Fourth match of the series against South Africa today, Mohammed Shami returns, see 10 big news from the sports world
Sports Top 10 News: India and South Africa A four-match T20 series is being played between. Team India is currently ahead 2-1 in this series. The fourth match of the series will be organized today i.e. on 15th November. On the other hand, the Indian Test team is currently present in Australia. Where a five-match test series will be played against Australia. In such a situation, let us look together at 10 such news from the sports world.
Pakistan team is currently on tour to Australia where it has come to play limited overs series under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan. While the Pakistani team had won the ODI series by 2-1, they had a very shameful start in the three-match T20 series. The first match of this series played at the Gabba ground in Brisbane was disrupted by rain, due to which the match started very late and it was played for 7-7 overs. In this match, host Australia, batting first, scored 93 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 7 overs. While chasing this target, Pakistani team managed to score only 64 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 7 overs and they had to face defeat in this match by 29 runs.
Australia’s star player Glenn Maxwell played a brilliant innings in the match played against Pakistan. Maxwell’s bat saw an excellent inning of 43 runs with the help of 5 fours and three sixes in 19 balls, on the basis of which he managed to complete his figure of 10 thousand runs in T20 cricket. Glenn Maxwell has now become the third player for Australia to score 10 thousand or more runs in T20 cricket. Before Maxwell, this figure for Australia was achieved by David Warner and Aaron Finch. While Warner has scored 12411 runs so far in T20 cricket, Finch has scored 11458 runs with his bat.
Dhawan will play in Nepal league
Former Indian cricket team opener Shikhar Dhawan has taken retirement. He said goodbye to cricket this year. However, he is still seen playing in the T20 league of retired players. Recently he participated in Legends League Cricket i.e. LLC 2024 whose final match was played in Srinagar. After this tournament, Shikhar Dhawan is eager to play in the T20 league once again. The interesting thing is that this time he is going to be a part of such a league which will be organized in the neighboring country of India. Shikhar Dhawan will be seen playing in Nepal’s league. Nepal Premier League (NPL) franchise Karnali Yaks has roped in former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan for the upcoming edition.
Mohammed Shami made a explosive comeback on the field
Fans of the Indian cricket team were waiting for the return of fast bowler Mohammed Shami to the field for a long time, who was continuously out of competitive cricket since the ODI World Cup in 2023. Shami was not able to return to the field due to injury, in which everyone expected him to be fit before the Australia tour, however with the announcement of the team it became clear that Mohammed Shami is not fully fit yet. Have found. Now Shami has returned to the field after almost a year, in which he is playing in the Ranji Trophy match being played between Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Shami’s bowling havoc was also seen in this match, which is very good news for Team India also.
New Zealand’s test squad announced
Test series is to be played between England and New Zealand. New Zealand has announced its squad for this series. This series will be played in New Zealand. The England team will be on a tour of New Zealand at that time and the first Test match will be played between the two teams from 28th November. Former captain Kane Williamson has returned to the New Zealand Test team. Kane has recovered from the back injury that kept him out of New Zealand’s tour of India, but has now joined the team for the match against England. At the same time, all-rounder Nathan Smith has been included in the Test team for the first time. Uncapped seamer Jacob Duffy is also part of the squad, while Bear Sears and Kyle Jamieson are out due to injury.
New Zealand team for Test series against England: Tom Latham (captain), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Jacob Duffy, Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner (Test 2 & 3), Nathan Smith, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
Tim Southee announced his retirement
New Zealand’s fast bowler Tim Southee has made a big announcement regarding his retirement. Tim Southee will retire from Test cricket after the upcoming three-match home series against England. New Zealand Cricket Board gave this information on Friday. However, Saudi will be available for selection if New Zealand qualify for the World Test Championship (WTC) final next June. The WTC final will be played at Lord’s in London from June 11.
Virat Kohli’s flop show continues
Now only 1 week is left for the start of Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 but Virat Kohli’s poor form is showing no signs of ending. Except captain Rohit Sharma, all the players of Team India have reached Australia for the 5-match Test series. The first match of the Test series is to be played in Perth from 22 November. Before this match, Team India did center wicket practice in which Virat Kohli could not do anything special with the bat. Kohli returned to the pavilion after scoring only 15 runs. Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made Kohli his victim.
India vs South Africa match today
Team India is all set to play its fourth and last T20I match on the South Africa tour. Team India, captained by Suryakumar Yadav, is ahead 2-1 in the 4-match T20I series and will now try to win the series 3-1. However, this will not be so easy for Team India. This match will be held at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Like the previous match, the fourth T20I match will also start at 8.30 am. The toss will take place half an hour earlier i.e. at 8 pm.
Big update regarding IPL mega auction
The mega auction of IPL 2025 will be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 24th and 25th of this month. In such a situation, all the franchises of IPL are busy preparing for this mega auction. Meanwhile, big news is coming out regarding the mega auction. Actually, BCCI has informed the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises that there will be two sets of marquee players in the mega auction. The mega auction will take place on 24 and 25 November. According to information received from the franchises, BCCI has told them that there will be two marquee lists consisting of 8-9 players in each set. While it is not unusual to have two sets of marquee players in a mega-auction, the previous big one in 2022 only had one. However, there were two sets in the 2018 and 2014 auctions.
History made in Ranji Trophy match
It is very difficult for any batsman to score a triple century in a cricket match, but a match is being played on Indian soil in which not one but 2 batsmen have created a great record of scoring a triple century. This unique record has been seen in India’s prestigious domestic cricket tournament Ranji Trophy. Goa team made this unique record while playing against Arunachal Pradesh in the plate group match of the tournament. On the second day of this match, Goa batsmen Kashyap Bakle and Snehal Kauthankar created a sensation in the cricket world by scoring brilliant triple centuries.