India's Rudrankksh Patil won the gold medal at the ISSF Shooting World Cup.
The ISSF World Shooting Championship is organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation. The first one was held in 1897. Cairo recently hosted the 2023 ISSF Shooting World Cup. Rudrankksh Patil and R Narmada Nithin of India won the gold medal. This is the first time India wins gold in the competition.
Australia defeated India in the women's T20 World Cup semifinals.
The T20 Women's World Cup is being held in South Africa by the ICC. India defeated Ireland to go to the semifinals. It faced Australia in the semifinals. India fought valiantly under Harmanpreet Kaur's leadership. The captain was suffering from a high fever and was doubtful to play the match. Thankfully, she took part in the game and scored 52 runs. Australia entered the field to bat and scored 172 runs losing four wickets. The Indian team had some difficulty reaching the goal. To win the game, the strike rate had to be at least 8.6. India has scored approximately 135 runs and lost six wickets in 15 overs. India's score after 19 overs was 157/7. India was at 163/8 after 19.5 overs when they lost another wicket. And in the final, Australia prevailed by 5 runs.
New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell wins ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2021
New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell has been named the winner of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award 2021 for his gesture during the New Zealand vs England semifinal in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi.
Mitchell has become the fourth New Zealand cricketer to win the award after Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum and skipper Kane Williamson. Mitchell won the award for refusing to take a single in the T20 World Cup semi-final against England on November 10, 2021.
India becomes first team to qualify for four consecutive U19 World Cup finals
India has become the first team in the history of the U19 World Cup to qualify for four consecutive U-19 World Cup finals. India made it through the final of the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2022 after a 96-run win over Australia at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua.
India has qualified for the U19 World Cup finals backed by a phenomenal 204-run third-wicket partnership between skipper Yash Dhull and deputy skipper Shaik Rasheed, which took India to 290/5 in their 50 overs. India scored 27 runs in the final over and Yash Dhull was named player of the match for his spectacular century knock.
IPL 2022 to be held in Mumbai and Pune, playoffs likely in Ahmedabad
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly confirmed recently that IPL 2022 will be held in Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra. The playoffs are likely to be held in Ahmedabad but a formal decision is likely to be taken at a later stage. BCCI President Sourav Ganguly said that the final decision on the venues for the knockout stages will be taken later.
Yash Dhull third Indian to score century in ICC U19 World Cup
India U19 skipper Yash Dhull has become the third Indian to score a century in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup after Virat Kohli and Unmukht Chand. Yash Dhull's century knock came in India's semi-final match against Australia in ICC U19 World Cup 2022. Dhull along with deputy skipper Shaik Rasheed put up an incredible 204-run partnership for the third wicket. This was the second biggest partnership of the tournament. The Indian U19 skipper said after the win that the plan was for him and Rasheed to bat till the end and it worked.
ICC ODI Rankings: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma retain second, third spot
Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma retained their rankings on ICC Men's ODI Player Rankings. South Africa's wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock moved up four places and broke into the top five for the first time and batsman Rassie van der Dussen moved up 10 places to reach his career-best 10th rank after they helped their team achieve a memorable 3-10 whitewash in the ODI series against India.
India withdraws from AFC Women's Asia Cup 2022, remaining matches cancelled
The Indian women's football team has withdrawn from the ongoing AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 after several players tested positive for COVID-19. India is the host of the ongoing football tournament.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) confirmed that India has withdrawn from the AFC Women’s Asia Cup 2022 and that their remaining matches stand cancelled. India withdrew from the tournament after its match against Chinese Taipei was cancelled after the hosts were unable to field 13 players due to COVID-19 cases in the team.
India vs Chinese Taipei match was scheduled to take place at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on January 23, 2022. While the names of COVID positive players has not been announced yet, a large number of them have tested positive.
ICC Awards 2021 winners
The International Cricket Council has continued its tradition of recognizing all the incredible performances in its annual ICC Awards 2021 ceremony. In ICC Awards 2021, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam has been named ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year while South Africa’s Lizelle Lee has earned the ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year 2021.
IPL 2022 likely to be held in India behind closed doors
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 season is likely to be held in India behind closed doors as per top sources in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
As per the sources, IPL 2022 will be held in India without the crowd in Mumbai and Pune. The venues are likely to be Wankhede Stadium, Cricket Club of India and DY Patil Stadium.
The BCCI is likely to give a go-ahead to hosting IPL 2022 in India if the COVID-19 third wave subsides, the sources said.
The last date for IPL player registration was January 20. A total of 1,214 players have signed up to be a part of the IPL 2022 mega auction, including 896 Indian players and 318 overseas cricketers.
