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Nov 30, 2022

Ruturaj Gaikwad Smashes 7 Sixes in an Over to Make World Record

Ruturaj Gaikwad hit a world record seven sixes in the 49th over of the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals against Uttar Pradesh in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Rituraj Gaikwad, playing for Maharashtra, became the first batsman in List-A cricket to hit 7 sixes in an over in the quarter-finals. He remained unbeaten after scoring 220 runs off 159 balls. This is his first double century in List-A cricket, before that 187 not out was his best score. This is also his sixth century in the last 8 innings of Vijay Hazare Trophy. In the 49th over of the innings, he scored 43 runs including 7 sixes on left arm spinner Shiva Singh.

Nov 29, 2022

P. T. Usha Elected Unopposed as President of Indian Olympic Association

Former athlete P. T. Usha was elected unopposed as the President of the Indian Olympic Association, IOA. She was the lone contender and was elected after no other nominations were filed till the deadline. The elections were due to be held in the month of December.
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, congratulated the former athlete on her election.
Usha is the first woman to occupy the top job at IOA in its 95-year history and she is also the first Olympic winner and international medalist to take over the top post. Earlier this year, she was elected as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.

Canada Wins Maiden Davis Cup Title, Ousts Australia

Felix Auger-Aliassime gave Canada an invincible 2-0 lead against Australia in Malaga, advancing his country to its first Davis Cup Final victory by defeating Alex de Minaur 6-3, 6-4.
The World No. 6 won both of his singles and doubles matches to guarantee Canada a spot in the championship match, and he followed that up with a resounding victory over de Minaur. Auger-Aliassime won after firing 22 winners and maintaining composure in important situations in a match that lasted an hour and 42 minutes.
Canada made its debut in the Davis Cup title game in 2019, where Roberto Bautista Agut and Rafael Nadal defeated Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov, respectively. Canada came agonisingly close to giving their nations their first Davis Cup victory that year.

Nov 28, 2022

Telangana's Bhukya and Odisha's Patri Held National U-13 Badminton Titles

Telangana's Nishanth Bhukya and Odisha's Tanvi Patri emerged champions in the boys and girls singles, respectively at the 34th Under-13 National Badminton Championships, notching contrasting wins at the UP Badminton Academy.
Fourth seeded Bhukya came from behind to beat Andhra Pradesh's Akhil Reddy Boba 19-21, 21-12, 22-20, whereas Patri brushed aside local challenger and 15th seeded Divyanshi Gautam 21-7, 21-10.

Paralympic Medallist Lekhara Receives Para Sports Person of Year Award

At the Turf 2022 and India Sports Awards of FICCI, former Ranji cricketer Sarkar Talwar was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement of the Year Award. Talwar, the Director-Sports, Manav Rachna Education Institutions, is also the recipient of the Dronacharya Lifetime Award, given by the President of India. Apart from Talwar, Avani Lekhara, who won two medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, was recognised as the Para Sports Person of the Year, while Shrey Kadyan was recognised as the Special Sportsperson of the Year.

Youth World Boxing: Ravina Strikes Gold; India Ends Campaign with 11 Medals

Reigning Asian Youth Champion Ravina showcased splendid tenacity to emerge victorious in her final bout and added another gold to India's total medal tally of 11 at the IBA Youth Men's and Women's World Boxing Championships 2022 in La Nucia, Spain.
This year's championships in La Nucia witnessed participation of close to 600 boxers from 73 countries.
Indian medallists: Women: Gold: Ravina (63 kg), Devika Ghorpade (52 kg), Silver: Kirti (81+kg), Bhawna Sharma (48 kg), Bronze: Muskan (75 kg), Lashu Yadav (70 kg), Kunjarani Devi Thongam (60 kg), Tamanna (50kg)
Men: Gold: Vanshaj (63.5 kg), Vishwanath Suresh (48 kg), Silver: Ashish (54 kg).

World Team Chess: India Lose in Semis

India went down 1-3 to Uzbekistan in the semi-finals of the FIDE World Team Chess Championship.
The two teams drew 2-2 in the first round, with SL Narayanan's superb win over Shamsiddin Vokhidov being offset by S.P. Sethuraman's loss to Jakhongir Vokhidov. Vidit Gujrathi drew with Nodirbek Yakubboev, followed by another draw between Nihal Sarin and Javokhir Sindharov. In Round 2, Gujrathi and Sarin lost to Yakubboev and Sindharov. Narayanan beat Vokhidov in 44 moves but that was not enough.

Nov 27, 2022

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes First Male Player to Score in 5 World Cups

Cristiano Ronaldo made history as the first male player to score in five World Cups in Portugal's opening game in Qatar against Ghana.
The Portugal captain scored in the 65th minute from the penalty spot, the 118th goal for his country, to open the scoring at Doha's Stadium 974. Portugal went on to win 3-2 as goals from Joao Felix and Rafael Leao helped them beat Ghana.

Former India U-19 captain Unmukt Chand Becomes First Indian to Play in Bangladesh Premier League

Former India U-19 World Cup-winning captain, Unmukt Chand joined Chattogram Challengers in the Bangladesh Premier League. Chand was picked in the players' draft. In the process, he became the first Indian player to have signed for a BPL franchise. It has to be noted that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) contracted cricketers are not allowed to play in foreign leagues. That, however, isn't the case with Unmukt who quit playing domestic cricket in India after deciding to sign a three-year deal with USA's Major League Cricket (MLC) in 2022.
Chand had famously led the India U-19 team to title triumph at the the U-19 World Cup in 2012 in Australia. He had scored a century in the final and was named the Player of the tournament.
The Challengers picked Chand in the second round from the foreign players' category for the Bangladesh Premier League season which is to start in January 2023.

Nov 26, 2022

Tamil Nadu Batter Narayan Jagadeesan Breaks World Record for Highest ever List A Score

Tamil Nadu batter Narayan Jagadeesan broke the world record for the highest individual score in men's List A cricket by hammering 277 off 141 balls against Arunachal Pradesh in the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Chinnaswamy in Bangalore.
Tamil Nadu became the first team to breach the 500- mark in List A cricket before winning the Group C match by 435 runs, making it the highest victory margin at this level. The previous record was Somerset's 346-run win over Devon in 1990.
This was after Jagadeesan became the first-ever player to score five consecutive centuries in men's List A cricket. He also went past Alistair Brown and Rohit Sharma to set a new record for the highest individual score.
Brown's previous high of 268 for Surrey came against Glamorgan in 2002. The Indian record for highest List A score of 264 by Rohit in an ODI against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in 2014.

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