SuryakumarYadav Becomes First Indian Men's player to Clinch T20I Player of the Year Award
India's star batsman SuryakumarYadavwas selected as the best T20 International Cricketer of the Year by the ICC. SuryakumarYadav has had a stellar year with the bat, where he broke several records and set records. SuryakumarYadav became the second batsman to score 1000 or more runs in a calendar year. He ended the year 2022 as the highest run-scorer. Surya scored 1164 runs at an excellent strike rate of 187.43.
The ICC said that the winner of the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year had one of the best years for any player in the history of the format.
Women's IPL Auction Attracts Rs. 4,670 crore in Winning Bids
The auction for five teams in the women's Indian Premier League, now called the Women's Premier League (WPL), concluded, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) walking home with nearly Rs. 4,670 crore, beating estimates of Rs. 4,000 crore. The auction of teams was for a 10-year period (2023-32).
The Adani Group entered the Indian cricketing arena with the highest bid of Rs. 1,289 crore for the Ahmedabad franchise, followed by the Reliance-backed Indiawin Sports, which bought the Mumbai franchise for Rs. 912.99 crore. The other three winners were Royal Challengers Sports for Bengaluru at Rs. 901 crore, JSW GMR Cricket for Delhi at Rs. 810 crore, and Capri Global for Lucknow at Rs. 757 crore.
Jan 27, 2023
India Becomes No.1 ODI Team
India became the No. 1 team in the ICC ODI rankings after defeating New Zealand by 90 runs in Indore, thereby clean sweeping the Kiwis 3-0 in the series. The Men in Blue had won the first match by 12 runs in Hyderabad and the second match by 8 wickets in Raipur. This was India's second consecutive clean sweep, having beaten Sri Lanka last week.
Jan 25, 2023
ICC Reveals Men's & Women's T20I Team of Year
The International Cricket Council Team of the Year recognises 11 outstanding individuals who have impressed one and all – be it with the bat, the ball or their all-round exploits in a calendar year. Indian players who made the cut in the shortest format of the gameare Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav and Hardik Pandya in the men's team and in the woman's team were Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh and Renuka Singh.
Jan 24, 2023
Mary Kom to Lead Oversight Committee to Probe against WFI President
Boxing great MC Mary Kom was selected to lead a five-member Oversight Committee that will probe sexual harassment charges against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
The government-appointed Committee will also run the day-to-day affairs of WFI for the next one month.
The other members of the panel are Olympic medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, former badminton player and Mission Olympic Cell member Trupti Murgunde, ex-TOPS CEO Rajagopalan and former SAI executive director Radhika Sreeman.
Sports Minister Anurag Thakur had decided to form the Committee following a three-day sit-in protest by some of the country's top wrestlers including Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Sakshi Malik and Ravi Dahiya against WFI and Singh.
Jan 23, 2023
India Open: World Welcomes Kunlavut Vitidsarn, An Seyoung
Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn and South Korea's An Seyoung, put on scintillating shows and claimed the men's and women's singles titles, respectively, after stunning two-time world champions Viktor Axelsen and Akane Yamaguchi in the finals of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 tournament.
Vitidsarn notched up the biggest title of his career when he beat Tokyo Olympics champion Axelsen of Denmark 22-20 10-21 21-12, while Seyoung saw off world No. 1 Yamaguchi 15-21 21-16 21-12 to affirm her reputation of being one of the most exciting young talents in the world.
Ex-SC judge A. K. Sikri is Administrator of Shooting World Cup 2023
The Delhi High Court appointed Justice (R) Arjan Kumar Sikri, former Supreme Court Judge, as an administrator to oversee the utilisation of funds for hosting the upcoming International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup.
The Bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad in an order said that the prestige of the country will be affected if there is any impediment in organising the World Cup event which would require funding from the Union of India.
World Cup event will be held in India in March 2023. The Administrator can also take the assistance of any sportsperson of his choice, who has been a national or international shooter, to assist him in the matter.
The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) through the present plea stated that India is hosting World Cup for the shooting sport in March 2023 and the stoppage of funds would affect the hosting of the World Cup. It is stated that the Applicant is dependent on the Government for the conduct of international events in India and various activities including training of the shooters and their participation in international events.
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