Smriti Mandhana and the Pakistani cricket team
All the Super-8 teams have been decided in the T20 World Cup 2024. The Pakistani team defeated Ireland by 3 wickets in their last group stage match. Shaheen Afridi performed well for Pakistan in this match. He took three wickets in the match. On the other hand, the Indian women’s team has won against South Africa. Smriti Mandhana has scored a century in the match.
Smriti Mandhana scored her fifth century in ODI cricket
Smriti Mandhana played an innings of 117 runs in the match against South Africa. Mandhana hit 12 fours and a six during this period. This is her sixth century in ODI cricket. Smriti has overtaken Harmanpreet Kaur. Harmanpreet has scored 5 centuries in ODIs.
Shaheen Afridi took two wickets in the first over
In the match against Ireland, Pakistan’s team decided to bowl first after winning the toss, after which Shaheen Afridi gave the team a great start with the ball and took 2 wickets in the first over of the match. With this, Shaheen has now become the third bowler in T20 International who has achieved the feat of taking 2 or more wickets in his first over three times. Before him, Ireland bowler Peter Connell and New Zealand’s Tim Southee have done this.
Mathews was disappointed with Sri Lanka’s exit from the T20 World Cup
After the Sri Lankan team was eliminated from the T20 World Cup, Angelo Mathews said that we have disappointed the whole country. And we are really sorry, because we have disappointed ourselves. We never expected this. We have not done justice to ourselves. Our heart is broken, and we are feeling a lot of pain inside.
Asha Shobhana became the oldest Indian female player to debut in ODI format
The Indian women’s team defeated the South Africa women’s team by 143 runs in the first ODI match. Asha Shobhana made her debut for India in this match. She is 33 years old. Asha has become the oldest player to debut for the Indian women’s team in the ODI format at the age of 33. She took 4 wickets giving away just 21 runs in her debut match.
Pakistan beat Ireland by 3 wickets
Pakistan has ended its campaign in the T20 World Cup 2024 by defeating Ireland by 3 wickets. Batting first, Ireland gave the Pakistani team a target of 107 runs, which Pakistan chased in the 19th over. Babar Azam scored the most runs for Pakistan and he remained unbeaten till the end. He contributed 32 runs. Shaheen Afridi bowled brilliantly. He took three wickets in the match and later while batting, scored an unbeaten 13 runs with two sixes in five balls to give the team victory.
Babar became the captain who scored the most runs in T20 World Cup
Pakistani team captain Babar Azam scored 32 runs in the match against Ireland. With this, he has become the captain who has scored the most runs in the history of T20 World Cup. He has left Mahendra Singh Dhoni behind. Babar has scored 549 runs in the T20 World Cup as captain. Dhoni has scored 529 runs in the T20 World Cup as captain.
Bangladesh qualifies for Super-8
Bangladesh has defeated Nepal by 21 runs. By winning this match, Bangladesh has qualified for the Super-8. Now Bangladesh will face India in the Super-8 on 22 June. Bangladesh batted first against Nepal and scored 106 runs. In response, Nepal was all out for 85 runs.
Indian women’s team defeated South Africa
The Indian women’s team defeated the South Africa women’s team by 143 runs in the first ODI match. With the victory in this match, Team India has taken a 1-0 lead in the series. India’s star batsmen Smriti Mandhana and Asha Shobhana played the most important role in Team India’s victory. Mandhana ended her international century drought after two years by scoring 117 runs in 127 balls. Asha Shobhana took four wickets in the match.
England register their 100th win in T20I
England team defeated Namibia by 41 runs in a rain affected match. This was England’s 100th win in T20 International. England team played its first T20 match in the year 2005. Since then, they have played 188 matches till now, in which they have won 100. India is in the first place, having played 222 matches in T20 International and have won 147 matches.
Archery player Ankita Bhakat secured quota for Paris Olympics
Indian women’s archery player Ankita Bhakat Antalya has secured an individual quota for the Olympic Games to be held in Paris in the last week of July. Ankita confirmed her ticket to the Paris Olympics by defeating Gabriel Monica Bidor of the Philippines in the qualifiers. Ninth seeded Ankita defeated 40th seeded opponent Gabriel 6-0 (26-23, 28-22, 28-23) in the pre-quarterfinals.
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