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South Africa will almost certainly have three teams in the quarter-finals of this season's United Rugby Championship (URC), but this weekend's final round of fixtures is about much more than that.
Kevin van Veen has Lionel Messi in his sights in the European Golden Shoe award table after the Motherwell goal machine swept into the top 20.
Gujarat Titans skipper Hardik Pandya on Sunday achieved a significant milestone by scoring 2000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Pandya achieved the feat during a match against Rajasthan Royals at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Pandya achieved this feat as he smashed the crucial runs in the eighth over, smashing a carrom ball from off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin over mid-off/extra cover. Pandya, who started the game just 16 runs shy of the 2000-run mark, has now joined an elite group of IPL players who have scored 2000 runs and taken 50 wickets. The hard-hitting all-rounder has taken 50 wickets in the IPL over a nine-year and 100-match career.
If Mumbai Indians captains Rohit Sharma takes the field against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday, he could become only the fourth batter to score 6,000 or more runs in the IPL. The 35-year-old is only 34 runs away from achieving the milestone, having amassed 5,966 runs in 230 matches. He is the fourth-highest run-getter in the history of IPL. Only David Warner (6109), Shikhar Dhawan (6477) and Kohli (6838) have breached the 6,000 mark in the cash-rich league.
Pakistan started their T20I series against New Zealand with a comprehensive victory thanks to a brilliant bowling performance by Haris Rauf in Lahore on Friday. The win was also extremely special for skipper Babar Azam as he equalled MS Dhoni's record of 41 victories as captain in T20I cricket. It was the 100th T20I match for Babar and 67th as captain of the Pakistan cricket team. Overall, Babar is joint second the list of skippers with most wins in the shortest format of the sport behind former England captain Eoin Morgan and ex-Afghanistan skipper Asghar Stanikzai. Both of them led their respective national teams to 42 victories and Babar is just one win away from the world record.
SINGAPORE: Elite male athletes can now look forward to more financial and training support under the Sport Excellence Scholarship while serving their National Service from this year.
When Pakistan captain Babar Azam will take the field in the first T20I agaisnt New Zealand on Friday, he will become only the third player from his country to play 100 T20Is. Babar, who is tied on 99 appearances with Shahid Afridi, will join veteran all-rounders Shoaib Malik (123) and Mohammad Hafeez (119) in the elite list of Pakistan players with 100 or more appearances in the shortest format of the game. So far, Babar has scored 3,355 runs in T20Is with the help of two centuries and 30 fifties.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja completed 200 wickets in T20 cricket on Wednesday. Jadeja accomplished this feat during his side's Indian Premier League (IPL) match against Rajasthan Royals at the franchise's home arena of MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. In the match, Jadeja was once again the leading bowler for CSK, taking 2/21 in his four overs at an economy rate of 5.20. This has taken his wicket-tally in IPL 2023 to six wickets in four matches, with best bowling figures of 3/20, an average of 13.83, and an economy rate of 6.38.