Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jasprit Bumrah
Sports Top 10 News: Yashasvi Jaiswal and Jasprit Bumrah, who played important roles in India’s victory in the Perth Test, have benefited a lot. Both the players have got a huge jump in the latest ICC Test rankings. Yashasvi Jaiswal has reached the second position in the Test rankings for batsmen, while Jasprit Bumrah, who was seen in the role of acting captain of Team India in Perth, has again occupied the top position in the rankings for Test bowlers.
Yashasvi Jaiswal created history in ICC rankings
Indian team’s star batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal has done wonders in the ICC rankings this time. Jaiswal has now achieved what he could not reach in his short cricket career. Although he has not yet reached number one, he has definitely aimed towards it. Meanwhile, other batsmen have suffered some losses. Many changes are being seen in the test rankings this time. England’s Joe Root still remains the number one batsman in the Test rankings released by the ICC. His rating is 903. If we talk about Yashasvi Jaiswal, he has now captured the second position. Even though his bat did not work in the first innings of the first Test played against Australia, he played a strong inning of 161 runs in the second innings. Now they seem to be getting the benefits of this. Jaiswal now has 825 rating. Which is his all-time high ranking. They had not reached here before.
Bumrah once again established his dominance in ICC rankings.
Captain Jasprit Bumrah had a big contribution in Team India’s victory in the first Test played between India and Australia. The way he put Australia on the back foot in the very first innings, the opposition team could not recover from there. Meanwhile, after becoming the captain and defeating Australia at home, Jasprit Bumrah has become the number one bowler in the ICC Test rankings. Not only this, he has also achieved the all-time high rating of his career. Jasprit Bumrah was captaining the Indian team for the second time in Tests. Earlier, when he became the captain against England, he had to face defeat, but he did wonders in Australia. Defeated Australia in its very first test at home. Jasprit Bumrah bowled brilliantly in this match and took 8 wickets in the entire match. Bumrah created a ruckus in the Australia camp by taking 5 wickets in the first innings of the match, while in the second innings also he got three wickets.
Mohammad Siraj posted the video
Mohammad Siraj will not be seen playing in red jersey in the IPL to be played in the year 2025. The fans were also very surprised at that time. When RCB did not use RTM card for Mohammed Siraj. Now Mohammed Siraj’s reaction has come to light after being out of RCB. Where he has shared a video on his social media. Along with this, he has also written a long caption. While sharing a reel on his Instagram, Mohammed Siraj wrote in the caption that seven years with RCB are very close to my heart. When I remember my time in the RCB jersey my heart fills with love and emotions. The day I wore the RCB jersey for the first time, I never thought that we would come so close. From the first ball I bowled for RCB, to every wicket, every match, every moment I spent with you, this journey has been nothing less than an extraordinary experience.
Number 1 crown snatched from Afridi
Shaheen Shah Afridi, the captain of the Pakistan cricket team, became the number one bowler in the ICC ODI rankings just last week. But within a week they had to leave from there. The big thing is that it is not Shaheen’s fault in this. Actually, according to the rules of ICC ranking, if a team is playing a match, but the player of that team is not playing the match, then his rating is reduced. Something similar happened with Shaheen Shah Afridi also. Shaheen Shah Afridi’s rating has reached 682. Which was more earlier. Before the Zimbabwe series, Shaheen’s rating was 696, but it has decreased due to missing two consecutive matches. Now Rashid Khan has become the number-1 bowler in ODI in place of Shaheen.
West Indies defeated Sri Lanka
The final match of the World Test Championship 2023-25 will be played at the historic ground of Lord’s in June 2025. Five teams are still in the race to reach the finals. These include India, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and South Africa. Whereas the West Indies team is out of the race for the final. But the team is currently playing a two-Test series against Bangladesh, which is part of the WTC. In the first match of this series, West Indies has defeated Bangladesh by 201 runs. West Indies had scored 450 runs in the first innings. After this Bangladesh scored 269 runs in the first innings. In this way, West Indies got a lead of 181 runs on the basis of first innings. Then in the second innings the West Indies batsmen could not perform well and were out. In the second innings the entire West Indies team could score only 152 runs. In this way, Bangladesh got the target of 334 runs to win, in response to which Bangladesh team was reduced to 132 runs.
Big change in New Zealand’s playing 11
The three-match Test series between New Zealand and England started from 28 November. The first match of the series is being played in Christchurch. Before this match, the New Zealand team informed about the changes in its playing 11. Team captain Tom Latham announced that Kane Williamson is returning in this match. Due to Kane’s return, he has dropped one such player from the playing 11. Who had performed amazingly in the recently played test series against India. Kane had been out of action for the past few months due to a back problem, but his return has made the team even stronger. Before the first Test match against England, New Zealand captain Toss Latham held a press conference, in which he made some revelations regarding the playing 11.
Bajrang Punia suspended for 4 years
The National Anti-Doping Agency has suspended India’s star wrestler Bajrang Punia for four years. He had refused to give his sample for dope test in March. For this reason NADA has had to take this big decision. His suspension will begin from April 23, 2024. NADA first suspended Bajrang Punia for this offense on April 23. After which the world governing body UWW also suspended him. Then Bajrang appealed against the suspension. After this, NADA’s Disciplinary Doping Panel (ADDP) canceled it on May 31. Until NADA issued notice of charges. Then NADA gave notice to Bajrang on 23 June. The Panel considers that the athlete is liable to sanctions under Article 10.3.1. Which is liable to suspension of 4 years. Bajrang was earlier temporarily suspended. In such a situation, the suspension of four will start from the day the notification was sent to them.
Rishabh Pant’s record broken
Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament is currently going on in India. IPL players and Indian team players are participating in this tournament. Especially the Indian players who were injured are making a comeback from this tournament. Meanwhile, IPL teams also keep an eye on this tournament, because the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament is played on T20 format. IPL franchises select new players from this tournament and then bid heavily on them. However, this time a player created a new history in Syed Mushtaq Ali after remaining unsold. Actually, Urvil Patel broke Rishabh Pant’s record by scoring a century in 28 balls. Earlier, the batsman who scored the fastest century in T20 cricket for India was Rishabh Pant. In the year 2018, he had broken all the records by scoring a century on 32 balls in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Tournament, but now Urvil Patel has taken this record in his name.
Bad news for Team India
Team India easily won the first match of the five-match Test series being played between India and Australia by 295 runs. Team India is currently leading 1-0 in this series. The second match of the series is to be played at Adelaide Oval. Team India has also reached Adelaide for this match. This test match between the two teams will be played with pink ball. That means it is going to be a day-night test match. Before this match, the Indian team is in great shape. Meanwhile, a bad news has also emerged for Team India. A star player of the Indian team can also miss this match. Team India has suffered a setback before the second match of the series. Indian team’s star player Shubman Gill may also miss this match. He could not even play the first match of the series. Gill suffered a finger injury during practice after reaching Australia. Although he did not suffer a fracture. According to the report of Times of India, it will take time for Gill to be completely fit for the match.
Difficult challenge before India
Adelaide’s Test will be played with pink ball. Earlier, the Indian team had played a pink ball test against Australia, in which the Indian team had to face a crushing defeat. This match was also played in Adelaide only. Then you will remember that the entire first innings of Team India was limited to only 36 runs. India tried to make a comeback, but even then it had to face a crushing defeat by 8 wickets. After this, now pink ball will be played between India and Australia. Although India has played many pink ball tests at home and has also won, but Australia is yet to conquer the fort. Australia has so far played 12 pink ball tests on its soil. Out of these, it has won 11 matches and lost one match. This match was played on the historic ground of Gaba in December 2024 i.e. about a year ago. Then the West Indies team was victorious.
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