Top ten sports: The third match of the 4-match T20I series between India and South Africa was a very exciting match. In this match, the Indian team scored over 200 points and won by 11 points. At this point, India leads the series 2-1. On the other hand, India captain Suryakumar Yadav suffered a loss in the ICC rankings. Surya was overtaken by Phil Salt in the latest ICC rankings.
Indian team makes history
Building on Tilak Verma’s stormy century, India defeated South Africa by 11 runs in the third T20I. Batting first, India scored 219 runs for 6 wickets. In response, South Africa scored just 208 runs after losing seven wickets in 20 overs. In this way, the Indian team achieved an unbeatable 2-1 lead. Team India won the match with Suriya’s century, setting a new record. In fact, Tilak Verma’s hundred is the fifth century that India has scored in T20 cricket in 2024. In 2024, no team will be able to score more hundreds than India in T20 cricket.
Varun Chakraborty makes history
In the third T20I against South Africa, Varun Chakravarthy took 2 wickets and became the Indian bowler with the most wickets in the T20I bilateral series. He left behind Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi. Ashwin took 9 wickets in the 2016 T20I bilateral series against Sri Lanka. While Bishnoi took 9 wickets in the 2023 T20I bilateral series against Australia. Now, Varun is ahead of all of them and has 11 wickets to his name in the ongoing series against South Africa. Varun showed that charisma after taking the first wicket against South Africa. Before Varun, no Indian bowler had taken 10 or more wickets in a T20I bilateral series.
Discussion continues on the 2025 Champions League schedule
There are less than 100 days until the start of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, but the official schedule of this tournament has not yet been announced. The biggest reason behind it is that the Indian team refused to travel to Pakistan to participate in this event. Do. The International Cricket Council is continuing to discuss the Champions Trophy schedule with other teams after the BCCI’s rejection, but there have also been reports that the tournament could be played at other venues outside Pakistan, and now there’s a major update as well. The International Cricket Federation is discussing hosting the tournament in a hybrid mode after India refused to travel to Pakistan, although reports suggest that the Indian Cricket Federation is not ready for this and if it pulls out, the hosting rights of the tournament will be handed over to South Africa You can go.
Sri Lanka has made a big decision
In the third WTC standings, the Australian team ranks first, the Indian team ranks second, and the Sri Lankan team currently ranks third. On one hand, the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Test series will begin between India and Australia on November 22, and on the other hand, the Sri Lankan team also has to play a 2-match Test series on the tour of South Africa. At the end of November, he also made a big decision from the beginning. Sri Lanka Cricket has hired African veteran Neil McKenzie as part of its coaching staff ahead of the tour of South Africa, where he has been appointed as advisory coach to the Sri Lankan team for both matches of the series. Contest. The information was provided through an official statement released by the Sri Lanka Cricket Association.
West Indies line-up changes
The West Indies are currently playing a 5-match T20 series against England at home, in which the West Indies suffered one-sided defeats in the first two games. Now, Cricket West Indies has announced its squad for the final three games of the series, with fast bowler Alzarri Joseph, who was suspended for the first two games, returning to the team. The final three games of the series will be played on November 14, 16 and 17 at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia. While Alzarri Joseph returned to the Windies lineup for the last three games of the T20 series, the team’s star all-rounder Andre Russell missed the entire due to a left ankle injury series. Shamar Springer was included in the squad as an all-rounder in place of Russell, who has played just two games so far in his T20 career.
Amazing performance by Arjun Tendulkar
Arjun Tendulkar previously represented Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy but now he plays for Goa. While playing for Goa, Arjun Tendulkar took 5 wickets in the Goa Cricket Association match against Arunachal Pradesh. Left-arm fast bowler Arjun Tendulkar bowled just 9 balls, conceding 25 runs in the process, and showed the way to the pavilion to 5 batsmen of the opposing team. Arjun is yet to play any match for Team India but he has made his debut for Mumbai Indians in the IPL although he did not get the opportunities he deserved.
Suryakumar Yadav suffers huge loss in ICC rankings
Indian cricket team T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav suffered a huge loss in the ICC rankings this time. He was number one, then number two, but now he has to drop from there too. Not only this, Yashasvi Jaiswal, another batsman of the Indian team, also suffered a loss. Happily, Surya remains in third place. However, he is definitely behind England’s Phil Salt.
2 greats to miss Perth Test
While the IPL mega auction takes place in Jeddah, the Indian team will be busy playing the Border-Gavaskar series on Australian soil. In fact, the Indian cricket team’s tour of Australia will begin on November 22. The first Test match will be played in Perth. This means there will be a conflict between the date of the first Test match and the date of the IPL mega auction. This could have a huge impact on the viewership of the India-Australia first Test match. Due to the IPL mega auction, there are reports that two Australian superstars will miss the Test match in Perth. In fact, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his teammate Justin Langer will not be able to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Saudi Arabia starting from November 22 in Perth ) commented on the first test match of the mega auction.
Gujarat Titans make big bet
The IPL 2025 mega auction will be held on November 24 and 25. All teams also announced their reserved rosters. Gujarat Titans retained five players. These include Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Syed Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia and Shah Rukh Khan. Gujarat will get a chance to conduct RTM in the auction. The Gujarat team did not perform well in IPL 2024. The team subsequently won only five games. Now, ahead of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans have taken a big decision and handed over a big responsibility to Parthiv Patel, who won the title for Mumbai Indians.
Sanju Samson makes comeback in ICC rankings
Sanju Samson is doing well these days. Another thing is that in his last game he was dropped without opening an account against South Africa. But before that, he had hit two consecutive century innings. He also became the first Indian batsman to do so. No Indian batsman had been able to achieve this feat before. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson also seems to be making huge strides in the ICC T20 rankings after his stellar performance. This time he made a huge jump in the rankings. Ahead of the India vs South Africa T20 series, Sanju Samson is ranked 66th in the ICC T20 rankings. But after just two games, he jumped 27 places and is currently ranked 39th.
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