Sports Top 10: Kolkata Knight Riders have completed a hat-trick of wins in IPL 2024. She has also reached the top in the points table. On the other hand, Rishabh Pant’s tension has increased amid the poor performance of Delhi Capitals. BCCI has taken major action against him. In such a situation, let us look together at 10 big news from the sports world.
Big win for KKR over Delhi Capitals
The 16th match of IPL 2024 was played between Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders. KKR team won this match by a huge margin of 106 runs. In this match, KKR team batted first and scored 272 runs, which is the second highest score in the history of IPL. After this Delhi Capitals was all out for 166 runs.
Kolkata Knight Riders on top in points table
Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Delhi team and achieved their third win of the season. With this, KKR team has 6 points in 3 matches and has reached the top in the points table. Before this match she was at number two. At the same time, Rajasthan Royals team has slipped to second position. Rajasthan Royals have also played 3 matches and won all the matches. But the net run rate of KKR is better than Rajasthan Royals. On the other hand, defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Lucknow Super Giants also remain in the top-4.
BCCI action on Rishabh Pant
BCCI has taken action against Rishabh Pant due to slow over rate. This is the second time this season when Rishabh Pant has been fined due to slow over rate. This time BCCI has imposed a fine of Rs 24 lakh on him. Let us tell you that Delhi Capitals team took 2 hours to bowl 20 overs against Kolkata Knight Riders. In the last match, a fine of Rs 12 lakh was imposed on Rishabh Pant.
KKR broke Lucknow’s record
Kolkata Knight Riders batsmen hit a total of 18 sixes against Delhi Capitals. Now KKR team has become the team to hit the most sixes in an IPL match against Delhi Capitals. Earlier, the record of hitting most sixes in an IPL match against Delhi Capitals was in the name of Lucknow Super Giants. The Lucknow team had hit a total of 16 sixes in the IPL match against Delhi in the year 2023.
Relief news for Mumbai Indians
A big update has come out on the fitness of Suryakumar Yadav. Suryakumar Yadav has been declared fit and is likely to play in Mumbai Indians’ next IPL match against Delhi Capitals at the Wankhede Stadium on Sunday. Let us tell you that due to injury, Surya has not been able to play a single match so far this season.
Punjab team faces Gujarat in IPL today
Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings are set to face each other in the 17th match of IPL 2024 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Shubman Gill-led Titans have won two of their opening three matches and are fifth on the points table. Punjab Kings, on the other hand, have been poor in the initial phase of IPL 2024. Shikhar Dhawan’s PBKS started the season with an impressive win against Delhi Capitals on home soil, but have lost both their matches against Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super.
This player is out of IPL 2024
Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Shivam Mavi is out of IPL 2024. Shivam Mavi had joined the Lucknow team this year. Shivam Mavi is currently suffering from injury, hence he has decided to leave the team. Shivam Mavi has played 32 matches in IPL so far. During this period Shivam Mavi has taken 30 wickets. Let us tell you that Shivam was signed by Gujarat Titans in the last season for Rs 6 crore.
Indian women’s cricket team will tour Bangladesh
Women’s T20 World Cup is to be played this year. This tournament will be organized in Bangladesh. The schedule for this tournament has not been announced yet by the ICC. Meanwhile, the Indian women’s cricket team will tour Bangladesh in late April. Where T20 series will be organized between the two teams. The last time the Indian women’s team toured Bangladesh, the series was a draw. The Indian women’s cricket team will play a five-match T20 International series against Bangladesh from April 28 to May 9.
AIFF ends investigation into alleged harassment case
The All India Football Federation on Wednesday said it has ended the investigation into a verbal complaint of harassment of a female employee by a male employee as the alleged victim and the other party did not want to pursue the matter further. Last week, a female employee at the AIFF headquarters had complained of verbal harassment by a male colleague but no formal charges were filed.
Sumit Nagal out of Marrakesh Open
Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal was out of Marrakesh Open after losing in the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals. Nagal, ranked 95th in the world rankings, was defeated by Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego 1.6, 6.3, 6.4. Nagal, who had reached the main draw of the Australian Open in January, had lost in the second round. After that he won the Chennai Open but since winning the title there, he could reach the semi-finals of the Bangalore Challenger only once. On the other hand, the pair of India’s Yuki Bhambri and France’s Albano Olivetti defeated Bart Stevens of the Netherlands and Petros Tsitsipas of Greece 6.3, 6.4 in the pre-quarterfinals.
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