Sports Top 10: In the 17th season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the Royal Challengers Bangalore team won the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad by 35 runs. This is the team’s second win after 9 matches this season. Playing first in this match, RCB had scored 206 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, in response to this, while chasing the target, Sunrisers Hyderabad team could only reach the score of 171 in 20 overs. The end of the fourth match of the 5-match T20 series being played between Pakistan and New Zealand was quite thrilling in which host Pakistan had to face defeat by 4 runs. The first match of this series was canceled due to rain. Now the Kiwi team is leading 2-1 in the series.
RCB won after 6 consecutive defeats
Royal Challengers Bangalore team ended its last 6 consecutive defeats in IPL and won by 35 runs in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad. In this match, after winning the toss, RCB had decided to bat first, after which Virat Kohli scored 51 runs while Rajat Patidar played an important role in taking the team’s score to 206 runs by playing an inning of 50 runs in 20 balls. Paid. While chasing the target, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost the wickets of Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aidan Markram and Heinrich Klaasen in the first 6 overs and due to this the team could only reach the score of 171 in 20 overs. In this match for RCB, Swapnil Singh and Cameron Green took 2-2 wickets.
After RCB’s victory, Faf du Plessis expressed happiness over the team’s performance.
After the win against Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB team captain Faf du Plessis said that in the last 2 matches we played well and also fought in them. In the last match against Hyderabad, we were chasing the target of 270 runs and were successful in reaching 260 runs. In the match against KKR, we lost by just 1 run. We definitely came very close to victory. I will sleep peacefully tonight. The only thing that can give you confidence is your performance. During the first half, only Kohli was scoring runs for us, but now Cameron Green and other players are also scoring runs, which is a very good thing for us.
Sunrisers Hyderabad completed 100 sixes in a season of IPL for the first time
Sunrisers Hyderabad team has seen very explosive batting performances so far in IPL 2024. Hyderabad completed its 100 sixes this season in the match against RCB. With this, Sunrisers Hyderabad team has managed to reach this figure for the first time in IPL history and has now become the 10th team to do so in IPL.
Rajat Patidar scored the joint second fastest half-century for RCB.
Rajat Patidar scored 50 runs in 20 balls at a strike rate of 250 in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. During this, Patidar hit 2 fours and 5 sixes. Rajat Patidar took 19 balls to reach the 50-run mark. This is the joint second fastest half-century for RCB. At the same time, this is the first time for the RCB team after 11 years that a batsman has faced less than 20 balls to score a half-century. Earlier in the year 2013, Chris Gayle had scored a half-century in 17 balls.
Virat Kohli completed 4000 runs in IPL as an opener
Virat Kohli played an inning of 51 runs in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, with which he also completed 4000 runs as an opening batsman in IPL. Kohli is the fourth opening batsman in IPL history to reach this figure, before this Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Chris Gayle have achieved this feat.
Gulbadin Naib becomes part of Delhi Capitals team
Delhi Capitals have included Afghanistan all-rounder Gulbadin Naib in the squad as a replacement for Mitchell Marsh for the remaining matches of IPL 2024. This will be the first time Gulbadin Naib will play in IPL. Delhi Capitals have included Gulbadin Naib in their team at a base price of Rs 50 lakh.
BCCI may soon increase the salary of domestic players
The Board of Control for Cricket in India may soon increase the salary of players playing domestic cricket. Ajit Agarkar’s selection committee has been entrusted with the task of giving suggestions regarding its implementation. According to reports, BCCI believes that the fees of domestic cricketers should be at least double. The board is considering paying Rs 75 lakh to Rs 1 crore as annual salary to players who play 10 Ranji Trophy matches.
Former captain of Pakistan women’s team Bismah Maroof announced her retirement.
Former captain and star player of Pakistan women’s team Bismah Maroof has announced her retirement from all formats of cricket with immediate effect. Bismah Maroof has taken this big decision in the World Cup year. Bismah Maroof made his international debut for Pakistan cricket team in the year 2006. He represented his country in 276 international matches. Where he scored a total of 6262 international runs. Which includes 33 half-centuries. Along with the bat, he has also contributed to his team with the ball. Maroof also has a total of 80 wickets in his name.
New Zealand beats Pakistan by 4 runs in the fourth T20 match
The fourth match of the 5-match T20 series between Pakistan and New Zealand was played on 25 April at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. In this match, the Kiwi team, batting first, scored 178 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs, whereas while chasing the target, the host Pakistan team managed to reach the score of 174 and suffered a close defeat of 4 runs. had to face. The Kiwi team is now leading 2-1 in this series, in which the last match of the series will be played on 27 April.
Punjab Kings will challenge Kolkata Knight Riders at home
The 42nd match of the 17th season of IPL will see a match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings. This match between the two teams will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. KKR has had a great performance on the field so far this season, in which they have won 5 out of 7 matches and remain at the second position in the points table, while the performance of the Punjab Kings team has been as expected. Has not got it and has managed to win only 2 matches in 8 matches.
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