General Awareness Updates – April 2010

Sports:

Sachin Tendulkar, aged 36, has broken one more record. He has become the first man to score a double century in ODIs. His unbeaten 200, against South Africa in Gwalior, was his 46th ODI century and he batted through 50 overs. Mr. Tendulkar surpassed the previous record of 194 by Saeed Anwar of Pakistan and Charles Coventry of Zimbabwe.

BADMINTON

All-England Open 2010

Men’s

Winner: Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)

Runner-up: Kenichi Tago (Japan)

Women’s

Winner: Wang Yihan (China)

Runner-up: Tine Rasmussen (Denmark)

CRICKET

South Africa in India

Test Series Result: India & South Africa draw the two-match series 1-1.

Player of the Series: Hashim Amla (SA)

ODI Series Result: India win the three-match series 2-1.

Player of the Series: Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Australia in New Zealand

ODI Series Result: Australia won the five-match series 3-2.

T20 Series Result: Australia & NZL draw the two-match series 1-1.

West Indies in Australia

Test Series Result: Australia won the three-match series 2-0.

Player of the Series: Chris Gayle (Windies)

ODI Series Result: Australia won the five-match series 4-0.

Player of the Series: Ricky Ponting (Australia)

T20 Series Result: Australia won the two-match series 2-0.

HOCKEY

Hero Honda FIH World Cup, New Delhi

Winner: Australia

Runner-up: Germany

This is Australia’s second World Cup title. The Aussies had earlier won the title way back in 1986 in London but lost out in the finals against Germany in the last two World Cup finals in Kuala Lumpur (2002) and Monchengladbach, Germany (2006).

TENNIS

Dubai Open, Dubai

Men’s

Winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Runner-up: Mikhail Youzhny (Russia)

Women’s

Winner: Venus Williams (USA)

Runner-up: Victoria Azarenka (Belarus)