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Correct Answer :   Chetan Sharma

Chetan Sharma resigned today (February 17, 2023), from the post of Chief Selector of the Indian Cricket Team. Recently he was heavily censured due to the remarks that he gave during a TV Sting Operation.

He was under pressure to resign after this controversial undercover session. No other person has been appointed as the new Chief Selector of BCCI so far.

Indian cricketer Chetan Sharma was re-appointed as the chief selector in January. In December 2020, he was first elected as the chairman of the selection committee. Also, he played a total of 88 matches for India between 1984 and 1994, including 23 Test matches and 65 ODIs..

Source : Indian Express

Correct Answer :   Deepti Sharma

* Indian women's team all-rounder Deepti Sharma, on Thursday (15th February 2023), became India’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is.

* The off-break bowler accomplished the feat in India’s T20 World Cup 2023 Group B match against Hayley Matthews’ West Indies at the Newlands in Cape Town.

* Deepti went past leg-spinner Poonam Yadav, who has 98 wickets from 72 matches, to set a new record for India.

* She also became the first Indian bowler to pick up 100 wickets in T20Is and the ninth overall in women’s cricket after Anisa Mohammed, Nida Dar, Ellyse Perry, Shabnim Ismail, Megan Schutt, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Devine and Anya Shrubsole to the milestone.

* Among the Indian men’s team, Yuzvendra Chahal is on top of the tree with 91 wickets from 75 matches.  Bhuvneshwar Kumar is second in the list with 90 wickets from 87 matches...

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   Sania Mirza

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza has been roped in as a mentor by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) for the inaugural Women’s Premier League 2023.

* Sania Mirza, now 36, is India’s most successful women’s tennis player with six Grand Slams and 43 WTA titles.

* Sania Mirza’s role at RCB will be to inspire and encourage the newly-formed women’s cricket team, which also includes India’s Under-19 star Richa Ghosh among other upcoming youngsters.

* Indian opener Smriti Mandhana, Australian star all-rounder Ellyse Perry, New Zealand’s captain Sophie Devine and England’s skipper Heather Knight will be some of the other top players seen in the RCB colours at WPL 2023, which will run from March 4 to March 27, 2023.

Source : Olympics

Correct Answer :   Smriti Mandhana

Smriti Mandhana on Monday (13th Feb 2023) received the highest bid of ₹3.4 crore for the inaugural edition of the Women’s Premier League(WPL) auctions held in Mumbai.

* Mandhana, whose bidding began at a base price of ₹50 lakh, was finally sold to the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB).

* RCB and Delhi Capitals were the main contenders in the bidding war.

* Deepti Sharma raked in ₹2.6 crore and will represent the team from Lucknow, owned by Capri Global Holdings Pvt. Ltd, UP Warriorz.

* Jemimah Rodrigues went for ₹2.2 crore to Delhi Capitals, which also bought under-19 captain Shafali Verma for ₹2 crore.

* Richa Ghosh was sold to RCB for ₹1.9 crore. 

* Harmanpreet Kaur ( ₹1.8 crore) to Mumbai Indians

* Renuka Singh ( ₹1.5 crore) to RCB.

* Pooja Vastrakar was sold for ₹1.9 crore to Mumbai Indians.

* The five teams for this year are RCB, Gujarat Giants, Delhi Capitals, UP Warriorz, and Mumbai Indians.

* The highest bid for an international player was by Mumbai Indians, which picked up England’s Natalie Sciver for ₹3.2 crore.

* Wicketkeeper-batter from Australia, Beth Mooney, was sold to the Gujarat Giants for ₹2 crore, while Ellyse Perry was sold to RCB for ₹1.7 crore.

* Tahlia McGrath went to UP Warroirz for ₹1.4 crore.

* Out of 1,525 players who were registered for the auction, 409 made it to the final list, comprising 246 Indians and 163 overseas players. There were also eight players from associate nations. All five teams had a salary purse of ₹12 crore per team for this edition.

* Tuhin Mishra, co-founder and managing director of Baseline Ventures, which manages players like Mandhana and under-19 skipper Shafali Verma, Yastika Bhatia and Richa Ghosh, said the auction created history..

Source : Mint

Correct Answer :   Wu Yibing

23-year-old Wu Yibing on Sunday (12th February 2023) scripted history by becoming the first man from China to win a title on the ATP Tour title at the Dallas Open 2023.

* He came up with a stunning comeback-from-behind victory over local hero John Isner in the final of the Dallas Open in Texas, USA. Wu prevailed 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/3) and 7-6 (14/12) in a thriller that extended for 2 hours and 58 minutes.

* He also becomes the second man from China to break into the top 100 of the ATP rankings.

* While the duo of Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) and Michael Venus (New Zealand) won the doubles title at the same event

* Wu Yibing's win will certainly inspire a generation of Chinese men, who havenot managed to make a mark at the ATP level in the past. No Chinese man had ever managed to win a title on the ATP tour or manage to beat a top 10 opponent in the past but Wu achieved both the feats in Dallas. En route to the final, Wu defeated World No.8 Taylor Fritz in the semi-final..

Source : India Today

Correct Answer :   Real Madrid

Real Madrid has won the Club World Cup 2023 for a record-extending fifth time in the final held in the Abdellah stadium, Rabat, Morocco.

* Real Madrid has defeated Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal by 5-3.

* Vinícius Júnior (Brazillian) scored twice and assisted Karim Benzema to lead Real Madrid.

* Real Madrid last won the tournament in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

* Madrid also won three Intercontinental Cups in 1960, 1998, and 2002. a match between European and South American champions, which merged with the Club World Cup in 2005..

Source : Times of India

Correct Answer :   154 medals

The fifth Khelo India Youth Games will culminate 11th February 2023 with a colourful ceremony at the Upper Lake in Bhopal.

* Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anurag Singh Thakur and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be the chief guests of the concluding ceremony.

* Union Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Nisith Pramanik will also be present in this ceremony.

* The Khelo India Youth Games-2022 started on the 30th of January. Around six thousand players from different States contested with all their energy and fervour for medals in 27 different sports in these 13 days.

* Maharashtra has retained the first position in the medals tally by winning 154 medals. These include 53 gold, 54 silver and 47 bronze medals.

* Haryana is in the second position with a total of 116 medals, including 40 gold while Host Madhya Pradesh is in the third position with 90 medals including 37 gold medals...

Source : AIR

Correct Answer :   Jean-Eric Vergne

The seasoned Jean Eric Vergne of DS Penske won an action-packed Formula E in Hyderabad on Saturday (11th February 2023).

* This marked a successful return of a high-profile motorsport event in India. Vergne held off a strong challenge from Envison Racing's Nick Cassidy to cross the chequered flag in the first place despite having less than 0.5% energy left in the car.

* Antonio Felix Da Costa of Porsche gained from a 17-second penalty handed out to Sebastian Buemi for 'over power' to secure the final spot on the podium.
           
* Earlier, Sports minister Anurag Singh Thakur turned up for the inaugural. Telangana IT Minister K Tarakarama Rao was also present.
           
* Mahindra Racing, in their first home race, recovered from an ordinary qualifying session earlier in the day to seal a points finish via Oliver Rowland.

* Rowland finished sixth from 10th on the grid while di Grassi came 14th from 17th on the grid. Loss of energy in the final moments of the race cost Mahindra a double points finish.

Take a look at all the point scorers at the Greenko Hyderabad E-Prix :

1. Jean-Eric Vergne (DS Penske) - 46:01.099

2. Nick Cassidy (Envision Racing)

3. Antonio Felix da Costa (Tag Heuer Porsche)

4. Pascal Wehrlein (Tag Heuer Porsche)

5. Sergio Sette Camara (Nio 333)

6. Oliver Rowland (Mahindra Racing)

7. Norman Nato (Nissan)

8. Stoffel Vandoorne (DS Penske)

9. Andre Lotterer (Avalanche Andretti)

Correct Answer :   Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma led from the front as he scored his ninth Test century to become the first Indian captain to score hundreds in all formats.

* Rohit is the fourth overall to have scored centuries in all three formats as captain.

1. Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan,
2. South Africa’s Faf du Plessis
3. Pakistan’s Babar Azam.
4. India's Rohit Sharma.

* This was Rohit’s first three-digit score in the longest format of the game against Australia in the 1st Test of the four-match series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha in Nagpur on Friday (10th February 2023).

* Rohit had scored his maiden ODI century as Indian captain against Sri Lanka on December 13, 2017, in Mohali, unbeaten on 208.

* In T20Is, his first and only century as Indian skipper also came against Sri Lanka on December 22, 2017, in Indore, as he smashed 118.

* Rohit Sharma has scored 30 hundreds overall in one-day internationals.

* Rohit had scored his maiden century in Test cricket way back more than nine years back in November 2013 against the West Indies at the Eden Garden, a majestic 177.

* He had scored his first double-century against South Africa in October 2019, a superb 212 at the JSCA International Stadium in Ranchi.

* Rohit started cautiously on his overnight 56 before he smacked fast bowler captain Pat Cummins for six over deep-square leg and hit another over the fence from spinner Nathan Lyon....

Source : News18

Correct Answer :   Ravichandran Ashwin

India spinner R Ashwin reached his 450th Test wicket on Thursday (9 February 2023) in the first Test match of the four-match India vs Australia Test series. Ashwin overtook Kumble to become the fastest India bowler to reach this feat, picking up the 450th wicket on his 89th Test match.

The Indian off-spinner is now the second-fastest bowler in the world to reach 450th Test wicket, only behind Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan, who completed the feat in his 80th Test match.

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