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The year 2024 was historic for India in terms of cricket, Paralympics and chess. India created history by winning the T-20 World Cup after 17 years. The country could win only 6 medals in the Olympics, but gave its best performance by winning 29 medals in the Paralympics.
Read the top achievements and shocking records of Indian players and teams in sports from January to December…
1. Cricket
Victory, which brought glory to the country
India won the T20 World Cup by defeating South Africa in the final.
India won the T20 World Cup after 17 years. India remained unbeaten till the finals of the tournaments held in West Indies and America in June. The team defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the title match and won the first T-20 title since 2007.
Virat Kohli became the player of the match for his innings of 76 runs. Jasprit Bumrah received the Player of the Tournament award for taking 15 wickets. After the match, Kohli and Indian captain Rohit Sharma said goodbye to the T20 format. This was also Rahul Dravid’s last match as a coach.
Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma became part of India’s T20 match for the last time on 29 June 2024.
Lost test series at home after 12 years
New Zealand won a test series in India for the first time. The team ended India’s home dominance.
India played 5 test series in 2024. Defeated England and Bangladesh at home. The series was a draw in South Africa. The series against Australia is tied at 1-1, but in October-November, the team lost the Test series against New Zealand at home by 3-0.
India lost the Test series on home ground after 12 years, before this in 2012, England had defeated Team India 2-1. India suffered a clean sweep at home in Test history after 24 years. In 2000, South Africa defeated South Africa 2-0, when Sachin Tendulkar was the captain.
Rishabh Pant was the most expensive seller in IPL
Rishabh Pant was bought by Lucknow Supergiants for Rs 27 crore in the IPL mega auction.
After 3 years, the mega auction of India’s franchise tournament IPL took place. The price of 2 players crossed Rs 26 crore, out of which Rishabh Pant became the most expensive player in history. He was bought by Lucknow Supergiants for Rs 27 crore, while Shreyas Iyer became a part of Punjab Kings for Rs 26.50 crore. The special thing is that Pant made a comeback only in March this year after being injured in a car accident in 2022.
Ravichandran Ashwin said goodbye to cricket
Ravi Ashwin took 537 test wickets for India.
Veteran offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin retired in the middle of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. The third Test was a draw in Brisbane on 18 December. As soon as the match ended, Ashwin announced his retirement in the press conference. 37-year-old Ashwin played 106 Tests in his career and took 537 wickets. He also had 6 centuries in his name equal to MS Dhoni.
Bumrah became number 1 bowler in test ranking
Jasprit Bumrah achieved 900+ rating points in the bowlers test rankings during the Australia tour.
This year was very special for fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah. He remained in the news throughout the year. He did not play any ODI, but shone in T-20 and Test formats. Due to his excellent performance, he became the number-1 bowler in the Test rankings and also crossed the barrier of 900 rating points.
2. Paris Olympics
Didn’t get any gold
Neeraj Chopra won India’s only silver medal in Paris Olympics.
India’s performance in the Paris Olympics was very disappointing. The country’s 117 athletes could win only 6 medals. There was not even a single gold among them. The country got 1 silver and 5 bronze medals. The only silver was also won by golden boy Neeraj Chopra, who won gold in Tokyo Olympics.
Shooter Manu Bhaker became the first player from independent India to win two medals in the same Olympics. He won both the medals in air pistol shooting. Aman Sehrawat got a bronze medal in wrestling, becoming India’s youngest Olympic medal winner. At the time of victory, his age was only 21 years and 24 days.
Heartbroken by Vinesh-Lakshya’s results, fourth place in 6 events
Wrestler Vinesh Phogat could not win a medal despite reaching the finals. She was disqualified due to being 100 grams overweight on the day of the competition.
This time’s Olympics was also heart-breaking for India. The country could have won 16 medals, but Indian players remained at fourth position in 6 events. 2 boxers remained one win away from the medal. Whereas Vinesh Phogat and Nisha Dahiya could not get luck.
- shuttler lakshya sen He performed well in the group stage and quarterfinals, but lost to champion Viktor Axelsen in the semi-finals. He won the first game of the bronze medal match, but Malaysia’s Lee Ji Jia came back and won the remaining two games and snatched the medal from India.
- Wrestler Vinesh Phogat Had already confirmed the medal by reaching the finals. In the very first round of the 50 kg category, he defeated the defending champion and world number-1. She reached the finals, but was disqualified due to being 100 grams overweight on the day of the competition. She was so saddened by this result that she quit wrestling at the age of 29. His pain pricked the countrymen like a thorn.
3. Paris Paralympics
Created history by winning 29 medals
Archer Sheetal Devi won the bronze medal in the mixed event by shooting arrows with her feet in the Paralympic Games.
While the Olympics were disappointing for India, a historic performance was seen in the Paralympic Games. The country won 29 medals, which included 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze. India had never won even 20 medals before, the country had got 19 medals in Tokyo.
The country finished in the top-20 of the medal tally for the first time. India had sent a squad of 84 para-athletes for 29 medals. Among them, shooter Avni Lekhara, javelin thrower Sumit Antil and Navdeep Singh, archer Harvinder Singh, shuttler Nitesh Kumar, high jumper Praveen Kumar and club thrower Dharmbir won gold. Avni won gold in the second consecutive Paralympics.
4. Chase
Double gold in Olympiad for the first time in 97 years
Indian team celebrating after winning the Chess Olympiad trophy.
India won historic gold medals in the men’s and women’s categories of the Chess Olympiad. For the first time in the 97-year history of the Olympiad, India secured first place in both the categories simultaneously. The men’s team had secured the gold only after defeating America in the 10th round. The women’s team secured gold by winning the 11th and last round.
Gukesh becomes the youngest world champion
D Gukesh became the winner of the World Chess Championship at the age of 18.
18-year-old Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh won the World Chess Championship title in Singapore. He defeated defending champion Ding Liren of China in the final by 7.5–6.5. Gukesh became the first player in the world to win the title at such a young age. Gukesh became India’s second world chess champion. The last time Vishwanathan Anand became champion was in 2012.
Pragananand defeated world number-1 and number-2.
R Praggnanandha defeated world number-1 and world number-2 player in the same chess tournament.
In June, Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhan performed brilliantly in the Norway Chess Tournament. He defeated World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana. He was also a part of Team India that won the Chess Olympiad.
5. Tennis
43 year old Bopanna won the Grand Slam
India’s Rohan Bopanna (left) became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam.
Rohan Bopanna won the Grand Slam of Tennis this year at the age of 43 years and 9 months. In January, he won the title in the men’s doubles event of Australian Open with Matthew Abde of Australia. With this he became the oldest player in the world to win a Grand Slam.
6. Table Tennis
First medal in Asian Championship
Indian women’s team won the bronze medal in the Asian Table Tennis Championship.
Indian women’s team won the country’s first medal in history in the Asian Table Tennis Championship. In the tournament held in Kazakhstan, the team of Manika Batra, Shreeja Akula, Ayhika Mukherjee, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Diya Chitale won the bronze medal after putting in a great effort in the semi-finals. This was India’s first medal in this tournament being played since 1972.
7. These players of the world also attracted attention
- Joseph Dikek: Turkey’s 51-year-old shooter Yusuf Dikek’s style in the Paris Olympics went viral on the internet. Yusuf won the silver medal in the 10 meter air pistol mixed team event. The special thing was that he won the medal without shooting kit, during the event he was also seen with one hand in his pocket.
Turkey’s Yusuf Dikek won the silver medal in the shooting team event of the Paris Olympics.
- imaan khalifa: Algerian boxer Iman Khalif got embroiled in gender controversy in the Olympics. During the match in Paris, his opposition player refused to fight and alleged that he was being made to fight against a male boxer. Olympics gave a statement in support of Khalif, after which he also won the gold medal.
Iman Khalif was trolled on social media due to gender controversy. He answered his critics by winning Olympic gold.
- Lamin Yamal: 17 year old Spanish footballer Lamin Yamal was in the news a lot. After playing the Under-17 World Cup, Spain included him in the senior team and fielded him in the Euro Cup. He proved this selection right with his performance and led the team to victory by scoring a goal against France in the semi-finals. Yamal also made 4 assists, making the team Euro Cup champion.
Spain’s Lamin Yamal scored 1 goal and 4 assists in the 2024 Euro Cup.
- Rafael Nadal: Spain’s legendary tennis player Rafael Nadal retired at the end of the year. Nadal last won a Grand Slam in the form of the French Open in 2022. He has 22 Grand Slam titles to his name. He won the French Open 14 times, the US Open 4 times and the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles 2 times each. In the last phase of his career, he had to retire due to injury.
Spain’s Rafael Nadal won 22 Grand Slams in his tennis career.
- Nino Salukwaje: Georgia’s shooter Nino Salukwaje became the first female player in the world to play 10 consecutive Olympics. In 1988, he participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, when he won the gold medal. Since then he has played all the Olympics and qualified for the shooting event in Paris despite being 54 years old.
Nino Salukwaje participated in his 10th consecutive Olympic Games.
