Pakistan surrenders to India before Champions Trophy, Team India gets a shock before IND vs SA T20 series
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Sports Top 10 News: The 4-match T20I series between India and South Africa is going to start from today. The first match will be played in Durban. However, before this match, Team India has suffered a big blow. Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav is injured. Before the first match, Surya got injured during practice. Now there is suspense over his playing in the first match. On the other hand, big news has come out regarding the Champions Trophy. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), retreating from its previous stand, is ready to make changes in the schedule of the 2025 Champions Trophy to be hosted by it. Due to this, it is being speculated that matches against India may take place in UAE.
Indian team suffered a big blow
Team India, adorned with young stars of IPL, has already reached South Africa for the T20 series. India had recently defeated Bangladesh under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav. Now Team India’s eyes will be on winning the fort of South Africa. Both the teams will play T20 match for the first time after the final of T20 World Cup 2024. Young and experienced players have got a chance in the Indian team. But even before the start of the series, the worries of the Indian team have increased. Indian T20 team captain Suryakumar Yadav got injured while practicing.
Champions Trophy 2025 is to be organized on Pakistani soil. Pakistan is making every effort to ensure that the Champions Trophy goes to its country. But the Indian team’s visit to Pakistan has not been confirmed yet and BCCI has left the final decision to the Indian government. The PCB has already announced the draft schedule of the Champions Trophy, in which all India’s matches were scheduled to be held in Lahore. It was also said by PCB that if Team India wants, it can come to Lahore only to play the match. Immediately after that the team should return to India by special plane. But now Pakistan’s stance regarding the Champions Trophy seems to be softening. A reliable source in the PCB told ‘PTI’ that the PCB feels that even if the Indian government does not approve the Pakistan tour, some changes can be made in the schedule as there is every possibility that India will play its matches in Dubai or Sharjah.
West Indies have captured the series by defeating England in the third ODI match. West Indies set a new record by winning the 3-match ODI series. Earlier, West Indies had won the first ODI match by 8 wickets while in the second match England had won by 5 wickets. The third ODI match was decisive, which West Indies won by 8 wickets and won the 3-match ODI series 2-1. Brandon King returned to the pavilion after scoring 102 runs while Casey Carty played an unbeaten inning of 128 runs. King hit 13 fours and 1 six in his innings. Whereas, Kisi Carti hit 15 fours and 2 sixes. Thanks to this brilliant century, Kisii Carty created history. Actually, Casey Carty scored the first century in his ODI career. Carty also broke the big record of the great West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards. Batting at number 3, Keysey became the second highest scorer for West Indies in ODIs.
New test series will be launched
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has made a big announcement. The England Cricket Board has decided to name the bilateral Test series played between England and New Zealand after former England batsman Graham Thorpe. Graham Thorpe passed away recently. According to The Telegraph (UK), this trophy is being designed in New Zealand and will be named after two of the best players of both the countries, Martin Crowe and Graham Thorpe. The trophy will be unveiled before the start of the upcoming three-match Test series between New Zealand and England. Graham Thorpe committed suicide by jumping in front of a train on 4 August. This news sent a wave of mourning throughout the cricket world. Thorpe played 100 test matches for England and was counted among the great cricketers of his time.
KL Rahul flopped in Australia too
Indian team is not having good days. After suffering a clean sweep in the Test series at home by New Zealand, the Indian team is ready to tour Australia. Before this, India’s A team is on Australia tour. After losing the first unofficial test match badly against host Australia, now it is participating in the second test match which has started from today i.e. 7th October. The Indian team laid down its arms on the very first day of this match. The opening pair KL Rahul and Abhimanyu Easwaran failed to give a good start to the team. Easwaran could not even open his account while KL returned to the pavilion after scoring only 4 runs. In this way KL’s flop show continued in Australia also.
Shreyas Iyer’s bat is speaking strongly in Ranji Trophy 2024-25. Last month itself, while playing for Mumbai, he scored a brilliant century against Maharashtra. And now he has created a big blast by scoring a double century. He scored a brilliant century on the very first day in the match against Odisha. In this way, he achieved a great feat of scoring a century in back to back matches. After returning unbeaten on the first day, Iyer scored a stormy double century on the second day. With this Iyer created a big record. Shreyas Iyer scored his third double century in Ranji Trophy with the help of 20 fours and 8 sixes in 201 balls. This is his first double century with his bat in Ranji after 9 years. Earlier, he had achieved this big feat in the year 2015. Iyer returned to the pavilion after scoring 233 runs in 228 balls.
Alzarri Joseph clashed with the captain in LIVE match
It is common to have fights and arguments between players of two teams on the cricket field. But it is very rare to see a clash between two players of the same team. Something similar happened in the third ODI match played between West Indies and England. In this match, West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph clashed with the captain of his own team. All this happened during the live match, the video of which is now going viral on social media.
First T20I match in Durban may be canceled
The Indian cricket team is on South Africa tour where it has to play a 4-match T20I series with the host team. This series is going to start tomorrow i.e. from 8th November in Durban. Under the captaincy of Suryakumar Yadav, Team India would like to start its campaign with a win. On this tour, along with the young players, senior players of the team like captain Suryakumar Yadav, all-rounder Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel will also try to make the series against South Africa memorable. However, weather can create obstacles in this. Actually, there is no good news from Durban before the first T20I match. There is a threat of rain looming on the first match. This match will start at 5:00 pm local time and 8:30 pm Indian time. According to the weather report, rain can hamper this match.
This player is out due to injury
Before the Border-Gavaskar Trophy between India and Australia, a series of two unofficial test matches is being held between India-A and Australia-A. Whose second match is being played and in this match, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel are also playing for India-A. In the first match, Australia A had won by 7 wickets. This series is important for both the teams in terms of preparations for BGT. But in the second unofficial test match, Australia’s Michael Neser got injured and was out of the remaining match. Michael Neser bowled brilliantly in the first innings against India A. He took 4 wickets for 27 runs in 12.2 overs and played an important role in restricting India A team to 161 runs.
RCB and Mumbai retained these players
WPL started in the year 2023 and since then it has had two seasons. Mumbai Indians have won the title once and RCB once. Delhi Capitals made it to the finals twice, but had to face defeat both times. Now all the franchises have released their retention lists before the Women’s Premier League 2025 Mini Auction. RCB team has released 7 players, which also includes star players like Heather Knight. RCB team has retained players like Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Renuka Thakur, Asha Shobhana, Sophie Divine.
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