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RECORDS OF THE ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP
Australian pacer Mitchell
Starc and New Zealand pacer
Trent Boult finished with the
most number of wickets in the
World Cup 2015. Both
grabbed 22 wickets.
Martin Guptill made a name
for himself by becoming the
highest run-scorer of the
tournament accumulating
547 runs.
Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara took batting to a new
height as he became the first
man to score four back to
back centuries in one-day
cricket as he bid adieu to limited overs. He went past 500runs for the second time in
the tournament which also
made him only the second
man after Sachin Tendulkar
to get to the milestone.
South African skipper AB
de Villiers made the fastest
150 runs (in 64 balls)
against West Indies.
South African JP Duminy
claimed a hat-trick to become the first South African to achieve the feat in a
World Cup and only the
second spinner after Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had
already achieved what no
other Indian captain could
by winning 100 one-day
matches as captain of India.
The final match of the World Cup took
place at the Melbourne Cricket
Ground between co-hosts New Zealand and Australia in front of a record
crowd of 93,013 people!
Also, Australia played in their record
seventh final, having won four
(1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and lost
two (1975, 1996).
Steven Smith's became the
only player to achieve the
distinction of scoring a fifty
in the quarter-final, a hundred in the semi-final and a
fifty in the final.
Crops Getting Damaged Due to Western Disturbances
For the common masses, heavy rainfall might account as a factor of relief
against the scorching heat; but the
in the forecast.
like wheat, Jawar, Gram. Even Grapes and
Mangoes plantations have been affected.
Winter in India is a dry season, with
minimal rains. However, North-West
The rain in the coming week will be more
to be a blessing at least for the farmers.
and Central India received a fair
devastating. As the country is already im-
amount of rainfall. During February
26 to March 4 an average of 28 mm
porting large volumes of pulses, these changes in weather have disappointed the growth
Climate changes have an adverse
of rain fell across the country (358%
of agriculture.
effect on the economic growth. The
unusual changes in weather have had
above normal).
The increased
amount of rainfall had severe im-
diverse affects; majorly affecting the
pact, as much of the Rabi (winter)
agricultural productivity. Unseasonable rain has led to a trail of miseries in
season pulse crops are grown in
these areas.
unpredictable weather does not seem
various corners of the country.
Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan were
The monsoon in India is formed in late
spring due to intense solar heating.
lashed by rains, damaging the crops
and flattening the wheat which was
However, India has received an unu-
due for harvest. The farmers have
sual amount of winter rain, with more
suffered about 50% loss in crops.
The rains have affected Rabi crops
The agricultural minister has informed that 8
percent or 12 million acres of the country’s
winter crops have been damaged by the rain.
The country’s exposure to climate changes
can jeopardize development. The new government should not risk by turning a blind
eye to this imperative challenge.