Sports Top 10 News: Delhi Capitals team defeated Lucknow Super Giants by 19 runs in the 64th match of the season. Rajasthan Royals team benefited from Delhi’s victory. As soon as Lucknow team lost, Rajasthan Royals team qualified for the playoffs. At the same time, Pakistan has made some major changes in its coaching staff before the T20 World Cup. In such a situation, let us look together at 10 such big news from the sports world.
Delhi won its last league stage match
The 64th match of the season was played between Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. In this match, Lucknow captain KL Rahul won the toss and decided to bowl first, which proved wrong. Delhi Capitals gave Lucknow a target of 209 runs to win, in response to which Lucknow team could score only 189 runs.
Rajasthan qualified for playoffs
Rajasthan Royals team has qualified for the playoffs of IPL 2024. Rajasthan Royals have 16 points from 12 matches. He is at second position. Now only Sunrisers Hyderabad can score more than 16 points. The remaining teams can only reach a maximum of 16 points. For this reason Rajasthan has qualified for the playoffs.
Grand record of sixes made in IPL 2024
In the 64th match of the season, the teams of Delhi Capitals and Lucknow Super Giants were face to face. In this match, both the teams together hit 20 sixes. With this, a total of 1125 sixes have been hit so far in IPL 2024, which is a new record for the highest number of sixes hit in a season. Earlier in IPL 2023, 1124 sixes were hit.
The match will be played in this stadium for the first time in IPL 2024.
The 65th match of IPL 2024 will be played between Rajasthan Royals and Punjab Kings. This match will be held at Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati. Let us tell you that Rajasthan Royals have made Guwahati their second home ground. Last season also, Rajasthan Royals played two matches here and this time too they will play both the remaining matches in the league stage here. Rajasthan Royals team wants to promote cricket in North-East India. Therefore, after Jaipur, he has chosen Guwahati Stadium in Assam as his second home ground.
Babar Azam destroyed Virat Kohli’s record
The Pakistani team has won the three-match T20 series against Ireland by 2-1. In the third T20 match, Babar Azam scored 75 runs in 42 balls for Pakistan, which included 6 fours and five sixes. With this, he has become the player who has scored the most number of fifty plus scores in T20I cricket. He has left Virat Kohli behind. Kohli has scored fifty plus score 38 times in T20 International cricket. Whereas, Babar has scored fifty plus score 39 times.
Big decision of Pakistan team
Pakistan has appointed New Zealand’s David Reid, who has been working in the Indian Premier League with Chennai Super Kings since 2021, as the mental and skill conditioning coach of the national team. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that Reid, who has worked with the Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash League, will join the Pakistan team for the T20 series against England and the T20 World Cup. Apart from this, Simon Helmut will be the new fielding coach of the team. The PCB said the appointments of Helmut and Reid have been made on the advice of head coach Gary Kirsten, who will join the team in England on May 19.
Team India will play important matches before T20 World Cup 2024
Team India usually plays 2 warm-up matches before the start of an ICC event. But according to a report, Team India is going to play only one warm-up match before the T20 World Cup 2024. Team India has to play its group stage matches in New York and Team India will also play its warm-up matches here. According to the report, ICC and Cricket West Indies have proposed to BCCI for another warm-up match in Florida. But to save the players from travelling, Team India will play only one match.
Bangladesh team announced for T20 World Cup 2024
Bangladesh team for T20 World Cup 2024 has been announced. Nazmul Hussain Shanto, who was made the captain of Bangladesh in all formats earlier this year, will lead the team in this tournament. Bangladesh Cricket Board has also kept two players in traveling reserve along with the 15-member team squad. Bangladesh’s squad for the T20 World Cup 2024 includes all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who will play in this tournament for the 9th time.
Indian team will play series against South Africa
Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be played on Bangladeshi soil in September-October this year. But before that the Indian women’s team will play a series against South Africa in June. South Africa women’s team will tour India from June 16 to July 9. ODI matches between the two teams will be played in Bengaluru and Test and T20 matches will be played in Chennai. Both the teams last played a Test against each other in November 2014.
Mairaba in main draw of Thailand Open
India’s Mairaba Mesnam entered the men’s singles main draw of the Thailand Open Super 500 badminton tournament on Tuesday. After defeating compatriot Shashwat Dalal 15-21, 21-14, 21-16, 21-year-old Mairaba from Manipur, who trains at Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy, defeated Kok Jing Hong of Malaysia 21-19, 21-9 in the main event. Made a place in the draw. He will face compatriot Indian and fifth seed HS Prannoy in the main draw on Wednesday. Four other Indians, S Shankar Muthusamy, Ayush Shetty, Karthikeya Gulshan Kumar and Ravi, who were competing in the men’s singles qualification, failed to make the main draw due to defeats.
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