Indian Sports Calendar March 2024: Events to watch in last week

India will take on Afghanistan in a crucial match of FIFA World Cup Qualifiers.

The fourth and final week of March in the Indian Sports Calendar will be filled with excitement as the IPL will continue to entertain the fans. After the blockbuster opening match, the fans will be excited to watch the remaining matches. Apart from that, we have Badminton and football which will also be on the watch list of the fans.

Events to follow in the last week of March in Indian Sports Calendar

Athletics

Six Indian athletes will compete in the World Cross Country Championships 2024 that will take place in Belgrade, Serbia on March 30. Kartik Kumar, Gulveer Singh and Hemraj Gujjar will represent the men’s team, while Ankita, Seema and Anjali Kumari will participate in the women’s event.

• March 30: World Cross Country Championships 2024

Badminton

After the Swiss Open, the BWF World Tour caravan will move to Spain where Indian players will look to shine. The eyes will be on Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu and Kiran George.

• March 26-31: Spain Masters Super 300

Basketball

The Indian cagers will be action in the 3×3 category of Basketball. After not qualifying for the quarterfinals in the last edition, the team would like to do better this team. India will be sending both their men and women’s teams.

• March 27-31: FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup

Cricket

IPL – the biggest festival of cricket has started. The opening match was a blockbuster where CSK defeated RCB to start on a winning note. Many Young guns will be in action and teams will give their best to win the coveted trophy.

• March 22 Onwards: Indian Premier League (Ongoing)

Football

The 2023-24 season of the Indian Super League resumed on January 31, marking the start of its second half. The league games are scheduled to continue until April 14, followed by the commencement of the knockout phase. Alongside, other domestic leagues are also underway.

Additionally, the Indian football team will play a home match against Afghanistan as part of the World Cup Qualifiers, and India would like to add three points this time after their last meeting in the previous week ended in a goalless draw.

• September 21-May: Indian Super League (Ongoing)
• October 28-27 March: I-League (Ongoing)
• January 20-April: 2nd Division I-League (Ongoing)
• March 26: India vs Afghanistan (WC Qualifiers)

Golf

The golf tournament is returning to India and the country’s golfers will look to use this opportunity well and would like to show some good golf skills.

• March 28-31: European DP World Tour-Indian Open

Judo

India’s Judokas will be in action at the Antalya Grand Slam with the country sending a seven-member contingent (2 male, 5 female) to the tournament.

• March 29-31: Antalya Grand Slam

Table Tennis

Manika Batra is the lone Indian to be part of WTT Champions and would like to create some upsets there. Other paddlers will play the feeder tournament in Slovenia.

• March 27-31: WTT Champions Incheon
• March 26-1 April: WTT Feeder 1 Slovenia

Tennis

Rohan Bopanna and his partner Matthew Ebden will be seen at the Miami Open.

• March 18-31: Miami Open (Ongoing)

Weightlifting

The 2024 IWF World Cup will take place in Phuket, Thailand. It is the part of the Paris 2024 qualification tournaments. India’s Mirabai Chanu and Bindrayani Devi will be in action.

• March 31-11 April: IWF World Cup

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