Mumbai Cricket Team Gets New Captain for Ranji Trophy
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Mumbai's cricket team has a new captain.
The team plays in the Ranji Trophy. This is a big cricket competition in India.
The old captain was Shardul Thakur. He is no longer captain.
The new captain has scored more than 8,000 runs in his career. Last season, he scored 774 runs.
He came back to Mumbai after playing for Goa.
His father taught Rohit Sharma how to hold a bat. Rohit Sharma is a famous Indian cricketer.
Now, this player's son will be the captain of Mumbai's team.
Vocabulary15 words
- Ranji Trophy
- a big cricket competition between Indian states
- captain
- the leader of a sports team
- career
- all the years someone works or plays a sport
- runs
- points scored in cricket
- season
- a period of time when a sport is played
- replaced
- changed one thing for another
- domestic
- inside one country, not international
- batsman
- a cricket player who hits the ball
- cricketer
- a person who plays cricket
- famous
- known by many people
- coach
- a person who teaches a sport
- team
- a group of players
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- competition
- a contest between teams or people
- leader
- a person who is in charge
Quiz
Answer key
1. Changed its captain 2. 774 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Mumbai's cricket team has a new _____.
The team plays in the _____ Trophy.
The old captain was Shardul _____.
The new captain has scored more than _____ runs in his career.
Last season, he scored _____ runs.
He came back to Mumbai after playing for _____.
His father taught Rohit Sharma how to hold a _____.
Now, this player's _____ will be the captain of Mumbai's team.