Current Affairs Of Sports- January 24, 2022
1- Who is the owner of the Lucknow IPL franchise?
2-Who previously chose former England coach Andy Flower as head coach, former India opener and two-time IPL champion Gautam Gambhir as mentor, and former India wicket-keeper Vijay Dahiya as head coach?
3- Which event has been affected by COVID-positive instances just days before the season’s planned start on January 27?
4- Who praised Quinton de Kock, stating the wicket-keeper is one of the finest hitters in the world when he gets going?
5-Who showed no signs of exhaustion following his gruelling match against Nick Kyrgios, crushing Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-4, 6-2 on the Margaret Court Arena to go to the Australian Open Round 4?
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6- Who is the head coach of the Indian women’s hockey team?
7- Who stated the Indian team needed to seek for “wicket-taking” spinners?
8- Who stated it was a no-brainer to name KL Rahul as their captain, and that the young batsman is a fantastic white-ball batter?
9-Who was named captain of the Lucknow franchise by the RPSG Group after signing the India star at Rs 17 crore?
10- With the inclusion of two additional teams, Lucknow and Ahmedabad, which event will be a ten-team affair?
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11- When is the mega auction for the forthcoming IPL 2022 season expected to take place?
12- Which side was penalised 20% of their match costs for a sluggish over-rate in the second ODI against India?
13-South Africa defeated India by how many wickets in the second One-Day International at Boland Park in Paarl?
14- Who lost the first ODI against South Africa by 31 runs while losing by seven wickets in the second match of the three-match series?
15-Who are the international players who have opted to forego the Indian Premier League 2022 and, as a result, have not registered for the mega-auction, which will be conducted on February 12 and 13?
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16- How many players have been retained by the existing eight IPL franchises, while the two new IPL clubs (Ahmedabad and Lucknow) have chosen how many players (three each) ahead of the auction?
17-How much money have the 10 organisations already spent to retain and recruit 33 players?
18- Whose valiant fifty (54 off 34) was in vain as South Africa achieved a hat-trick of victories with a four-run triumph in the exciting third and final ODI in Cape Town to record a 3-0 series sweep over India?
19- In which Cup does Japan defeat the Indian women’s hockey team 2-0 in their second pool A match in Muscat?
20- Following Team India’s ODI series defeat against South Africa, who has criticised the national selectors’ decision to reintroduce Ravichandran Ashwin into the squad, saying, “I have been maintaining right from the start of the series that he has sneaked back into India’s white-ball plans for no reason” that he has sneaked back into India’s white-ball plans for no reason”
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ANSWERS
1-Dr. Sanjiv Goenka, the chairman of the RP Sanjiv Goenka Group (RPSG)
2-The Lucknow franchise
3- The Pakistan Super League (PSL)
4-South Africa opener Janneman Malan
5-World No.2 Daniil Medvedev of Russia
6-Janneke Schopman
7-Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh
8-Former India opener and mentor of Lucknow Indian Premier League franchise, Gautam Gambhir
9-KL Rahul
10-The IPL 2022
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11- On February 12 and 13.
12-South Africa
13-Seven wickets
14-KL Rahul-led Indian side
15-Ben Stokes, Chris Gayle, Jofra Archer, Joe Root, Mitchell Starc, Chris Woakes and Sam Curran and a few other
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16-Eight IPL franchises have retained a total of 27 players. The two new IPL teams (Ahmedabad and Lucknow) have picked six players (three each) ahead of the auction.
17-Rs 338 crore (US$ 45 million approx.)
18-Deepak Chahar’s fighting fifty
19- Asia Cup
20-Cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar
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