SL vs NZ: After T20, Sri Lanka also won the ODI series, defeated New Zealand by 3 wickets in the second match.
Wicketkeeper Kushal Mendis gave match winning performance for Sri Lanka Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI (Image Credit- Twitter SL vs NZ: The New Zealand cricket team is currently on a tour of Sri Lanka, where a three-match ODI series is being played between the two teams. So the second match of this series was played today, on Sunday, 17th November, between the two teams at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Let us tell you that in this match, host Sri Lanka has defeated New Zealand by three wickets. After winning the match, Sri Lanka has taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ODI series. Wicketkeeper Kushal Mendis played an important role in winning the match for Sri Lanka, who played a brilliant unbeaten inning of 74* runs in 102 balls in the match. Status of Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 2nd ODI match Talking about the match, host Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, New Zealand was all out for 209 runs in 45.1 overs against Sri Lanka’s excellent spin bowling. For the Kiwi team, Mark Champman played the best innings of 76 runs, while wicketkeeper Mitch Hay scored 49 runs. Apart from this, no other player could play a big innings. On the other hand, there was an amazing performance from the host Sri Lanka, especially in spin bowling. Mahish Tikshana and Jeffrey Vandersay took 3 wickets each. Apart from this, Asitha Fernando got 2 wickets and Dunith Vellalage and captain Charith Asalanka got 1 wicket each. After this, when Sri Lanka set out to chase the easy target of 210 runs given by New Zealand, it achieved the target by losing 7 wickets in 46 overs. While Kushal Mendis (74*) kept one end in check for Sri Lanka, they also got good support from Janith Liyanage (22), Dunith Vellalage (18) and Mahish Teekshana (27*) in the end. Talking about the bowling of Kiwi team, all-rounder Michael Bracewell took 4 wickets. Apart from this, Mitchell Santner, Glenn Phillips and Nathan Smith got 1-1 success. Sri Lanka’s first ODI series win over NZ since 2012Series Lead 2-0 #kusalmendis 74*run #SLvsNZ #NZVSSL pic.twitter.com/znhAUSZJLI — Cric Aassuu (@MohmmadAsif2000) November 17, 2024
SL vs NZ, 2nd ODI Match Prediction: Who will win the 2nd ODI match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand?
The Sri Lankan team is leading 1-0 in the three-match ODI series. SL vs NZ (Photo Source: Getty Images) SL vs NZ, 2nd ODI Match Preview (Match Preview): Sri Lanka And New Zealand Second match of the three-match ODI series between 17 November To Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Will be played in. Sri Lanka won the first ODI by 45 runs (DLS rules). Batting first, the hosts scored 324 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 49.2 overs. Avishka Fernando scored 100 runs in 115 balls and Kusal Mendis scored 143 runs in 128 balls. Due to rain, New Zealand again got the DLS target of 221 runs in 27 overs, but the team could only score 175 runs at the loss of 9 wickets. Dilshan Madushanka took the maximum of 3 wickets for 39 runs in 4 overs. SL vs NZ, 2nd ODI Match Details (Sri Lanka vs New Zealand Match Details): SL vs NZ Head-to-Head Records in ODIs: Pitch Report: The batsmen get more help on the pitch of Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. Here fast bowlers have to work very hard to take wickets. At the same time, things remain easy for the spinners. Here we may see a total of more than 350+. Probable Playing XIs: Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka (captain), Janith Liyanage, Kamindu Mendis, Mahish Teekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dilshan Madushanka, Asitha Fernando. New Zealand: Will Young, Tim Robinson, Henry Nicholls, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Hay (wk), Mitchell Santner (c), Nathan Smith, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy Watch here- Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI Dream11 Prediction Probable Best Batter of the Match – Kusal Mendis In the first ODI, Kusal Mendis played a brilliant inning of 143 runs in 128 balls with the help of 17 fours and 2 sixes. He can bat brilliantly in the second ODI also. Probable Best Bowler of the Match – Jacob Duffy New Zealand bowler Jacob Duffy took three wickets for 41 runs in 8.2 overs in the first ODI. He can maintain his form in the second ODI also. SL vs NZ, 2nd ODI Today’s Match Prediction: Sri Lankan team will win the 2nd ODI match Scenario 1 Sri Lanka won the toss and chose bowling Powerplay Score- 40-50 Score of first innings- 210-220 Sri Lanka won Scenario 2 New Zealand won the toss and chose bowling Powerplay Score- 50-60 Score of first innings- 300-310 Sri Lanka won See here- Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI Live Score
OTD: Due to Virat Kohli’s 50th ODI century, India made it to the World Cup final last year, breaking Sachin’s record.
Kohli broke Sachin’s record of 49 ODI centuries Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter X) Former captain of the Indian cricket team and famous as Run Machine, Virat Kohli had created history on this day, in the Cricket World Cup 2023 held last year. Let us tell you that in this match, Kohli played a century in the semi-final match against New Zealand and helped Team India reach the final of the World Cup. So this was Kohli’s record 50th century in his ODI career. With this century, Kohli became the first cricketer to break the historical record of 49 centuries scored in ODIs by former great cricketer and God of the game Sachin Tendulkar. In the match, Kohli played a brilliant inning of 117 runs in 113 balls with the help of 9 fours and 2 sixes. India won the match by 70 runs If we talk about this first semi-final match played at the historic Wankhede in Mumbai, India had won the toss and decided to bat first. Batting first, Team India scored 397 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Apart from Kohli’s century, Shubman Gill played a brilliant inning of 80 runs and Shreyas Iyer played a brilliant inning of 105 runs. In bowling, Tim Southee got 3 successes and Trent Boult got 1 success for New Zealand. So when New Zealand came out to chase the strong target of 398 runs given by India, it was all out on the total score of 327 runs in 48.5 overs. While batting for the Kiwi team, Daryl Mitchell played an excellent inning of 134 runs, while captain Kane Williamson contributed 69 runs. New Zealand had to face defeat by 70 runs due to other batsmen not scoring runs. On the other hand, excellent bowling was seen from Team India. Especially from fast bowler Mohammed Shami, he took 7 wickets while conceding 57 runs in 9.5 overs. Apart from Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj and Kuldeep Yadav got 1 success each. One year of a record-breaking innings in Mumbai#OnThisDay in 2023, Virat Kohli became the first batsman to register 5⃣0⃣ ODI centuries 👏👏#TeamIndia , @imVkohli pic.twitter.com/uwGcxcVbHr — BCCI (@BCCI) November 15, 2024
Shaheen Afridi becomes number 1 ODI bowler after latest ranking, read big news
Shaheen has got 696 rating points. Shaheen Afridi (Photo Source: Getty Images) ICC Men’s ODI Bowling Rankings: After the release of the latest ICC rankings, Pakistan cricket team’s fast bowler Shaheen Afridi has got a big advantage in the ODI format. He has now become the number 1 bowler in ODIs. It is noteworthy that Shaheen had recently played an important role in Pakistan’s 2-1 victory against Australia. So now Shaheen has got the benefit of excellent bowling in ranking also. Shaheen currently has 696 rating points, and he is at number one. At the second position is former captain of Afghanistan cricket team and all-rounder Rashid Khan. Rashid currently has 687 rating points. Whereas South African spinner Keshav Maharaj is at third place with 674 rating points. Apart from Shaheen, fast bowler Haris Rauf has also got a big advantage in the category of bowlers in ODI. Rauf has reached number 13 after achieving his career best ranking with a jump of 9 points. On the other hand, in the batsmen’s category, West Indies captain Shai Hope has reached the top 10 in the ODI format after almost 18 months. Hope had recently performed brilliantly in the ODI series against England. He has gained two places and reached 10th position with 665 rating points. T20 series between Australia and Pakistan starts from 14th November Also, let us tell you that after the ODI series, now the three-match T20 series between Australia and Pakistan is going to start from Wednesday, November 14. The first match of this series will be played at The Gabba ground in Brisbane. It will be worth watching how the fast bowling attack of Pakistan cricket team is going to perform in this match.
Big news for Team India, Mohammed Shami will now play his first match after ODI World Cup 2023.
Mohammed Shami (Photo Source: Getty Images) Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami is all set to make a comeback in competitive cricket after being away from cricket for almost a year. Shami will represent Bengal in the Ranji Trophy match against Madhya Pradesh starting on Wednesday in Indore. The National Cricket Academy (NCA) has cleared him to play. Shami’s return was expected for a long time, it was expected that he would play in Ranji Trophy. After about a year, he will be seen playing professional matches. He played his last match for India on 19 November 2023, which was the final match of the 2023 World Cup. Since then he could not play any domestic match due to injury. However, now he will get a chance in Ranji Trophy and he will be seen on the field on Wednesday 13th November. This has been announced by the Bengal Cricket Association. Bengal Cricket Association issued press release regarding Mohammed Shami Bengal Cricket Association issued a press release saying, “It is a good thing for Indian cricket and Bengal Ranji Trophy that Mohammed Shami is going to make his comeback. He is going to play in the Ranji match against host Madhya Pradesh starting from Wednesday in Indore. Shami, who last played for India in November last year, will take charge of the team’s fast bowling attack against Madhya Pradesh. Bengal Cricket Association further said, “Shami’s inclusion in the Bengal team will prove to be very beneficial for the team. The Bengal team is trying to make it to the second round of Ranji Trophy.” Bengal team is currently at fifth position in its group after scoring 8 points after four matches. In such a situation, Shami has a chance to prove his fitness and if he performs well here, he can still be selected for the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy against Australia. If Shami proves his fitness by playing two consecutive Ranji matches and bowling long spells, then he can play in the last three matches in Australia also.
Another blow to Australia after losing the ODI series against Pakistan, this player is out of the T20 series
Three match T20 series will start from November 14 Cooper Connolly. (Photo by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images) Australia cricket team is currently hosting Pakistan in limited overs format. So recently, Australia had to face 2-1 defeat in the three-match home ODI series against Pakistan. So after the end of the ODI series, now the three-match T20 series between the two teams is going to start from November 14. However, now before the start of this series, a big bad news is coming out from the Australian camp. Let us tell you that due to injury, young cricketer Cooper Connolly has been ruled out of the T20 series against Pakistan. The cricketer suffered this injury during the third ODI match against Pakistan in Perth, and now it has been revealed that his injury is quite serious. Due to injury, he will not be able to participate in the T20 series against Pakistan. So regarding the young player’s injury, Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed that Cannoli is going to consult a specialist in Perth on Monday to know the full severity of his injury. Cooper Connolly’s injury may increase Perth Scorchers’ problems On the other hand, now if Cooper Cannoli does not recover from this injury soon, then the troubles of Big Bash League franchise Perth Scorchers seem to be increasing. Let us tell you that the players are an important part of the Scorchers franchise in BBL. It is noteworthy that the upcoming Men’s BBL is starting from December 15, 2024. Due to this injury, Cooper will not be able to participate in the domestic cricket tournament Sheffield Shield Cricket on behalf of Western Australia. However, Cricket Australia has not yet announced the replacement of Cooper Cannoli.