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Sports Top 10: The Sri Lankan team had to face a crushing defeat of 233 runs in the first match of the 2-match Test series against South Africa. In the match played on the ground of Durban, the Sri Lankan team had a target of 516 runs in the fourth innings, after which they were limited to a score of 282 runs. This victory of the Africa team has directly taken them to the second position in the points table of the World Test Championship 2023-25, due to which the Australian team has now slipped to the third position. For the Champions Trophy 2025, the PCB has now given its consent to the ICC to conduct it on the hybrid model, but it has also put a condition for it.
South Africa reaches second place in WTC points table
As the final of the World Test Championship is getting closer, the points table of WTC 2023-25 is becoming more exciting. Till now the teams of India and Australia were seen to be ahead in the race in the finals. Meanwhile, another big team has entered. This team is none other than the South African team. A two-match Test series is being played between South Africa and Sri Lanka. In the first match of this series, South Africa team defeated Sri Lanka by 233 runs. His team has made a huge leap in the WTC points table. Before this match, the African team was in 5th place, but now they have achieved second place by defeating Australia, Sri Lanka and New Zealand.
Pakistan Under 19 team defeated India in Asia Cup
The Indian team’s start in the Asia Cup Under-19 being played in UAE was not at all as expected, in which they had to face defeat by 44 runs in their first group match against Pakistan. Team India had a target of 282 runs in this match, after which the entire team was limited to 237 runs in 47.1 overs. The biggest reason for the defeat of the Indian team was poor batting in which only one batsman was successful in scoring a fifty. In bowling for Pakistan, Ali Raza took maximum three wickets, apart from this Abdul Shubhan and Faham Ul Haq managed to take 2-2 wickets in their name.
Opening pair of Shahzeb Khan and Usman Khan made a new record
The ACC Men’s Under-19 Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan was played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In this match, Pakistan’s opening pair made a partnership of 160 runs and thus Pakistan’s junior team created a new record against the Indian Under-19 team. In fact, as soon as Shahzeb Khan and Usman Khan completed the partnership of 110 runs, they created a new record for the opening partnership against India. Earlier, Pakistan’s record against Indian Under-19 was 109 runs which was made by Imam-ul-Haq and Sami Aslam together in the year 2014.
Vaibhav Suryavanshi disappointed with his batting
Many big players were showered with money in the mega auction of IPL 2025. Indian players broke the record of becoming the most expensive player in IPL history many times on the very first day but in the end Rishabh Pant won. Pant made the most headlines in the mega auction on the first day, while on the second day, the name of the 13-year-old player was the most discussed. This player is none other than Vaibhav Suryavanshi, for whom there was a fierce competition among all the teams to buy but in the end the team of Rajasthan Royals (RR) was successful in winning. Rajasthan included Vaibhav in their team for Rs 1 crore 10 lakh. After becoming a millionaire in the mega auction of IPL 2025, fans and his team had high expectations from Vaibhav Suryavanshi, but all these expectations were dashed in the very first match of the Under-19 Asia Cup. Vaibhav faced 9 balls in this match and managed to score only 1 run.
PCB has now put this condition before ICC for Champions Trophy 2025
The matter regarding Champions Trophy 2025 is still completely stuck. India has clearly refused to visit Pakistan. Since then ICC has been convincing Pakistan for the hybrid model. After several rounds of negotiations, Pakistan has finally agreed to conduct the tournament in the hybrid model, but the Pakistan Cricket Board has also put a big condition before the ICC. The Pakistan Cricket Board has told the ICC that it will organize the Champions Trophy in the hybrid model only if the ICC tournaments to be held in India till 2031 are played on the hybrid model.
Marco Janson broke the 28 year old record of Indian bowler
The match between South Africa and Sri Lanka was played at the Kingsmead ground in Durban. In the first innings of this test, Marco Jansson gave only 13 runs and took 7 wickets. Before him, the Sri Lankan batting order had completely collapsed and the team was reduced to just 42 runs. After this, he took four wickets in the second innings. In this way, by taking 11 wickets, he became the joint second bowler to take the highest number of wickets in a Test match on the Durban ground. He equaled Muttiah Muralitharan. Muralitharan had taken 11 wickets in the Test at Durban in 2000. Marco Yanson has broken the 28 year old record of India’s Venkatesh Prasad. Venkatesh had taken a total of 10 wickets in a test match at Durban in 1996.
Joe Root broke Sachin Tendulkar’s world record
Joe Root has been performing brilliantly for quite some time now and is getting better with each passing day. At present, he is one of the few cricketers in the world who have left their mark with their batting on every field. Joe Root could not even open his account in the first innings against New Zealand. Now in the second innings, he scored unbeaten 25 runs, which was the fourth innings of the match. With this, he has become the batsman who scored the most runs in the fourth innings of Test cricket. He has left Sachin Tendulkar behind. Joe Root has scored a total of 1630 runs so far in the fourth innings of the Test. Tendulkar has 1625 runs in his name.
PCB Chief said victory of cricket is important
This time the hosting of Champions Trophy 2025 is in the hands of Pakistan. India has clearly refused to tour Pakistan for this tournament. Due to which many questions have arisen regarding the organization of this tournament. Meanwhile, a big statement of PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi has come out. While talking to journalists, Naqvi said that he does not want to comment much on this as it could make things worse. They have conveyed their view to the ICC, India has also conveyed its view. The effort is to ensure that there is benefit for all. He said that cricket must win, this is most important. But with respect to all. He will do what is best for cricket. Whatever formula he adopts, it will be on equal terms.
Craig Brathwaite becomes the player who played most test matches for West Indies
The second match of the 2-match Test series being played between West Indies and Bangladesh started on 30 November on the ground of Jamaica. The match started late due to rain and wet outfield in which Bangladesh team won the toss and decided to bat first. In this match, West Indies captain Craig Brathwaite made a big record in his name. When he came on the field for the toss, he became the player to play the most number of consecutive Test matches for West Indies. Brathwaite broke the record of great West Indies player Gary Sobers in this matter.
PV Sindhu made it to the finals of Syed Modi badminton tournament
India’s star badminton player PV Sindhu has seen a one-sided performance so far in the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament, in which she has confirmed her place in the finals. PV Sindhu has confirmed her place for the title match by defeating compatriot Unnati Hooda in two consecutive sets in the women’s singles semi-final match. In this match which lasted for 36 minutes, Sindhu had won the first set by 21-12 and the second set by 21-9.
