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Sports Top 10: The first match of the three-Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, in which the entire play of the first day was canceled due to rain. In the second day’s play, Team India captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first after winning the toss, in which two major changes were seen in the playing 11. Apart from this, ICC has included three legendary players in its Hall of Fame, one of which is the name of former South African team player AB de Villiers, apart from this, Alastair Cook and Neetu David have also got a place.
India won the toss and decided to bat first
Indian team captain Rohit Sharma has decided to bat first after winning the toss on the second day of the Bengaluru Test match against New Zealand, with Sarfaraz Khan and Kuldeep Yadav included in the playing 11 in place of Shubman Gill and Akash Deep. Shubman Gill is not playing in this match due to neck strain. Whereas Sarfaraz and Kuldeep are playing a test match after about 7 months.
AB de Villiers inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
Former England captain Alastair Cook and former South Africa captain AB de Villiers have been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. Apart from this, former Indian female cricketer Neetu David has also been given a place in this special list. ICC inducted these three players into the Hall of Fame on 16 October. Cook joins the long list of cricket greats in the Hall of Fame at the 113th position, David at the 114th and De Villiers at the 115th position. The ICC Hall of Fame was started in the year 2009 with the aim of honoring the great players of cricket.
Dinesh Karthik will play in Abu Dhabi T10 League
Three big superstar players are going to be seen playing in the upcoming season of Abu Dhabi T10 League, in which apart from Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan, England team’s Jos Buttler and Indian team’s former wicketkeeper batsman Dinesh Karthik will also participate. Dinesh Karthik has been included in the Bangla Tigers team in the upcoming season of Abu Dhabi T10 League, in which he will be seen playing with Rashid Khan.
Paras Mhambrey becomes bowling coach of Mumbai Indians team
Mumbai Indians is the most successful franchise of IPL. The team has won the IPL title five times under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Before IPL 2024, Mumbai had made Hardik the captain in place of Rohit. After this, the performance of Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 was very poor. Now before IPL 2025, Mumbai has taken a big decision and appointed Paras Mhambrey as the bowling coach. He will take up this big responsibility along with Sri Lankan veteran bowler Lasith Malinga. The team has appointed Mahela Jayawardene as coach some time ago.
The first semi-final will be played today in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.
The battle for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 has reached its final stage. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies have qualified for the semi-finals. These four teams have performed strongly in the tournament. The first semi-final match will be played between Australia and South Africa on October 17 at 7.30 pm Indian time on the grounds of Dubai.
Bangladesh announced its team for the first test match against South Africa
After the end of the tour of India, now the Bangladesh team has to play a 2-match test series against South Africa at home from 21st October, for which the Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced the team for the first match of this series. Has gone. Their most experienced player Shakib Al Hasan has also got a place in this team. While the first match of this Test series will be played in Dhaka, the second match will be played in the stadium of Chattogram from 29 October to 2 November.
Ben Duckett breaks world record in Multan test against Pakistan
Ben Duckett has scored the fourth century of his Test career in the Test match being played against Pakistan at Multan ground. Of these, 3 centuries have come on foreign soil. Not only this, Ben Duckett has scored half-centuries 15 times in test matches. Nine of these have come at a strike-rate of 100 or better, which is the joint-highest for England with Joe Root (who has also scored half-centuries nine times off 50 balls or less). During this century innings, Ben Duckett also shattered the world record in Test cricket. He completed his 2000 runs in Test cricket as soon as he scored 88 runs. In Test, he made the world record of completing 2000 runs playing the least number of balls. Earlier this record was in the name of Tim Southee who had completed 2000 runs in Test cricket facing 2418 balls. Now this record is in the name of Duckett.
Dale Steyn breaks his ties with Sunrisers Hyderabad
While all the franchises are making strategies regarding their retained players for the 18th season of the Indian Premier League i.e. IPL to be played in the year 2025, some have also announced changes in their coaching staff. Meanwhile, Dale Steyn, who played the role of fast bowling coach for Sunrisers Hyderabad team in IPL 2024, has surprised everyone by taking a big decision and announcing his departure from the team. Dale Steyn gave this information through one of his posts on social media platform X.
Joe Root occupies first position in ICC Test batting rankings
After playing an innings of 262 runs against Pakistan in the first Test in Multan, Joe Root has made a huge gain in the latest ICC Test rankings. Joe Root has reached the best rating point of his Test career by maintaining his dominance in the Test rankings for batsmen. He now has a rating of 932 in the latest ICC Test rankings. Earlier, Root’s career best rating was 923. Root has now reached 17th position in terms of achieving the best rating in the history of Test cricket.
Sanju Samson jumps 91 places in ICC T20 batting rankings
Sanju Samson has managed to jump 91 places in the ICC T20 batting rankings by scoring a single century. Earlier he was not even in the top 100, but now he has succeeded in reaching the 65th position. That means his name is being seen in the ICC T20 rankings for the first time. Sanju Samson, while opening for India in the third match against Bangladesh, scored 111 runs on only 47 balls. He hit 8 sixes and 11 fours during his innings. Out of these eight sixes, he hit five consecutive sixes in a single over.
