On this Day in 2014: On this day, Sri Lanka defeated India in the final of T20 World Cup.

After the 1996 World Cup, Sri Lanka also won the T20 World Cup in 2014. Sri Lanka Cricket Team (Image Credit- Twitter Today, on 6th April, the Sri Lankan cricket team defeated the Indian team in the T20 World Cup 2014 in the final match played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. It is noteworthy that between 2007 and 2012, Sri Lanka was successful in reaching the finals of the T20 World Cup along with the World Cup. But could not win on any occasion. However, Sri Lanka settled the score of defeat in the final of World Cup 2011 by defeating India in a one-sided fashion by 6 wickets in the final of T20 World Cup 2014. Sri Lanka won the T20 World Cup under the captaincy of Lasith Malinga. A decade ago today, Sri Lanka etched its name in World Cup history! To commemorate this special occasion, here’s a heartfelt message from our bowling legend, Rangana Herath.#Remember2014 #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/M64Nq4bXxA — Sri Lanka Cricket 🇱🇰 (@OfficialSLC) April 6, 2024 India vs Sri Lanka, T20 World Cup 2014 final match status If we tell you about the match, while batting first, India lost the wicket of opener Ajinkya Rahane (3) in the very second over. However, after this Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma made a partnership of 60 runs in 54 balls. After Rohit was out after scoring 29 runs in 26 balls, Yuvraj Singh came to bat at number 4. Yuvraj struggled to score runs and was caught by Thisara Perera off the bowling of Nuwan Kulasekara after scoring just 11 runs in 21 balls. So after Yuvraj was out in the 19th over, MS Dhoni came to bat and he too could not show much magic. Dhoni remained unbeaten on 4 runs in 7 balls, but Virat Kohli played an inning of 77 runs in 58 balls, due to which India was able to score 130 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. Kohli was run out on the last ball of the innings. After this, when Sri Lanka came to chase this target, India took the wickets of Kusal Perera (5) and T Dilshan (18) in the powerplay. Whereas Mahela Jayawardene (24) and Lahiru Thirimane (7) were out after getting a good start. But Kumar Sangakkara played an unbeaten inning of 52* runs in 35 balls and returned after winning the match for his team. Apart from this, Thisara Perera also remained unbeaten after scoring 23* runs. After this victory, Sri Lanka also avenged its defeat against India in the World Cup 2011 final. So after winning the final, Sri Lankan veteran players Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene also said goodbye to T20 cricket.

IPL 2024: Those three big turning points of SRH vs CSK match, when the match slipped out of Chennai’s hands

Hyderabad has won against Chennai by 6 wickets. CSK vs SRH (Image Credit- Twitter The 18th match of IPL 2024 was played between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings today on April 5 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Let us tell you that Hyderabad won this match by 6 wickets on the basis of first bowling and then amazing batting. Talking about the match, Chennai Super Kings, batting first after losing the toss, scored 165 runs at the loss of 5 wickets in 20 overs. So after this, Hyderabad easily achieved this target by losing 4 wickets in 18.1 overs. Let us list those three big points of this match, when the match slipped out of Chennai’s hands: 1. CSK did not get a good start Let us tell you that when CSK came to bat first after losing the toss, its opener batsmen Rachin Ravindra and Ruturaj Gaikwad failed to give a strong start to the team. Both added only 25 runs for the first wicket. Rachin was out cheaply after scoring 12 runs and Gaikwad was out after scoring 26 runs. 2. Hyderabad’s fast bowling showed strength In the match, Hyderabad captain Pat Cummins had decided to bowl first after winning the toss, which his fast bowlers did right. In the match, all the fast bowlers (except Natarajan) including Cummins gave runs at an economy of less than 8 and also took 4 big wickets. 3. SRH made a strong start in the powerplay. In the match, CSK set a target of 166 runs for SRH to win. So when SRH batsmen came out to chase this target, they gave a strong start to the team in the powerplay, due to which the team was ahead in the match from the beginning. The opening pair of Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head added 46 runs for the first wicket, while the team scored a total of 75 runs in the powerplay. After scoring these runs, Chennai was far behind Hyderabad in the match. Because at this time Hyderabad had almost equalized the difference of balls and runs.

IPL 2024: After playing the match-winning innings for Punjab against Gujarat, Ashutosh Sharma made a direct video call to his family, watch video

Punjab has won over Gujarat by 3 wickets. Ashutosh Sharma (Image Credit- Twitter) In IPL 2024, the match was played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings (GT vs PBKS) yesterday on 4th April. In this match held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Punjab had achieved a thrilling victory over Gujarat by 3 wickets. So, apart from the innings of Shashank Singh (61*) in helping Punjab win in this match, Ashutosh Sharma, who came to bat in the match as an impact player, also played an important role. In the match, Ashutosh played a quick inning of 31 runs in 17 balls. Also, during this innings, Ashutosh also hit 3 fours and 1 six. On the other hand, after the Gujarat Titans vs Punjab Kings match, Ashutosh Sharma was seen making a video call to his family. Obviously, the way Ashutosh batted in his debut IPL match, his family must be feeling very proud. Also, let us tell you that the video of Ashutosh making a video with his family has been shared by Punjab Kings on their official Instagram account. Watch this video shared by Punjab Kings Ashutosh has broken Yuvraj Singh’s record On the other hand, if we give you information about Ashutosh Sharma, the 25-year-old cricketer was born on 15 September 1998 in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. He started his domestic cricket playing for MP, but now he plays for Railways. Ashutosh is a big fan of former Indian wicketkeeper batsman Naman Ojha. Also, Ashutosh came into limelight when he broke the record of former veteran Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh in T20 cricket. It is noteworthy that Ashutosh had scored a half-century in just 11 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group C match in October 2023, which was the fastest half-century scored by any Indian player in the T20 format.

IPL 2024: When Shubman Gill played captaincy innings in front of Punjab Kings, fans gave tremendous reaction.

The 17th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings in Ahmedabad. Shubman Gill (Image Credit- Twitter) GT vs PBKS: The 17th match of the 17th season of IPL is being played today on 4th April between Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings (GT vs PBKS) at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. In this match, Punjab won the toss and decided to bat first. So, batting first in the match, Gujarat Titans (GT), thanks to the captaincy innings of Shubman Gill, was successful in scoring 199 runs at the loss of 4 wickets against Punjab Kings. On the other hand, fans are seen giving tremendous reaction to this innings of Gill through social media. Talking about Gill’s innings in the match, he has played a brilliant inning of 89 runs in 48 balls. During this innings, Gill hit 6 fours and 4 sixes. Gujarat set a target of 200 runs for Punjab to win. Talking about the match, after winning the toss, Gujarat invited Punjab to bat first. So Gujarat, batting first, scored 199 runs at the loss of 4 wickets in 20 overs. In the end, all-rounder Rahul Tewatia played a stormy innings of 23* runs in 8 balls with the help of 3 fours and 1 six, due to which Gujarat has managed to set a strong target for victory in front of Punjab. However, before this, Gujarat’s start in the match was not anything special. The team lost the wicket of opener Wriddhiman Saha (11) on a total score of 29 runs. But Shubman Gill returned unbeaten due to which GT was successful in reaching this target. Apart from Gill, Kane Williamson played brilliant innings of 26 runs and Sai Sudarshan played 33 runs for Gujarat. So if we talk about Punjab’s bowling, Kagiso Rabada got 2 wickets and Harpreet, Brar and Harshal Patel got 1 wicket each. See how fans reacted to Gill’s innings Shubman gill at Narendra modi stadiumpic.twitter.com/JwadA7OnLW — Stutii (@Sam0kayy) April 4, 2024 WELL PLAYED, CAPTAIN GILL…!!!! 89* (48) with 6 fours and 4 sixes against PBKS at the Narendra Modi Stadium. A solid knock by Shubman, he played throughout the innings and ensured a great total. pic.twitter.com/dG8P51AabO — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) April 4, 2024 Shubman Gill already gave a better pose than he would’ve after the century, hence decided to miss it. pic.twitter.com/r2VSXvMUlE — Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) April 4, 2024 Ahmedabad basher back to Academy recruitment 🔥Shubman Gill 89 (48) makes up for fraud Mama pic.twitter.com/new0dCGE3p — Dinda Academy (@academy_dinda) April 4, 2024 Same ground, same pitch, same condition Different results, because money matters Thank you Shubman Gill. #GTvPBKS pic.twitter.com/kmXI18dD3K — Ctrl C Ctrl Memes (@Ctrlmemes_) April 4, 2024 Kane Williamson said – “Shubman Gill leads from the front for us. He’s just unreal timer of the ball, it’s incredible batting by him”. pic.twitter.com/CRHSQRn01O — CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) April 4, 2024 💥👉💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥 A brilliant knock from Shubman Gill propels Gujarat Titans to a strong total of 199. 📷 Getty • #ShubmanGill #GTvPBKS #TATAIPL #IPL2024 #BharatArmy pic.twitter.com/TxztSeuoNH — The…

“He will debut for India soon…”- Mayank Yadav’s parents have full faith in their son.

Mayank Yadav has taken 6 wickets so far for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024. Mayank Yadav (Photo Source: IPL Official Website) Indian young player Mayank Yadav is impressing fans and big names with his bowling. Mayank Yadav, playing for Lucknow Super Giants in IPL 2024, has taken 6 wickets in two matches so far. Due to his excellent performance in both the matches, Mayank Yadav has won the title of Player of the Match. At present the discussion is going on in full swing that Mayank Yadav can be given a chance in the Indian team for T20 World Cup 2024. Mayank Yadav is in the form he is in right now. If he continues to bowl like this consistently, he can debut for Team India soon. Mayank Yadav’s parents also feel that their son will soon be seen in the blue jersey. I knew he would become a cricketer- Mayank Yadav’s father Mayank Yadav’s mother while talking on Aaj Tak said, ‘Yes, it is in my mind, 100% I hope he debuts for India and does well. But more than me, his father is 100% convinced. Right now, people are saying that he should play for India. But for the last two years, his father has been saying that if he had not been injured, he would have gone for the upcoming T20 World Cup. Talking further, Mayank Yadav’s father said that he knew from the beginning that his son would grow up to become a cricketer. He always supported Mayank Yadav for the good future of his son. Mayank Yadav’s father while talking said, ‘100% sure he will debut soon. When he was 12 years old, I knew he would become a cricketer. I was after that goal, when he was tested in the 14 age group, I knew that he was ahead of everyone else. So, we acted accordingly and they also played their part. He never refused my instructions and when he turned 16, he gained more power and became more mature.

RCB fan did an amazing feat, got the name of WPL winning team tattooed on his hand, video went viral

RCB Women’s team won the title of Women’s Premier League 2024 Royal challengers bangalore (Image Credit- Twitter) The fan following of IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is much more than all other teams on social media. So the fans of RCB franchise are also very amazing. RCB plays IPL continuously, but the team has not been able to win the title even once in 16 seasons. But still its fans support this team in the same manner every year. So when the RCB women’s team ended the title drought by defeating Delhi Capitals in the final of the second season of the Women’s Premier League 2024, there was no limit to the happiness of the fans. On the other hand, now the craze of this victory of RCB women’s team has gone to the head of a cricket fan. Let us tell you that these days a video of a fan of RCB women’s cricket team is going viral very fast on social media. In this video, this fan has got the names of all the winning players of RCB women’s cricket team tattooed on his hand. Fans are seen reacting very fast on the video of this RCB fan. Watch the viral video of this RCB fan A RCB fan inked all the RCB players names after RCB won the WPL league.pic.twitter.com/JqRqbOIuH5 — Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 30, 2024 On the other hand, if we give you information about the final match of the Women’s Premier League, the RCB women’s team won the final match by 8 wickets. In the final match, Delhi Capitals won the toss and decided to bat first, and lost all their wickets on a total score of 113 runs. After this, RCB women’s team achieved the easy target of 114 runs given by Delhi in a thrilling manner by losing 2 wickets in 19.3 overs. For RCB, Ellyse Parry remained unbeaten on 35* and wicketkeeper Richa Ghosh remained unbeaten on 17*.

IPL 2024, Match 12: Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad Match Preview

Hyderabad is coming after winning two consecutive matches Gujarat Titans vs Sunrisers Hyderabad (Image Credit- Twitter) IPL 2024: The 12th match of the ongoing 17th season of IPL is going to be between Gujarat Titans and Sunrisers Hyderabad. Let us tell you that this match between the two teams will be played on March 31 at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Gujarat Titans defeated five-time champions Mumbai Indians by 6 runs in their first match under the leadership of Shubman Gill. However, after this they could not continue their winning momentum and in their second match, they were defeated one-sidedly by Chennai Super Kings by 63 runs in Chepauk. On the other hand, Sunrisers Hyderabad is performing amazingly in the ongoing season. The team has won both the matches played so far. He created a record and scored a mountain-like score of 277 runs against Mumbai Indians, which is also the highest score in an innings in IPL. Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klaasen are in amazing form. Hyderabad seems to have the upper hand against Gujarat in Ahmedabad. Narendra Modi Stadium, pitch report The pitch of Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad has a history of seeing a lot of bounce here. Batsmen and bowlers may be seen getting equal help from the pitch. There are five black clay pitches and six red clay pitches on the ground. Batsmen will be seen scoring runs easily on the field. However, if the bowler uses variations, it will not be easy to score runs against them. GT vs SRH Probable Playing XI Gujarat Titans (GT) Wriddhiman Saha (wicketkeeper), Shubhman Gill (captain), Sai Sudarshan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vijay Shankar, David Miller, Rahul Tewatia, Rashid Khan, R Sai Kishore, Umesh Yadav, Spencer Johnson. Impact Player: Mohit Sharma. Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) Travis Head, Mayank Agarwal, Abhishek Sharma, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Abdul Samad, Shahbaz Ahmed, Pat Cummins (c), Umran Malik, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mayank Markandey. Impact Player: Jaydev Unadkat. GT vs SRH Head to Head Record total matches played 3 Gujarat Titans won 2 Sunrisers Hyderabad won 1 GT vs SRH Broadcasting and Live Streaming Details date Sunday, March 31 Time 3:30 pm IST Broadcast and live stream Star Sports Network, Jio Cinema App and Website

IPL 2024: Even before the start of IPL tournament, Star Sports achieved 24 percent increase in this matter, read big news.

Star Sports has the broadcasting rights of IPL 2024. IPL Trophy (Image Credit- Twitter) IPL 2024 is going to start very soon. Let us tell you that on Friday, March 22, the first match will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. It will be played between the two teams in Chepauk. However, before the start of the IPL season, Star Sports, which is also the official broadcaster of the IPL, has already started setting records in terms of viewership. Let us tell you that before the start of the main tournament of IPL, Star Sports has increased its viewership by 24 percent as compared to the previous year as part of the build-up program. This viewership of Star Sports was estimated at 245 million on March 21, 2024, which is a big record in itself. Besides, after getting viewership of 245 million fans, Star has also earned watch time of 21.3 billion minutes, which is 26 percent more than last year. From this you can guess that the fan engagement on Star and the interesting way in which the game is being shown on the platform is very impressive. Viewers are not only staying on these Star shows, but are also watching the entire shows. Also, if the condition of the fans continues to be the same, then Star Sports can make many more records in terms of viewership during the IPL 2024 season starting from March 22. The star had made special preparations Let us tell you that even before the start of the main tournament of IPL, Star had brought on its platform interviews of 8 out of the 10 captains of IPL and many other types of off and on the field stories. So now his efforts can be easily seen in the form of viewership. Also, let us tell you that during the opening ceremony of IPL, celebrities like Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Kareena Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, AR Rahman, Vijay Deverakonda and Prabhudeva will be seen spreading colors.

IPL 2024: ‘Going to see the best of him’ former Australian legend on Yashasvi Jaiswal’s performance

IPL is starting from 22nd March Yashasvi Jaiswal (Photo Source: Getty Images) The 17th season of IPL is going to start from Friday 22nd March. Let us tell you that the first match of the upcoming tournament will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore. On the other hand, all the teams are seen finalizing their preparations for this marquee tournament. On the other hand, Rajasthan Royals, the champion of the debut season of IPL, has also fully geared up for this tournament. Let us tell you that the team had made it to the finals of IPL 2022, but Gujarat Titans defeated them and won the title. So this season, there are many players in the team who can end the team’s drought of not winning a trophy for 15 years. Among these few players is Indian cricket team’s opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal. Let us tell you that Jaiswal’s bat performed brilliantly in the Test series against England, and for this tremendous performance he was awarded the title of Player of the Tournament. On the other hand, now former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg seems quite confident about Jaiswal’s performance in IPL 2024. Hogg says that he is going to see the best from Jaiswal this season. Brad Hogg is very confident about Jaiswal’s performance Let us tell you that before the start of IPL, Brad Hogg was quoted by Times of India as saying – I was just assessing the RR (Rajasthan Royals) team, and I have seen only two shortcomings in their lineup. The team has been built with a strong top order. The way Jaiswal’s Test career has progressed has given him additional confidence. I think I am going to see his best in IPL 2024. On the other hand, if we talk about Rajasthan Royals in the tournament, they will be seen playing their first match with Lucknow Super Giants on March 24. It will be interesting to see how the captaincy of RR Sanju Samson is going to perform in the upcoming season.

IPL 2024 New Rules: Know about all the new rules of IPL 2024

IPL 2024 starts from 22nd March IPL 2024 (Image Credit- Twitter X) Indian cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the 17th season of IPL. It is noteworthy that the upcoming season of IPL is starting from Friday, March 22. The first match will be played between defending champions Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bangalore (CSK vs RCB). This match between the two teams is going to be held at MA Chidambaram Stadium. However, some new cricket rules have also been seen in this new season of IPL. While the Impact Player rule implemented last season was implemented, this time there have been changes regarding smart replay system and bowling of bouncer balls in one over. Let us tell you about the new rules that will be implemented during IPL 2024: Smart Replay System Let us tell you that the Smart Replace System rule has been implemented for the first time in IPL 2024. This is a type of camera based review system. After this system, there will be more transparency in on-field decisions and DRS calls. Let us tell you that after this smart replay system, high speed cameras will be installed all around the field. 8 high speed cameras will be installed on the field. Apart from this, two Hawk Eye cameras will also be installed in the third umpire room, so that the umpires can get real time images and other important data. After this, an unprecedented change can be seen with the speed in the decision making of the umpire. Also, let us tell you that before this system, the umpire had to depend on the TV broadcaster director for DIS decisions and the decisions referred by the on-field umpire to the third umpire. But after the smart replay system, this need will end. Change in rules related to bouncer ball Let us tell you that BCCI has also changed the rules of bowling bouncer balls in an over in the upcoming IPL season. In IPL 2024, bowlers will be able to bowl a maximum of 2 bouncers in 1 over. After the implementation of this rule, there will definitely be a slight reduction in the dominating attitude of the batsmen. Let us tell you that before implementing this rule in IPL, BCCI had already implemented it in the last season of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.