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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.

Only one Indian athlete will be participating in the Winter Olympics 2022 in Beijing. Indian diplomat in Beijing has decided to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 opening and closing ceremony after China chose a soldier, who fought in the Galwan Valley clash against Indian troops in 2020, as a torchbearer.

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.

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.

R Ashwin is the highest-ranked bowler in the ICC Test Bowling Rankings 2022, followed by Jasprit Bumrah who is ranked at 10th place. Bumrah is ranked at the 7th rank in the ICC ODI Bowling Rankings 2022. 

Indian opener Shafali Verma has climbed to the top spot on the ICC Women's T20 Batting Rankings 2022. Australia's Beth Mooney is ranked second, followed by Australian captain Meg Lanning at third place. India's Smriti Mandhana has been pushed to the fourth position.

Pakistan's Shaheen Afridi won the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year for his sizzling spells, sheer display of pace and swing and some magical moments during the previous calendar year.

India's Smriti Mandhana won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for ICC Women’s Cricketer of the Year for her outstanding contribution with the bat at the top of the order in the previous calendar year.

India will yet again face Pakistan in its first match of the T20 World Cup 2022. The schedule for T20 World Cup 2022 was announced on January 21, 2022. India will begin its campaign on October 23, 2022 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). India had opened its campaign in the T20 World Cup 2021 as well against Pakistan.

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has been named as the captain of the ICC Test Team of the year 2021. Williamson had led New Zealand to victory in the first-ever World Test Championship final against India at Southampton, England.

Smriti Mandhana is the sole Indian cricketer named in the ICC Women's T20 Team of the Year 2021. Mandhana was the highest scorer for the Indian women's cricket team in the T20 format in 2021 with two fifties in 9 matches.

The ICC Men's T20I Team of the year 2021 does not include any Indian player. Pakistan's Babar Azam has been named as the captain of the T20 Team of the Year 2021. 

The ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year 2021 includes two Indians, veteran batter Mithali Raj and pacer Jhulan Goswami. England's Heather Knight has been named the captain of the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year 2021, while Australia's Alyssa Healy has been named as the wicketkeeper.

The ICC Men's ODI Team of the year 2021 has been revealed and Pakistani skipper Babar Azam has been named as the captain of the team. The ICC Team of the Year recognises 11 outstanding cricketers from around the world who have performed impressively with either bat or ball or their all-rounder capabilities in the previous calendar year.

Sania Mirza, former world no. 1, has announced that she would be retiring from Tennis after the 2022 season.The Indian tennis player has won six Grand Slams and also reached the summit of the WTA doubles ranking. She is also the first Indian to break into the top 30 in the WTA singles ranking.

Bengaluru Bulls Pawan Sehrawat is PKL 2022 Top Raider with 122 successful raids, followed by Naveen Kumar from Dabang Delhi with 118 successful raids and Bengal Warriors skipper Maninder Singh with 106 successful raids.

Senegal's Edouard Mendy won the Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper award at the FIFA awards 2021, while Chile's Christiane Endler was named Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper.

Poland's Robert Lewandowski won the Best FIFA Men's Player Award on January 17, 2022. This is the second consecutive time that Lewandowski has won the award. Spain's Alexia Putellas won the Best FIFA Women's Player award. The BEST FIFA Football Awards 2022 ceremony was held virtually from Zurich.

Indian off-spinner Washington Sundar has been ruled out of upcoming India vs South Africa ODI series after testing positive for COVID-19 during the camp in Bengaluru. Jayant Yadav has been named as his replacement.

India beat Sri Lanka by 9 wickets to lift the under-19 Asia Cup in Dubai on December 31, 2021 in a rain-interrupted final. India under the leadership of Yash Dhull won through the Duckworth Lewis method (DLS) as the match was reduced to 38 overs due to rain interruption.

India will begin its campaign at the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 against arch-rivals Pakistan on March 6th at the Bay Oval Tauranga.

ICC Women's World Cup 2022 will begin on March 4, 2022 with the clash of New Zealand vs West Indies at Bay Oval Tauranga. India will begin its campaign at the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 against arch-rivals Pakistan on March 6th. The ICC Women's World Cup final will be played on April 3rd.

R Ashwin has retained his second rank in the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, right behind Australian skipper Pat Cummins. The second Indian in the top ten of the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings is Jasprit Bumrah, who is ranked at the 9th spot. Bumrah moved up three spots to break into the top ten in ICC Men's Test Bowling rankings after taking five wickets in India's first test win against South Africa.

Indian Test captain Virat Kohli has slipped to the 9th spot in the ICC Men's Test Batting Rankings, while Rohit Sharma remains static at the 5th rank as of January 6, 2022. Australia's Marnus Labuschagne continues to hold the top rank after displacing England's Joe Root last month.

Former South African captain Quinton de Kock announced sudden retirement from Test cricket on December 30, 2021. The wicket-keeper batsman announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect, citing his intentions to spend more time with his growing family. 

PV Sindhu has been appointed as a member of the Badminton World Federation Athletes' Commission 2021-2025 along with five other players. The BWF announced the names of six new members of the commission on December 21, 2021. They include PV Sindhu, Zheng Si Wei (China), Iris Wang (USA), Robin Tabeling (NED), Kim Soyeong (KOR) and Greysia Polii (INA).

Australian Test skipper Pat Cummins leads the ICC Test Men's Bowling Rankings. Ravichandran Ashwin is the only Indian bowler to feature in the top ten of ICC Test Bowler Rankings 2021. He has consistently maintained his second rank.

India's highest-ranked test batsman in the ICC Test Player Rankings 2021 is Rohit Sharma, who is ranked 5th in the ICC Men's Test Batsmen Rankings 2021. Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli has slipped to the seventh spot from earlier sixth position.

Australia's Marnus Labuschagne has become the new world no.1 batsman in ICC Men's Test Batsmen Rankings 2021, pushing England's Joe Root to the second spot. This is the first time that Labuschagne has taken up the top rank. He was earlier ranked at second place. 

Indian men's hockey team beat Pakistan to win the bronze medal at the Asian Champions Trophy on December 22, 2021. The neck-to-neck contest ended with Manpreet Singh-led India beating arch-rivals 4-3 to secure third place in the tournament.