Apart from cricket and hockey, the new year i.e. 2023 will be full of many challenges and opportunities for Indian players. In fact, this year India will host the Shooting World Cup and the Women’s Boxing World Championship, in addition to the Cricket World Cup and the Hockey World Cup. The Cricket World Cup will be played from October 12-26, while before that India will host the Hockey World Cup tournament. However, in the new year, hockey players can make the country world champion after 48 years, while cricketers can after 12 years.
The Indian hockey team gave a great message by winning a medal at the Tokyo Olympics after almost 4 decades. Apart from this, the India team won the silver medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games. However, this time the Hockey World Cup will be hosted by India from January 13-29. This Hockey World Cup will be hosted in Bhubaneswar and Rourkela in Odisha. The Indian hockey team last won the gold medal in the year 1975. For now, the Indian hockey team will be looking to repeat the history after 48 years.
The Indian cricket team won the ODI World Cup title in the year 2011 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Although, Team India has not been able to win any ICC title for the past almost 10 years, but the ODI World Cup 2023 will be held in India. However, after almost 12 years, the Indian team will take the field with the intention of ending the drought by winning the World Cup.
India will host the Women’s World Boxing Championship this year. This tournament will be played in Delhi from March 15 to 31. Indian boxer Nikhat Zareen is the reigning world champion and Commonwealth Games gold medalist. She will go to defend her title in this tournament. Other than this, Tokyo Olympics medalist Lovlina Borgohain, Commonwealth Games gold winner Neetu Ghanghas, Commonwealth Games bronze winner and Jasmine Lamboria, the first female boxer to join the military They will be under surveillance.
After winning gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Neeraj Chopra won silver at the World Championships in Athletics in 2022 and gold at the Diamond League Finals. In fact, Nirad Chopra is the first Indian player to do so. However, the World Championships in Athletics will take place in Budapest, Hungary from August 19-27. In this tournament, the country will have hopes of Neeraj Chopra’s combined gold.
Last year, the Asian Games could not be organized due to the infection. However, this year the Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou, China from September 23 to August 8. In the Asian Games, the eyes of the Indian team will be on sports like wrestling, track and field, hockey, shooting, badminton, boxing, kabaddi. Earlier, at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, India won a total of 70 medals, including 16 gold, 23 silver and 31 bronze.
