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India women lift record eighth Asia Cup title
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India women lift record eighth Asia Cup title
India's women beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs to win a record eighth Women's T20 Asia Cup title under Harmanpreet Kaur.
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India's women's cricket team beat Sri Lanka by 72 runs to win the Women's T20 Asia Cup, extending their own record to eight titles.
Captain Harmanpreet Kaur led the side to the win, with the tournament played in the T20 format.
The Asia Cup is organised by the Asian Cricket Council among member nations of the region.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- Women's Asia Cup
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- T20 cricket
- Asian Cricket Council
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- Women's Asia Cup, Harmanpreet Kaur, T20 cricket, Asian Cricket Council
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Dhiraj Bommadevara recently created history by becoming the first Indian male archer to win a World Cup Final gold in which category, the Olympic discipline of archery?
- Barebow
- Recurve
- Compound
- Longbow
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Answer: B — Dhiraj Bommadevara became the first Indian male recurve archer to win gold at the Archery World Cup Final; recurve is the Olympic archery discipline.
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