2016 in Indian sports describes the year's events in Indian sport. The main highlight for this year for India is the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and the T20 World cup.
Calendar by month
January DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner/s 2-17 Badminton 2016 Premier Badminton LeagueDomesticDelhi Acers 3 Football SAFF ChampionshipSouth AsianIndia became champion by beating Afghanistan in final by 2-1 4-10 Tennis ATP World Tour 2016 Aircel Chennai OpenInternationalSingles Stan Wawrinka Doubles Oliver Marach / Fabrice Martin 12-31 Cricket One Day & T20bilateral Series between India and AustraliaAustralia won one day series by 4-1 & India won T20 Series by 3–0.15-16Professional Wrestling Promotional Tour of WWE WWE Live Promotional Event in Delhi at IGI Stadium.Roman (C) defeated Rusev in Main Event for the WWE world heavyweight championship 17MarathonMumbai Marathon International Gideon Kipketer 18–21 FebruaryHockey2016 Hockey India LeagueDomestic League Punjab Warriors 22–14 February Cricket 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup International West Indies 30 - 5 Mar Kabaddi Pro Kabaddi League season 3Domestic LeaguePatna Pirates
February DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner 5-16 Multi-Sports Games 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati and ShillongSouth AsianIndia top medal tally with 188 Gold Medals. 24–6 March cricket 2016 Asia Cup in Bangladesh. Asia Cup India
March DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner/s 8–3 April cricket 2016 ICC World Twenty20 International West Indies15-3 AprilCricket2016 ICC World Twenty20InternationalWest Indies24 Football India vs Iran 2018 FIFA & 2019 Asian Cup Qualification Iran29 Football India vs Turkmenistan 2018 FIFA & 2019 Asian Cup Qualification Turkmenistan
April DateSportVenue/EventStatusWinner/sField Hockey 2016 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Annual International hockey tournament InternationalAustralia beat India by 4–0 in final 9–21 May cricket 2016 Indian Premier League Domestic League Sunrisers Hyderabad
August DateSportVenue/EventPositionMedalsMedalist 5-21 Olympics India at the 2016 Summer Olympics672
DateSportVenue/Eventwinner 21 July - 28 Aug Cricket India tour of West Indies & US India have won Test Series by 2-0 (4 Tests) West Indies won T20 Series by 1-0 (2 T20)
September DateSportVenue/EventPlayers/EventPositionMedals 7-18 Paralympics 2016 Summer Paralympics19 Athletes in 20 Events424 24 Sept - 3 Oct Asian Beach Games 2016 Asian Beach Games 208 Athletes 16 2 Gold,4 Silver, 18 Bronze
Medalist at 2016 Rio Paralympics MedalNameSportEventDateMariyappan ThangaveluAthleticsMen's High Jump F429 SeptemberDevendra JhajhariaAthleticsMen's Javelin Throw F4614 SeptemberDeepa MalikAthleticsWomen's Shot put F5312 SeptemberVarun Singh BhatiAthletics Men's High Jump T42 9 September
DateSportVenue/EventWinner/Standing3International FootballIndia vs Puerto RicoIndia 4 - 1 Puerto Rico 15–2 October Association football 2016 AFC U-16 ChampionshipIraq Win / India finished at Group stage22 Sept - 29 OctCricket New Zealand tour of India India won test series by 3-0 & ODI Series by 3-2
October DateSportVenue/EventWinner 1 Oct - 20 December Association football 2016 Indian Super League seasonAtletico de Kolkata defeated Kerla Blasters in final by 1-1 (4-3) to lift their 2nd Title. 20 - 30 OctField Hockey2016 Asian Hockey Championship India won by beating Pakistan by 3–2 in the final. 29 Oct - 5 NovField Hockey2016 Women's Asian Hockey Championship India won by beating china in final with 3–2. 7 - 22 Oct Kabaddi World CupIndia
November DateSportVenue/EventWinner 5 NovAssociation football2016 AFC Cup FinalAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya (Qatar) beat Bengaluru FC (India) in final by 1-0 9 Nov - 1 Feb 2017CricketEnglish cricket team in India in 2016–17 India vs England 5 Test Match Series. India won by 4-0
December DateSportVenue/Event Winners 1-11 Hockey 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World CupIndia beat Belgium in final by 2-1 (2nd Title) | 23 | Cricket | ACC Under-19 Cup |India (273/8) led by captain Abhishek Sharma beat Sri Lanka (239/10) and won the cup
Year highlights
India competed in 2016 Rio Olympics & Paralympics and bagged 2 and 4 medals respectively. Cricket T20 World cup held in India. Indian cricket team finished the year by holding the top ICC test Ranking. Remained unbeaten in 18 Test Matches. India won Hockey Junior World cup for second time. Domestic League season took place for Hockey, Cricket & Football. Indian football team achieved their top rank in past six years as they finished 135 in FIFA Ranking & jumped 31 spot in 2016.
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