Sports Top 10: The 30th match of IPL 2024 saw a clash between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Sunrisers Hyderabad. In this match held at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, many big records of T20 cricket along with IPL history were broken. Sunrisers Hyderabad team, batting first in the match, scored 287 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs, in which Travis Head scored a century. While chasing the target, RCB also managed to reach the score of 262 runs in 20 overs but they had to face defeat by 25 runs. Travis Head scored the fourth fastest century in IPL history in this match.
RCB lost its 5th consecutive match
Royal Challengers Bangalore team is seeing a continuous losing streak in IPL 2024. In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB lost by 25 runs. In this match, RCB decided to bowl first after winning the toss, but the opening pair of Hyderabad team did not waste any time in proving it wrong. While Travis Head played an inning of 102 runs, Klaasen also scored 67 runs in 31 balls. Sunrisers Hyderabad managed to reach the score of 287 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in 20 overs. While chasing the target, RCB made a very fast start and scored 79 runs in the first 6 overs but due to the fall of wickets at regular intervals, it could not win the match. For RCB, Dinesh Karthik played an inning of 83 runs in 35 balls. While bowling for Hyderabad, Pat Cummins took 3 wickets.
Travis Head completed his century in 39 balls
In the match against RCB, Travis Head completed his century in just 39 balls. During this, he hit 9 fours and 8 sixes. This is the fourth fastest century in IPL history. At the same time, this is the fastest century in IPL from Sunrisers Hyderabad. During this innings, Travis Head scored 102 runs in 41 balls with the help of 9 fours and 8 sixes.
Virat Kohli became the player who scored most boundaries in IPL
Virat Kohli played an inning of 42 runs in 20 balls in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. During this, he hit 6 fours and 2 sixes. With this, his total in IPL has reached 926 boundaries (fours + sixes) and he has become the batsman who has hit the most boundaries in IPL. Shikhar Dhawan is at second place in this list. Shikhar Dhawan has hit 920 boundaries in IPL so far.
Dinesh Karthik hits the longest six of IPL 2024
In the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, RCB team’s wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik had a brilliant inning of 83 runs in 35 balls, during which he also hit 5 fours and 7 sixes. In this innings, Karthik hit a six of 108 meters which has now become the longest six of this season of IPL.
Faf du Plessis said we still need to improve some things in batting
After the defeat in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Royal Challengers Bangalore team captain Faf du Plessis said that we have performed better in this match than before, but we still need to improve some more things in our batting. In which our run rate should not decrease after the powerplay. We tried hard to get close to the target in this match but 280 is a very big score.
Glenn Maxwell announces break in the middle of IPL season
Glenn Maxwell has decided to take a break between the IPL 2024 season. Maxwell said in his statement that considering the team’s performance, it was very easy for me to take this decision. Our team has not been able to perform as per everyone’s expectations so far this season and my personal performance has also not been good at all. I myself realized that I am not able to show a positive game for the team, so in such a situation it would be right to give a chance to some other player.
Michael Slater sent to police custody on assault charges
Former Australian cricketer and commentator Michael Slater has been sent to police custody after facing charges including assault and stalking. Slater, 54, has been charged with more than a dozen offenses including unlawful stalking or menacing, assault, housebreaking with intent at night, assault occasioning bodily harm and strangulation.
There may be a big change in the opening ceremony of Olympics 2024
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, to be held on the Seine River as planned, could be held at the national stadium Stade de France due to security reasons. Tight security arrangements are being made in France before the Paris Olympics and Paralympics as millions of spectators are expected to reach the country during this period. The opening ceremony will see some 10,500 athletes paraded in boats six kilometers (3.7 miles) down the Seine River with spectators watching from the shore.
Unique record registered in the name of RCB in IPL
The 17th season of IPL may not have been good for the Royal Challengers Bangalore team so far, but after the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, a special record has been registered in their name in IPL history. RCB has become the first team in IPL to score more than 250 while batting in the first innings of the match and has also managed to score 250 plus in the second innings.
The match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals will be played at Eden Gardens Stadium.
The 31st match of IPL 2017 will see a clash between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals. This match between the two teams will be played at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. So far this season, both KKR and Rajasthan teams have seen excellent performances, in which Kolkata has won 4 out of 5 matches, while Rajasthan has managed to win 5 out of 6 matches.
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