Top 10 Sports News: The four-match T20 series is ongoing between India and South Africa. Team India currently leads the series 2-1. The fourth game of the series will be held today, November 15th. On the other hand, the Indian Test team is currently in Australia. There will be a five-match Test series against Australia. In this case, let’s take a look at 10 such news from the world of sports.
pakistan lost
Pakistan are currently touring Australia, where they will play a limited-overs series under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan. Although Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1, they had a very humiliating start in the three-match T20 series. The first game of this series was played at the Gabba Stadium in Brisbane. Due to rain interruption, the game started late and reached the 7-7 round. In this match, hosts Australia batted first and scored 93 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 7 overs. While chasing this target, Pakistan lost 9 wickets in 7 overs and scored only 64 runs, eventually losing by 29 runs.
Maxwell’s new record
Australia’s star player Glenn Maxwell played a brilliant innings against Pakistan. Maxwell’s bat produced an outstanding score of 43 runs in 19 balls with the help of 5 fours and 3 sixes, on the basis of which he successfully completed 10000 runs in T20 cricket. number. Glenn Maxwell has now become the third Australian player to score more than 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. Before Maxwell, Australia’s figure had been achieved by David Warner and Aaron Finch. Warner has scored 12411 runs in T20 cricket so far, while Finch has scored 11458 runs with the bat.
Dhawan to play in Nepal League
Former Indian cricket team opener Shikhar Dhawan has announced his retirement. This year he bid farewell to cricket. However, he can still be seen playing among retired players in T20 leagues. Recently, he participated in the Cricket Legends League, LLC 2024, the final of which was held in Srinagar. After this match, Shikhar Dhawan is eager to play in the T20 league again. Interestingly, this time he will be participating in such a league in neighboring India. Shikhar Dhawan will play in the Nepal League. Nepal Premier League (NPL) team Karnali Yaks has invited former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan to participate in the upcoming tournament.
Mohammad Shami makes explosive comeback on the pitch
Fans of the Indian cricket team have been waiting for a long time for the return of fast bowler Mohammad Shami, who has been absent from cricket since the 2023 ODI World Cup. Shami failed to return due to injury and everyone was hoping that he would be fit before the Australia tour, but with the announcement of the team, it is clear that Mohammad Shami is not fully fit yet. Now, Shami is back in action after almost a year, taking part in the Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Shami’s bowling havoc was also on display in this match, which is also good news for the Indian team.
New Zealand Test squad announced
The Test series will be played between England and New Zealand. Team New Zealand has announced its squad for this series. The series will be played in New Zealand. The England team will then travel to New Zealand for a tour, and the two teams will start their first test match on November 28. Former captain Kane Williamson returns to New Zealand Test squad. Kane has recovered from a back injury that missed New Zealand’s tour of India but has now been part of the squad against England. Meanwhile, all-rounder Nathan Smith has been included in the Test squad for the first time. Uncapioned seamer Jacob Duffy is also in the squad, while Bear Sears and Kyle Jamieson are missing through injury.
New Zealand vs England Test series: Tom Latham (captain), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner (Tests 2 and 3), Nathan Smith, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
Tim Southee announces retirement
New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee has announced the big news of his retirement. Tim Southee will retire from Test cricket after the upcoming three-match home series against England. The New Zealand Cricket Board announced the information on Friday. However, the Saudi squad will be available if New Zealand qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) finals next June. The WTC finals will be held at London’s Lord’s Stadium from June 11.
Virat Kohli’s underwhelming performances continue
There is now just 1 week left before the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, but Virat Kohli’s poor form shows no signs of ending. Except captain Rohit Sharma, all players of the Indian team have arrived in Australia for the five-match Test series. The first match of the Test series will be played in Perth on November 22. Before this match, India had a mid-wicket practice in which Virat Kohli could not do anything special with the bat. Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring just 15 runs. Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made Kohli his victim.
Today’s match between India and South Africa
Team India is ready to play the fourth and final T20I of the South Africa tour. Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, leads the 4-match T20I series 2-1 and will now aim to win the series 3-1. However, it was not that easy for the Indian team. The match will be held at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Like the previous match, the fourth T20I match will also start at 8.30 am. The toss will take place half an hour earlier, at 8pm.
Big update on IPL mega auction
The IPL 2025 mega auction will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from the 24th to the 25th of this month. Under such circumstances, all IPL teams are busy preparing for this large-scale auction. At the same time, big news about large-scale auctions continues to come out. In fact, BCCI has informed the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams that there will be two batches of top players in the mega auction. The major auction will be held on November 24th and 25th. Based on the information received from the teams, BCCI told them that each group will have two squads of 8-9 players. While it’s not uncommon for a major auction to feature two big-name players, the last major auction in 2022 featured just one. However, there were two sets at auction in 2018 and 2014.
Ranji Trophy match makes history
It is very difficult for any batsman to score three wickets in cricket, but in a match played on Indian soil, not one but two batsmen made three Great record for scoring the ball. This unique record was seen in India’s prestigious domestic cricket tournament Ranji Trophy. Goa achieved this unique record during their match against Arunachal Pradesh in the group stage of this tournament. On the second day of this match, Goan batsmen Kashyap Bakler and Snehal Kotankar shocked the cricketing world with their brilliant three centuries.
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