Zero to Hero Current Affairs – January to September 2023 (English)

1. SPORTS
➢Cricket
➢ 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 Al 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)

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➢ 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

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• 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

➢ Tennis

➢ Grand Slam Tournaments 2023 : The Grand Slam tournaments, also called
majors, are the four most important annual tennis events.

▪ 4 Grand Slam Timing and Courts :

• Australian Open – Hard courts (Mid January)

• French Open (known as Roland Garros) – Clay Court (late May to early June)

• Wimbledon (also known as UK Open)- Grass Court (June–July)

• US Open- Hard court (August–September)

a) US Open : Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women’s Singles Coco Gauff (USA)

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Men’s Singles Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

b) Wimbledon Open : Women’s Singles Markéta Šimková (Czech)

c) French Open : Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women’s Singles Iga Swiatek (Poland)

Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

d) Australian Open: Women’s Singles Arina Sabalenka (Belarus)

➢ Wimbledon 2023 men’s singles final in which Carlos Alcaraz beat four-time
defending champion Novak Djokovic to win his maiden title at The Championships.

➢ Italian open 2023

• Men’s Singles -Daniil Medvedev

• Women’s Singles -Elena Rybakina

➢ Madrid Open 2023

• Men’s Singles -Carlos Alcaraz

• Women’s Singles - A. Sabalenka

➢ Chess
➢ Chess Grandmasters (2023) :

• 78th Koustav Chatterjee (Kolkata)

• 79th Pranesh M (Tamil Nadu)
• 80th Vignesh NR (Chennai)
• 81st Sayantan Das (West Bengal)
• 82nd Vuppala Prraneeth (Telangana)

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➢ Chess World Cup Final 2023 - Host Country: Baku, Azerbaijan.

• Champion : Magnus Carlsen (Norway)

• Runner-up : R Praggnanandhaa (India)

➢ The 17-year-old chess prodigy, D. Gukesh, has dethroned Grandmaster Viswanathan

Anand as India’s top-ranked chess player in the live world rankings. Gukesh achieved
this feat by defeating Mistradin Iskandarov in the second round of the FIDE World
Cup.

➢ Aditya Samant becomes India’s 83rd Grandmaster at Biel Chess Festival.

➢ Divya Deshmukh Emerges Winner Of Tata Steel Chess India 2023 Tournament at
the National Library in Kolkata.

➢ India’s GrandMaster Praggnanandhaa wins Super GM chess tournament in

Hungary.

➢ Badminton:

➢ Kiran George, the Indian badminton player, clinched his second BWF World Tour
Super 100 badminton championship at the Indonesia Masters 2023, hosted in
North Sumatra.

➢ 2023 BWF World Championships

• Men’s Singles - Kunlavut Vitidsarn
• Women’s Singles - An Se-young

➢ Madrid Masters 2023

• Men’s Singles - Kenta Nishimoto

• Women’s Singles - Gregoria Mariska

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➢ Swiss Open 2023

• Men’s Singles - K. Watenbe
• Women’s Singles - P. Chongwang

➢ All England Open 2023

• Men’s Singles -Lai Xi Feng
• Women’s Singles -An Xi Yong

➢ Uber Cup
• Winner -South Korea Runner up – China

➢ Thomas Cup
• Winner – India Runner up- Indonesia

➢ Football

➢ India clinched the SAFF U16 championship title by defeating Bangladesh in the
final match of the SAFF U16 Championship Final held at Bhutan.

➢ Mohun Bagan Super Giant beat East Bengal (1-0) to win the Durand Cup 2023
(Football) trophy at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, West Bengal.

➢ Spain secured their first ever Women’s World Cup title with a 1-0 win over England
at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup final in Sydney.

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➢ In the latest FIFA Men's World Rankings update, India has been ranked 99th,
showing progress in international football.

➢ The Indian men's football team emerged victorious in a thrilling penalty shootout
against Kuwait 5-4 in a thrilling penalty shootout, securing the SAFF Championship
2023 title.
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➢ Cristiano Ronaldo has received a Guinness World Record after reaching 200
international caps for Portugal.

➢ Santosh Trophy (Edition-76th, Venue-Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

• Winner -Karnataka Runner up -Meghalaya

➢ Hero Super Cup 2023

• Winner - Odisha FC Runner up- Bengaluru FC

➢ FIFA World Cup 2022 (Venue - Doha, Qatar - 22nd edition)

• Winner- Argentina Runner up -France

➢ Winners of Formula One (F1) Grand Prix 2023

S.No Grand Prix Winner

1. Bahrain Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

2. Australian Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

3 Dutch Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

4 Italian Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

5 Miami Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

6 Monaco Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

7 Spanish Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

8 Canadian Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

9 Austrian Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

10 British Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

11 Hungarian Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

12 Belgian Grand Prix 2023 Max Verstappen (Red Bull – Netherlands)

13 Azerbaijan Grand Prix 2023 Sergio Perez (Red Bull – Mexico)

14 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix 2023 Sergio Perez (Red Bull – Mexico)

15. Singapore Grand Prix 2023 Carlos Sainz (Ferrari – Spain)

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➢ Shooting

➢ ISSF World Championship 2023 Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze

Host Country:- Baku, Azerbaijan

3 INDIA 6 0 8

Gold Medal Winners for India :

25 m standard Amanpreet Singh

pistol (Single)

50 m rifle team Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar, Akhil

(Men) Sheoran

25 m pistol team Rhythm Sangwan, Esha Singh, Manu Bhaker

(Women)

50 m pistol team Tiyana Tiyana, Sakshi Anil Suryavanshi, Kirandeep

(Women) Kaur

10 m air rifle Mehuli Ghosh, Tilottama Sen, Ramita Ramita

team (Women)

10 m air pistol Esha Singh, Shiva Narwal

team (Mixed)

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➢ MISCELLANEOUS :

➢ Indian Grand Prix 2023 Moto GP

In a thrilling race at the Buddh International Circuit, Italian rider Marco Bezzecchi,
representing the Mooney VR46 Racing Team, emerged victorious in the inaugural Indian
Grand Prix for the 2023 MotoGP season.

➢ 2023 Diamond League Final

Mondo Duplantis, the Swedish pole vault sensation and reigning world and Olympic
champion, won the 2023 Diamond League Final in Eugene on September 17th. Duplantis
cleared the bar at 6.23 meters with his first attempt, surpassing his own world record of
6.22 meters set in Clermont-Ferrand back in February.

Neeraj Chopra Finishes Second In Diamond League Final after a remarkable throw of
83.80 meters while the Champion (Winner) was Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic.

➢ Maharashtra Beats Karnataka to Win 5th National Wheelchair Rugby

Championship hosted at Pune.

➢ Prathamesh Jawkar, the Indian compound archer, secured a remarkable silver

medal finish in the 2023 Archery World Cup in Mexico. Denmark’s Mathias
Fullerton won the gold.

➢ In Hockey, India beat Pakistan in penalty shootout in the final to win the inaugural
Men’s Hockey 5s Asia Cup 2023 in Salalah, Oman.

➢ India won the inaugural Women’s Asian Hockey 5s World Cup Qualifier by
defeating Thailand 7-2 in the final.

➢ Neeraj Chopra made history by winning the Gold medal in the men's javelin throw
event at the World Athletics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.

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➢ Anurag Thakur, the Minister of Sports, reveals the renaming of Khelo India Women’s
League to Asmita Women's League, aimed at fostering women's empowerment
within the sports arena.

➢ Raja Anirudh Sriram, a fourth-standard student hailing from Tirupati, has clinched
a silver medal at the prestigious Singapore International Math Olympiad
Challenge (SIMOC).

➢ Priya Malik secures the gold medal in the 76 kg category at the U20 World
Wrestling Championships in Jordan by defeating Germany's Laura Kuehn with a
commanding score of 5-0.

➢ India’s Anahat Singh clinched the gold medal in the U-17 category of the Asian
Junior Squash Individual Championships in China.

➢ India’s Mohit Kumar becomes U-20 World Champion in Men’s 61 kg Freestyle

category.

➢ Indian wrestlers win 11 medals at World U 17 championships including 1 Gold by

Savita in Women’s Freestyle (66kg).

➢ The Indian women’s compound archery team etched their names in history by
clinching a gold medal at the World Archery Championships held in Berlin,
Germany. The triumphant team comprised Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Parneet Kaur,
and Aditi Gopichand Swami.
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➢ The Indian women’s hockey team wins the title of Torneo del Centernario 2023
by defeating hosts Spain 3-0 in Barcelona on 30th July.

➢ Asmita Dey from Tripura clinches the gold medal at the Junior Asian Judo
Championships 2023, which took place in Macau, China.

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➢ Shubhankar Sharma records best finish by an Indian in 2023 Open golf

Championship in England.

➢ India’s Anshuman Jhingran, an open sea swimmer, achieved the remarkable feat of
becoming the youngest person globally to successfully cross the North Channel.

➢ India’s Satwik Sairaj Rankireddy made history by establishing a Guinness world

record for the fastest hit of 565 km/h in badminton by a male player.

➢ The Indian team achieved a remarkable feat at the 25th Asian Athletics
Championship 2023 by securing 27 medals, the highest number ever won by the
country on foreign soil. Here is the list of Gold Medal Winners :

Sno Name Event Medal won

1 Jyothi Yarraji 100m hurdles Gold

2 Parul Chaudhary 3000m steeplechase Gold

3 Tajinderpal Singh Toor Shot put Gold

4 Abdulla Aboobacker Triple jump Gold

5 Ajay Kumar Saroj 1500m Gold

6 *Mixed Relay Team 4x400m Gold

➢ In the Para Athletics Championships held in Paris, Ajeet Singh emerged victorious,
securing the gold medal in the finals of the Men's javelin throw event.

➢ India won the 34th International Biology Olympiad by securing Four Gold Medals
at a 8-day event in UAE.

➢ Aadhav Arjuna has emerged victorious in the election held at Nehru Stadium and
secured the position of president of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI).

➢ Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra obtained the top spot in Lausanne Diamond
League 2023 with a best throw of 87.66 m.

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➢ India beat Iran 42-32 in the final of the Asian Kabaddi Championship 2023 at
Busan, Republic of Korea.

➢ Uma Kolkata team claimed the championship title against Punjab Panthers in the
India’s first-ever Historic Women’s Kabaddi League held in Dubai.

➢ Olympian 'C.A. Bhavani Devi' from Chennai created history by securing India's first-
ever medal i.e a bronze at the Asian fencing championships in China.

➢ Goa's Chief Minister Pramod Sawant launched mascot named 'Moga' which
represents an Indian bison, for the upcoming 37th National Games.

➢ India beat Lebanon 2-0 in the Intercontinental Cup final (football) at the Kalinga
Stadium.

➢ India’s Sunil Kumar wins decathlon gold at Asian U20 Athletics Championship.

➢ IBSA World Games 2023 -

Host: United Kingdom, Birmingham
Champion: Indian women’s blind cricket team
Runner-up: Australia

➢ World Athletics Championships 2023

Host Country: Budapest, Hungary
Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian athlete to win a World Athletics
Championships gold medal.

➢ Asian Champions Trophy 2023 (Hockey)

Host Country: Chennai, India
Champion: India Runners-up: Malaysia
Most successful team: India (4 Titles)

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➢ BWF World Badminton Championships 2023 –

Host Country: Denmark
Indian Winner - H S Prannoy secured a bronze medal in the men’s singles.

➢ U20 World Wrestling Championships

Host Country: Jordan
Indian Winner: Priya Malik (Gold Medal -76 KG Category)

➢ FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023

Host Country: Australia & New Zealand
Champion: Spain Runners-up: England

➢ 5th Khelo India Youth Games:

• Event: Madhya Pradesh
• Mascot : Asha (Cheetah)
• Theme: Hindustan ka dil dhadka do
• 1st- Maharashtra, 2nd – Haryana, 3rd – Madhya Pradesh

➢ Sports Venues (Upcoming):

33rd Summer Olympic Games (2024) Paris

25th Winter Olympic Games (2026) Italy
23rd Commonwealth Games (2026) Victoria (Australia)
23rd FIFA (2026) USA, Mexico, Canada
8th Women’s T-20 World Cup South Africa
19th Asian Games (2023) Hagzhou, China
20th Asian Games (2026) Nagoya, Japan

• FIH’s President Award : V Karthikeyan Pandian

• Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award : Lionel Messi

• Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

• Asian Billiards 2023 – Pankaj Advani

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• BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2022- Beth Mead

• BBC Indian Sportswoman of the year 2022- Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu

• BCCI appointed Adidas as new kit sponsor of Indian cricket team.

• Neeraj Chopra secured number 1 ranking in Men’s javelin throw.

• India won three silver medals in Asian Weightlifting Championships 2023.

• Babar Azam became the fastest player to score 5000 ODIs runs.

• Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won Doha Diamond League 2023.

• Kagiso Rabada became the fastest player to take 100 IPL wickets.

• India won four medals in the Archery World Cup 2023 held in Antalya, Turkey.

• FIFA rankings 2023, Argentina became the number one team.

• India reached 99th position in FIFA rankings 2023.

• England’s Sam Curran has become the most expensive player in the history of IPL.

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