Indian athletes have made the country proud with their unbelievable performance. 2018 is an exciting year for sports in India. Some made new records and some of them broke the old one. Let’s take a look at some of the instanced that made this year so special.Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs
Virat Kohli has led Indian cricket team to great heights and success in 2018. He has become one of the fastest batsmen in the world scoring 10,000 runs in ODI. His record was created in 205 innings that is 54 less than the previous record holder, Sachin Tendulkar.
Hima Das from India wins the first-ever track gold medal
No athlete from India has ever won a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. She is the first runner in India’s history to get a medal in the IAAF’s junior championship. She has also won the first international gold medal just 18 months after starting her career.
India wins Test match after a Decade in Australia
India beats Australia by 31 runs at the Adelaide Oval to create a record with their win after 10 years in the Australian soil. For the first time in the history of cricket, India won an opening Test in Australia.
#JustIn | Team India registers test match win in Australia after a decade; take a 1-0 series lead.
India wins the first test in Adelaide by 31 runs. #INDvAUS pic.twitter.com/0JYjd00nZm
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Swapna Barman becomes India’s first Heptathlete to win Asiad Gold
Swapna Barman is a 21-year-old girl who was competing in the final 800m leg of the event with a toothache but managed to keep her lead intact. She has become the first Indian to win Gold in heptathlon event at the Asian Games.
Prithvi Shaw becomes the youngest Indian to hit a debut Test century
Prithvi Shaw scored his century at 99 balls to break the previous record of Abbas Ali Baig. He is the youngest Indian to score a 100 on his Test debut. This happened on the very 1st day of the first Test against West Indies in Rajkot.
Youngest Indian Manu Bhaker wins a gold medal at the World Cup shooting event
Manu Bhaker, 16 years old shooter from Haryana’s Jhajjar, has created history by winning a gold medal in women’s 10m air pistol event at the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup in Mexico.
Manu Bhaker is a professional shooter, who represented India at the 2018 ISSF World Cup, she was the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the World Cup.https://t.co/t0XmxzQW7D pic.twitter.com/NUy4m3DK3P
— Barnali Banerjee (@BarnaliBanerj19) August 9, 2018
Under Rahul Dravid’s guidance, Indian U-19 won its historic fourth World Cup title
India won the under-19 World Cup against Australia with the guidance of Rahul Dravid. The match finished to a resounding win by 8 wickets. This team has shown a magnificent performance throughout the series.
Neeraj Chopra becomes the first Indian in Indian history to win Javelin Gold
Neeraj Chopra is the first Indian to win an Asian Games gold medal. He crushed his own national record by clearing a distance of 88.06m. His gold is India’s only second medal in the javelin throw in Asian Games history after Gurtej Singh won a bronze in 1982.
Harmanpreet Kaur hits the historic hundred at Women’s World T20
Indian Captain Harmanpreet Kaur led her team to a 34-runs victory in the Women’s World T20. She is the only Indian cricketer to score a century in women’s T20l.
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India’s 43-years long wait to reach the semi-finals of the Hockey World Cup
India reached the semi-finals, but the wait for winning the title still continues. But the boys made the whole country really proud.
