Current Affairs of Sports- February 22, 2022
1- Who has been left out of Sri Lanka’s 18-man squad for the forthcoming T20I series against India?
2-Sri Lanka Cricket has named a 21-year-old uncapped off-spinner as a’subject to ministerial permission’ player. What is his name?
3-Rajapaksa, who was recently a member of the Sri Lanka team that toured Australia for five T20Is, was reportedly pulled out for what reason?
4- Who said Trent Boult, the hosts’ left-arm bowler, won’t play in the second Test against South Africa, which begins on Friday at Hagley Oval?
5- Who arrived in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, for a two-leg FIH Pro League match set for February 26 and 27 at the Kalinga Stadium?
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6- Who thanked the Beijing 2022 Organising Committee for successfully hosting the Olympic Winter Games in the midst of Covid-19 procedures and despite issues over alleged human rights abuses and a diplomatic boycott?
7- Who took the time to thank the thousands of Beijing 2022 employees and volunteers, many of whom have been living within the closed-loop while the Games are being delivered?
8-After viewing Venkatesh Iyer’s all-round performance in the recently finished T20I series against West Indies, who can say that the Kolkata Knight Riders’ (KKR) all-rounder is now ahead of Hardik Pandya for T20 World Cup consideration?
9- Who outclassed 2021 World Championships silver medalist Dzhambulat Bizhamov on the opening day of the 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a power-packed performance.
10-The famous 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament has attracted over 450 boxers from 36 countries throughout the world, including powerful boxing nations such as?
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11-How many members of the Indian contingent are competing in the renowned 73rd Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament?
12- Who have qualified from Group B for the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier A at Muscat’s Al Amerat stadium?
13- Who thinks the hosts are strong favourites to win their Davis Cup World Group I playoff match versus Denmark in New Delhi on March 4 and 5?
14- At the age of 31, who proclaimed her retirement from all kinds of cricket?
15- Who had to mount an astonishing comeback in her first match at the Qatar Open to defeat Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva?
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16-Vanitha was last seen captaining which club in the maiden edition of the Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) Bengal Women’s T20 Blast?
17- Who will co-organize the third one-day national zone cricket tournament for hearing-impaired players, which will take place between February 23 and 27?
18-Vanitha was a member of India’s side at which World Cup in which the hosts failed to make the semi-finals?
19-Where will the “Deaf ICC T20 Champions Trophy” be held?
20-Vanitha made her international debut in which ODI and against which country?
ANSWERS
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1-Batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa
2-Ashian Daniel
3-fitness concerns.
4-New Zealand head coach Gary Stead
5-The Spanish men’s hockey team
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6-The International Olympic Committee (IOC)
7-The IOC’s Beijing 2022 Coordination Commission Chair, Juan Antonio Samaranch
8- Former India opener Wasim Jaffer
9- Pugilist Sumit
10-Kazakhstan, Italy, Russia and France.
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11-A 17-member Indian contingent, including seven men and 10 women
12-Ireland and the UAE
13-Two-time US Open quarter-finalist Anand Amritraj
14-India cricketer V.R. Vanitha
15-Former World No.1 Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
16-Aryan Club
17-The Indian Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA) and the ‘Madhyanchal Cricket Society of The Deaf’
18- The 2016 Women’s T20 World Cup
19-Qatar in 2022.
20-Sri Lanka in January 2014.
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