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1. CSK management organised special puja for IPL trophy at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) temple in Thyagaraya Nagar in Chennai on Tuesday. CSK defeated GT on the last ball in the final to win their fifth IPL title. CSK equalled MI’s record for winning most number of IPL titles (five).
2. How many T20 titles has MS Dhoni won as captain?
IPL 2023 is CSK skipper MS Dhoni’s ninth T20 title win as captain. He won his first-ever T20 title in 2007, leading India to T20 World Cup 2007 win. He won IPL and CL T20 as captain in 2010. Other T20 tournaments he won as captain include IPL 2011, CL T20 2014, Asia Cup 2016, IPL 2018 and IPL 2021
3. The top-three wicket-takers in IPL 2023 all belonged to runners-up GT. Their fast bowler Mohammad Shami was the top wicket-taker with 28 scalps, followed by pacer Mohit Sharma (27 wickets) and leg-spinner Rashid Khan (27 wickets). MI’s Piyush Chawla was the fourth-highest wicket-taker (22 wickets). RR’s Yuzvendra Chahal and CSK’s Tushar Deshpande took 21 wickets each.
4. GT opener Shubman Gill top-scored in IPL 2023 with 890 runs in 17 innings. Gill’s tally of runs in IPL 2023 is the second-highest for any batter in an IPL season after Virat Kohli’s 973 runs in IPL 2016. RCB captain Faf du Plessis was the second-highest run-scorer in IPL 2023, with 730 runs in 14 innings.
5. MOST SIXES & FOURS IN IPL 2023 : RCB captain Faf du Plessis smashed the most number of sixes in IPL 2023 with 36 maximums. Meanwhile, GT opener Shubman Gill smashed the most fours (85). CSK’s Shivam Dube hit the second-most number of sixes (35). Dube was followed by Gill, who slammed 33 sixes. RR opener Yashasvi Jaiswal slammed the second-most number of fours (82).
6. Eleven sports personalities from Manipur, including Olympic medal-winning weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, have written to Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to find a solution to the ongoing crisis in the state.
7. International wrestling body United World Wrestling (UWW) has condemned the treatment meted out to protesting Indian wrestlers and their detention following a scuffle with police.
8. French Open 2023: World No.2 Daniil Medvedev stunned by Qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild in Round 1. The Brazilian World No.172 Seyboth Wild, who was playing only his second match in the main draw of any major event, took down Medvedev in a thrilling five-set clash at Roland Garros 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Last year’s runner-up Casper Ruud advanced to the next round by thumping Swedish qualifier Elias Ymer 6-4 6-3 6-2 and he was joined by sixth seed Holger Rune who dug deep to get past Christopher Eubanks 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 6-2.
Alexander Zverev exited Roland Garros in agony last year after rolling his ankle during his semi-final against Rafa Nadal but the German celebrated a winning return by beating Lloyd Harris 7-6(6) 7-6(0) 6-1.
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