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Sports Top 10 News: Teams from India and South Africa will compete today (December 21) at Boland Park in Paarl. The final match of the three-match ODI series will be played between the two teams at Boland Park. The three-game series is currently tied 1-1. At the same time, the Ministry of Youth and Sports announced the names of 26 players for the 2023 National Sports Award. It includes the name of star fast bowler Mohammed Shami.
The three-match ODI series between India and South Africa has reached a very exciting turn. Team India won the first match of the series by 8 wickets. But in the second game, South Africa made a brilliant comeback and won by 8 wickets. In such a situation, the series will now be decided in the last game. This game will be played today at Boland Park, Paarl.
The third ODI match between India and South Africa will be played at Boland Park, Paarl. If the Indian team wins this match, they will win the series 2-1. If this happens, it would be Team India’s second ODI series win in South Africa. Team India won this only ODI series in South Africa in 2018. In such a situation, Team India has a great chance of defeating South Africa at home this time.
Mohammed Shami has been performing strongly for Team India for some time now. He won everyone’s heart with his bowling. Shami had taken 24 wickets in 7 matches of the 2023 ODI World Cup. He was the highest wicket-taker in the ODI World Cup 2023. In view of his brilliant performance, it was announced that he would be awarded the Arjuna Award.
A new ranking has been published by ICC. Team India’s star opener Shubman Gill, who was ranked number one in the recently held ODI World Cup, is no longer the number one batsman in ODIs. Former Pakistan captain Babar Azam has once again taken over as number one. His rating is 824.
The test match season has started again. The Test series between Pakistan and Australia continues. With the start of Test matches, changes in the ICC Test Rankings have also begun. New Zealand’s Kane Williamson remains in first place in the ICC’s new Test rankings. But Babar Azam had to move up from fourth to fifth place. Earlier, Babar Azam’s rating was 829, but now it has come down to 801.
The West Indies team will tour Australia early next year. A two-game test series will be played between the two teams. This series starts on January 17th. The West Indies team has announced its 15-member squad for this series. Former captain Jason Holder was shown the way out of the team.
The Australian women’s team’s tour of India began on December 21. This tour started with a test match. The Australian women’s cricket team is playing a test match in India after almost 40 years. The last time the Australian team toured India for a Test was in February 1984.
Australia’s star player Ashton Turner was bought by Lucknow Super Giants team for Rs 1 crore in the IPL 2024 auction. But Turner got injured just a day after the IPL auction. Perth Scorchers captain Ashton Turner was injured after bowling the first ball of his tenure against Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League match. The right knee injury worsened while bowling. He then left the field.
After the IPL 2024 auction, young player Shubham Dubey’s name remains in the headlines. Shubham’s base price in the auction was Rs 20 lakh. But Rajasthan bought it for Rs 5.80 crore. We tell you that Shubham Dubey’s father Badriprasad earned his living by selling paan at Kamal Chowk in Nagpur city. But now he’s a millionaire and ready to make a splash in the world’s biggest cricket league.
The Punjab Kings team bought 8 players in the IPL 2024 auction. However, after the auction, there were reports in the media that the Punjab Kings had bought the wrong player. But now the Punjab Kings have given their clarification on the same and termed the news in the media as false. Punjab Kings in their clarification said that the media wrote about Shashank Singh that Punjab Kings bought him by mistake. Punjab Kings would like to clarify that this player was always included in the list of players we had to bid on.