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Football World Cup Final: Messi scripts history for Argentina, beats France on Penalties
The 35-year-old Lionel Messi has made history before hanging up his boots for the national team as his last dance turned will be termed as iconic for many.
The Final match between France and Argentina which was played on Sunday, lived up to its anticipation as Messi and company went on to commit to the perfect script. The final match, which was played in Qatar’s Lusail Stadium, witnessed a historic final for generations to come. After going back and forth with the French team, the Argentinian’s came out as victors on Penalties.
The French led by goalkeeper Hugo Loris locked horns with the Lionel Messi-led Argentina and the final match, as many term it to be, turned into a historic match. Argentina in the first half looked to be the more inspired and driven team as they successfully went on to score 2 goals with the help of Lionel Messi’s penalty and Angel Di Maria’s clinical finish.
The second half also saw much of the same trend in the Argentinian side turning out to be the dominating side, however, the French star striker wasn’t ready to be written off without going down without a fight. The 24-year-old Kylian Mbappe inspired his team for a comeback as he converted a penalty in the 80th minute and then again rapidly kept the spell going and scored another beautiful volley in the 81st minute forcing the match into extra time.
The dramatical World Cup final continued the similar spell in the extra time of 15 minutes each as one of the greatest to ever play the game once again stepped up to the plate to deliver for his team. Messi’s goal recorded in the 108th minute was expected to be the decisive goal in putting the French side’s World Cup dream to sleep, however, Kylian Mbappe refused to relent and found the net after winning a penalty to force the game into Penalties.
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The nail-biting and historical World Cup Final left the fans across the world on the edge of their seats as they saw Argentina script history as this was the first time Argentina won the world cup since 1978.
The 35-year-old Lionel Messi has made history before hanging up his boots for the national team as his last dance turned will be termed as iconic for many.
Individual Award Ceremony
Aside from winning the World Cup, The Argentinian side also bagged individual awards as Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball or player of the tournament, whereas Enzo Fernandez won young player of the tournament. Argentina’s goalkeeper Emi Martinez also fittingly won the goalkeeper of the tournament with his iconic bout throughout the World Cup campaign.
For the French Side, the 24-year-old striker, Kylian Mbappe won the golden boot after scoring the hattrick against Argentina and having an overall 12 goals in the tournament.
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Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma and Heinrich Klassen score quickfire half centuries as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 31 runs
Travis Head (63) and Abhishek Sharma (63) gave an explosive start to the innings of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head completed his half century in 18 balls, while Abhishek Sharma hit his half century in 16 balls. Heinrich Klassen (80*) and Aiden Markram (41*) led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to score the highest total in IPL history.
It was a high scoring match of IPL 17, where Sunrisers Hyderabad crushed Mumbai Indians and won the game by 31 runs at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Wednesday. Earlier during the match, Sunrisers Hyderabad lost the toss against Mumbai Indians. Pat Cummins-led Sunrisers Hyderabad gave a huge target for Mumbai Indians to chase in Hyderabad, as they scored 277 runs and lost only 3 wickets. Mumbai Indians had to score 278 runs to win.
Both the openers Ishan Kishan (34) and Rohit Sharma (26) gave a good start to the innings and the momentum was kept alive by Naman Dhir (30) and Tilak Varma (64). But after Tilak Varma the run rate of Mumbai Indians dropped with Romario Shephard (15) and Tim David (42) tried to give a late push to the innings. Mumbai Indians could reach only 246/5 and lost the match by 31 runs. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Jaidev Unadkat and Pat Cummins picked 2 wickets each, while Shahbaz Ahmed took one wicket.
Travis Head (63) and Abhishek Sharma (63) gave an explosive start to the innings of Sunrisers Hyderabad. Head completed his half century in 18 balls while Abhishek Sharma hit his half century in 16 balls. Heinrich Klassen (80*) and Aiden Markram (41*) led the Sunrisers Hyderabad to score the highest total in IPL history. Klassen scored his half century in just 23 deliveries.
Sunrisers Hyderabad registered their first victory in the ongoing IPL tournament. Abhishek Sharma was announced the player of the match. In this match, a total of 38 sixes were hit and the total number of runs scored during the match was 523 runs. Both Sunrisers Hyderabad and Mumbai Indians recorded their highest ever individual score in IPL history respectively.
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IPL 2024: Shivam Dube smashes half century as Chennai Super Kings beat Gujarat Titans by 63 runs
Chennai super Kings captain Rururaj Gaikwad said Shivam Dube has worked on his weakness against the short ball quite well and it has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni personally working with the Mumbai batsman. The left handed batsman smashed 5 sixes in his 23 ball half century.
Chennai Super Kings crushed Gujarat Titans to secure a victory by 63 runs at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Tuesday. The Gujarat Titans won the toss but nothing seemed to go right for Gujarat Titans as Ruturaj Gaikwad’s team dominated the Gujarat Titans in all departments of the game.
Chennai super Kings captain Rururaj Gaikwad said Shivam Dube has worked on his weakness against the short ball quite well and it has a lot to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni personally working with the Mumbai batsman. The left handed batsman smashed 5 sixes in his 23 ball half century.
The Gujarat Titans were set to chase a target of 207 by the Chennai Super Kings. The Gujarat Titans were under pressure from the start to score at above 10 an over. The pitch offered even pace and bounce and Gujarat Titans batsmen failed to make a match of it.
Deepak Chahal rattled the Gujarat Titans plans right at the start of the innings. Chahar sent back openers Wriddhiman Saha and Shubhman Gill with only 34 runs on the board. Gujarat Titans skipper was dismissed as he was trapped lbw for 8 runs (5 balls). Gill opted for a review which showed that he did not have any clue about the trajectory and line of the ball as well as his own position in front of the stumps.
But for Sai Sudarshan there was no contribution which could be mentioned. Tushar Deshpande (2/21), Mustafizur Rahman (2/30) and Chahar (2/28) did the job for CSK with the ball. A T20 innings with more dot balls than boundaries and sixes was bound to end up in a losing cause. Chennai Super Kings has moved on the top the table with back to back wins. Rachin Ravindra took charge with a six off a Umesh Yadav length ball and did not stop thereafter as long as he stayed in the middle.
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IPL 2024: Dinesh Karthik’s match-winning knock takes Royal Challengers Bangalore to a thrilling victory against Punjab Kings
Arshdeep Singh pacer sent a length delivery in its first ball, which Kartik scooped over short fine for a six. On seeing Karthik smack it for a six, his RCB teammates in the dugout, including Kohli, were on their feet in celebration! Then Arshdeep bowled a wide which was followed by a full delivery which Karthik slammed for a 4 past the bowler, to wrap up the chase in style.
Royal Challengers Bangalore clinched a thrilling 4 wicket victory against Punjab Kings in their second IPL 2024 match on Monday, in Bengaluru. Chasing 177 runs, Dinesh Karthik came to RCB’s rescue, guiding them home in 19.2 overs.
RCB had a stuttering start to the run chase to their run chase, with Virat Kohli being the only batsman in the top order who kept the chase alive with some scintillating shots. The former RCB captain hit 77 of 49 balls which were packed with 11 fours and 2 sixes. He missed out on his century and lost his wicket in the final delivery of the 16th over to Harshal Patel. On Kohli’s departure, RCB was trailing PBKS at 130/5.
It looked as if RCB was crumbling towards another defeat, but in came Dinesh Karthik. He did not have a good start as he saw his partner Anuj Rawat lose his wicket in the 2nd ball of the 17th over. The wicketkeeper was replaced by Mahipal Lomror. He started his innings with a boundary which was followed by a single. Then Kathik smacked Sam Curran for a four, and ended the innings with 2 runs.
In the 18th over Lomror hammered Arshdeep Singh for a six and four as the Indian pacer gave 13 runs, taking the equation to 23 off 12 balls. Then in the 19th over Harshal Patel conceded 13 runs, as, Karthik hit a 4 and a 6.
Arshdeep Singh pacer sent a length delivery in its first ball, which Kartik scooped over short fine for a six. On seeing Karthik smack it for a six, his RCB teammates in the dugout, including Kohli, were on their feet in celebration! Then Arshdeep bowled a wide which was followed by a full delivery which Karthik slammed for a 4 past the bowler, to wrap up the chase in style.
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