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Abu Dhabi. He made 200 not out off 443 balls with 21 fours and one six as Afghanistan put up a mammoth
545 for 4 in their first innings.
f Founder of Ultimate Battle is Tarun Gupta. It is an online eSports platform where gamers can test their
mettle against others without paying a fee. India is still small in this segment, gamers need platforms that
can give them competitive exposure to improve their skills.

f The Indian athlete Avinash Sable set a new national record in the men's 3000m steeplechase event in the
ongoing Federation Cup Senior National Athletics Championships in Patiala, with timing of 8:20.20. With
this, the 26-year-old Avinash broke his own record of 8:21.37 which he set in 2019, after finishing 13th in
the final of the World Athletics Championships in Doha.

f Yashaswini Deswal bagged the first gold medal for India in the Women's 10M Air Pistol final of the
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun. Deswal accumulated
238.8 points to lead in her category. Another Indian shooter Manu Bhaker won a silver medal with 236.7
points. In Cricket, India Legends defeated Sri Lanka Legends by 14 runs to clinch the Road Safety World
Series final title, held at Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
India Legends put up a total of 181/4 but Sri Lanks Legends could manage 167/7. Sachin Tendulkar was
the captain of the India Legends.
f Indian para-athlete Singhraj won the gold medal in the 2021 Para Shooting World Cup at Al Ain in the
UAE. He defeated Uzbekistan's Server Ibragimov to get the top honour in the P1 – Men's 10m Air Pistol
SH1 final. English county Lancashire has announced the overseas signing of India batsman Shreyas Iyer
for the 2021 Royal London Cup.
f India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar won gold in the men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions event at the ISSF World
Cup in New Delhi. The 20-year-old became the youngest in history to win a shooting World Cup gold in the
3 Positions event.
f Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has decided to extend the Khelo India scheme from 2021-22 to 2025-26. The
Ministry has furnished an Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) memorandum to the Ministry of Finance
for extension/continuation of the Khelo India Scheme from 2021-22 to 2025-26.
f Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has included Yogasana in Khelo India Youth Games 2021 in a bid to develop it
as a competitive sport. Yogasana sport for both male and female categories have been included in Khelo
India Youth Games, 2021.
f Girl Gang, a track by New Zealand singer Gin Wigmore, has been announced as the official song of the
2022 ICC Women's World Cup. The tournament is set to be hosted in New Zealand from March 4 to April 3,
2022.
f In Shooting, India won gold in the women's 25m Pistol Team event at the ISSF World Cup in Delhi. India
beat Poland in the final to win the country's 10th gold. The Indian women's team of Rahi Sarnobat, Chinki
Yadav and Manu Bhaker beat Poland's Joanna Iwona Wawrzonowska, Julita Borek and Agnieszka Korejwo
17-7 in the gold medal match.
f India finished at the top of the medals table at the 2021 ISSF World Cup New Delhi, held from 18 to 29
March 2021 at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi. India secured 30 medals which included
15 gold, 9 silver and 6 bronze. The USA came second with eight medals including four gold, three silver
and one bronze
f Lewis Hamilton overtook title rival Max Verstappen and Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas to win the
Portuguese Grand Prix. Verstappen finished second, while Bottas, who started from pole, came in a

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