10 big sports news
Sports Top 10 News: In IPL 2024 too, the Royal Challengers Bangalore team has missed out on winning the title. In the eliminator match, it had to face defeat against Rajasthan Royals. At the same time, before the start of T20 World Cup 2024, the Netherlands team has had to make changes in its squad. In such a situation, let us know the 10 big news of the sports world.
RCB’s journey ends in IPL 2024
Royal Challengers Bangalore had to face defeat by 4 wickets at the hands of Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator match. Batting first, RCB team scored 172 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. After this, Rajasthan Royals team chased this target in 19 overs at the loss of 6 wickets. Now Rajasthan Royals team will face Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second qualifier match of IPL 2024.
Shameful record added to the name of RCB team
The performance of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the playoff matches has not been anything special. Royal Challengers Bangalore team has lost 10 matches so far in the playoffs. With this, it has become the team that has lost the most matches in the IPL playoffs. Before this, no team had lost 10 matches in the playoffs. Apart from Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Capitals and Chennai Super Kings are at second place in this list with 9-9 losses.
Captain Sanju Samson created history
Sanju Samson is captaining Rajasthan Royals since IPL 2021. Under his captaincy, he has taken the team to the finals once so far. However, this time his place is on the trophy. Let us tell you that the victory against Royal Challengers Bangalore is the 31st victory of Rajasthan Royals under the leadership of Sanju Samson. With this, he has reached equal to Shane Warne in terms of winning most matches as captain for Rajasthan Royals. Shane Warne also won 31 matches for Rajasthan Royals as captain.
Dinesh Karthik said goodbye to IPL
RCB team’s star batsman Dinesh Karthik had told on Sky Sports Podcast in the month of April itself that this would be his last season in IPL. Something similar was seen in the match played against Rajasthan Royals. After the defeat against Rajasthan Royals, Dinesh Karthik took off his gloves and accepted the greetings of the fans by raising his hand. Apart from this, the fans stood up and clapped for him. There were also sounds of shouting DK-DK from the crowd. Dinesh Karthik also received a guard of honor from his RCB teammates.
The owner of this team implicated in match fixing
Taking a big decision, Sri Lanka Cricket has expelled Dambulla Thunders franchise from the Lanka Premier League. The owner of this team, Tamim Rahman has been arrested on suspicion of match fixing. Tamim Rahmam, a British citizen of Bangladeshi origin, is the owner of the Lanka Premier League franchise Dambulla Thunders. He was arrested by immigration officials at the city’s Bandaranaike International Airport following a court order.
Two changes in the Netherlands team
Even before the start of T20 World Cup 2024, the Netherlands team had to make changes in its squad. Fred Klaasen suffered a stress fracture in his lower back. While Daniel Doram’s hand is broken. For this reason, both these players are out of T20 World Cup 2024. As a replacement for these two players, Kyle Klein got a chance along with Saqib Zulfikar. Zulfiqar was included in the traveling reserve.
Sandeep Lamichhane will not be able to play in T20 World Cup
Nepal’s star cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane was recently acquitted of rape charges. After this, ICC also gave permission to Nepal Cricket Board to include him in the World Cup team. But now it seems difficult for Sandeep Lamichhane to play in the T20 World Cup. Because the US Embassy has refused to give him a visa for the T20 World Cup.
This star player is out of the Pakistani squad
Pakistan has released fast bowler Hasan Ali from the T20 series being played against England. Pakistan Cricket Board said that senior fast bowler Haris Rauf has been fit, hence Hasan has been released to play English county cricket. Hasan was selected in the 18-man squad as cover for Haris.
Sumit Nagal will play in the men’s singles draw of Wimbledon
Indian tennis superstar Sumit Nagal will participate in the men’s singles main draw of Wimbledon, the third Grand Slam to be held this year. This will be the first time since 2019 that an Indian will be seen playing in the singles draw of Wimbledon. Earlier in 2019, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was the last player from the country to play in this event, who was defeated by Canadian player Milos Raonic 6-7, 4-6 and 2-6 in the opening round itself.
Indian men’s team defeated Argentina 5-4 in shootout
The Indian men’s hockey team managed to defeat Argentina 5-4 in a shootout after being tied 2-2 in regulation time in an FIH Pro League match on Wednesday. For India, Mandeep Singh (11th minute) and Lalit Kumar Upadhyay scored field goals, while for Argentina, Lucas Martínez (20th) and Tomas Domene (60th) scored from the penalty corner. In the shootout, captain Harmanpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh scored two goals each while Abhishek scored one goal. Now the Indian men’s team will face host Belgium on Friday in the European leg of the Pro League.
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