricket players along with male cricket players.
BCCI contacted Ricky Ponting
Team India head coach Rahul Dravid’s last assignment will be the T20 World Cup 2024. In such a situation, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has invited applications for the post of head coach of the senior men’s team. The last date to apply for the post of head coach is 27 May. Let us tell you that the BCCI had informally approached Australian great batsman Ricky Ponting for the next Indian head coach post. Ricky Ponting has revealed that he was approached for the post of India’s head coach which will be vacant soon but he has declined the offer. He believes that it does not fit into his lifestyle right now.
America defeated Bangladesh
The T20 World Cup is to be organized in the month of June this year in America and West Indies. All the teams are working hard for this tournament and in this series, the Bangladesh team is on a tour of America before the World Cup. Where a three-match T20 series is being organized between Bangladesh and America. America had won the first match of this series and now they have won the second match as well. With this, America has also won the series. They are leading 2-0 in this series and in the third match, they have a chance to create history by clean sweeping Bangladesh.
West Indies beat South Africa
The South African team is on a tour of West Indies. Where a T20 series is being organized between the two teams. The first match of the series was played at Sabina Park in Kingston. The West Indies team won this match by 28 runs. In this match, South African captain Rassie van der Dussen won the toss and decided to bowl first and invited the host team to bat. After this, West Indies batted first and scored 175 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. In the second innings of the match, South Africa had a big score on a slow pitch. While chasing which, their team was all out for a score of 147 in 19.5 overs.
This star is associated with the England cricket team
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has added a special member to its support staff in view of preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. The ECB has added psychologist David Young, who is associated with the men’s team of football club Manchester City. The most important role behind this decision has been played by Matthew Mott, the head coach of the limited overs format of the England team, who has taken this step keeping in mind how the players can play themselves with positive thinking in matches with strength in pressure situations.
Chennai CEO’s big statement about MS Dhoni
Regarding Chennai Super Kings star player MS Dhoni, Kasi Viswanathan said that he is hopeful that former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will participate as a player in the Indian Premier League 2025. In the current season, his team finished fifth under the captaincy of Ruturaj Gaikwad. There is speculation that this could be Dhoni’s last season in the tournament, who led CSK to a record five IPL titles, but Viswanathan admitted that it is entirely up to former Indian captain Dhoni to take a final decision on his future.
PV Sindhu reaches the semi-finals of Malaysia Masters 2024
Malaysia Masters 2024 is being organized. Where India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu is continuously performing brilliantly. She continued her strong form in the quarterfinal match of the tournament and played brilliantly against China’s star Han Yu. With this win, she has qualified for the semi-finals of Malaysia Masters 2024. On Friday, May 24, Sindhu won the quarterfinal 21-13, 14-21, 21-12 to make it to her first semi-final on the BWF Tour this year. Her form is giving good signs before the Olympics 2024.
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