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➢ Asia Cup 2023

• Host – Pakistan & Srilanka

• Winner – INDIA

• Runner up- Sri Lanka

• Most Runs - Shubham Gill (302 Runs)

• Most Wickets – Matheesha Pathirana (11 Wickets)

• Player of the match in Final – Mohammad Siraj

• Player of the Series – Kuldeep Yadav

➢ ICC Players of the Month :

Month                   Male                                    Female

January 2023    -  Shubham Gill (India)     - Grace Scrivens (England)

February 2023  - Harry Brook(England)   -Ashley Gardner (Australia)

March 2023   - Shakib Ai Hasan (Bangladesh) - Henriette Ishimwe (Rwanda)

April2023    - Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan)      -   Narumol Chaiwai (Thailand)

May 2023  - Harry Tector (Ireland)           - Thipatcha Putthawong (Thailand)

June 2023   -   Wanindu Hasaranga (SL)     - Ashleigh Gardner (Australia)

July 2023     -Chris Woakes (England)       - Ashleigh Gardner (Australia)

August 2023 - Babar Azam (Pakistan)      - Arlene Kelly (Ireland)

➢ Asian Games – Women’s Cricket

Indian Women’s Cricket Team Wins Gold Medal by Defeating Sri Lanka by 19 Runs in the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou. Bangladesh Claims Bronze by defeating Pakistan.

The right-hand batter of Canada Danielle McGahey is set to become the first transgender woman player to play in international cricket.

Indian Star Virat Kohli, who was playing his 500th international match against West

Indies in Port of Spain, made the game more special for him by scoring his 29th Test

Century  on 21st July and made him equal to Sir Don Bradman’s record. Also, Kohli

surpassed South Africa’s Jacques Kallis to become the fifth-highest run-scorer in international cricket history.

England's Stuart Broad has become the second pace bowler to take 600 wickets in

Test cricket. England team-mate James Anderson is the only other quick bowler to achieve the feat.

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has been appointed as the brand ambassador of

ICC World Cup 2023. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan launched the World Cup

2023 campaign 'It takes one day' .

Young spin bowler Shreyanka Patil has made history by becoming the first Indian cricketer to be signed for the Women's Caribbean Premier League (WCPL).

➢ 16th Indian Premier League 2023 (IPL) :

• Event- India

• Winner - Chennai Super Kings

• Runner up- Gujarat Titans

• Orange Cap (Most Runs) -Shubman Gill

• Purple Cap (Most Wickets)- Mohammed Shami

• Player of the match in Final -David Conway

• Most Valuable Player - Shubman Gill

• Emerging Player -Yashasvi Jaiswal

• Fair Play Award -Delhi Capital

➢ 1st Women’s Premier League 2023 (WPL) :

• Event- Maharashtra

• Winner- Mumbai Indians

• Runner up- Delhi Capitals

• Purple Cup (Most wickets)- Hayley Mathews

• Orange Cup (Most runs) – Meg Lanning

• Emerging Player of the year- Yastika Bhatia

• Player of the year- Natalie Sciver Brunt

• Most Valuable Player- Hayley Matthews