New Zealand Cricket Team
New Zealand finally won the Women’s T20 World Cup title for the first time by defeating South Africa by 32 runs. New Zealand’s bowlers and batsmen performed well in the final match. Batting first, the Kiwi team scored 158 runs, in response to which the South African team could score only 126 runs. On the other hand, Washington Sundar has entered Team India after the defeat in the first Test match.
Suzie Bates became the player to play most international matches in women’s cricket.
New Zealand team’s most experienced player Suzie Bates has now become the player who has played the most international matches in women’s cricket, in which she has played a total of 334 matches so far. While Suzy has played 163 matches in Women’s ODI, she has played 171 matches in T20 International. If we talk about Mithali Raj, she had played a total of 333 matches in women’s international cricket.
South Africa did not change its playing 11 throughout the tournament.
The South African women’s team, playing under the captaincy of Laura Wolvaardt, performed amazingly in this T20 World Cup. Under the captaincy of Laura Wolvaardt, her team played the final for the second consecutive time. To reach this final, he kept the same playing 11 in all the matches played during the entire tournament. He has not made a single change. With this, their team has become the second team to not make a single change in the playing 11 during the entire T20 World Cup till reaching the final. Earlier in the year 2012, the England team had also done the same.
New Zealand won the title of Women’s T20 World Cup 2024
The South African captain won the toss in this match and decided to bowl. New Zealand women’s team, who came on the field to bat first, scored 158 runs losing 5 wickets in 20 overs. During this period, New Zealand’s batsmen performed amazingly. Chasing the target of 159 runs given by New Zealand, South Africa women’s team could score only 126 runs after losing 9 wickets in 20 overs. With this the world got a new world champion.
South Africa lost 2 major trophies within four months
In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 played in UAE, the South African team had made a brilliant journey till the final, but the pressure of the title match was once again seen on them and they suffered a huge defeat by 32 runs. And within 4 months, the hearts of South African cricket fans were broken once again. Earlier, the South Africa men’s team was defeated by the Indian team in the final of the T20 World Cup 2024 held in June.
Amelia Kerr took the most wickets in a single edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup.
Amelia Kerr took a total of 3 wickets in the final match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, with this she managed to take a total of 15 wickets in this tournament. Amelia Kerr has now become the highest wicket-taker in an edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, breaking a 10-year-old record. England women’s team player Anya Shrubshole had taken a total of 13 wickets in the 2014 T20 World Cup.
Won two big awards in just one edition of Women’s T20 World Cup
For Amelia Kerr’s brilliant performance, she received the Player of the Match award in the final. Apart from this, the Player of the Series award also went to his account. She is the first player to win both Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards in the final in any edition of the Women’s T20 World Cup. No player before her had been able to do this.
New Zealand women’s team becomes rich by winning T20 World Cup
In the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, the New Zealand team performed brilliantly from the group stage to the final in which they had to face defeat only by the Australian women’s team in the group stage. While the New Zealand team has received Rs 196,722,470 from the ICC as prize money for winning the T20 World Cup trophy, all the 10 teams participating in the tournament have been given Rs 9,457,812 by the ICC.
Yuzvendra Chahal scored 48 runs with excellent batting.
In the Ranji Trophy match being played in Lucknow between Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, Yuzvendra Chahal came to bat at number 10 for his team, after which he along with Dhiru Singh took the innings forward. Chahal faced a total of 152 balls and hit 6 fours in his innings. He scored a total of 48 runs.
Rohit gave update on Rishabh Pant’s injury
Rohit Sharma, in response to a question regarding Rishabh Pant’s injury in the press conference after the end of the Bengaluru Test match, said that look, we all know what he has had to go through in the last few years. Pant had a major knee operation and it would be right for us to be careful about him. We all noticed that he was not very comfortable while scoring runs when he was batting during the team’s second innings. He has gone through a lot over the years and playing with pain is not an easy task for anyone. In such a situation, we have decided to give him extra rest before the next test.
Washington Sundar enters Team India
Due to the defeat in the first match, BCCI has taken a big decision and made only one change in its squad. Team India has included Washington Sundar in the squad for the second and third test matches. Apart from this, no other player has been released.
Team India’s squad for the second and third matches against New Zealand:
Rohit Sharma (captain), Jasprit Bumrah (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Sarfaraz Khan, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Dhruv Jurel (wicketkeeper), Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav. , Mohammed Siraj, Akash Deep, Washington Sundar