The 10 best sports news: Virat Kohli is fighting his poor form. Virat Kohli’s bat kept calm against Bangladesh. Following this, he was also seen struggling in the three-match Test series against New Zealand, the aftermath of which has now been reflected in the latest ICC rankings. Virat Kohli has fallen out of the top 20 in the Test rankings for batsmen. On the other hand, Afghanistan had a good start in the ODI series against Bangladesh. In the first ODI match played in Sharjah, Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 92 runs. Thus we achieved a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series.
The Afghan team snatched victory from the jaws of Bangladesh
Afghanistan defeated Bangladesh by 92 runs in the first ODI. In this match, young bowler Allah Ghazanfar bowled amazingly for Afghanistan and it is thanks to him that the Afghan team managed to win the match. Batting first, Afghanistan scored 235 runs. After this, Bangladesh scored 120 runs with the loss of 2 wickets. In such a situation, everyone expected Bangladesh team to win this match easily but it couldn’t happen and the team lost the next 8 wickets for just 23. Allah Ghazanfar stood between Bangladesh and victory. In the end, the Bangladesh team was eliminated for just 143 runs.
KL Rahul will open with Abhimanyu Easwaran
The five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy will be played between India and Australia starting November 22. Before this, a series of two unofficial Test matches will be held between India-A and Australia-A. Whose first match was won by Australia-A by 7 wickets. Now the second unofficial test match between the two teams will begin from November 7. There are high chances that team India will get a new starting pair in this match. In the first unofficial Test match, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Abhimanyu Easwaran opened. According to the ESPNcricinfo report, KL Rahul and Dhruv Jurel have already left for Australia ahead of the rest of the Indian Test team and both will be seen playing in the unofficial second Test match.
Sandeep Patil gave the victory mantra to the Indian team
The Indian team has to play the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia from November 22. For the first time there will be five test matches on BGT. This has never happened before. Team India has won the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the last four times, of which it has lifted the tricolor twice by winning in Australia. But this time the road will not be easy for the Indian team. The Indian team faced a 0-3 sweep in the Test series against New Zealand at home. This has dealt a big blow to team India’s chances of reaching the World Test Championship. Now Sandeep Patil, who was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 ODI World Cup title, has made a big statement.
Kohli had to see this day in Test after 10 years.
Although Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen in the world right now, his bat is in a bad mood right now. Kohli is not scoring runs. However, he has now announced his retirement from T20 International, which means his focus is now solely on Tests and ODIs. Team India is not playing ODIs at the moment, but Test matches are taking place. The World Test Championship continues, in which the Indian team has fallen behind New Zealand by losing three consecutive matches. Meanwhile, former team India captain Virat Kohli suffered a major concussion. The day you haven’t seen in Test for the last 10 years has finally arrived today. We are talking about the test rankings published by ICC.
Big loss ahead of IPL auction
The auction date for the upcoming IPL season has been confirmed. The player auction will take place on November 24 and 25 of this month. Tenders worth millions of rupees will be held on that day. Players will become owners of millions of rupees in a few minutes. However, what is interesting is that this time some players have suffered losses even before the auction. Especially on this list are the names of those players who were already contracted before the auction. SRH i.e. Sunrisers Hyderabad had bought Pat Cummins for Rs 20.50 crore in last year’s auction. This time the team has also retained him, but this time they have reduced his salary.
Sri Lanka announced the team.
The Sri Lanka team has to face New Zealand at home. Sri Lanka team will play a 2-match T20I series and a 3-match ODI series against New Zealand. Sri Lanka has announced its team for both series. Charith Asalanka has been named captain of the Sri Lanka team in the ODI and T20 series against New Zealand. Sri Lanka has fielded experienced teams in both formats, including many players who performed brilliantly against India and the West Indies at home and played an important role in helping their team win.
Turmoil again in the ICC classifications
After the crushing loss in the three-Test series against New Zealand, ICC has released the Test rankings once again. Meanwhile, Indian team’s wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant has a slight lead while Yashasvi Jaiswal has taken a slight loss. However, if we talk about Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, both the star batsmen have moved far away from the top 10. Their comeback now seems very difficult. England’s Joe Root still occupies the number one position in the Test rankings published by ICC. His rating is 903. He currently has no challenges ahead of him.
The New Zealand team arrived in Sri Lanka
After hoisting the victory flag on Indian soil, the New Zealand team is now ready to play another great series. For this series, the New Zealand team has reached India’s neighboring country, Sri Lanka. Team New Zealand will play limited-overs series on the tour of Sri Lanka. A T20I series between the two teams will be organized first and then the ODI series will be played. 2 matches will be played in the T20I series while 3 matches will be played in the ODI series. The 2-match T20I series will begin from November 9. The second match will be played on November 10. Both matches of the T20I series will be held in Dambulla. The ODI series will also begin from November 13 in Dambulla. After this, the last two ODI matches will be played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Pallekele.
David Warner became captain
David Warner has been named captain. Warner was given command of the Sydney Thunder team for the 14th season of the Big Bash League. Warner will replace Chris Green at Sydney Thunder. However, Green is still part of the team as a player. Warner’s ban was lifted a few days ago, after which this decision was made. David Warner himself has shared the information about his appointment as captain with the fans. Sydney Thunder are hopeful that Warner’s captaincy will propel them to success as they finished last season. Big Bash League i.e. BBL 14 will start from December 15. The Thunder’s first game will be against the Adelaide Strikers in Canberra on December 17.
The captain changed during the night
After winning the first match, Australia will now face the visiting Pakistan team in the second ODI where they will look to capture the series. The second ODI match will be played in Adelaide on November 8. However, even before this match, Australia changed captain overnight. Command of the team was handed over to 29-year-old Josh Inglis instead of Pat Cummins. While Pat Cummins will be the captain in the second ODI, Josh English will be seen captaining the team in the third match. Cummins will not be part of the team in the third ODI. After the ODI series, Josh Inglis will also lead the team in the T20I series against Pakistan. Pat Cummins will not play in this series either.
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