Sports Top 10: The third match of the 4-match T20I series between India and South Africa saw a very exciting game. In this match, the Indian team scored more than 200 runs and won by 11 runs. With this, Team India has taken a 2-1 lead in the series. On the other hand, Indian captain Suryakumar Yadav faced defeat in the ICC rankings. Surya has overtaken Phil Salt in the latest ICC rankings.
Indian team has created history
India beat South Africa by 11 runs in the third T20I on the back of Tilak Verma’s storming century. Batting first, India scored 219 runs for 6 wickets. In reply, the South African team could score only 208 runs in 20 overs for the loss of 7 wickets. In this way, Team India achieved an unbeaten lead of 2-1. Team India has created a new record by winning this match with Surya’s century. In fact, Tilak Verma’s century is the fifth century scored by the Indian team in T20 cricket in the year 2024. In the year 2024, no team has made more centuries in T20 cricket than India.
Varun Chakraborty created history
Varun Chakraborty became the highest wicket-taker in a T20I bilateral series with 2 wickets in the third T20I against South Africa. He has left behind Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravi Bishnoi. Ashwin took 9 wickets in a T20I bilateral series against Sri Lanka in 2016. While Bishnoi took 9 wickets in T20I bilateral series against Australia in 2023. Now Varun has surpassed all these and has taken 11 wickets in the ongoing series against South Africa. Varun has done this charisma as soon as he took the first wicket against South Africa. Before Varun, no Indian bowler had taken 10 or more wickets in a T20I bilateral series.
Discussions are ongoing on the Champions Trophy 2025 schedule
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is less than 100 days away, but the tournament has not yet been officially announced, the biggest reason behind which is the Indian team’s refusal to travel to Pakistan to play the tournament after the BCCI’s refusal to host the ICC Champions Trophy with other teams. While discussing the schedule, there were also some reports that the tournament might be organized at some other location outside Pakistan. The ICC is discussing playing the tournament on a hybrid model after India refused to go to Pakistan, although reports are emerging that the PCB is not ready for this and if it backs out, the tournament will be handed over to South Africa. can go
Sri Lanka took a big decision
In the points table of the third edition of the WTC, the Australian team is at the first position, the Indian team is at the second position while the Sri Lankan team is currently at the third position. On the one hand, the 5-match Border-Gavaskar Test series between India and Australia will begin from November 22, while the Sri Lankan team is also scheduled to play a 2-match Test series on the tour of South Africa in late November, which will begin earlier. Sri Lanka Cricket has roped in Africa legend Neil McKenzie as part of its coaching staff ahead of the tour of South Africa, appointing him as the Sri Lankan team’s consultant coach for the 2 matches of the series. This information was given by an official statement issued by Sri Lanka Cricket.
West Indies team changes
The West Indies team is currently playing a 5-match T20 series at home against England, of which the West Indies team suffered a one-sided defeat in the first 2 matches. Now Cricket West Indies has announced the squad for the last 3 matches of this series, with the return of fast bowler Alzari Joseph, who was suspended for the first two matches. The last three matches of the series will be played at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in St. Lucia on November 14, 16 and 17. While Alzari Joseph has returned to the Windies squad for the last three matches of this T20 series, the team’s star all-rounder Andre Russell has been ruled out for the entire series due to a left ankle injury. In place of Russell, Shamar Springer has been included in the squad as an all-rounder, who has played only two matches in his T20 career so far.
A brilliant performance by Arjun Tendulkar
Arjun Tendulkar earlier played for the Mumbai team in the Ranji Trophy, but now he is playing for Goa. Arjun Tendulkar playing for Goa took 5 wickets against Arunachal Pradesh in Goa Cricket Association. Left-arm fast bowler Arjun Tendulkar bowled just 9 overs, conceding 25 runs and guiding 5 opposition batsmen to the pavilion. Arjun is yet to play a match for India, but has made his debut for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, though he hasn’t got as many chances as he should have.
Suryakumar Yadav has suffered a huge loss in the ICC rankings
Indian cricket team’s T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav has suffered a big loss in the ICC rankings this time. Where he was number one, then came to number two, but now he has to come down from there too. Not only this, another batsman of the Indian team, Yashaswi Jaiswal, has also suffered. The relief is that Surya still remains at number three. However, he has certainly surpassed England’s Phil Salt.
2 great players will miss the Perth Test
Team India will be busy playing the Border-Gavaskar series on Australian soil when the IPL mega auction will be held in Jeddah. In fact, the Indian cricket team’s tour of Australia is going to start from November 22. The first Test match will be played in Perth. That means there will be a conflict between the date of the first test match and the date of the IPL mega auction. This could have a huge impact on the viewership of the India-Australia first Test match. There are reports that two of Australia’s greatest players will be absent from the Test match to be played in Perth due to the IPL mega auction. In fact, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his teammate Justin Langer will not be able to commentate in the first Test match of the mega auction of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in Saudi Arabia, starting from November 22 in Perth.
Gujarat Titans played a big bet
The mega auction of IPL 2025 is scheduled to be held on November 24 and 25. All the teams have also released their retention list. Gujarat Titans have retained 5 players. Including Shubman Gill, Rashid Khan, Sai Sudarshan, Rahul Tewatia and Shah Rukh Khan. Gujarat will get an opportunity to RTM in the auction. Gujarat team could not perform well in IPL 2024. The team then managed to win only five matches. Now, ahead of IPL 2025, Gujarat Titans have taken a big decision and handed over the important responsibility to Parthiv Patel, who won the title for Mumbai Indians.
Sanju Samson has made a comeback in the ICC rankings
Sanju Samson’s days are going well now. It is another matter that in his last match he was dismissed for nil against South Africa. But before this he scored two back-to-back century innings. He also became the first Indian batsman to do so. No Indian batsman has achieved this feat before. Meanwhile, after his brilliant performance, Sanju Samson seems to be getting a big boost in the ICC T20 rankings as well. He has made a huge leap in the rankings this time. Before the start of the India vs South Africa T20 series, Sanju Samson was ranked 66 in the ICC T20 rankings. But after just two matches, he has jumped straight up 27 places and is now at number 39.
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