BCCI announces Friendship Cup T-20 tri-series against Nepal amid England Test series

The first season of ‘Friendship Cup’ will be held in Vapi, Gujarat. India vs Nepal. (Image Source: X) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to help Nepal prepare for the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and Nepal Cricket (Nepal Cricket) has announced the organization of a T20 series named ‘Friendship Cup’. Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has confirmed to play T20 tri-series against Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) and Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA). This T20 tri-series is starting from March 31, in which the first match will be played between Nepal and Gujarat, while the final of this tournament is to be played on April 7. CAN issued an official statement announcing the Friendship Cup T20 tri-series against Baroda and Gujarat. BCCI is going to organize T-20 tri-series for Nepal Cricket Team. The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) said in the official press release: “We are pleased to announce that the Cricket Association of Nepal, Baroda Cricket Association and Gujarat Cricket Association have come together to form a Friendship Cup, a T20 Tri-Series. It has been agreed, in which men’s cricket teams of Nepal Cricket Association, Gujarat Cricket Association, and Baroda State Association will participate. The first season of the ‘Friendship Cup’ will be held at the SAI Meghpan Sportslife (SMA) facility in Vapi. Let us tell you, it has also been proposed to make ‘Friendship Cup’ an annual tournament, which will promote friendship and sportsmanship between India and Nepal. This initiative of BCCI will definitely help Nepal cricketers for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024, which will be played in USA and West Indies in June 2024. Nepal has qualified for T20 WC 2024 Nepal have already qualified for the T20 World Cup 2024 and will begin their campaign against the Netherlands in Dallas. This Friendship Cup T20 Tri-Series will be a platform for the Nepal cricket team to hone their skills and achieve great performances against the BCCI state teams.

Beth Mooney appointed captain of Gujarat Giants in the upcoming season of WPL

Apart from Beth Mooney, the responsibility of vice-captain of the team has been given to Indian all-rounder Sneha Rana. Beth Mooney (Pic Source-Twitter) The second edition of the Women’s Premier League is starting from 23 February. Many people are eagerly waiting for this great tournament. With this, Women’s Premier League franchise Gujarat Giants has announced its captain for the second edition. Gujarat Giants will be captained by Australia’s experienced opening batsman Beth Mooney in the second edition of the Women’s Premier League. He has also batted very well for Australia in international cricket. Apart from Beth Mooney, the responsibility of vice-captain of the team has been given to Indian all-rounder Sneha Rana. The head coach of Gujarat Giants is Michael Klinger while Mithali Raj is the mentor of the team. Nooshin Al Khadeer has joined the team as an assistant coach. Let us tell you, in the first season, Beth Mooney was appointed the captain of Gujarat Giants but the experienced batsman got injured in the very first match of the tournament and due to this she had to be out of the tournament. Mooney is one of the best batsmen in the world in international cricket. He made his international debut for Australia in January 2016 and till now he has participated in many important matches for his team. Beth Mooney was also included in the Australia team for the ODI World Cup 2022 and Commonwealth Games 2022. Very happy to have been appointed captain of the team: Beth Mooney Beth Mooney said, ‘It feels great that I am going to return to Gujarat Giants. The team has expressed confidence in me and I am very happy about this. Gujarat Giants is a really good team and I am confident that we will do very well in the upcoming edition. The upcoming season of the Women’s Premier League will be played in Bengaluru and New Delhi and this is a very new thing about this tournament. Sneh Rana said, ‘Many people are eagerly waiting for the second season of the Women’s Premier League. It feels very good that Mooney has been appointed the captain of the team. I will support them. Our team is very good and we all would definitely like to win the upcoming season. 5 teams that have won the Under 19 World Cup the most number of times 3 Australian players who have won POTM awards the most number of times in T20I 5 players who made the biggest scores in ODI cricket for Sri Lanka Five best innings played by Indian captains in Under-19 World Cup 4 Indian bowlers who became number 1 bowler in test cricket List of batsmen who remained not out most number of times in IPL Top 4 Indian bowlers who took 150 wickets in least number of test matches List of foreign players earning big from IPL 2024 5 bowlers who have dismissed Joe Root the most number of times in Test cricket Fast bowlers who have taken more than 150 wickets for India in Test cricket

Ranji Trophy 2024: Gujarat beats Karnataka by 6 runs in a thrilling match

Siddharth Desai took 7 wickets in the second innings for Gujarat. Gujarat vs Karnataka (Image Credit- Twitter X) Gujarat vs Karnataka Ranji Trophy 2024In the ongoing Ranji Trophy today, Monday, January 15, Gujarat won by 6 runs in a thrilling match between Gujarat and Karnataka. Let us tell you that this match was moving towards a draw, but due to the amazing bowling of Siddharth Desai in the second innings for Gujarat, Karnataka had to face defeat by 6 runs in this match. On the other hand, after this victory, Gujarat has reached the first position in the points table in Elite Group C by achieving 2 wins in 2 matches. Gujarat vs Karnataka, Elite Group C match status: So if we tell you the condition of this match, Karnataka won the toss and decided to bowl and while batting first, Gujarat lost all its wickets for 264 runs in 88 overs in the first innings. In the first innings for Gujarat, Kshitij Patel played a brilliant inning of 95 runs and Umang Kumar played a brilliant inning of 72 runs. So in bowling for Karnataka, Vasuki Kaushik got 4 wickets and Prasidh Krishna, Vijaykumar Vaishak and Rohit Kumar got 2 wickets each. After this, Karnataka, who came to bat, scored 374 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 110 runs over Gujarat. For Karnataka, Mayank Agarwal scored 109 runs and Manish Pandey played a brilliant inning of 88 runs. After this, Gujarat, which batted, could score only 219 runs in the second innings and gave Karnataka a target of 111 runs to win in the second innings. However, Karnataka team has not been able to achieve this modest target of victory in its second innings. Its second innings was reduced to 103 runs in front of Gujarat’s excellent bowling. Devdutt Padikkal scored 31 runs in the second innings for Karnataka. While bowling for Gujarat, Siddharth Desai took 7 wickets while Rinkesh Vagela took 3 wickets. Also read- After Sara, Sachin Tendulkar becomes victim of deepfake, expresses pain on social media Top 4 players who have scored most consecutive half centuries in T20 cricket 5 players who have taken the most catches in T20i cricket 4 players who have bowled the most dot balls in cricket (all-format and active players) 5 Indian batsmen who have scored the most runs in their career in first class cricket Top 5 batsmen who scored double century in first class cricket IND vs AFG: Captain Rohit Sharma will give chance to these 11 players, see playing XI Not only Hardik Pandya, Mumbai Indians have also traded these players 5 batsmen who have scored more than 3 thousand runs in T20 International matches Top 10 batsmen who hit most sixes in IPL history IPL 2024: Gujarat Titans’ playing XI will be like this under the captaincy of Shubman Gill.