Virender Sehwag Current Affairs, GK & News
Selection Committee for National Sports Awards 2020 constituted
The Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has announced the constitution of the committee for selection of the recipients of the National Sports Awards 2020. The 12-member committee has been mandated a single committee to pick up the awardees for both athletes and coaches. Constitution of the Committee The government has included former India ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: Sports Current Affairs
Topics: Dhyan Chand • National Sports Award • National Sports Award 2020 • Sardar Singh • Selection Committee • Virender Sehwag
Rohit Sharma becomes first-ever batsman to score twin hundreds in his first Test as opener
Rohit Sharma from India has become the first-ever batsman to score hundreds in each innings of his maiden Test as an opener in Visakhapatnam against South Africa. He also broke the record for most sixes in a Test with 13 hits over the fence & surpassed Pakistan’s Wasim Akram who smashed 12 in a game ..
Topics: Ajinkya Rahane • Boundary • Cricket • Dismissal • Marathi people • Punjabi people • Rohit Sharma • Team sports • Virender Sehwag • Wasim Akram • Wisden Cricketers of the Year
Rohit Paudel becomes youngest batsman to smack a half-century in international cricket
On 26th January 2019, Nepalese batsman Rohit Paudel created history by becoming the youngest player in men’s international cricket to hit a half-century surpassing the likes of batting legends Sachin Tendulkar (in Tests) and Shahid Afridi (in ODIs). He accomplished the feat in the 2nd ODI against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Dubai at ..
Topics: Century • Cricket • Rohit Paudel • Sachin Tendulkar • Sanath Jayasuriya • Shahid Afridi • Virender Sehwag • Wisden Cricketers of the Year
Virender Sehwag announces retirement from International Cricket
Ace Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from international cricket. This announcement comes after more than two-and-a-half years on from his last appearance in Test match for India in March 2013 against Australia in Hyderabad. About Virender Sehwag Born: 20 October 1978 in New Delhi. He had started his international cricket career in ..
Month: Current Affairs - October, 2015
Topics: Cricket • Current Affairs 2016 • Persons in News • Sports • Virender Sehwag
Current Affairs: December 8-9, 2011
Indian Hispanist gets Peruvian honour Noted scholar and Hispanist S.P. Ganguly awarded one of Peru’s highest civilian honours – Order of Merit for Distinguished Services – for strengthening cultural links between India and the Latin American nation. Banks asked to improve CD ratio in Bengal: RBI Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBI) directed all public ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011
Topics: Cricket • Infosys • International cricket • Reserve Bank of India • Virender Sehwag