Discussion
'The team ______ more than 300 runs in 20 overs ___________ rains. However, some players needed to improve their batting skills.'
Choose the option with the correct sequence of words to fill the blanks.
Answer: C
The correct sequence is scored; despite.
The second sentence is in the past tense ('needed'), so the first blank needs the finite past-tense verb 'scored'; 'The team scored more than 300 runs'. 'Score' is the wrong tense for a completed innings, and 'scoring' is a participle that leaves the sentence without a main verb.
The second blank needs a preposition of contrast: the team made a big score even though it rained, so 'despite rains' fits. 'Instead of rains' makes no sense, and 'in spite of' has the right meaning but comes paired with the ungrammatical 'scoring'.
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