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2016 in Indian sports describes the year's events in Indian sport. The main highlight for this year for India is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the T20 World cup.

Contents

Calendar by month

January

DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner/s
2-17 Badminton 2016 Premier Badminton League DomesticDelhi Acers
3 Football SAFF ChampionshipSouth AsianIndia became champion by beating Afghanistan in final by 2-1
4-10 Tennis ATP World Tour 2016 Aircel Chennai Open [1] International Singles Stan Wawrinka Doubles Oliver Marach / Fabrice Martin
12-31 Cricket One Day & T20bilateral Series between India and AustraliaAustralia won one day series by 4-1 & India won T20 Series by 3–0.
15-16 Professional Wrestling Promotional Tour of WWEWWE Live Promotional Event in Delhi at IGI Stadium.Roman (C) defeated Rusev in Main Event for the WWE world heavyweight championship
17 Marathon Mumbai Marathon [2] International Flag of Kenya.svg Gideon Kipketer
18–21 February Hockey 2016 Hockey India League Domestic LeaguePunjab Warriors
22–14 FebruaryCricket 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup InternationalWest Indies
30 - 5 Mar Kabaddi Pro Kabbadi League season 3Domestic League Patna Pirates

February

DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner
5-16 Multi-Sports Games 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong [3] South AsianIndia top medal tally with 188 Gold Medals.
24–6 March cricket 2016 Asia Cup in Bangladesh.Asia CupIndia

March

DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner/s
8–3 April cricket 2016 ICC World Twenty20 InternationalWest Indies
15-3 April Cricket 2016 ICC World Twenty20 InternationalWest Indies
24 Football India vs Iran2018 FIFA & 2019 Asian Cup QualificationIran
29 Football India vs Turkmenistan2018 FIFA & 2019 Asian Cup QualificationTurkmenistan

April

DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner/s
Field Hockey 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Annual International hockey tournamentInternationalAustralia beat India by 4–0 in final [4]
9–21 May cricket 2016 Indian Premier League Domestic League Sunrisers Hyderabad

August

DateSportVenue/EventPositionMedalsMedalist
5-21 Olympics India at the 2016 Summer Olympics [5] 672Silver medal icon.svg Silver P. V. Sindhu
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sakshi Malik

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DateSportVenue/Eventwinner
21 July - 28 AugCricketIndia tour of West Indies & USIndia have won Test Series by 2-0 (4 Tests)
West Indies won T20 Series by 1-0 (2 T20)

September

DateSportVenue/EventPlayers/EventPositionMedals
7-18 Paralympics 2016 Summer Paralympics [7] 19 Athletes in 20 Events424
24 Sept - 3 Oct Asian Beach Games 2016 Asian Beach Games 208 Athletes162 Gold,4 Silver, 18 Bronze

Medalist at 2016 Rio Paralympics

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Mariyappan Thangavelu Athletics Men's High Jump F42 9 September
Gold medal icon.svg Devendra Jhajharia Athletics Men's Javelin Throw F46 14 September
Silver medal icon.svg Deepa Malik Athletics Women's Shot put F53 12 September
Bronze medal icon.svg Varun Singh Bhati Athletics Men's High Jump T42 9 September
DateSportVenue/EventWinner/Standing
3International FootballIndia vs Puerto Rico India 4 - 1 Puerto Rico
15–2 October Association football 2016 AFC U-16 Championship Iraq Win / India finished at Group stage
22 Sept - 29 Oct Cricket New Zealand tour of IndiaIndia won test series by 3-0 & ODI Series by 3-2

October

DateSportVenue/EventWinner
1 Oct - 20 December Association football 2016 Indian Super League season Atletico de Kolkata defeated Kerla Blasters in final by 1-1 (4-3) to lift their 2nd Title.
20 - 30 Oct Field Hockey 2016 Asian Hockey Championship India won by beating Pakistan by 3–2 in the final.
29 Oct - 5 Nov Field Hockey 2016 Women's Asian Hockey Championship India won by beating china in final with 3–2.
7 - 22 Oct Kabaddi World Cup India

November

DateSportVenue/EventWinner
5 Nov Association football 2016 AFC Cup Final Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Qatar) beat Bengaluru FC (India) in final by 1-0
9 Nov - 1 Feb 2017 Cricket English cricket team in India in 2016–17 India vs England 5 Test Match Series.

India won by 4-0

December

DateSportVenue/EventWinners
1-11 Hockey 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup India beat Belgium in final by 2-1 (2nd Title) [8]

| 23 | Cricket | ACC Under-19 Cup |India (273/8) led by captain Abhishek Sharma beat Sri Lanka (239/10) and won the cup

Year highlights

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References

  1. ↑ "Jan 10th Schedule & Results - Aircel Chennai Open 2016". Aircelchennaiopen.org. Archived from the original on 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. ↑ "Mumbai Marathon: Kenya's Gideon Kipketer wins men's race, sets new record". Firstpost.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  3. ↑ "The best ever South Asian Games". South Asian Games 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-03-20. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  4. ↑ "Sultan Azlan Shah Cup: India fall in final as Australia clinch ninth title". The Indian Express . 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympics - Schedule, Medals, Results & News". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  6. ↑ "Rio Olympics: Sindhu, Sakshi shine as India end campaign with two medals". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  7. ↑ "Rio 2016 Olympics - Schedule, Medals, Results & News". International Olympic Committee. 2016-12-20. Archived from the original on 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  8. ↑ "Hockey Junior World Cup | FIH". Fih.ch. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  9. ↑ "Year in Review 2016: India's emerging sporting icons who made the nation proud". Firstpost.com. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  10. ↑ "Indian football in 2016: Strong surge by Bengaluru FC, India climb the charts, ATK claim second ISL crown". The Indian Express . 2016-12-26. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
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