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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.

Correct Answer :   Sanjita Chanu

Sanjita Chanu, a two-time Commonwealth Games (CWG) gold medalist in weightlifting, has been banned for four years after failing a dope test.

* Sanjita tested positive for Drostanolone Metabolite, an anabolic steroid on the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) prohibited list, during an in-competition test at the National Games in Gujarat last September-October.

* Her dope sample was collected in a competition on September 30, 2022, during the National Games in Gujarat last year.

* It is held that the Athlete has violated Article 2.1 & 2.2 of the NADA ADR, 2021, she is hereby sanctioned with an ineligibility of four (04) years as per Article 10.2.1 of the NADA ADR, 2021, the three-member NADA Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel headed by Chaitanya Mahajan said in the order.

* Sanjita's ban will commence on November 12, 2022, the date of her provisional suspension.

* The period of ineligibility shall commence from the date of provisional suspension i.e,12.11.2022. It shall be noted that the athlete has failed to satisfy the panel that the ADRV was non-intentional as per Article 10.2.1.1 of the NADA ADR, 2023.

* This a is a huge setback for Sanjita, who will be stripped of the National Games silver medal as a result of the positive test.

* As per Article 10.10 of the NADA ADR, 2021, the athlete is hereby disqualified of all of the individual results obtained in the said Event with all Consequences, including forfeiture of all medals, points and prizes since 30-09-2022," the order, dated March 31.

* Sanjita had won gold in 48kg ahead of Tokyo Olympics silver medallist Mirabai Chanu at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. At the 2018 edition of the CWG in Gold Coast, she was crowned champion in the 53kg category.

* The Manipuri has the option to appeal against the decision of the disciplinary panel. She can do that by approaching to the appeals panel of the NADA within 21 days from the date of receipt of the decision..

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   MS Dhoni

Chennai Super Kings skipper MS Dhoni completed 5000 runs in the Indian Premier League (IPL) during a game against Lucknow Super Giants at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday (3rd April 2023).

* Dhoni became the seventh cricketer to breach the 5000-run mark in the IPL in his 208th innings. Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and AB de Villiers are also part of the 5000-run club.

* Dhoni, playing at the Chepauk after a gap of four years began his innings in style by smoking Mark Wood for a maximum in ver first ball.

* Walking in after the fall of Ravindra Jadeja, Dhoni slapped Wood over the wide of the third-man region for a maximum and then drilled the short ball well over the deep square leg boundary for his second six. In the process, the CSK skipper breached the 5000-run mark in the IPL.

* The CSK skipper tried for another maximum but was caught by Ravi Bishnoi at deep cover as CSK posted a challenging 217 for the loss of seven wickets...

Source : The Hindu