ICC T20I Rankings: Hardik Pandya becomes number-1 after stellar performance in T20 World Cup 2024
Hardik showed amazing performance in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024 Hardik Pandya (Image Credit- Instagram) Hardik Pandya’s good days are back. He showed amazing performance in the recently concluded T20 World Cup 2024. Apart from batting, he performed brilliantly in bowling and played an important role in making the Indian team champion. Now he has got the benefit of this in the new T20I all-rounder rankings released by ICC. In the new ICC T20I all-rounder rankings, Hardik Pandya has jumped two places to reach the first position. He has 222 rating points. At the same time, Wanindu Hasaranga is also in second place with 222 rating points. Australia’s Marcus Stoinis is in third place and Zimbabwe’s Sikandar Raza is in fourth place. Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan remains in the top-5. Mohammad Nabi, Aiden Markram and Moeen Ali have lost 1-1 place. However, all of them remain in the top-10. Took important wickets of Klaasen and Miller in the final Let us tell you that in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024, Hardik Pandya took the important wickets of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller, due to which India became the champion. During the entire tournament, Hardik Pandya impressed everyone with his batting and bowling. Apart from scoring 144 runs at a strike rate of over 150, he also took 11 wickets. Earlier, Hardik was badly trolled during IPL 2024. After being made the captain of Mumbai Indians, fans were constantly booing him, but Hardik endured everything silently and gave a befitting reply to everyone with his performance. After leading India to victory in the T20 WC final, he broke down crying on the field itself. Looking at him, one can imagine how much this victory means to him. After becoming the champion, he said, “It felt like the six months that had passed had come back. I controlled myself a lot. When I wanted to cry, I didn’t cry because I didn’t want to show it to people. I didn’t want to make people happy in my difficult times. Look at the grace of God, I got such a great opportunity. In the last over, I was in such a situation that I couldn’t even imagine.”
Virat Kohli T20i Retirement: After winning the T20 World Cup, Virat Kohli retired from the format, know the special records made by him
Kohli is the highest run scorer in the history of T20 World Cup Virat Kohli (Image Credit- Twitter X) The final match of the T20 World Cup 2024 was played between India and South Africa in Barbados on 29 June. Let us tell you that in this match, Team India won by 7 runs and won the title for the second time. On the other hand, after winning the T20 World Cup, former Indian captain and legendary batsman Virat Kohli has announced his retirement from the shortest format of the game. When Kohli announced this after the match was over, no one could believe it. However, now Kohli has retired from T20 International cricket. Let us tell you that Kohli is second in terms of scoring the most runs in T20. Well, let’s see some special records made by him in the T20 World Cup: 1. Most runs in T20 World Cup Let us tell you that Virat Kohli, famously known as Run Machine, is number one in terms of scoring the most runs in the T20 World Cup. Kohli has scored a total of 1292 runs in T20 World Cup history. 2. Most POTM awards in T20 World Cup Virat Kohli, famous for his class batting in the cricket world, is seen performing differently for the Indian team in the T20 World Cup. At the same time, Kohli has single-handedly led Team India to victory many times, for which he was selected Player of the Match (POTM) a total of 8 times in the T20 World Cup. 3. Most runs in a single season of T20 World Cup Let us tell you that Virat Kohli is the only batsman to score the most runs in a season of T20 World Cup. It is worth noting that Kohli batted brilliantly and scored 319 runs in the 2014 T20 World Cup season. 4. Kohli also holds these special records Also, let us tell you that Virat Kohli is the player who has won the most POTM awards for India in the semi-finals and finals of the T20 World Cup. Apart from this, Kohli has scored the most runs for Team India in the knockout matches of the T20 World Cup.
India Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 Full Schedule: India will play 3-3 match T20I and ODI series in Sri Lanka tour, know full details
Team India will tour Sri Lanka in July-August for the white-ball series. Team India (Photo Source: X/Twitter) India Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 Full Schedule: The Indian cricket team is currently a part of the T20 World Cup 2024. The team has made it to the semi-finals by defeating Australia in the last match of the Super-8 round. Now on June 27, Rohit Sharma and company are ready to face England in Guyana. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board has announced the schedule of India’s tour of Sri Lanka. Team India will first play a three-match T20 series and then a three-match ODI series in this tour. India Tour of Sri Lanka 2024 Full Schedule: Team India will tour Sri Lanka from July 27 After the T20 World Cup 2024 is over, Team India has to play two consecutive bilateral T20 series. Under the captaincy of Shubman Gill, the team will play a five-match T20 series in Zimbabwe from July 6 to July 14. After which the team will leave for the Sri Lanka tour. The three-match T20 series will be played from July 27 to July 30 in the Sri Lanka tour. After which the ODI series will be played from August 2 to August 7. India Tour of Sri Lanka 2024, T20I Series Schedule: Full schedule of T20 series of India’s tour of Sri Lanka 1st T20, July 27 – 7 PM 2nd T20, July 28 – 7 pm 3rd T20, July 30, 7 pm India Tour of Sri Lanka 2024, ODI Series Schedule: Full schedule of ODI series of India’s tour of Sri Lanka 1st ODI, August 2 – 2:30 PM 2nd ODI, August 4 – 2:30 PM 3rd ODI – August 7, 2:30 PM The venues for all the matches of India’s tour of Sri Lanka have not been revealed yet. Let us tell you that when the white-ball series will be played between India and Sri Lanka, the matches of the Women’s Asia Cup 2024 will also be played in Dambulla. Gautam Gambhir may be India’s coach in the tour India will get a new head coach only after the T20 World Cup 2024 is over. According to media reports, Gautam Gambhir is leading the race to become the head coach. After the ongoing tournament, players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli may be dropped from the T20 format. Hardik Pandya can captain the T20 series of the Sri Lanka tour. At the same time, Rohit Sharma can be seen captaining in the ODI series.
Suryakumar Yadav is no longer the number one T20I batsman, India’s biggest enemy has reached the top
Suryakumar Yadav reaches number two in ICC’s latest T20I rankings. Suryakumar Yadav (Pic Source-X) ICC has released the new T20I rankings amid the T20 World Cup 2024. This time the rankings have seen a lot of upheaval. India’s Suryakumar Yadav, who has been at the number one position for a long time, has now reached number two in the latest rankings. Australia’s Travis Head has become the number one batsman in T20. England’s Phil Salt, Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have also suffered losses. In the new T20 rankings released by the ICC, Australia’s Travis Head has become the number one batsman. This time he has jumped 4 places at once. Now Travis Head’s rating has become 844. Travis Head was not even in the top 10 till some time ago, but now he has reached the top. India’s Suryakumar Yadav has moved to second place. Apart from Suryakumar Yadav, these batsmen also suffered losses in the T20I rankings Surya’s rating is currently 842. That means there is only a difference of two rating points between the first and second ranked batsman. In such a situation, if Suryakumar Yadav has to reach number one again, then he will have to play a big innings in the upcoming matches. Only Suryakumar Yadav along with England’s Phil Salt has lost one place. His rating is now 816. Pakistan’s Babar Azam has also come down one place. He has reached the fourth position with a rating of 755. Pakistan’s Mohammad Rizwan has now reached number 5 with a rating of 746. He has also come down one place. Meanwhile, Australia all-rounder Marcus Stoinis has dropped three spots after a brief spell at number one following impressive performances against Oman (67* off 36, 3/19 in 3 overs) and Scotland (59 off 29). Sri Lanka T20I captain Wanindu Hasaranga has regained the top spot after taking six wickets in three innings during Sri Lanka’s campaign at the T20 World Cup.
Most runs in World cup: Top 5 batsmen who have scored the most runs in both ODI and T20I World Cup
Most runs in ODI & T20 World Cup history : The White Ball World Cup is played in two formats, one is ODI and the other is T20 format. Nowadays some batsmen are ODI specialists and some are T20 format specialists. The style of playing both the formats is different, due to which different names are seen in the list of batsmen who scored the most runs in ODI and T20I World Cup versions. But in this list, we will look at not just one but both formats (Most Runs in ODI+T20I World Cup) combined to see which batsman has scored the most runs. Here is the list of the top five batsmen who have scored the most runs in ODI and T20 World Cup history – let’s find out who is on top? Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara is fifth in ODI and T20 World Cup history with a total of 2193 runs in 67 innings. Which includes 5 centuries and 11 half-centuries. Sangakkara won the T20 World Cup in 2014 but he could not win the ODI World Cup during his illustrious career. Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, known as the God of Cricket, is at fourth place in this list of Most Runs in ODI & T20I World cup. He has scored 2,278 runs in 44 innings with 6 centuries and 15 half-centuries. Let us tell you that all his runs came in the ODI World Cup as he never participated in the T20 World Cup despite being an active player till the 2012 edition.
Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelmann created history in T20 World Cup 2024, became the first bowler to do such a feat in T20I
Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelmann has etched his name in the history books with his brilliant bowling performance against Oman and created a record never before in the history of T20I cricket. Playing in their third consecutive T20 World Cup, Namibia begin their campaign against Oman in a Group B encounter at Kensington Oval, Barbados on 3 June. In the third match of the current tournament, Namibia won the toss and asked Oman to bat first. Ruben Trumpelman took the responsibility of bowling for Namibia. He dismissed Oman’s Kashyap Prajapati on the first ball of the first over. After this, he took the wicket of Oman captain Aqib Ilyas on the second ball. Ruben Trumpelmann created history in T20I Ruben Trumpelman has become the first player in the history of T20I cricket to take two wickets on the first two balls of the match. No player before him had been able to do this. A total of 2633 matches have been played in the history of T20I so far and till date such a record has never been made which has been made today by Namibia’s Ruben Trumpelman. After this, Ruben Trumpelman also took the wicket of Naseem Kushi against Oman. Let us tell you that Ruben Trumpelman made his T20 International debut for Namibia in the year 2021. He has taken 25 wickets in 28 T20I matches for the Namibian team. Apart from this, he has taken 63 wickets in 38 ODIs. He is known for taking early wickets. He also has 76 wickets to his name in List-A cricket. Talking about the match, a super over was seen in the third match of T20 World Cup 2024. This match was played between Namibia and Oman in Barbados, which was low scoring. This match was tied. Batting first, Oman scored 109 runs and Namibia’s team could also score only 109 runs. In this way, a super over was organized to decide the result of the match, in which Namibia won.
When Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli last opened for India in T20I, know what happened then…?
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have opened for India only once so far in the T20 format in 2021 Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli (Photo Source: Getty Images) Know what happened when last time Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli opened for India in T20Is: In the T20 World Cup 2024, Team India will play its first match against Ireland on June 5 in New York. India has not won the T20 World Cup title since 2007. The team reached the semi-finals of the last edition. But was knocked out of the tournament after a humiliating 10-wicket defeat against England. Which playing 11 combination Team India will play in T20 World Cup 2024 remains a topic of discussion. Many cricket experts say that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should open. Today we will tell you when was the last time Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli opened for India in T20, and how was their performance. Rohit Sharma-Virat Kohli opened against England in 2021 Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have opened for India in the T20 format only once in 2021. When England was on a tour of India in March 2021, the Indian team came on the field with the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Kohli in the last match of the five-match T20 series. There was a partnership of 94 runs for the first wicket between the two batsmen. Rohit Sharma played an innings of 64 runs with the help of 4 fours and 5 sixes in 34 balls. Virat Kohli played an unbeaten innings of 80 runs with the help of 7 fours and 2 sixes in 52 balls. Due to the brilliant batting of Rohit and Virat, the team was able to score 224 runs at the loss of 2 wickets in 20 overs. In this match, England’s team was able to score only 188 runs for the loss of 8 wickets while chasing the target, and India won by 36 runs. Let us tell you that Virat Kohli has opened in 9 T20 matches for India so far. Kohli scored his first T20 century against Afghanistan in Asia Cup 2022 while opening. Before the start of the T20 World Cup, the Indian team played a warm-up match against Bangladesh, in which the team won by 60 runs. Virat Kohli was not a part of this warm-up match. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 23 runs in 19 balls.