Current Affairs of Sports- March 8, 2022
1- Who surpassed famous all-rounder Kapil Dev’s 434 Test wickets to become India’s second best wicket-taker?
2- Who has opted not to compete in the next IBA Elite Women’s World Boxing Championships and the 2022 Asian Games, which begin on Monday?
3- In an exciting gold medal match-up in the Women’s 25M Pistol team competition on the last day of the ISSF World Cup Rifle/Pistol in Cairo, which team defeated Singapore 17-13 to earn their third gold medal of the tournament?
4- Whose 2022 Women’s World Cup campaign got off to a flying start on Sunday with a 107-run victory over Pakistan at Mount Maunganui?
5- Which side had a touching moment with Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof’s seven-month-old daughter Fatima?
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6- Who scored in the 90th minute as Kerala Blasters rallied from a two-goal deficit to tie FC Goa in an Indian Super League (ISL) 2021-22 match on Sunday at the Athletic Stadium Bambolim (Goa)?
7= Whose state funeral ceremony will be conducted in front of up to 100,000 people at the renowned Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) before his family attends a private funeral to bid goodbye to the spin-bowling legend?
8- Ashwin is the fourth Indian bowler after whom to have taken more than 400 wickets in the game’s longest format.
9- In a rain-affected match of the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in cloudy Dunedin on Monday, who scored an unbroken half-century against Bangladesh on her home field to lift the home team to a nine-wicket victory?
10- Who is the former Australia captain who stated that he is still in a state of shock following the death of great leg-spinner and former teammate Shane Warne?
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11- Who won gold in every category he competed in at the recently completed Spanish Para badminton International II in Delhi?
12- Who feels Shane Warne’s identity in cricket was more than simply his ability as a brilliant leg-spinner?
13- After the experienced England pacer combination of James Anderson (640) and Stuart Broad (640), who is the third highest wicket-taker among active Test cricketers? (537).
14- Who, before of the new season, delivered a frightening message to his opponents, particularly Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, by claiming that his squad does not make mistakes?
15-Who has been awarded the exclusive right to host, organise, promote, and market the Indian Chess League (ICL)?
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16- Who authorised Heather Graham, a 25-year-old all-rounder, as a substitute for the seasoned Ashleigh Gardner in the Australia squad?
Sunil Chhetri, the 17-year-old India football striker and captain, has been ruled out of the two international friendlies against various nations in Manama later this month due to “a few ailments” that require “time to cure.”
18- Who was the former England captain who paid respect to great Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne on social media site Instagram with a flashback dismissal video?
19- After Australia swept the Ashes, who retired from international cricket in 2007?
20- Who retired from all forms of the game in 2013, although continuing to play Twenty20 cricket?
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ANSWERS
1-Ace India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin
2-Six-time world champion MC Mary Kom
3-India
4- India.
5- Indian women’s team
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6-Alvaro Vazquez
7=Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne
8- Kumble, Kapil Dev and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh
9-Veteran New Zealand batter Suzie Bates
10- Michael Clarke
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11-World No. 1 Pramod Bhagat
12-Former Australia cricketer Greg Chappell
13-Ravichandran Ashwin
14-Mercedes Formula-1 driver and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain
15-The Kolkata-based Gameplan Sports Private Limited
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16-The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Event Technical Committee for Women’s World Cup
17-Bahrain and Belarus
18- Michael Vaughan
19-Shane Warne
20- Shane Warne
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