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Sports Top 10: In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 being played in UAE, the Indian team faced Sri Lanka in its third match of Group A, in which Team India won the match played on the grounds of Dubai by a margin of 82 runs. With this victory, the Indian women’s team also managed to improve the net run rate which had deteriorated after the huge defeat of 58 runs in the first match. Team India had complete dominance in this match in which they limited the Sri Lankan team’s innings to just 90 runs. The second match of the ongoing three-match T20 series between India and Bangladesh was played on the Delhi grounds and in this, the Indian team under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav managed to win by 86 runs and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. .
Indian team kept its hopes of reaching semi-finals alive with victory against Sri Lanka
In the Women’s T20 World Cup, all the teams are trying hard to reach the semi-finals. In the ongoing T20 World Cup, the Indian team started like a nightmare. When he lost against New Zealand by 58 runs in his very first match. After this, the Indian team made a comeback by defeating Pakistan and tried to reduce the pain of the earlier defeat. But the net run net of Team India remained less. Now the Indian team defeated the Sri Lankan women’s team by 82 runs. With this he has kept alive his hopes of reaching the semi-finals. The Australian team is currently on top in the points table of Group A. The Indian team has reached the second position in the points table in which they have played a total of 3 matches so far, out of which they have won two and lost one. The team’s net run rate plus has become 0.576. Team India has one match left with Australia, which it has to play on October 13.
The pair of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma made 2 big records
In the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 against Sri Lanka, an excellent performance was seen from the Indian team’s opening pair Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma. Both of them made a partnership of 98 runs for the first wicket. Mandhana batted strongly and scored a half-century, but she was out at the score of 50 runs. Apart from this, Shefali scored 43 runs. With this, Mandhana and Shefali have made the record of sharing the maximum number of fifty plus runs in a calendar year in women’s T20 International cricket. Both of them have made a partnership of fifty plus runs 7 times in the year 2024. At the same time, the record of scoring the most runs by a partnership in a calendar year in Women’s T20 International cricket has also been registered in the name of Smriti Mandhana and Shefali Verma, in which both of them have added 825 runs so far.
Harmanpreet Kaur scored the fastest half-century for India in the Women’s T20 World Cup.
In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, a one-sided performance was seen by the Indian team in the match played against Sri Lanka on the ground of Dubai. While batting in this match, they made a big score of 172 runs in 20 overs and after that they restricted the Sri Lankan team to just 90 runs. In this match, the same old style of captain Harmanpreet Kaur was seen with the bat from the Indian team in which she played an unbeaten inning of 52 runs with the help of 8 fours and one six in just 27 balls. With this, Harmanpreet has now become the player to score a half-century in the fewest number of balls for India in the history of Women’s T20 World Cup, in which she has broken the record of Smriti Mandhana.
India beats Bangladesh by 86 runs in the second T20 match
India won the second T20I match in Delhi and clinched the series against Bangladesh. India had won the first T20I match by 7 wickets and now after winning the second match by 86 runs, they have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the 3-match T20I series. While chasing India’s score of 221 runs, Bangladesh’s batsmen could not hold on and the entire team could score only 135 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. In this way India achieved its 28th victory in the year 2024. Now India will have a chance to equal the record of most wins in a calendar year in the next match. Uganda holds the record for most wins in a calendar year. Uganda had achieved 29 victories in the year 2023. This is India’s 9th consecutive win in T20I.
Indian team broke West Indies’ record in the match against Bangladesh
The Indian team not only won by 86 runs in the second T20 match against Bangladesh but also broke a big record of the West Indies team. A total of 15 sixes were hit by the Indian team in this match. The Indian team has now become the team to hit the most sixes in a T20I match against Bangladesh. West Indies had hit a total of 14 sixes in the T20I match against Bangladesh in the year 2012, but now the Indian team has broken this record and reached number one.
Nitish Reddy made a place in the special club by scoring a half century
After the top order faltered in the second T20I against Bangladesh, Nitish Reddy along with Rinku Singh took over the Indian innings and made a partnership of more than 100 runs. During this, Nitish created a record by completing his half-century in 27 balls. With scoring a half-century in his second match, Nitish Reddy has now become the fourth youngest player to score a half-century for India in T20 International in which he has scored a fifty in T20I at the age of 20 years and 143 days.
Sri Lanka announced its team for T20 series against West Indies
The T20I series between Sri Lanka and West Indies is to start from October 13, for which the team has been announced by the Sri Lankan cricket team. Dasun Shanaka has not got a place in this team. He was last seen playing in the T20I series against India. Apart from this, names of Dilshan Madushanka and Dushmantha Chameera are also missing from the team.
Charith Asalanka (captain), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Kamindu Mendis, Dinesh Chandimal, Avishka Fernando, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Wanindu Hasaranga, Mahish Theekshana, Dunith Welles, Jeffrey Wandersay, Chamindu Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Thushara, Mathisha Pathirana, Binura Fernando. , Asitha Fernando.
Joe Root becomes the highest run scorer for England in Test cricket
Joe Root has now become the highest run-scorer for England in Test cricket. Till now this record was in the name of Alistair Cook. Now Joe Root has reached number one. Alastair Cook played 161 matches and 291 innings in Test cricket and scored 12472 runs for his team. Now if we talk about Joe Root, till now he has scored more than 12473 runs in 268 innings of 147 test matches. This sequence is still continuing. Joe Root has scored at an average of 50.84 and strike rate of 56.95. He has played 35 century innings so far.
Joe Root left four legends behind with his 35th Test century
In the Multan Test match against Pakistan, an excellent century was seen from the bat of Joe Root in which this was the 35th century of his Test career. With this, he has now reached sixth place in terms of playing most century innings in Test cricket. With his 35th century, Root left four greats together, which include Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Younis Khan and Mahela Jayawardene.
Hardik Pandya made a huge leap in ICC rankings
In the new T20 rankings released by the ICC, England’s Liam Livingston is at number one in the list of all-rounders. His rating at present is 253. Nepal’s Deependra Singh Airi is at second place. His rating is 235. India’s Hardik Pandya has jumped four places in a row to reach number three. His rating at present is 216.
