On the other hand, Brazil, playing without star striker Neymar, defeated Switzerland 1-0 and made it to the last 16. France has also made it to the pre-quarterfinals. Portugal is at number one in Group H with 6 points after winning two matches. Uruguay has only one point from two matches. It will have to defeat Ghana in its next match to remain in the tournament. Uruguay is currently at number four. Ghana is at number two with three points, while South Korea is at number three.
Five-time champion Brazil defeated Switzerland 1-0 to enter the last 16. The only and decisive goal of the match was scored by Casemiro from Brazil in the 83rd minute of the match. Brazil has six points in two matches and is yet to play its last match in Group G, but the team has already made its place in the pre-quarterfinals. Switzerland has three points in Group G. Serbia and Cameroon have one point each. Switzerland will have to defeat Serbia to reach the next round. However, it will depend on the match between Brazil and Cameroon whether the Swiss team will be able to reach the next stage even if the match is drawn or not.
Cricket
The second match of the three-match ODI series being played between India and New Zealand could not be completed due to rain. The second ODI match played in Hamilton was reduced to 29-29 overs due to rain, but the match could not proceed further due to rain once again. When the game was stopped due to rain, India, batting first after losing the toss, had scored 89 runs for one wicket in 12 overs and 5 balls. Openers Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 45 and Suryakumar Yadav on 34. Captain Shikhar Dhawan was out after scoring 3 runs. New Zealand is ahead 1-0 in the three-match series by winning the first match of the series by 7 wickets. The final match will be played on Wednesday.
India will play the first match of the three-match ODI series in Bangladesh in Mirpur on December 4. Team India led by Rohit Sharma will play its other two matches on December 7 and 10. The Indian team will play the first Test match of the two-Test series on the Bangladesh tour in Chittagong from December 14.
In the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Ruturaj Gaikwad of Maharashtra has achieved a golden achievement in the world of cricket. Ruturaj Gaikwad has created a rare record of hitting 7 sixes in an over. Gaikwad not only hit 16 sixes in his unbeaten double century against Uttar Pradesh, but also hit 7 sixes in the over of Uttar Pradesh’s left-arm spinner Shiva Singh, who was bowling the 49th over of the innings. He has become the first batsman in the world to hit 7 sixes in an over in List-A cricket. Shiva Singh bowled a no-ball on the 5th ball and then Ruturaj hit a six on the free hit ball as well. He scored a total of 43 runs in this over including 7 sixes and no-balls. After hitting seven sixes in an over, Ruturaj Gaikwad left behind batsmen like Yuvraj Singh, Ravi Shastri, Harshal Gibbs, Kieron Pollard, Sir Gary Sobers, Ross Whiteley, Hazratullah Zazai, Leo Carter and Thisara Perera.
In the quarterfinal match played at Narendra Modi Stadium Ground B, Maharashtra lost the toss and elected to bat first and scored 330 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. In reply, Uttar Pradesh, chasing the target of 331 runs, was all out after scoring 272 runs. Aryan Juyal played a brilliant century of 159 runs for Uttar Pradesh. Rajvardhan Hangargekar took 5 wickets for Maharashtra. Maharashtra won this match by 58 runs and made it to the semifinals. Maharashtra will face Assam in the semifinals.
Assam achieved the target of 351 runs for victory against Jammu and Kashmir by losing only three wickets, thanks to the explosive innings of 174 runs by Riyan Parag. In the quarter-final match played at Gujarat College Ground, Ahmedabad, Jammu and Kashmir batted first and scored a huge score of 350 runs for 7 wickets. Two batsmen of Jammu and Kashmir, Shubham Khajuria (120 runs) and Henan Nazir (124 runs), played brilliant fiery centuries. Assam achieved the target of 351 runs for victory by losing only three wickets in 46 overs and one ball. Riyan Parag played a brilliant century innings of 174 runs for Assam. Riyan Parag hit a dozen fours and as many sixes in his innings of just 116 balls. Rishav Das also remained unbeaten by scoring a brilliant century of 114 runs.
Karnataka defeated Punjab by four wickets in the first quarterfinal match played on Monday at Narendra Modi Stadium Ground A and made it to the semifinals. Punjab batted first and scored 235 runs in the stipulated 50 overs. Abhishek Sharma played a brilliant century innings of 109 runs. Karnataka achieved the target of 236 runs for victory by losing 6 wickets on the second ball of the last over. Ravikumar Samarth played a brilliant half-century innings of 71 runs. Shreyas Gopal played an important innings of 42 runs and Manish Pandey of 35 runs. Karnataka will face Saurashtra in the semifinals.
Thanks to Chirag Jani’s brilliant all-round performance, Saurashtra defeated five-time champion Tamil Nadu by 44 runs in the quarterfinal match played in Nadiad. Chasing the target of 294 runs to win, Tamil Nadu’s team returned to the pavilion after scoring 249 runs. Chirag Jani bowled lethally for Saurashtra and took 3 wickets. Earlier, thanks to three brilliant half-century innings of Harvik Desai 61, Chirag Jani 52, and Arpit Vasavada 51 runs, Saurashtra, batting first, scored 293 runs for 8 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.
And finally, Afghanistan defeated Afghanistan by 60 runs in the first ODI and took a 1-0 lead in the series. Afghanistan’s Ibrahim Zadran scored a century and put up a score of 294 runs for the loss of 8 wickets against Sri Lanka. In response, Sri Lanka’s team could score only 234 runs while chasing the target.
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