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1. The BCCI named Smriti Mandhana captain across all formats for India women’s tour of South Africa next month, with Jemimah Rodrigues returning after a hamstring injury and Harmanpreet Kaur in all three squads. The tour opens with a one-off Test in Gqeberha from 9 December, followed by three ODIs from 16 to 22 December and three T20Is from 26 to 30 December.
2. IOA president P.T. Usha lost the Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) election in the women’s category, polling 40 votes, as Anju Bobby George (53), Rani Rampal (50), Dola Banerjee (45) and Saina Nehwal (43) won the four seats. Gagan Narang, Yogeshwar Dutt, Vijender Singh and Kamlesh Mehta were elected unopposed in the men’s category, ahead of the IOA Executive Council polls on 5 December.
3. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced the schedule of the Khelo India Youth Games 2026, to be hosted by Telangana for the first time from 11 to 22 December. Hyderabad will stage 22 of the 27 competitive sports, with about 6,000 athletes expected; softball makes its debut as a competitive sport, and sailing will feature as a demonstration event.
4. Hockey India named Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist Sanjay captain of the men’s squad for the New Zealand tour from 15 to 23 November in Auckland, marking 100 years of India–New Zealand sporting ties. The three matches on 19, 21 and 22 November recall the 1926 tour by an Indian Army hockey team featuring Major Dhyan Chand, the first Indian team in any sport to tour New Zealand.
5. Niveditha Veloor Nair won bronze in the women’s 25m standard pistol (567-13x) at the ISSF World Championship in Doha, and teamed up with Manvi Jain and Simranpreet Kaur Brar for silver in the team event (1,682-33x). India’s tally in Doha has risen to seven medals — one gold, five silver and one bronze.
6. Zimbabwe became the first team in Test history to score 500-plus in both innings of a match, making 504 and 523/5 in the drawn first Test against Afghanistan at Sharjah. Craig Ervine (206 not out), at 41 years and 82 days, became the third-oldest Test double-centurion, and shared an unbeaten 208-run stand with Wessly Madhevere (100*).
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