Indian Sports Calendar 2024: Events to watch in third week of February

The second edition of the Women’s Premier League will be commencing this week.

The second week of February was good for Indian athletes and teams in the Indian sports calendar. India achieved a historic first-ever Badminton Asia Team Championships title, while the Indian women nearly upset top ranked China in the World Team Table Tennis Championships. Ayhika Mukherjee upset WR 1 and Sreeja Akula defeated WR 2. Indian athletes also showcased in athletics at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships with three gold medals.

Same can be expected in the third week. Eyes will be on the paddlers as they aim to secure spots at Paris Olympics 2024. The cricket Women’s Premier League will be also starting this week. Here are the events to follow from February 19-25 in the Indian sports calendar.

Major events to watch in third week of February in Indian Sports Calendar

Athletics

Having already clinched three gold medals on the opening day of the competition, the Indian athletes will want to maintain that dominance in Iran.

• Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024 (Ongoing)

Archery

The Archers will be in action at the Asian Cup and the recurve team would like to do well there. The eyes will be on the compound team to deliver once again.

• February 19-26: Archery Asia Cup

Cricket

The Indian men’s cricket team will be continuing their ongoing bilateral series against England. After winning the third Test, India would want to continue the momentum in the fourth test. Meanwhile, the Women’s Premier league will also be starting this week. Defending champions Mumbai will take on Delhi in the inaugural match.

• January 25-11 March: England tour of India (Ongoing)
• February 23-17 March: Women’s Premier League

Cycling

The Indian cyclist will look to perform well at the Asian Championships. The eyes will be on David, Esow and Ronaldo to break the National Record.

• February 21-26: Asian Track Cycling Championships

Football

The Indian Super League 2023-24 returned to action on January 31 for the second half of the season. The league stage matches will continue until April 14, which will be followed by the knockout round. Meanwhile, other domestic leagues also continue. The Indian women’s football team will be in action in the Turkish Women’s Cup this week.

• February 21-14: Turkish Women’s Cup
• September 21-May: Indian Super League (Ongoing)
• October 28-27 March: I-League (Ongoing)
• January 20-April: 2nd Division I-League (Ongoing)
• December 8-24 March: Indian Women’s League (Ongoing)

Golf

Diksha Dagar and Pranavi Urs will be the only Indians who will be participating in the Lalla Meryem Cup.

• February 22-24: Lalla Meryem Cup

Hockey

The hockey action will continue as India will be in action in the Men’s FIH Pro League. The Indian men’s hockey team will look to continue the momentum after a good start in the Pro League. India has won two matches drew one match and lost one match.

• February 10-25: Men’s FIH Pro League (Ongoing)

Table Tennis

This will be the most important event of February. The Team World Championships will offer an Olympic Quota place. The top eight teams who haven’t qualified for the Olympics so far will book their place in the Paris Olympics. Both the Indian men and women’s teams would like to do well at the ongoing championships.

After an extraordinary performance against China, the Indian women’s team would like to continue the momentum forward.

• February 16-25: World Team Table Tennis Championships

Tennis

After the Bengaluru leg, the Indian tour will move to Pune and the Indian singles players would like to do well and gain some valuable points.

February 19-25: Pune Challenger

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