14th JUNE 2025 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
ISSF World Cup Shooting Competition 2025 - Sruchi Singh wins gold
- The ISSF World Cup Shooting Competition is underway in Munich, Germany. In the women's 10m Air Pistol final, India's Sruchi Singh won the gold medal with a score of 241.9 points. France's Camille Jedrzejowski (241.7) won the silver medal and China's Quanxun Yao (221.7) won the bronze medal.
- The grand final of the ICC 2025 World Test Championship Cup began on June 11 at Lord's in London, England. South Africa, who won the toss, announced that they would bowl first against Australia. Australia then bowled out 212 runs. Steve Smith top-scored with 66 and Webster with 72.
- Rabada took the most wickets for South Africa. Australia bowled out South Africa for just 138 runs, taking a lead of 74 runs. David Paddingham top-scored with 45 and captain Bawuma with 36 runs, while captain Pat Cummins took the most wickets for Australia with 6 wickets.
- South Africa bowled out Australia for 207 runs. Mitchell Starc top-scored with 58* and Alex Carey top-scored with 43 runs. Rabada took the most wickets for South Africa with 4 and Lungi Ngidi with 3 wickets.
- Chasing 282 runs in the end, South Africa's opener Aiden Markram returned to the pavilion after scoring 136 (207) runs, becoming the first South African to score a century in an ICC final. In the end, South Africa won by 5 wickets after scoring 285/5 runs with Kyle Ware's 7* and Paddingham's 21*.
- With this, South Africa created a record by winning the 2025 World Test Champion title. More than that, South Africa created a record by winning the ICC trophy for the first time after 27 years since the 1998 Knockout Trophy.
