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1. In cricket, India defeated England by 4 wickets in the second One Day International match at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack.
India won by 4 wkts
ENG : 304(49.5)
Vs
IND : 308/6(44.3)
Men in Blue scored 308 for six wickets in 44.3 overs, with captain Rohit Sharma scoring a magnificent 119 runs and Shubman Gill scoring 60 runs. Rohit Sharma was declared Player of the Match. Shreyas Iyer with 44 runs and Axar Patel unbeaten with 41 also played good knocks.
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Rohit Sharma
2. World Champion D. Gukesh suffered a rare setback in normal time control, losing to USA’s Fabiano Caruana in the first game of the quarterfinals of the Freestyle Grand Slam chess tournament at Weissenhaus, Germany.
3. 38th National Games, currently underway in Uttarakhand.
(a) In the 10,000-meter race held in Dehradun, athletes from across the country displayed their endurance and skill. Himachal Pradesh’s Sawan Barwal secured the gold medal in the men’s category, proving his excellence, while Maharashtra’s Sanjivani Jadhav dominated the women’s race to claim gold.
(b) In the Women’s Discus Throw (1kg), Haryana’s Seema emerged victorious with a gold medal. Meanwhile, in the Men’s Discus Throw (2kg), Gagandeep Singh from Services clinched the top spot.
(c) Tamil Nadu athletes dominated the Women’s Pole Vault event, securing both gold and silver medals.
(d) Uttar Pradesh’s Shahnawaz showcased his talent by winning gold in the Men’s Long Jump.
(e) In Men’s 1500-meter race saw Services’ Yunus Shah claim the gold medal, while in the Women’s category, Delhi’s Chandana secured first place.
Medals Tally, Services is at the top with 41 gold medals and has a gap of eleven gold medals from its nearest rival Karnataka.
4. Former Sri Lankan captain and opener Dimuth Karunaratne bid farewell to international cricket after playing his 100th Test against Australia in Galle.
The 36-year-old scored 36 and 14 in his final match, which Australia won by nine wickets to secure a 2-0 sweep of the series. ICC Chairman Jay Shah praised Karunaratne’s remarkable career, highlighting that he became only the seventh Sri Lankan cricketer to achieve the milestone of 100 Tests.
During his career, Karunaratne amassed 7,222 Test runs at an impressive average of nearly 40, with a career-best score of 244. In addition to his Test achievements, he played 50 ODIs, scoring 1,316 runs.
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