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Thursday brought a lot of cricket action as the Indian women's team qualified for the semifinals in the Asian Games 2023 while the men's side are currently preparing for the Australia ODI series beginning on Friday. Apart from that, South Africa dealt a major injury blow ahead of the ODI World Cup 2023 in India and will miss out on their key players' services.
In this article, we will talk about the major cricket events that took place on September 21, 2023:
Asian Games 2023: India women's cricket team qualify for semi-finals
The Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou is underway as the India women's team led by Smriti Mandhana have reached the semi-final stage after their quarter-final clash against Malaysia was abandoned by rain on Thursday. After winning the toss, the Malaysia women's team asked India to bat first as the Women in Blue registered 173 runs in the rain-affected match, which was reduced to 15 overs. The rain-marred match was stopped with just two balls being bowled by the Indians.
India vs Australia: Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc ruled out for 1st ODI
Australian skipper Pat Cummins and batter Steven Smith are set to make a comeback in the squad for the first ODI against India. On the other hand, Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell have been ruled out of the squad for the first game. Notably, India will host Australia in a three-match ODI series commencing on September 22, where the first game will be played at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali.
Rahul Dravid reveals reason to rest Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli for Australia ODIs
After winning the Asia Cup 2023, Team India have set their eyes on the ODI World Cup next month. Ahead of the marquee event in India, the Men in Blue will face Australia for three ODI matches and India coach Rahul Dravid has revealed the reason behind resting Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli ahead of the grand tournament. Dravid said, "It is important to get them to the World Cup in the right frame of mind. The team wants Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma fresh both physically and mentally for the World Cup."
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Uttarakhand High Court to take suo motu notice of Virat Kohli’s video on building playgrounds
The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday requested a response from the state and federal governments on the issue of the lack of playgrounds for kids within the next two weeks after taking suo motu notice of a video posted by cricketer Virat Kohli. In a clip shared by Kohl, he revealed the realities of sports, while interacting with some children. The top court stated that many locations lack playgrounds for kids.
ODI World Cup 2023: South Africa's Anrich Nortje, and Sisanda Magala ruled out
After failing to recover from their respective injuries, South Africa stars Anrich Nortje and Sisanda Magala have been ruled out of the ODI World Cup 2023 in India. The Proteas took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and announced their 15-member squad for the marquee event and noted that Nortje and Magala have been replaced by Andile Phelukwayo and Lizaad Williams.
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Virender Sehwag-related question asked in KBC for INR 3,20,000
The popular Indian quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati, hosted by Amitabh Bachchan, has questions about almost all topics. The show had a question related to cricket for two consecutive episodes on September 19 and September 20. For the question about Virender Sehwag on September 20, the prize money was INR 3 lakh 20 thousand and the question was, “In which stadium did Virender Sehwag score his only double century in ODIs?"
Sri Lanka's domestic season set to resume on September 22
After suspending all board-run domestic tournaments in the country on Friday, Sri Lanka Cricket has resumed its domestic cricket season. The halt arrived due to a dispute surrounding the restructuring of these tournaments. The dispute ended as the cricket board came to an understanding with the country's sports ministry.
Sriram returns as Bangladesh's technical consultant ahead of World Cup
Former Indian cricketer Sridharan Sriram, who joined Bangladesh cricket as a technical consultant in August 2022 and left the team after the T20 World Cup, has returned to Bangladesh as a technical consultant. The 47-year-old Srram will be reporting to Khaled Mahmud, who returned as the team's director earlier this month.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand - 1st ODI: Rain spoils Bangladesh bowlers' impressive efforts
The first ODI between Bangladesh and New Zealand in Mirpur was called off due to persistent rain and lightning when the visitors were struggling to find a rhythm as they scored 136 in 33.4 overs with a loss of five wickets. Bangladesh bowlers Mustafizur Rahman and Nasum Ahmed picked up three and two wickets respectively while Will Young (58) and Henry Nicholls (44) are the only two Kiwi batsmen to score in double digits.
