Indian women’s team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana created history on Thursday by playing an inning of 135 runs. During this period he made many records in his name. Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who had failed miserably with the bat in the Australian tour, was seen practicing with his home team in Mumbai ahead of the Champions Trophy. Along with this, there is news that Rohit Sharma can go to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of ICC Champions Trophy. If we talk about Kho Kho World Cup, India’s dominance has been seen in it, where both men’s and women’s teams have won their respective matches. Read here 10 big news from the sports world
Smriti Mandhana has 10 ODI centuries
India’s star batsman Smriti Mandhana scored the fastest century in ODI for Team India by scoring a century in just 70 balls. By scoring 10 centuries in 97 ODIs, she has also joined the league of 4 elite women cricketers who have scored 10 or more centuries. The amazing thing is that Mandhana’s names are former captain MS Dhoni and Mohd. Has more centuries than Azharuddin. With the help of brilliant innings by Mandhana and Pratika Raval, India defeated Ireland 3-0 in the ODI series.
India’s biggest win in Rajkot ODI
India also created a new record by defeating Ireland by a record margin of 304 runs in Rajkot ODI. In the third ODI of the series, India won the toss and batted first and made its highest score of 435 runs with an opening partnership of 233 runs. India won by a margin of more than 300 by bowling out Ireland for 131 before 32 overs.
Delhi’s Pratika made many records
Apart from Smriti Mandhana’s century, many memorable records were also made in the third ODI played between India and Ireland in Rajkot. Player of the Match and Player of the Series Pratika scored the third highest score for India in ODIs by hitting 20 fours and 1 six in 129 balls. Delhi’s Pratika Rawal scored a record 444 runs in her first 6 innings, surpassing England’s Charlotte Edwards’ record of 434 runs.
Deepti Sharma did wonders in bowling
Apart from batters Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal and Richa Ghosh, all-rounder Deepti Sharma also dominated the third ODI match between India and Ireland. Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets for 27 runs in 8.4 overs and Ireland’s team was reduced to 131 in 31.4 overs. For India, Deepti Sharma took 3 wickets and Tanuja Kanwar took 2 wickets.
Will captain Rohit Sharma go to Pakistan?
Indian captain Rohit Sharma can go to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 starting from February 19. Team India will play all its matches in Dubai. But according to the news, it is believed that Indian captain Rohit Sharma will go to Pakistan for the opening ceremony of the Champions Trophy. This opening ceremony can take place on 16 or 17 February. However, this news has not yet been approved by ICC or BCCI.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma was seen running after practice with the Ranji team.
After the defeat in Border Gavaskar Trophy, a strong message has been sent to all the cricketers to play in Ranji. Captain Rohit Sharma also seems to be taking this message seriously. Rohit Sharma is looking very serious for the Mumbai vs Jammu Kashmir match to be held at Wankhede Stadium on 23 January. On Wednesday, Indian captain Rohit Sharma was seen running in BKC, Mumbai. After the ODI series with England, the challenge of Champions Trophy is ahead. In such a situation, these innings are becoming a do or die match for Indian captain Rohit.
Jasprit Bumrah puts an end to the news of bed rest
Since the last Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy, the news regarding the injury of the Indian team’s paceman Jasprit Bumrah has started surfacing that the dangerous speed king Bumrah has been advised bed rest and has also been asked to stay away from cricket for some time. . After much speculation, Jasprit Bumrah himself has denied all this in a tweet on X. Bumrah tweeted on X, “I know it is very easy to spread fake news, but this time it made me laugh too, source unbelievable.”
Shock to South Africa, Enrique Norkhia out of Champions Trophy
On January 13, South Africa’s 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was announced. Not even two days have passed since the announcement of the African team that there are reports of star fast bowler Enrique Norkhia being out of the tournament. Which player will now get a chance in the African team in place of Norkhia? There is no information about this at present.
Women won in India Open 2025 on Wednesday
Wednesday proved to be a disappointing day for Indian male players in India Open 2025. The journey of all three players Lakshya Sen, SH Prannoy and Priyanshu Rajawat ended in the second round. Among the male players, everyone except Kiran George had to face defeat. Whereas, in women’s singles, former national champion Anupama Upadhyay won in singles while the pair of Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Popanna won in doubles. Anupama defeated Rakshita Shri by 21-17 and 21-18.
India’s dominance in Kho Kho World Cup
Indian men’s and women’s teams dominated the Kho Kho World Cup 2025 on Wednesday also. The Indian men’s team defeated Peru by a huge margin of 70-38 in the Group A match, while the Indian women’s team once again scored a century and defeated Iran by a huge margin of 100-16.
