Gian Chacko

The Khel Ratna Award, or Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, is India's highest honour an Indian athlete can hope to receive. This award was originally named after the former Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. However, the Indian government renamed it after Major Dhyan Chand a few years ago.

The India Open Badminton Tournament was first founded in 1973. It ran intermittently until 1997. A total of 6 tournaments were held in 1973, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1997. Since 2008 it has been run as an annual event, although in different formats. From 2011, all the India Open badminton matches have taken place in the Siri Sports Complex in Delhi. 

The Indian Open Golf is an annual property of the Indian Golf Union. Launched in 1964, this event became part of the Asian Golf Circuit in 1970. In 1998, the Indian Open Golf affiliated to the rival Omega Circuit. Since 2015, this tournament has been recognized by the European Tour.

The Chennai Open is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) circuit. This hard court tennis championship has been held every year since 1996. At present, it is the only tour-level tennis event held in India. It has featured some of the best players in the game, such as Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya.

The Asian Cricket Council Asia Cup is a men's One-Day International and Twenty20 International cricket competition. It was set up in 1983 when the Asian Cricket Council was established as an action to advance altruism between Asian nations. It was initially planned to be held every 2 years.

The Australian Tri Series is a premier tournament hosted by Cricket Australia. This is a triangular round-robin series, and the final features the best match between the two best teams. There are three teams participating in this cricket tournament.

The Border-Gavaskar trophy celebrates the two greatest cricketers of the 20th century, Sunil Gavaskar and Alan Border. Both players captained their teams in the late 70s, and early 80s. The team that wins the Australia - India Test Series receives this trophy. Readers should know that the Border-Gavaskar trophy tournament takes place every two years, and is an important part of the ICC's cricket schedule. At the time of writing this article, India were the trophy winners.

The Champions League Twenty20 was a cricketing event that lived short in terms of years but left a memorable impact on the whole cricket world. Indeed, the journey of such an event expanded the tournament concept within contemporary leagues. Leagues such as the IPL and the CSA T20 added multi-nationality players in their newly emerged T20 domestic leagues.

Cricket lovers all over the world look up to the Ashes as the ultimate test tournament. The Ashes has been around for more than 100 years now, and is known for the age-old rivalry between Australia and England. Though the eponymous cricket fan is always enchanted by One Day and Twenty-Twenty formats, nothing can take away the century-old charm of the Ashes. Follow this article to know more about one of the greatest cricketing tournaments: The Ashes. Looking for cricket betting tips on the Ashes, we have it covered. 

T20 cricket is the most followed and globally watched cricket format. In the T20 World Cup, qualified teams from each continent fight for the ultimate glory — to be called the World Champions.