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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the China Masters Super 750 title in September 2026, after making an impressive comeback. It was their second title of the 2026 season, following their victory at the Singapore Open Super 750. Earlier in the year, the Indian pair had finished runners-up at the Thailand Open Super 500. The China Masters is a BWF World Tour Super 750 event, considered the third-highest tier of professional badminton tournaments. Satwik and Chirag have also made history as the first Indian men’s doubles pair to achieve the World No. 1 ranking and won India’s first Asian Games men’s doubles badminton gold in 2022.

Japan will host the first-ever men's T20I match between India and Japan on September 22, 2026. The historic fixture will be played at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Tochigi Prefecture. The match was confirmed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Japan Cricket Association (JCA). Both India and Japan are also participating in the men's cricket tournament at the Asian Games 2026, which is being hosted by Japan. India will enter the Asian Games tournament directly at the quarter-final stage, while Japan will begin in the group stages.

Smriti Mandhana became the leading run-scorer in women’s international cricket after scoring 124 runs from just 64 balls against Hong Kong in the Women’s T20 Asia Cup on September 3, 2026. Her career international tally reached 10,880 runs across Tests, ODIs, and T20Is, overtaking former India captain Mithali Raj’s 10,868 runs. Mandhana’s innings also included 14 fours and 7 sixes. With this achievement, she became the top run-getter in women’s international cricket and further strengthened her position among the greatest batters in women’s cricket.

India will host the inaugural ICC Women’s Champions Trophy 2027 after the ICC transferred the hosting rights from Sri Lanka. The tournament is scheduled to be held from February 14 to February 28, 2027, with six teams competing. Matches will take place at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai and the International Cricket Stadium in Vadodara. The participating teams are Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. The tournament will follow a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the final on February 28.

Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to score a half-century in Duleep Trophy history at the age of 15 years and 157 days. He achieved this milestone during the 2026 semifinal between East Zone and Central Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1 in Bengaluru. Sooryavanshi scored 92 runs from 81 balls and reached his fifty in just 42 balls. He surpassed Laxman Singh’s 57-year-old record, who had scored a Duleep Trophy fifty at 16 years and 23 days in the 1969 edition.