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Correct Answer :   India

India has won the Cricket Asia Cup 2023 title by defeating Sri Lanka. The 16th edition of the tournament was co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Teams from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, India and Nepal participated in it.

The Indian team has dominated this tournament. India has won the Asia Cup title a record 8 times. The Sri Lankan team has won this title 6 times. Pakistan has won the Asia Cup twice.


Asia Cup Winners List :

The 6 nations' cricket tournament Asia Cup 2023 is over on 17th September 2023 in Sri Lanka. The first match was played between Pakistan and Nepal in Multan, Pakistan on 30th August 2023 and the final match was played between India and Sri Lanka. The Asia Cup Winners list from 1984 to 2023 is given below in tabular form. The Asia Cup Winners List table contains the Asia Cup year, winner team, runner-up team, and hosting country.

Correct Answer :   Neeraj Chopra

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished second in the men’s event at the Diamond League Final in Eugene, Oregon, USA 0n 16th Sep 2023.

The Indian's best throw of 83.80 meter came in his second attempt. However, Czech Republic’s Jakub Vadlejch, won his third title with a best throw of 84.24 meter.

Reigning Olympic and world champion Chopra, who holds the Indian national record of 89.94 meter, won a world championship silver medal at the same venue last year (2022) with an 88.13 meter effort.

Earlier this month, Chopra, who won India's first-ever gold at the World Athletics Championships, failed to defend his Diamond League title, falling just short of Jakub Vadlejch 85.86 meter again, who took home the trophy.

Next, he will defend his title at the Asian Games 2023 starting in Hangzhou later this month..

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Maharashtra

Maharashtra clinched the title of champions in the 5th National Wheelchair Rugby Championship 2023 by securing a convincing victory over Karnataka, concluding with a final score of 31-10. This championship, which took place at Balewadi in Pune from September 10 to September 11, 2023, was marked by intense competition and served as a testament to the impressive development of wheelchair rugby in India.


Rugby India’s Grand Initiative :

The 5th National Wheelchair Rugby Championship 2023 was organized by The Indian Rugby Football Union (Rugby India), the governing body for rugby in India. It was conducted in association with the Wheelchair Rugby Federation of India and Mitsubishi Corporation. This collaborative effort aimed to promote and expand the sport of wheelchair rugby across the nation.

The championship saw an overwhelming participation of over 120 athletes from different parts of India, making it a truly national event. This massive turnout reflected the growing interest and enthusiasm for wheelchair rugby in the country.

A Landmark Occasion for Wheelchair Rugby in India :

The 5th National Wheelchair Rugby Championship 2023 marked a significant milestone for wheelchair rugby in India. With participants from 14 states, it became the largest national wheelchair event ever hosted by Rugby India. The states that took part in this prestigious competition were Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and the host state, Maharashtra.


The Road to Victory :

The semi-final matches were packed with excitement. Karnataka and Haryana faced off, with Karnataka securing a narrow 9-7 victory. Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Bihar battled it out, with Maharashtra emerging victorious by a scoreline of 22-13. The final showdown between Maharashtra and Karnataka was a spectacle, with Maharashtra ultimately triumphing with a final score of 31-10. Bihar secured the 3/4th place by defeating Haryana 23-9. The 5th to 8th positions were clinched by Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh, respectively.

Position	Team
1st	Maharashtra
2nd	Karnataka
3rd	Bihar
4th	Haryana
5th	Odisha
6th	Chhattisgarh
7th	Rajasthan
8th	Uttar Pradesh

Correct Answer :   Kuldeep Yadav

The story of India’s left-arm chinaman Kuldeep Yadav’s success has been an impressive one. Kuldeep, in his last two games at Asia Cup, picked up nine wickets to win the game for Indian cricket team. With this magnificent show of his spin bowling, Kuldeep has broken several other records as well. He became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark.

He also has become the fastest left-arm spin bowler to complete 150 one-day international wickets. He has also become the seventh-quickest overall to complete the 150 ODI wickets milestone.

Kuldeep Yadav took four wickets against Sri Lanka and finished the game with two wickets in three balls in his last over. Kuldeep overtook Bangladesh left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak by 20 one-day internationals. Razzak completed his 150 ODI wickets in 108 games, while Kuldeep touched the mark in just 88 games.

As a spinner, Saqlain Mushtaq holds the record of being the quickest to pick up 150 ODI wickets, he completed the milestone in just 78 ODIs. Rashid Khan (80) and Ajantha Mendis (84) are the other two spinners quicker than Kuldeep Yadav. But Kuldeep has become the fast Indian spinner to reach this feat.


Quickest bowlers to 150 ODI wickets

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc is the fastest to reach the 150-wickets milestone in one-day internationals. Starc played only 77 games as a fast bowler to hold this special record. Mohammed Shami is the quickest Indian bowler to claim 150 wickets. Shami took just 80 games to complete 150 wickets with his brute pace. Kuldeep Yadav will be taking up the responsibility of Indian spin bowling attack along with two all-rounders, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel. Ravindra Jadeja also had a decent game against Sri Lanka, while Axar failed to get a wicket..

Source : Khelnow

Correct Answer :   Ruoning Yin

China's Ruoning Yin is the new No. 1 in the Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings 2023

* She is the second Chinese player to reach No. 1 since the rankings began in 2006, joining Shanshan Feng (2017-18).

* Yin is also the third player aged 20 or younger to hit No. 1, joining Atthaya Thitikul (2022) and Lydia Ko (2015).

* The 20-year-old Yin is the 18th different player to reach the top spot and the fifth this year, a record..

Source : The Hindu

Correct Answer :   Moeen Ali

England all-rounder Moeen Ali completed 100 wickets in ODI cricket on Sunday (10th Sep 2023), becoming the only third spinner from the country to do so.

* Moeen reached this milestone during England's second ODI against New Zealand at Southampton.

* During the match, the spinner bowled well, taking 2/30 in five overs at a decent economy rate of 6.00.

* He took the crucial wickets of in-form all-rounder Daryl Mitchell and Mitchell Santner.

* Moeen also contributed 33 runs off 32 balls with his bat, smacking three boundaries and a six. Now in 130 ODIs, Moeen has 101 wickets at an average of 49.20, with the best bowling figures of 4/46..

Source : Thehindu

Correct Answer :   Kiran George

Indian badminton player Kiran George clinched the men’s singles title at the Indonesia Masters 2023 in Medan, North Sumatra on Sunday (10th Sep 2023).

Playing at the GOR PBSI Pancing court, Kiran George, 50th in the badminton rankings, beat world No. 82 Koo Takahashi of Japan 21-19, 22-20 in 56 minutes to claim his second BWF World Tour Super 100 badminton title.

Kiran George won the Odisha Open last year, beating compatriot Priyanshu Rawat in the final.

In the Indonesia Masters final, Kiran George and Koo Takahashi matched each other’s intensity in the first game. However, after the scores were tied at 15-all, Kiran George won six of the next 10 points to take a 1-0 lead.

The second game also got off to a similar start. The 23-year-old Indian shuttler amped up his game after the scores were level at 6-all to take a five-point lead at 16-11.

Koo Takahashi made a strong comeback in the closing stages of the game to force a tie-breaker. Kiran George won back-to-back points after scores were level at 20-all to win his first BWF World Tour Super 100 title of the 2023 badminton season.

In the semi-final on Saturday, Kiran George beat 2014 World Championships bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia in three games.

Kiran George was the only Indian who reached the final at the Indonesia Masters 2023.

The Indian women’s doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, seeded seventh, were ousted in the semi-final after losing to top-seeded pair Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto of Indonesia, 20-22, 21-16, 21-13.

World No. 96 Mansi Singh was knocked out in the women’s singles quarter-finals by 82nd-ranked Chiu Pin-Chian of Chinese Taipei. The 20-year-old Indian shuttler had earlier toppled third-seeded Malvika Bansod in the round of 16..

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer :   Virat Kohli

Star India batter Virat Kohli once again unleashed his wrath on Pakistan during the Super 4 fixture of Asia Cup 2023 on Monday (11 September 2023) at R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

During his stupendous innings, Kohli added another feather in his cap as he became the fastest player to reach 13,000 runs in ODIs reaching the landmark in just 267 innings. Kohli left behind his cricketing idol Sachin Tendulkar who had completed the milestone in 321 innings.

Notably, the batting sensation is the fastest player to score 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12k runs in the format. Furthermore,  Kohli also registered his 112th 50+ score in the format only behind Kumar Sangakkara (118) and Sachin Tendulkar (145).

The former India captain played a scintillating innings of 122* off 94 balls smashing nine fours and three sixes in his innings.

The 34-year-old is the fifth-highest run-scorer in ODIs with 13,024 runs to his name from 278 matches at an average of 57.62 and a strike rate of 93.85.

He’s just two hundreds away from levelling Tendulkar’s another record of most hundreds in ODIs. Kohli currently has 47 hundreds to his name and needs two more hundreds to level Tendulkar’s world record...

Source : Crictracker

Correct Answer :   Germany

Germany beat Serbia 83-77 to lift basketball's 2023 FIBA World Cup on Sunday, 10 September 2023.

Despite going down 26-23 in the first quarter, the Germans, playing in their first-ever final, refused to be overawed by the occasion.

Inspired by the intensity of Isaac Bonga on both sides of the ball and Toronto Raptor Schroder's three-point magic, they responded by taking an early four-point lead in the second.

After weathering a rally from Serbia, the teams went into half-time locked at 47-47. The lead had changed hands 15 times by this point, a testament to a high quality, but even contest.

With a capacity crowd at fever pitch, Germany stepped on the gas in the third quarter to open up an 11-point lead when Serbia called a time-out.

Showing superior shooting accuracy from the likes of Orlando Magic star Franz Wagner, the Germans extended their lead to 69-57 at the buzzer.

Schroder's change of pace and direction is simply ridiculous.#FIBAWC x #WinForAll pic.twitter.com/afsB49CcKt

— FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 (@FIBAWC) September 10, 2023

Spearheaded by the brilliant Bogdan Bogdanovic, Serbia battled furiously in the fourth quarter to get back within three-points, but Germany survived the thrilling final minute to close out the match and spark wild celebrations on court.

After winning bronze at FIBA EuroBasket 2022, this is the first time in German basketball history that they've won major event medals in consecutive years.

Predictably, Schroder was awarded the prestigious FIBA World Cup MVP award, finishing with 28 points on the night, including the game winning shots.

Germany and Serbia have already secured Olympic quotas for Paris 2024 after making the semi-finals, as the top two-ranked European teams..

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer :   Alexander Grischuk

World Cup runner-up R Praggnanandhaa was the best Indian with an overall third place finish, while world champion "Alexander Grischuk" reigned supreme to clinch the Open Blitz title of the Tata Steel Chess India 2023 in Kolkata on Saturday (9th Sep 2023).

Unbeaten in four games, Praggnanandhaa was in the lead but he suffered defeats against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (13th round), Grischuk (15th) and Vidit Gujrathi (16th) that proved costly.

Erigaisi was the second best Indian with an overall fourth finish with 10 and a half points.

India's No 1 D Gukesh suffered six defeats from nine rounds on the final day that included one against his closest rival Praggnanandhaa in the penultimate round, to end with a disappointing eighth place finish.

But he recovered well posting wins over Praggnanandhaa and German prodigy Vincent Keymer to finish on top with 12 points, with a quick draw over Pentala Harikrishna in the final and 18th round.

The two-time world blitz champion Grischuk suffered the only loss of the tournament when he was stunned by the rising Indian Arjun Erigaisi in the 13th round.

Former world Rapid champion Abdusattorov finished with three points with Praggnanandhaa, but the Uzbek secured a big win over Gujrathi to edge past the Indian sensation on tiebreaks.

Praggnanandhaa began the day on a positive note when he outwitted Rapid section's runner-up Teimour Radjabov with a fine attacking game.

In the 11th round, he held Rapid champion Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and continued his fun run with a win over Keymer iin the next round.

The Indian's four-game unbeaten streak was brought to an end by Abdusattorov in the 13 round that also saw the upset of the day by Erigaisi.

In round 15, Grischuk edged out Praggnanandhaa with the black pieces, while the Indian's shock defeat came in the final round when he lost a crucial match against fellowmate Gujrathi to slip to third place.

The winners :

Women's, Rapid : 1. Divya Deshmukh, 2. Ju Wenjun; Blitz: 1. Ju Wenjun, 2. Koneru Humpy

Open, Rapid: 1. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 2. Teimour Radjabov; Blitz: 1. Alexander Grischuk, 2. Nodirbek Abdusattorov.


Source : Hindustan Times