Sports Top 10 News: Kolkata Knight Riders team has become the first finalist of IPL 2024. Kolkata Knight Riders have made their place in the final by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad. At the same time, in the T20 World Cup 2024, Team India will play its warm-up match against Bangladesh. The venue of this match has been decided. In such a situation, let us know 10 big news from the sports world.
KKR won the Qualifier-1 match
The first qualifier match of IPL 2024 was played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Kolkata Knight Riders team won this match. They defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad team by 8 wickets. With the victory in this match, Kolkata Knight Risers team has qualified for the finals in IPL for the fourth time. He had earlier confirmed his place in the finals in the years 2012, 2014 and 2021. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad team will now play the second qualifier match.
Venkatesh Iyer’s historic innings
Venkatesh Iyer played an inning of 51 runs in 28 balls in the match played against SRH. During this, he hit 5 fours and 4 sixes at a strike rate of 182.14. Let us tell you that this is Venkatesh Iyer’s third half-century in the IPL playoffs and all three half-centuries have come in three consecutive innings. With this, Venkatesh Iyer has become the first Indian batsman to score 50+ runs in three consecutive innings of IPL playoffs. He had earlier scored 2 half-centuries in the 2021 playoffs and now his third half-century has come this season.
Shreyas Iyer is the first captain to do this feat
Shreyas Iyer did a big feat by scoring a half-century in the IPL playoffs. He has scored fifty plus twice in the IPL playoffs as captain. Before him, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, David Warner have also scored fifty plus twice in the IPL playoffs as captains. At the same time, Shreyas Iyer is the first captain in the history of IPL to have taken different teams to the IPL finals twice. Under his captaincy, Delhi Capitals reached the final of IPL 2020. Now he has taken KKR to the final.
Venue decided for India’s warm-up match
Team India is going to play only one warm-up match before the main event of T20 World Cup 2024. Team India will play its warm-up match against Bangladesh. This match will be played at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York. Let us tell you that this will be the first match of this ground. This match will be played from 8:30 pm Indian time.
Big decision of Afghanistan team before T20 World Cup
For the T20 World Cup, the Afghanistan team has appointed Dwayne Bravo as their team consultant. Dwayne Bravo is the bowling coach of the Chennai Super Kings team in the IPL. Dwayne Bravo has now become the bowling consultant of Afghanistan for the T20 World Cup. Dwayne Bravo’s record as a bowling coach for CSK has been excellent. Apart from the T20 World Cup, Bravo has won many titles including IPL, CPL and Champions Trophy.
USA made the biggest upset!
Before the T20 World Cup 2024, the US team is playing a 3-match T20 series against Bangladesh at home. A big upset was seen in the very first match of the series. The US created history by defeating a big team like Bangladesh. This is the US’s first win against Bangladesh. At the same time, this is the US’s second win against a full member team of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Earlier, the US had defeated the Ireland team.
Record breaking bid on Mathisha Pathirana
Colombo Strikers included Sri Lankan fast bowler Mathisha Pathirana in their squad for the Lanka Premier League by paying 1 lakh 20 thousand US dollars. This is approximately Rs 1 crore in Indian rupees. Mathisha Pathirana, who has action like former Sri Lankan star bowler Lasith Malinga, was a part of this team last season also. He took 13 wickets in a total of 6 matches in the IPL this season. At the same time, he got Rs 20 lakh in IPL 2024.
First T20 match between England and Pakistan today
The teams of England and Pakistan are going to face each other in a 4-match T20 series before the T20 World Cup 2024. The series is going to start from today (22 May). Jos Buttler will command the England team in this series. At the same time, Babar Azam will captain the Pakistan team. The first match of the series will be played in Leeds. This match will start at 11 pm Indian time.
Satwik-Chirag pair at first place in world ranking
India’s star men’s badminton doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty performed brilliantly ahead of the Paris Olympics and recently won the Thailand Open Super 500 badminton men’s doubles title. The pair of Satwik and Chirag won the Thailand Open title by defeating Liu Yi and Chen Bo Yang of China. With the victory in this tournament, he has achieved the first position in the doubles world ranking. This Indian pair had slipped to third position after their defeat in the second round of the All England Championship.
Big action on Parveen Hooda
India are set to lose a Hangzhou Asian Games medal after bronze medal-winning boxer Parveen Hooda was suspended for 22 months for violating residency norms. Parveen had won the bronze medal in the women’s 57 kg weight category in the Asian Games last year, which also gave her a quota for the Paris Olympics. However, ITA, the agency responsible for results management, suspended her earlier this month after she failed to provide details of her place of residence three times within a 12-month period.
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