Top 10 Sports News: A four-match T20 series is being played between India and South Africa. Team India is currently leading the series 2-1. The fourth match of the series will be organized today i.e. 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 take a look at 10 such news from the sports world together.
Pakistan lost
The Pakistan team is currently on a tour of Australia where they have come to play a limited overs series under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan. While the Pakistani team won the ODI series 2-1, they had a dismal start to the three-match T20 series. The first match of the series, played at the Gabba in Brisbane, was interrupted by rain, which led to a very late start and a 7–7 over. In this match, the host Australia batted first and scored 93 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 7 overs. Chasing this target, the Pakistani team managed to score only 64 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 7 overs and lost the match by 29 runs.
Maxwell’s new record
Australia’s star player Glenn Maxwell played a brilliant innings in the match played against Pakistan. Maxwell’s bat saw a brilliant innings of 43 runs off 19 balls with the help of 5 fours and three sixes, on the basis of which he managed to complete his 10 thousand runs in T20 cricket. Glenn Maxwell has now become the third Australian player to score 10 thousand or more runs in T20 cricket. Before Maxwell, this figure was achieved for Australia by David Warner and Aaron Finch. Warner has so far scored 12411 runs in T20 cricket, while Finch has scored 11458 runs with his bat.
Dhawan will play in the Nepal League
Former Indian cricket team opener Shikhar Dhawan has retired. He bid farewell 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. Interestingly, this time he is going to be a part of such a league which will be organized in India’s neighboring country. Shikhar Dhawan will be seen playing in the Nepalese league. Nepal Premier League (NPL) franchise Karnali Yaks have roped in former Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan for the next edition.
Mohammad Shami made a bang on the field
Fans of the Indian cricket team have long been waiting for the return to the field of fast bowler Mohammad Shami, who has been out of competitive cricket since the ODI World Cup in 2023. Shami was unable to return to the field due to injury, with everyone hoping that he would be fit before the tour of Australia, however with the announcement of the team it became clear that Mohammed Shami is still not fully fit. Now Shami is back on the field after almost a year, playing in the Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. Shami’s bowling was also a disaster in this match, which is also very good news for Team India.
New Zealand Test Squad Announced
A Test series is to be played between England and New Zealand. New Zealand have announced their squad for this series. The series will be played in New Zealand. The England team will be touring New Zealand at that time and the first Test match between the two teams will be played from November 28. Former captain Kane Williamson has returned to New Zealand’s 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 squad for the match against England. At the same time, all-rounder Nathan Smith has been included in the Test squad for the first time. Uncapped seamer Jacob Duffy is also part of the squad, while Bear Sears and Kyle Jamison are out through injury.
New Zealand squad 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 (Tests 2 and 3), Nathan Smith, Tim Southee, Kane Williamson, Will Young.
Tim Southee announced his retirement
New Zealand 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. The New Zealand Cricket Board gave this information on Friday. However, the Saudis will be available for selection if New Zealand qualify for the finals of the World Test Championship (WTC) next June. The WTC final will be played at Lord’s in London from June 11.
Virat Kohli’s flop show continues
The start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 is now just 1 week away but Virat Kohli’s poor form shows 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 will be played in Perth from November 22. Before this match, Team India practiced center wicket in which Virat Kohli could not do anything special with the bat. Kohli returned to the pavilion scoring only 15 runs. Indian fast bowler Mukesh Kumar made Kohli his victim.
Today there is a match between India and South Africa
Team India is all set to play its fourth and final T20I match on the tour of South Africa. Suryakumar Yadav captained Team India leads the 4-match T20I series 2-1 and will now look to win the series 3-1. However, it will not be that easy for Team India. The match will be played at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. Like the previous match, the fourth T20I match will also start at 8.30 am. The toss will be half an hour earlier ie at 8 pm.
Big Update on IPL Mega Auction
The mega auction of IPL 2025 will be held on 24th and 25th of this month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In such a situation, all the IPL franchises are busy preparing for this mega auction. Meanwhile, big news is coming out about the mega auction. In fact, the BCCI has informed the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises that the mega auction will have two sets of marquee players. The mega auction will be held on November 24 and 25. According to information received from the franchise, the BCCI has told them that each set will have two marquee lists of 8-9 players. While it is not unusual for a mega-auction to have two sets of marquee players, previous major players in 2022 had only one. However, there were two sets in the 2018 and 2014 auctions.
History was made in the Ranji Trophy match
It is very difficult for any batsman to score a triple century in a cricket match, but there is a match being played on Indian soil in which not one but 2 batsmen have made a great record of scoring a triple century. This unique record has been seen in India’s prestigious domestic cricket tournament Ranji Trophy. The Goan team achieved 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 Buckle and Snehal Kauthankar created a sensation in the cricket world by scoring brilliant triple centuries.
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