Kumar Rupesh

India TV Sports Wrap on January 3: From all the hockey action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on January 3.

Najmul Hossain Shanto captained Bangladesh in 24 T20Is between 2023 and 2024. The southpaw won 10 games and lost 13, while one game could not yield a result. His win percentage as captain in the shortest format of the game is 41.66%.

The world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen was seen having a chat with Ian Nepomniachtchi, his adversary in the final of the World Blitz Championship 2024 about playing short draws. The clip went viral with the claims that Carlsen was deliberately trying to fix the game.

India TV Sports Wrap on January 2: From all the tennis action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on January 2.

Akash Deep was considered very unlucky in Brisbane and the Boxing Day Test as he couldn't get a lot of wickets despite hitting the right channel as a fast bowler. He was very probing in the second innings of the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.

Beau Webster was the top run-getter in the previous season of the Sheffield Shield (2023-24). He plays for Tasmania in the domestic circuit and is arguably Australia's best allrounder in the domestic circuit. Webster will be making his international debut for Australia at the SCG on Friday.

Pat Cummins is known for making bold calls as a skipper and the decision to leave Mitchell Marsh out of Australia's playing XI for the New Year's Test in Sydney is one of them. Marsh is replaced by Beau Webster, who is also a batting allrounder.

Mitchell Marsh has been struggling both with the bat and ball in hand in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The star allrounder has not scored a single fifty and has been unable to do the fourth pacer's job.

R Vaishali defeated China's Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 in the quarter-finals before suffering an agonising loss to another Chinese opponent Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 in the semi-final. She is the sister of chess prodigy R Praggnanandhaa.

Jasprit Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 31-year-old has claimed 30 wickets in four Tests at an astounding average of 12.83 and has single-handedly kept India in the series.

India TV Sports Wrap on January 1: From all the football action to the cricketing circuit, here are all the top 10 trending sports news stories and the latest happenings from the world of sports on January 1.

Jasprit Bumrah is the leading wicket-taker for India and overall in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The right-arm speedster has claimed 30 scalps in eight innings at an average of 12.83. Pat Cummins is the second-leading wicket-taker with 20 poles.

Australia drafted Scott Boland into their playing XI for the boxing day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) after an injury to Josh Hazlewood. However, Jhye Richardson may get an opportunity if Australia rest Mitchell Starc for the New Year's Test at the SCG.

Australia have a formidable record at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). The Kangaroos need a win at the Sydney Cricket Ground to join South Africa in the final of the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2023-25 cycle.

Team India need to register a win at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) to stay in contention for a place in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 final. In addition to that, they also need to pray that Australia do not achieve anything more than two draws in Sri Lanka.