1. Ravichandran Ashwin breaks Lillee's record of fastest 300 Test wickets
- Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest bowler to reach the milestone of 300 Test wickets in his 54th match.
- Earlier, Australian fast bowling legend Lillee had reached the milestone in 56 Test matches way back in 1981.
- Ashwin is only the fifth Indian bowler to complete a career 300-wickets in Test cricket behind Anil Kumble.
- Kapil Dev (434), Harbhajan Singh (417) and Zaheer Khan (311).
| Player | Test |
| R Ashwin (Ind) | 54 |
| Dennis Lillee (Aus) | 56 |
| M. Muralitharan(Sri) | 58 |
| Hadlee, Marshall, Steyn | 61 |
2. India defeat Sri Lanka by innings and 239 runs
- Today, India defeated Sri Lanka by an innings and 239 runs to win the second cricket Test at Nagpur.
- The visitors were bowled out for 166 runs in 49.3 overs in their second innings on the fourth day.
- With this win, India took a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
Final Scoreboard;
- IND: 610/6 decl.
- SL: 205, 166-all out (49.3 Ovs).
- Player Of the match: Virat Kohli
3. Gopi wins Asian Marathon Championship Gold
- Gopi Thonakal (29-year) created history by becoming the first Indian man to clinch the gold medal in the Asian Marathon Championships (16th edition) in Dongguan, China.
- He completed the distance in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 48 seconds, finishing ahead of Petrov Andrey (Uzbekistan) who clocked 2:15:51 hours.
- The bronze medal went to T.Byambajav(Mongolia), who clocked 2:16:14 hours.
- Thus, Gopi has become the first Indian man to win the title after the formation of separate Asian Marathon championships.
Note:
- Wayanad, Gopi studied at the Kakkayaval School Kerala, before enrolling for a Bachelor’s degree in Economics at the Mar Athanasius College in Kothamangalam.
- He dropped out of college to join the Indian Army at the age of 21 through the sports quota.
4. India clinches 10 medals at Para-Badminton World Championships
- India clinched 10 medals (including two Gold) at the Para-Badminton World Championships at Ulsan in South Korea.
- Parul Parmar bagged both the Gold medal in the Women's Singles Standing Lower (SL3) Final and also the title clash of Women's Doubles (SL 3-4) section.
- Two Silver medals by Tarun Dhillon in Men's Singles (SL-4) andManoj Sarkar in SL-3 section.
- India won six Bronze medals.
Science & Defence
5. China successfully launches remote sensing satellites
- China has successfully launched remote sensing satellites designed to conduct electromagnetic probes & other experiments.
- The satellites were launched on board of Long March-2C rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province.
- The Satellite developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
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