Asia Cup
There was a lot of big news in the sports world between Tuesday and Wednesday. Today will be a big day. Today the Pakistani team meets Nepal in the first game of the Asian Cup. At the same time, big news related to the Indian ice hockey team has also come to light. In addition, there are many more news from the world of sports. In this report, you will get 10 such major updates.
10 big news from the sports world: –
India and Pakistan will face off in the ODI World Cup 2023 on October 14th at the world’s largest stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Ticket sales for this mega event started on Tuesday, August 29th. However, this was only the booking of the first round. The first tickets for the World Cup game in Ahmedabad were sold out within an hour. ICC’s ticket booking partner app BookMyShow had these first round tickets up for sale. Which is now complete.
The 16th edition of the Asian Cup begins today. This is the 14th edition of the ODI format. This time this tournament will be hosted by Pakistan. While 4 matches will be played in Pakistan, 9 matches will be played in Sri Lanka including all matches of India. The opening game of the tournament will be played between Pakistan and Nepal. This match will be played at Multan Cricket Stadium.
Veteran Team India fast bowler Ishant Sharma clearly explained in an interview that Virat Kohli had a full pace battery, ie a group of good fast bowlers from MS Dhoni. These included Mohammed Shami, Jaspreet Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav. Ishant believes former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni coached the bowlers and subsequently gave his successor Virat Kohli a “complete” bowling package.
A day before the tournament started, Team India head coach Rahul Dravid confirmed that KL Rahul would miss some Asian Cup games. Rahul will not feature in the group stage games against Pakistan and Nepal. This news has once again raised five big questions for Team India. However, the team has Ishan Kishan acting as backup wicketkeeper. In addition, Sanju Samson is also on the reserve list. But it’s hard to say who will get the chance.
The Pakistani team will play their first game against Nepal on August 30th. Now Pakistan have announced their starting line-up for this game. Three fast bowlers, two all-rounders and six batsmen have found a place in the squad. Besides captain Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Rizwan, Agha Salman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Harris Rauf have a place in the Pakistan team.
For the Asia Cup 2023, 15 players got a place in the Sri Lankan cricket team. Dasun Shanaka was named the team’s captain. Sri Lanka won the 2022 Asian Cup title by defeating Pakistan led by Shanaka. At the same time, Kushal Mendis assumes responsibility as vice-captain. Kushal Mendis and Dhananjay de Silva were retained in the team. Four of Sri Lanka’s star players are out through injury. These include Vanindu Hasaranga, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka and Lahiru Kumara.
Virat Kohli said I enjoy playing ODI cricket. I believe ODI Cricket is a format in which your game has been fully tested. Your technique, patience and ability to play depending on the situation will be put to the test. So I think it tests you as a batsman and I also feel that ODI cricket has always motivated me to do my best as I like a challenge and try to adapt to the situation so that my team wins. I play accordingly.
Pakistan captain Babar Azam does not want to stir up controversy over the ‘hybrid model’ of hosting the Asian Cup but believes it would have been better if all the tournament’s matches were played in his country. The Pakistan Cricket Board has the hosting rights for the Asia Cup, but the Jay Shah-led Asian Cricket Council has opted for a hybrid model, with Sri Lanka hosting some of the matches. This includes matches between India and Pakistan.
Four goals from Maninder Singh and a hat-trick from Mohammad Rahil helped India open their Asian Hockey 5S World Cup qualifiers 15-1 against Bangladesh on Tuesday. The Indian team dominated from the start against their weaker opponents. Bangladesh scored first, but India then gave their opponents no further chances.
Many Team India players will face Pakistan for the first time. Three of those batsmen are Shubman Gill, Ishaan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer.