Other Sports Personalities Of Hayana


 
 
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Famous Personalities Of Haryana - Sports

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Joginder Singh Rao

He was born in Gurgaon on 16th October, 1938, was an Indian cricketer. He was a right-arm medium pace bowler, who played only five first-class games in the 1963-64 Ranji Trophy, but he is notable for having not only taken a hat-trick on debut, but for following that up with two more in the same innings of his second match.

Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj better known as Kapil Dev is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian Cricket Team, which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was born in Chandigarh on 6th January, 1959. Kapil Dev was also India's national cricket coach for 10 months between October, 1999 and August 2000.

Nicknamed The Haryana Hurricane, he represented the Haryana Cricket Team in domestic cricket. He took retirement in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in Test Cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000.

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Question : 1

Who was the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest twice?

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

Consider the following statements about Sandeep Singh, penalty corner specialist from Haryana:

  1. He debuted internationally in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in 2004.
  2. He became captain of the Indian National Team in 2010.
Right Option : A
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Question : 3

Consider the following statements about Shivangi Pathak:

  1. She is the youngest Indian woman to climb Mount Everest.
  2. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus in the same year as her Everest climb.
Right Option : C
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