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Sports Top 10: The dominance of both the bowlers and batsmen of the Kiwi team was seen in the second day of the first match of the Test series being played between India and New Zealand at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. In this match, the Indian team was limited to a score of only 46 runs in its first innings, which is their lowest score in the innings of any Test match played at home so far. By the end of the day’s play, this New Zealand team had scored 180 runs at the loss of 3 wickets in its first innings. In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 being played in UAE, in the first semi-final match of this tournament played between Australia and South Africa, the African women’s team has secured its place in the final by winning by 8 wickets. .
Indian team made its lowest score in Test at home
The Indian had scored 62 runs against New Zealand in Mumbai in the year 2021 and the entire team had returned to the pavilion. Now in the Bengaluru Test match, the entire Indian team together has scored only 46 runs. This has now become Team India’s smallest score at home. Earlier, Team India had scored 62 runs against New Zealand in the Mumbai Test in the year 2021. Whereas in the year 1987, Team India was limited to only 75 runs in the test match against West Indies in Delhi.
Team India saw such a shameful day at home after 55 years
Despite the possibility of rain on the second day of the Bengaluru Test match, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma decided to bat first after winning the toss. Taking advantage of the moisture present in the pitch, the three fast bowlers of the Kiwi team, Tim Southee, Matt Henry and William O’Rourke, did not give the Indian batsmen a chance to play freely. When the game ended at lunch, Team India had lost 6 wickets till the score was 34. After 1969, Team India has lost its first 6 wickets on such a low score in a Test match played at home. Earlier, 55 years ago, he had lost 6 wickets at the score of 27 in the Hyderabad Test match against New Zealand.
Four of the top-7 batsmen of Team India could not even open their account.
In the first innings of the Indian team in the Bengaluru Test match, there were four batsmen in the top-7 who could not even open their account. Such an accident happened with the Indian team for the first time in the year 1952. The Indian team had lost 4 of its top 7 batsmen for zero at Headingley against England. Although this was the third innings of the match. After this, this day came again in the year 2014. That year, this match was being played against England in Manchester. Then 4 batsmen in the top 7 of the Indian team were out on duck.
Virat Kohli broke MS Dhoni’s record
While the record of playing the most matches for the Indian team in international cricket is still held in the name of the great player Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli has now come second in this list, who has done the work of breaking MS Dhoni’s record. Have done. Kohli has played 536 matches for Team India so far in all three formats. Whereas MS Dhoni played a total of 535 matches for the Indian team in international cricket from 2004 to 2019.
Delhi Capitals appointed Hemang Badani as its head coach.
Before the IPL 2025 Mega Player Auction, Delhi Capitals has made a big announcement. Delhi has made a big announcement regarding its coaching staff. Delhi Capitals has appointed former Indian cricketer Hemang Badani as the new head coach of its team. 47 year old Hemang was a part of the Indian team from 2001 to 2004. During this period he played only 44 international matches. Delhi has appointed Hemang Badani as the head coach while Venugopal Rao has been made its cricket director.
Rishabh Pant got injured while wicketkeeping in Bengaluru test match
Team India’s star player and wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has to suddenly leave the field in the Bengaluru Test match and return. Actually, Ravindra Jadeja was bowling for India in the 37th over of New Zealand’s innings. The last ball of Jadeja’s over spun rapidly after falling near the footmark. Conway tried to play the drive, but missed it. The ball came close to the off stump and hit the knee of wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. As soon as the ball hit, Pant fell on the ground and started moaning loudly. After this, Pant had to leave the field, in which Dhruv Jurel took over the responsibility of wicketkeeping in his place.
Sri Lanka won T20 series against West Indies for the first time
By winning the last match of the three-match T20 series being played between Sri Lanka and West Indies by 9 wickets, the host Sri Lankan team managed to win the series 2-1. For the first time, the Sri Lankan team has defeated the West Indies team in a bilateral series in T20 International. In the last match of this T20 series played at the Dambulla ground, the Sri Lankan team had a target of 163 runs, which they achieved in just 18 overs at the loss of one wicket.
South Africa women’s team made it to the final of T20 World Cup
A major upset has been seen in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 being played in UAE in which in the first semi-final match of this tournament, the South African team defeated the defending champion Australia by 8 wickets and secured their place in the final. Have taken. The Australian team could only score 134 runs for five wickets in the semi-finals after a slow start against the tough bowling of South Africa. In response, South Africa made a great start. Captain Laura Wolvaardt started the innings and scored 42 runs. After this, Anne Bosch led her team to victory by playing an unbeaten inning of 74 runs on 48 balls.
The second semi-final match will be held today between New Zealand and West Indies
While the South African team has confirmed its place in the final in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, the decision on who they will face against will be made in the second semi-final match between New Zealand and South Africa to be held today at the Sharjah ground. Both the teams have seen excellent performance in this tournament so far, hence this match is expected to be exciting.
Indian women’s team announced for the series against New Zealand
The Indian women’s team has to play an ODI series against New Zealand at home from October 24. The Indian women’s team has been announced for this ODI series. This will be Team India’s first bilateral series after being eliminated in the first round of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. 4 new faces have been given a chance for this series. Tejal Hassabnis, Priya Mishra, Saima Thakur and Sayali Satgare have been included in the Indian team for the first time.
Harmanpreet Kaur (Captain), Smriti Mandhana (Vice-Captain), Shafali Verma, Dayalan Hemlata, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Yastika Bhatia (WK), Uma Chhetri (WK), Sayali Satgare, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh Thakur, Tejal Hasbnis, Saima Thakur, Priya Mishra, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil.
