Sports Top 10 News: Royal Challengers Bangalore has won the match played against Punjab Kings in IPL. With the victory in this match, they have kept their hopes alive for the IPL playoffs. Virat Kohli looked in great form in this match. Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan team also announced its World Cup squad. Many more news have come out from the sports world. In such a situation, let’s take a look together at the 10 big news of the game.
10 big news from sports world
RCB won the match against Punjab
The 58th league match in the Indian Premier League was played between Punjab Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. In this match, RCB team batted first and scored 241 runs in 20 overs. While chasing this target, Punjab Kings team’s innings got reduced to 181 runs in 17 overs and they had to face a big defeat of 60 runs in this match. With the victory in this match, RCB team is still in the race for the playoffs.
Punjab Kings’ journey ends
After losing to Royal Challengers Bangalore in a rain-affected match in Dharamshal on Thursday, Punjab Kings captain Sam Curran said that his team’s performance this season has been disappointing. Punjab Kings have won only 4 matches in the 12 matches played this season and are out of the race for the IPL playoffs, as they will be able to reach only 12 points despite winning the remaining two matches. Which is less for qualification.
Virat Kohli looked in great form
Virat Kohli looked in great form in the match played against Punjab Kings. He also played a brilliant inning of 92 runs in this match. Kohli also performed amazingly while fielding. Due to which he was also chosen Player of the Match. Virat Kohli has batted at a strike rate of 195.74 in this match. After this, he tried in superman style to run out Shashank Singh during the second innings of the match.
Today there will be a clash between Gujarat and Chennai
Now every match is becoming important in IPL 2024. While the battle for the playoffs is getting interesting, now is the turn of the contest between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings. The match is to be played at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, both the teams are ready for this. This is the second match of this season between the two teams. The last match played was won by Chennai Super Kings team.
KL Rahul may leave the captaincy of Lucknow
Lucknow Super Giants had to face a one-sided defeat by 10 wickets in the match played against Sunrisers Hyderabad on 8 May. With the defeat in this match, now the Lucknow team is almost out of the race for the playoffs. After the end of this match, a video of Lucknow team captain KL Rahul and franchise owner Sanjeev Goenka went viral on social media, in which Sanjeev was clearly seen expressing his anger on KL Rahul after this defeat. Lucknow Super Giants have to play their next match in this season of IPL against Delhi Capitals which is to be played on 14th May. Regarding this match, an IPL source told PTI that KL Rahul has not yet taken any decision regarding leaving the captaincy, but if he decides to concentrate only on his batting for these 2 matches, then it will be The team management will not face any problem due to his decision.
Colin Munro took retirement
The year 2024 is going to be very special for T20 cricket. T20 World Cup is to be organized in the month of June this year. Where this tournament is to be played between 20 teams. Many teams have also announced their squads for this. Meanwhile, Colin Munro, one of the most dangerous batsmen of T20 cricket, has announced his retirement from international cricket. He has taken this decision after not being selected in New Zealand’s squad for the upcoming tournament. Munro had not played a single international match for New Zealand since 2020. Still he declared himself available for the World Cup. Apart from this, the board had also considered his name.
Sri Lanka announced World Cup squad
Sri Lanka Cricket has announced its 15-member squad for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 starting from June 1. The Sri Lankan team had won the title in the T20 World Cup played in the year 2014, but their performance has been very poor in the last few years. Experienced player Wanindu Hasaranga will be seen captaining the Sri Lankan team announced for the upcoming T20 World Cup.
Sri Lanka squad: Wanindu Hasaranga (captain), Charith Asalanka (vice-captain), Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, Sadira Samarawickrama, Angelo Mathews, Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjay de Silva, Mahish Tikshina, Dunith Wellage, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Mathisha Pathirana, Dilshan Madushanka.
India defeated Bangladesh 5-0
The Women’s T20 World Cup is to be hosted by Bangladesh at the end of 2024 and before that, the Indian women’s team won the last match of the 5-match T20 series being played on the tour of Bangladesh by 21 runs. Succeeded in winning 5-0. In the last match of this series played at Sylhet ground, the Indian team had decided to bat first after winning the toss, after which the team scored 156 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. While chasing this target, Bangladesh women’s team managed to reach the score of 136 runs in 20 overs. For the fifth time in the T20 format, the Indian women’s team has made a clean sweep of a series against any team, while for the third time they have achieved this feat against Bangladesh.
UWW suspended Bajrang Punia
Indian wrestler and Olympic medalist Bajrang Punia has faced suspension for refusing to give a dope test. The World Wrestling Federation (WWW), the global governing body of wrestling, has suspended him till the end of this year. Earlier, National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) had suspended Bajrang, after which now this decision of UWW has also come to light. NADA had given the decision to suspend Bajrang on April 23, in which he was issued a notice for violating the rules related to place of residence. Even after the suspension of NADA, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had approved Rs 9 lakh as expenses for Bajrang to train abroad, which surprised everyone.
Mohammad Aamir did not get visa
Pakistan team is preparing vigorously for T20 World Cup 2024. The team recently played a T20 series against New Zealand at home. At the same time, now she will play T20 series against Ireland and England. The T20 series is to be played against Ireland from May 10 to May 14. But before the start of this series, Pakistan team has suffered a big setback. A big update has come out regarding Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Aamir, which has increased the tension of Pakistani fans. According to reports, Pakistani player Mohammad Aamir, who was selected in the team for this series, has not yet received the visa for Ireland. In such a situation, he has not yet reached Ireland, due to which the team will have to play without him in the initial match.
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