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Neeraj Chopra Pips Pakistan’s Ashraf Nadeem To Clinch India’s First-Ever Gold In World Athletics Championships

Neeraj Chopra managed a best throw of 88.17m in his second attempt in the men’s javelin final to secure the first position

India’s Neeraj Chopra made history on Sunday as he clinched India’s first ever gold medal in the World Athletics Championships after beating Pakistan’s Ashraf Nadeem in the men’s javelin final.

Neeraj Chopra managed a best throw of 88.17m in his second attempt in the men’s javelin final to secure the first position ahead of of Nadeem, who managed 87.82m in the final round.

The rise and rise of Neeraj Chopra

The gold medal in the world championships adds to Neeraj’s tally of top positions in the 2016 South Asian Games, 2017 Asian Championships, 2018 Commonwealth Games, 2018 Asian Games, 2020 Olympics, 2022 Diamond League, 2022 world championships and the 2023 world championships.

Adding to the significance of the moment, three Indian athletes claimed spots in the top eight, with Kishore Jena (84.77m) and DP Manu (84.14m) securing the fifth and sixth positions, respectively.

This marks the first instance of three Indian athletes finishing in the top eight of a World Championships event.

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The legend of Neeraj Chopra

At 25 years old, Chopra’s standout performance came during his second attempt, as he registered his best throw of the day. His series included a foul to start, followed by throws of 88.17m, 86.32m, 84.64m, 87.73m, and 83.98m.

Securing the silver was Pakistan’s reigning Commonwealth Games champion, Arshad Nadeem, who achieved his season’s best throw of 87.82m. Meanwhile, the bronze went to Jakub Vadlejch of the Czech Republic.

Neeraj Chopra enters elite company

Chopra has now joined an elite club, becoming just the second Indian athlete, following the legendary shooter Abhinav Bindra, to concurrently hold titles from the Olympics and World Championships. Bindra claimed the World Championships title at the age of 23 and an Olympic gold at 25.

Notably, Chopra, who originally made history as India’s first track and field Olympic gold medalist at the Tokyo Games in 2021, secured a silver medal in the 2022 edition of the World Championships. Prior to him, long jump legend Anju Bobby George had secured a bronze in the 2003 World Championships.

Source: https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/neeraj-chopra-beats-pakistans-ashraf-nadeem-to-clinch-indias-first-ever-gold-in-world-athletics-championships

Virat Kohli Becomes 1st Indian Cricketer Ever To Achieve This Massive IPL Feat

Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to reach the historic IPL milestone. Overall, however, David Warner tops the list.

Virat Kohli in action for RCB during IPL 2023

Virat Kohli looked in glorious form as the star batter scored a magnificent half-century to guide Royal Challengers Bangalore to victory over Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Sunday. Kohli looked in stupendous form as he slammed 82 off just 49 deliveries with the help of six fours and five sixes. This was his 50th 50-plus score in IPL and he became the first Indian cricketer ever to achieve the impressive feat. Overall, Delhi Capitals opener David Warner tops the list with 60. Punjab Kings skipper Shikhar Dhawan is third on the overall list with 49. Kohli currently has 45 fifties and 5 hundreds to his name.

Kohli and Faf du Plessis dished out a chasing master-class with a 148-run opening partnership as RCB made a sensational start to their IPL campaign with a comprehensive eight-wicket victory.

Sent into bat, Tilak Varma smashed a scintillating 84 off 46 balls to single-handedly power MI to 171 for seven but Kohli and du Plessis made mockery of the total, slamming twin fifties as RCB romped home with as many as 22 balls to spare.

Chasing 172, Kohli (82 not out) and Du Plessis (73) produced an exhibition of sublime stroke-making, plundering 10 boundaries and as many maximums during their near-flawless 89-ball stand.

After du Plessis perished in the 15th over, Kohli completed the job, hitting a four and six off Arshad Khan to knock off the winning runs to hand MI their 11th consecutive defeat in their first match of the season.

MI brought in Jason Behrendorff in place of Suryakumar Yadav as their impact player but it didn’t work as he and his new-ball partner Arshad were taken to the cleaners by Kohli and du Plessis, racking up 30 in three overs.

If Behrendorff was smacked for successive sixes by du Plessis, Kohli blasted a four and six off Jofra Archer after being dropped by the bowler in the first ball.

Veteran spinner Piyush Chawla was then introduced but du Plessis sent him across the extra cover, while Kohli pulled one across the midwicket off Archer as RCB scored 53 in six overs.

Cameron Green was then taken apart with du Plessis hitting two fours and a maximum. The skipper repeated the treatment to Hrithik Shokeen with two maximums to reach his fifty.

Kohli then whacked Chawla over long-on to bring up the team hundred before reaching his individual fifty in the 12th over.

Jason Behrendorff bled 16 runs in the next with du Plessis cracking a six and a four. Kohli then pulled Archer over deep square leg as runs kept coming thick and fast. MI picked up du Plessis and Dinesh Kartik (0) in the fag end but it was too late as Glenn Maxwell (12 not out off 3 balls) and Kohli finished off things in style.

Earlier, MI had a poor start but Varma, coming off a successful last season, held the innings together with a sensational knock.

RCB bowlers had reduced MI to 20 for three in 5.2 overs but Varma added 50 and 48 with Nehal Wadhera (21) and Arshad Khan (15 not out) for the fifth and eighth wickets respectively.

The 20-year-old decorated his knock with nine boundaries and four sixes.

Source: https://sports.ndtv.com/ipl-2023/virat-kohli-becomes-1st-indian-cricketer-ever-to-achieve-this-massive-ipl-feat-3914875

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