Correct Answer :   Shakib Al Hassan

Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan scooped the ICC Men’s Player of the Month (March 2023) while Rwanda’s Henriette Ishimwe bagged the ICC Women’s Player of the Month (March 2023) as the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday (13th April 2023) announced the winners of the awards for March 2023.

* Both all-rounders edged out their fellow contenders following a vote conducted among a specialist panel — comprising ICC Hall of Famers, former international players, and media representatives — and global cricket fans registered at icc-cricket.com, who had been voting since the nominees were announced last week.

* In claiming the ICC Men’s Player of the Month for March, Shakib wins his second Player of the Month crown after first winning in July 2021.

* He triumphs following a string of fine displays with bat and ball, cementing his position at the summit of the ICC Men’s T20I Player Rankings for all-rounders. As well as an impressive series win over Ireland, Shakib was instrumental in securing a historic 3-0 T20I series victory over touring world champions England..

Source : News18

Correct Answer :   07

Indian women wrestlers have bagged seven medals – two silver and five bronze – in Asian Wrestling Championship 2023 at Astana in Kazakhstan and finished 3rd in the Women’s Teams Ranking.

* In the last edition, India won 5 medals and settled at the 4th spot.

* Antim Panghal won silver in the 53-kg category. Nisha Dahiya also claimed silver in the 68-kg category.

* Anshu Malik, Sonam Malik, Manisha, and Reetika bagged bronze medals..

Source : News On Air

Correct Answer :   Nisha Dahiya

India's Nisha Dahiya won silver at the women's 68kg category at the Asian wrestling championships 2023 in Astana, Kazakhstan on 11th April 2023.

* This is the biggest-ever medal of her career in the women's 68kg category.

* Nisha, on a fine injury comeback, reached the final but fell to Japan’s Ami Ishii 10-0 and finished as a runner-up. Nisha had defeated China's Feng Zhou 7-6 in the semi-finals.
 
* Another Indian wrestler, Priya Malik clinched a bronze in 76 kg category. She defeated Japan's Mizuki Nagashima in the repechage round.

* Overall, India have won six medals so far..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   David Warner

Delhi Capitals skipper David Warner on Saturday (8th April 2023) became the quickest batter to reach the 6000-run mark in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during a match against Rajasthan Royals at the Barsapara Stadium in Guwahati.

* He is now only the third batter to enter the elite club after Royal Challengers Bangalore’s Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan, skipper of Punjab Kings. The burly Australian took 165 innings to climb Mt. 6k, while Kohli had taken 188 and Dhawan 199 to achieve the same.

* Warner, who has donned the Orange Cap on three occasions, in IPL 2015, 2017 and 2019, got to the milestone with a boundary. Trent Boult, who removed Prithvi Shaw and Manish Pandey in the opening over on Saturday, sent in a short ball that was pulled behind square for four.

* The left-hander brought up a 44-ball fifty with a four off Ravichandran Ashwin. It was Warner’s 57th half-century in the IPL. He has also struck four centuries in the tournament. Warner also moved to the topped of the batting charts for the season during the knock.

* Warner’s Delhi, thus far, has lost both its IPL 2023 matches - against Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   D Gukesh

Indian young Grandmaster D Gukesh has won the title of World Chess Armageddon Asia and Oceania event. Gukesh emerged winner in a topsy-turvy summit clash late on Sunday (9th April 2023).

* He won the feat by defeating former world rapid champion Nodirbek Abdusatarov of Uzbekistan in the final.

* Talking about other Indians, Vidit Gujarati and Karthikeyan Murali have also won this title. Former world champion Viswanathan Anand has congratulated Grandmaster D Gukesh on his victory.

* The 16-year-old Indian won in a field that included former world classical champion Vladimir Kramnik, Daniil Dubov, Yangyi Yu (China), Vidit Gujrathi and Karthikeyan Murali (both India) and Param Maghsoodloo (Iran), apart from Abdusattorov.

* The All India Chess Federation is the central administrative body for the game of chess in India. It was established in 1951.

Correct Answer :   Rashid Khan

* Rashid Khan of Gujarat Titans has broken the record of taking the most hat-tricks in T20 cricket. He achieved this feat in an IPL match played against KKR in Ahmedabad.

* Rashid made Andre Russell, Sunil Narine and Shardul Thakur his victims for three consecutive balls. Rashid has gone ahead of other bowlers in the world by completing his fourth hat-trick in this short format of cricket.

* In the year 2008, while playing for Chennai Super Kings (CSK), former India bowler Lakshmipathy Balaji took his first hat-trick of the IPL.

Correct Answer :   Priyanshu Rajawat

Indian badminton player, Priyanshu Rajawat (21) has clinched the men's singles title of the Orleans Masters Super 300 tournament 2023 on Sunday (9th April 2023).

* He defeated Denmark’s Magnus Johannesen by 21-15, 19-21, and 21-16.

* While the women's singles title was lifted by Carolina Marín from Spain.

Other Winners :

Men's Double : Chen Boyang & Liu Yi (China)
Women's Double : Rena Miyaura & Ayako Sakuramoto (Japan)
Mixed Double : Chen Tang Jie & Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia).

Source : Times of India

Correct Answer :   Peru

Peru was stripped of hosting the men’s Under-17 World Cup 2023 on Monday (3rd April 2023) because FIFA said the country was not ready to stage the tournament later this year.

* FIFA did not name a replacement host for the 24-team tournament scheduled to be played from Nov. 10-Dec. 2.

* The decision comes one week after FIFA took the men’s Under-20 World Cup from Indonesia because that country did not want to host Israel at its tournament in May.

* FIFA cited Peru’s inability “to fulfill its commitments to completing the infrastructure required to stage the tournament.”

* “There is now not sufficient time to secure the required investment and complete the necessary work with the Peruvian government ahead of the tournament start date,” FIFA said.

* FIFA picked both Peru and Indonesia in 2019 to host the respective 2021 editions of the tournaments. Both have been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

* Argentina wants to stage the Under-20 World Cup. FIFA is expected to confirm a host nation this week..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   Kim Cotton

Women referees and umpires judging in men's competitions is extremely rare. Scripting a new chapter in history, Kim Cotton of New Zealand became the first female on-field umpire to stand in a men's international match between two ICC full-member countries.

* She stood as an on-field umpire in a T20 match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand at the University Oval in Dunedin on Wednesday (5th April 2023).

* Cotton, 45, is not new to the profession of a cricket umpire as she has umpired in 16 women's ODIs and 44 T20Is.

* She also marked her presence in men's cricket as a TV umpire during a T20I match between India and New Zealand in 2020.

* Her name is included in some of the elite umpires as she has been one of the on-field umpires for both the 2022 Women's World Cup final (50-over) and the 2023 Women's T20 World Cup final in February.

* Before Cotton achieved the rare feat, Claire Polosak became the first female umpire in a men's international cricket in 2019 when she stood in a Onedayer between Oman and Namibia.

* But they are associate nations and not full-time ICC members.

* Polosak also became the first female match official in a men's Test match as she worked as the fourth umpire during a 2021-22 Border Gavaskar Trophy Test match between India and Australia in Sydney last year...

Source : Zeebiz

Correct Answer :   5

Former Indian cricket team captain, MS Dhoni was named among the five Indians to have been inducted with the Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) honorary life membership.

Other four Indian Cricketers : Yuvraj Singh, Maithali Raj, Suresh Raina, and Jhulan Goswami

MS Dhoni had featured in 538 international games across formats, scoring over 17,000 runs during the same.

Yuvraj Singh was an integral part of the Indian team that won the first T20 World Cup in 2007.