Sports Top 10: In the T20 World Cup 2024, 2 matches were played on 6 June, in one of which the USA team faced Pakistan, while the second match was played between Namibia and Scotland. The US team surprised everyone by defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the Super Over in their second match of Group-A. In this match, Pakistan’s team batted first and scored 159 runs in 20 overs, chasing which the USA team was also able to score the same number of runs in the stipulated overs. At the same time, after the match went into the Super Over, USA gave a target of 19 runs but Pakistan could score only 13 runs in 6 balls and had to face defeat. At the same time, the Scotland team won the match played against Namibia by 5 wickets, in which they got a target of 156 runs and they achieved it in 18.3 overs. Apart from this, Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri has said goodbye to the international format with the match against Kuwait in the FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifier.
Pakistan team became victim of upset in World Cup
The Pakistan cricket team, playing the T20 World Cup for the third time under the captaincy of Babar Azam, had a very bad start, in which for the first time they had to face defeat from an associate country in this format. In the match against USA, Pakistan’s team batted first and scored 159 runs in 20 overs, in which Babar scored 44 while Shadab scored 43 runs. At the same time, the USA team, which came out to chase this target, was also able to score the same number of runs in 20 overs, in which captain Monak Patel played an important innings of 50 runs from their side. At the same time, after the match went into the super over, USA gave Pakistan a target of 19 runs but they were able to score only 13 runs and the American team won the match by 5 runs.
Babar Azam told poor batting was the reason for the defeat
In the match against America, the Pakistani team’s batting was very poor in the first 6 overs in which they lost their 3 important wickets including Mohammad Rizwan till the score of 26. At the same time, Babar Azam said after the defeat to USA that we could not take advantage of the first 6 overs because you come under pressure due to continuous fall of wickets. As a batsman, you have to focus on building partnerships. At the same time, in bowling too, we could not do well in the first 6 overs, in which our spinners also failed to take wickets in the middle overs. Babar Azam also responded about the pitch in his statement and said that there was some moisture in the pitch initially and due to this a change in the speed of the ball was also visible.
Saurabh Netravalkar played an important role in USA’s victory in the Super Over
Saurabh Netravalkar, born on 16 October 1991 in Mumbai, who is now playing for the USA team in international cricket, played an important role in helping the US team win against Pakistan. In this match, America gave Saurabh the responsibility of bowling in the over in which he had to defend 19 runs and he lived up to everyone’s expectations. Saurabh was a part of the Indian team in the Under-19 World Cup played in 2010, in which he played with KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal and Sandeep Sharma at that time.
These 3 star players of IPL will be seen playing in CPL
The Caribbean Premier League 2024 is going to start from 30 August and this league will be played till 7 October. For the upcoming season of this league, St. Lucia Kings have signed South African batsman Heinrich Klaasen and Afghanistan spinner Noor Ahmed before the draft. At the same time, Faf du Plessis, who played with the Kings last season, was not selected in the team due to injury, but he has been retained in the team for the upcoming season.
David Warner entered the other team’s dressing room
The 10th match of T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Australia and Oman teams. With this victory, the Australian team has started the tournament. A strange incident was seen in this match, which was rarely seen on the cricket field before this. Opener David Warner’s contribution was very high in Australia’s victory in this match. He scored a brilliant half-century in this match. But after getting out, while going towards the pavilion, he forgot the way to Australia’s dressing room. While returning to the pavilion, he started going to Oman’s dressing room. Later he realized his mistake. Then he headed back towards his team’s dressing room.
Scotland won by 5 wickets against Namibia
The 12th match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between Namibia and Scotland at the Barbados ground. In this match, Namibia’s team, batting first, managed to score 155 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 20 overs, in which an innings of 52 runs was seen from the bat of captain Gerard Erasmus. At the same time, the Scotland team chased this target in just 18.3 overs and won by 5 wickets. For Scotland, captain Richie Berrington scored 47 runs while Michael Leask played an important innings of 35 runs. With the win in this match, the Scotland team has now reached the first position in the points table of Group-B with 3 points.
Sunil Chhetri played his last international football match
Indian football team captain Sunil Chhetri has said goodbye to international football. The Indian football team played against Kuwait on June 6. This match was the last match of Team India captain Sunil Chhetri. Sunil Chhetri has been an important part of Indian football. He scored 94 goals in 151 matches for the country. He is currently fourth in the list of international goalscorers. Sunil Chhetri made his international debut on 12 June 2005. Chhetri won the AIFF Player of the Year Award on six occasions in his illustrious career. Apart from this, he was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2011 and Padma Shri in 2019.
David Warner became the highest run scorer for Australia
David Warner made a big record in his name with his half-century in the match against Oman in the T20 World Cup 2024. Warner has now become the highest run scorer for the Australian team in T20 International. Warner has broken the record of former Kangaroo team captain Aaron Finch in this matter. Finch had scored 3120 runs while playing for Australia, while Warner now has 3155 runs to his name.
Babar Azam became the highest run scorer in T20 International
Although the Pakistani team had to face defeat in the match against America in the T20 World Cup 2024, but the captain of the Pak team Babar Azam definitely managed to make a big record in his name. Babar’s bat saw an innings of 44 runs in this match, after which he has now become the highest run scorer in T20 International. In this case, Babar has left behind Indian team’s star player Virat Kohli, who currently has 4038 runs in T20 International.
Chris Gayle’s big record broken in T20 cricket
David Warner did a great feat in the match played between Australia and Oman. In this match, he scored 56 runs in 51 balls with the help of 6 fours and 1 six. Let us tell you that this was the 111th time in T20 cricket when David Warner played an innings of 50+ runs. With this, he has become the batsman who has scored 50+ runs the most number of times in T20 cricket. Earlier this record was in the name of Chris Gayle. Chris Gayle had scored fifty plus 110 times. But David Warner has now moved to the top of this list.
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