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NoWelcome to Maskar, the weekly sports bulletin of News18 Hindi Podcast. I am with you Naveen Srivastava. The final match of the World Test Championship 2023 will be played between India and Australia at the Oval in London from Wednesday.
It will be a neutral ground for both the teams. From the point of view of record, the performance of Team India on the Oval ground has not been good. India has played 14 Tests on this ground so far, in which it has won only 2 Tests and lost in 5 matches. Seven matches have ended in a draw.
India defeated England by 157 runs in the last Test played under the captaincy of Virat Kohli in 2021. By the way, Australia’s record in Oval is also not good. The team of Kangaroos has been able to win only 7 Tests out of 38 Tests played here. He has been defeated in 17 Tests and 14 Test matches have ended without a win-win decision.
Talking about the Test matches played between India and Australia so far, before this 106 Test matches have been played between India and Australia, in which Australia has won 44 and Team India has won 32 Test matches. There have been 29 Test draws. While one test is tied.
Team India would like to end the drought of the ICC Trophy that has been going on for the last 10 years. India last won an ICC trophy as Champions Trophy in 2013 under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Team India defeated England in the title match of the 2013 Champions Trophy.
Both the teams look very strong for the ICC World Test Championship final. Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Srikar Bharat, Shardul Thakur, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, Ishan Kishan in the Indian team Are included
On the other hand, Australia in the Australian team: Pat Cummins (captain), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Todd Murphy, Matt Renshaw Legendary players like Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner are included.
If the match of the World Test Championship played between India and Australia ends in a draw, then not one team, but both the teams will be declared joint winners. That is, the trophy will be shared between both the teams.
If the match is interrupted due to rain, then June 12 has been kept as a reserve day. However, reserve day will be used only when 90 overs are not bowled in the game on any one day or six hours of play cannot be completed.
England beat Ireland by 10 wickets to win the one-off Test series 1-0. Ollie Pope of England, who scored a brilliant double century in this Test, was awarded the Player of the Match award. Pope shared a 252-run partnership for the second wicket with Ben Duckett.
This partnership contributed significantly in helping England win. England declared the first innings at 524 for four wickets. In response, Ireland’s team was reduced to 172 runs in the first innings. Playing the follow-on, Ireland scored 362 runs for 9 wickets in their second innings.
England achieved the target of only 10 runs without losing any wicket. For England, Ollie Pope scored 205 runs and Duckett played tremendous innings of 182 runs.
Despite losing this Test match played between England and Ireland at Lord’s in London, the Ireland team has registered a special record in Test cricket. This record was made by Andy McBrine and Mark Adair, who came to play at number 8 and 9. Both made the biggest partnership in Test cricket for Ireland. Together they added 163 runs for the seventh wicket. This is the biggest partnership ever in Tests for Ireland cricket.
Andy McBrine scored an unbeaten 86 and Mark Adair played brilliant innings of 88 runs. Earlier, the record for the biggest partnership in Test cricket for Ireland was in the names of Andrew Balbirnie and Paul Stirling. Both shared an unbeaten 115-run partnership for the fourth wicket in the Test played against Sri Lanka in April 2023.
The Ashes Test series will start between Australia and England from June 16 with the Edgbaston Test. England captain Ben Stokes will be available for the upcoming Ashes series after recovering from a knee injury. Stokes could play only two matches for Chennai Super Kings in IPL due to injury. Josh Tong has been included in England’s Ashes squad for the first two Tests against Australia. Recently, fast bowler Tong, who made his Test debut against Ireland, took 5 wickets in the second innings against Ireland. Jonny Bairstow has returned to the announced 16-member England squad after a leg injury.
Sri Lanka beat Afghanistan by 132 runs in the second ODI played on Sunday to level the three-match series 1-1. In terms of runs, this is Sri Lanka’s biggest win over Afghanistan so far. In this match, in response to Sri Lanka’s 323 for 6 wickets, Afghanistan’s team could only score 191 runs in 42 overs and 1 ball.
Tennis…
Novak Djokovic of Serbia has reached the quarterfinals of the French Open tennis for the 17th time. In this way, Djokovic has left behind Rafael Nadal’s record of reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open 16 times. Yes, it is different that out of his 16 quarter-finals of the French Open, Nadal has managed to convert 14 into titles.
Djokovic easily defeated Juan Pablo Varillas in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2 in the fourth round match played on Sunday. Third seed Novak Djokovic is eyeing a record 23rd Grand Slam title. Along with winning the title, he will also reach the number one ranking again. Significantly, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic have won 22-22 Grand Slam titles.
And finally football. The world’s oldest and prestigious football competition FA Cup has been won by Manchester City. In the final match played at Wembley Stadium, Manchester City won the title for the seventh time by defeating Manchester United by two goals to one. Ilkay Gundokan scored both goals for Manchester City. He scored goals in the first and 51st minutes.
The only goal for Manchester United was scored by Bruno Fernandes on a penalty in the 33rd minute of the game. Manchester City are just one win away from making the treble in the current season. Treble means winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in one season. Manchester City’s team has become Premier League and FA Cup champions. Now to make a treble, he will have to win the Champions League title match against Inter Milan in Istanbul on 10 June.
That’s it for today in the weekly special sports bulletin of News 18 Hindi Podcast. We will be back again with the latest sports news. For then allow Naveen Srivastava. Hello.
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