2024 in Indian sports describes the year's events in Indian sports.
Archery Archery World Cup
India participated in the 2024 Archery World Cup from 23 April to 20 October 2024. This was India's 18th appearance at the tournament. India sent a team of 16 archers to compete in 9 events across 4 stages.
Medallists - World Cup Stages MedalPlayerSportEventDate Jyothi Surekha VennamParneet KaurAditi Gopichand Swami CompoundWomen's Team27 April Prathamesh Bhalchandra FugePriyanshAbhishek VermaMen's Team Jyothi Surekha VennamAbhishek VermaMixed Team Jyothi Surekha VennamWomen's Individual Dhiraj BommadevaraTarundeep RaiPravin Jadhav RecurveMen's Team28 April Jyothi Surekha VennamParneet KaurAditi Gopichand Swami CompoundWomen's Team25 May 22 JunePriyanshCompoundMen's Individual27 AprilDeepika KumariRecurveWomen's Individual28 AprilJyothi Surekha VennamPriyanshCompoundMixed Team25 MayPriyanshMen's Individual22 JuneAnkita BhakatDhiraj BommadevaraRecurveMixed Team28 AprilBhajan KaurDhiraj Bommadevara23 JuneDhiraj BommadevaraMen's Individual
Final AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinals Final / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank RecurveDhiraj Bommadevara Men'sIndividual LeeL 4-6 colspan=2 5Deepika Kumari Women'sIndividual YangW 6-0 ValenciaW 6-4 LiL 0-6 CompoundPrathamesh FugeMen'sIndividual PriyanshW 147-146 FullertonL 15010-15010+ SchloesserL 146-150 4Priyansh FugeL 146-147 colspan=2 6Jyothi Surekha Vennam Women'sIndividual PaasL 145-147 colspan=2 5
Cricket Men's T20 World Cup
India was one of the twenty nations that participated in the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup, co-hosted by Cricket West Indies and USA Cricket from 1 to 29 June 2024. India went on to win their second T20 World Cup title, defeating South Africa by seven runs in the final. India won all their matches and were the first team to win a T20 World Cup while remaining undefeated. They joined England and West Indies as the only teams to win the title twice. Kohli's knock of 76 runs off 59 balls (including 6 fours and 2 sixes) earned him the player of the match award. Kohli, Sharma, and Ravindra Jadeja announced their retirement from the T20I format after the final. On 30 June, the ICC announced its team of the tournament with Jasprit Bumrah being named as player of the tournament for taking 15 wickets with an economy rate of 4.17, and Rohit Sharma as the captain of the team.
Group Stage
Super 8
Semi-final
Throughout a rain-affected innings India managed to score 171 for the loss of 7 wickets, with the Indian captain Rohit Sharma scoring 57 off 39 balls and England's Chris Jordan taking 3/37 in 3 overs. In the second innings with the highest score being 25 off of 19 balls by Harry Brook, England were bowled out for 103 in 16.4 overs, with India's Kuldeep Yadav taking 3/19 in 4 overs. Indian spinner Axar Patel was awarded with the Player of the match award. India qualified for their third T20 World Cup final after previously having won the tournament in 2007 and being runner-up in 2014.
Final
World Test Championship
India was one of the nine nations that participated in the 2023–2025 World Test Championship, held from 16 June 2023 to 14 June 2025 at various locations. The International Cricket Council announced the 2023–2027 Future Tours Programme on 17 August 2022, which identified the series that were part of the World Test Championship. India finished third in the final standings and received a cash prize of US$1,440,000.
League Table Team Matches 1 12831014410069.44 2 1913421022815467.54 3 199822 228 11450.00 4 147703 1688148.21 5 22111012226411443.18 6 1358001566038.46 7 1248031444531.25 8 1338201564428.21 9 1459013 168 4727.98 Sources: International Cricket Council, ESPNcricinfo
Freedom Trophy (South Africa v India)
The Indian cricket team toured South Africa from December 2023 to January 2024 to play three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Test matches. The Test series, where the teams were competing for the Freedom Trophy, formed part of the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship. South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 32 runs. India went on to win the second Test by 7 wickets, and drew the Test series 1–1.
Anthony de Mello Trophy (India v England)
The England cricket team toured India from January to March 2024 to play five Test matches.
Ganguly–Durjoy Trophy (India v Bangladesh)
The Bangladesh cricket team toured India in September and October 2024 to play against the India cricket team.
India v New Zealand
The New Zealand cricket team toured India in October and November 2024 to play three Test matches against India cricket team. Prior to the series, New Zealand had won only two test matches in India with their last win coming in the 1988-89 season. New Zealand won all the three tests in the series, setting several records in the process, including their first series victory in India and the first instance of India being whitewashed 3–0 in a Test series at home. This was India's first Test series defeat at home since England beat them in 2012.
Border–Gavaskar Trophy (Australia v India)
The Indian cricket team toured Australia from November 2024 to January 2025 to play five Test matches and three first-class warm-up matches against the Australian cricket team. India had retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after defeating Australia 2–1 in the previous series in 2023. However, this time Australia won the series by 3–1 to win the trophy for the first time since 2014-15. This was also the last Test series of Ravichandran Ashwin, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli before their Test retirements.
Indian Premier League
The 2024 Indian Premier League was the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League held from 22 March to 26 May 2024. The tournament featured 10 teams competing in 74 matches across 13 venues in India. In the final, Kolkata Knight Riders defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 8 wickets to win their third IPL title.
League Stage
Playoffs
Final
After winning the toss, Sunrisers Hyderabad elected to bat but only managed to score 113 runs in 18.3 overs. The Kolkata Knight Riders easily chased the target in 10.3 overs and won the match by eight wickets, thus winning their third IPL title. KKR player Mitchell Starc was named as the player of the match for taking 2 wickets and 2 catches. Sunil Narine (KKR) was named as the player of the season for scoring 488 runs and taking 17 wickets throughout the tournament.
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