Correct Answer : Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen split the Ferrari front row of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz to snatch the lead of the Formula One Mexico City Grand Prix 2023 by the first corner.* He drove off to his record 16th victory of the season.* Red Bull's three-time season champion collected his third consecutive win at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and broke his own season victories record set last year.* Verstappen started from third and won from the same spot as he did in 2021..Source : The Hindu
Correct Answer : Zahid Hussain
Zahid Hussain from Anantnang on Sunday (29th Oct 2023) bagged silver medal at Asian Shooting Championship 2023 in South Korea.Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council on X (Formerly Twitter) wrote: put your hands together and congratulate Zahid hussain from Anantnag who won silver medal at Asian Shooting Championship South Korea.”The Asian Shooting Championships 2023 is a qualifying event for the Paris 2024 Olympics. A total of 24 Olympic quotas are on offer with the top two finishers (one per country) in each of the 12 Olympic shooting events securing a spot for their national teams.Source : Greater Kashmir
Correct Answer : Shaheen Afridi
Pakistan fast bowler Shaheen Afridi reached a significant milestone on Tuesday (31st Oct 2023) as he claimed his 100th wicket in ODIs.Bowling first in their World Cup match against Bangladesh at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the left-arm pacer did what he is best known for - strike in his first over.Afridi trapped Tanzid Hasan lbw with one that nipped back in, claiming his 100th wicket in his 51st ODI.He thus became the quickest fast bowler to the the milestone. Australian left-am pacer Mitchell Starc had previously held the record (52 matches).
Afridi also is the third quickest bowler overall to 100 ODI wickets. Nepal leg-spinner Sandeep Lamichhane holds the record for being the fastest to three figures - 42 matches. Afghanistan leg-spinner Rashid Khan is second on 44.Left-arm quick Afridi had enjoyed a successful 2023 World Cup. He had already risen to second in the list of top-wicket takers during Bangladesh's innings in Kolkata, with 15 wickets in his seventh match of the tournament at an economy of under 5.5.He had earlier picked a five-wicket haul in a high-scoring match against Australia and has an average of under 20 in this World Cup..Source : The National News
Correct Answer : David Wiley
England seamer David Willey on Tuesday (31st Oct 2023) announced that he will retire from all international cricket, effectively at the end of his team’s World Cup 2023 campaign in India.“I never wanted this day to come. From a young boy, I’ve only ever dreamed of playing cricket for England.So, with careful thought and consideration, it is with great regret that I feel the time has come for me to retire from all forms of International cricket at the end of the World Cup,” Willey wrote on his social media account.
The left-arm seamer has featured in three matches so far during the defending champion’s disastrous World Cup campaign, picking up five wickets while adding 42 runs in three innings.The 33-year-old made his ODI debut in May 2015 and subsequently marked his T20I debut the same year. He has amassed 94 wickets in One-Dayers from 70 appearances besides 625 runs with the bat. He has also picked up 51 wickets from 43 T20Is.Willey was part of the English T20 side that finished runner-up in India in the 2016 T20 World Cup and also went onto win the title in Australia in 2022..Source : The Hindu
Correct Answer : Rohit Sharma
In the 29th match of the ODI World Cup 2023, Indian captain Rohit Sharma achieved a big achievement, he became the fifth Indian batsman to complete 18,000 runs in international cricket. Rohit is the 20th batsman in the world and 5th from India to achieve this feat. Rohit has also become the first captain to complete 1,000 ODI runs this year (2023).
Correct Answer : Manu Bhakar
Indian female shooter Manu Bhakar secured the 11th Paris Olympic quota for India in the Asian Shooting Championship. She finished fifth in the women's 25 meter sports pistol event at the Asian Championships in Changwon, Korea. Arjun Babuta in the men's 10 meter air rifle event and Sarabjot Singh in the men's 10 meter air pistol event have also secured Paris 2024 quota.
Correct Answer : 111
Indian para-athletes performed brilliantly and won a total of 111 medals in the fourth Asian Para Games held in Hangzhou, China. India ended the campaign with 29 gold, 31 silver and 51 bronze. This is India's best performance so far in the Asian Para Games.
Correct Answer : Amol Muzumdar
Mumbai batting stalwart Amol Muzumdar has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian women's cricket team, said the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).Muzumdar will now step into the role which was vacated by his predecessor and fellow Mumbaikar Ramesh Powar nearly ten months ago, as part of a restructuring module and was transferred to the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru. Since then, Hrishikesh Kanitkar and Nooshin Al Khadeer had served in the head coach role in interim capacities.
Nooshin was at the top job during Indian women's team during tour of Bangladesh in July, while Kanitkar led the team during the Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa earlier this year and their gold-medal winning campaign at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
🚨 NEWS 🚨Mr Amol Muzumdar Appointed as Head Coach - Team India (Senior Women).Details 🔽https://t.co/6y0TiQ2prF — BCCI Women (@BCCIWomen) October 25, 2023
🚨 NEWS 🚨Mr Amol Muzumdar Appointed as Head Coach - Team India (Senior Women).Details 🔽https://t.co/6y0TiQ2prF
Correct Answer : China
India has broken the record of most medals in the Asian Para Games. India has so far won a total of 79 medals which include 18 gold, 22 silver and 39 bronze.The Asian Para Games are being organized in Hangzhou, China from 22 to 28 October 2023. India had won 72 medals in these games held in Indonesia in 2018.
Correct Answer : Glenn Maxwell
Glenn Maxwell smashed the fastest century in ODI World Cup history at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Wednesday (25 Oct 2023) against the Netherlands, obliterating South Africa's Aiden Markram's record set earlier in the tournament. Maxwell reached the century in 40 balls after Netherlands all-rounder Bas de Leede served a beamer on the leg stump which was promptly deposited by the dasher over the long leg boundary.Having come in to bat in the 40th over, not many would have predicted that Maxwell would reach his century but not only did he reach the milestone, he broke the record by a margin of nine balls. Maxwell was at his menacing best, pummeling and carting the bowlers to all parts of the park.He brought his half-century in 26 balls before reaching the three-figure mark in another 14 deliveries. En route, the Australian smashed nine boundaries and eight maximums..Source : WIO News
