Overview
- India’s women won their first ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, defeating South Africa in Navi Mumbai with Shafali Verma’s 87 and Deepti Sharma’s 5/39 key to a 52-run win.
- Rohit Sharma’s side captured the ICC Champions Trophy in the UAE, beating New Zealand in the Dubai final and staying unbeaten throughout the tournament.
- Neeraj Chopra broke the 90-metre barrier with a national-record 90.23m throw at the Doha Diamond League, a landmark for Indian athletics.
- Disability sport delivered breakthroughs, with a reported 22 medals at the World Para Athletics Championships, India’s first Blind Women’s T20 World Cup title in Colombo, and a record 33 medals at the Special Olympics Winter Games in Turin.
- On the domestic front, Royal Challengers Bengaluru were reported to have ended an 18-year wait by lifting their maiden IPL title at the Narendra Modi Stadium.