Lakshya Sen won the Australian Open 2025 Men’s Singles title

Lakshya Sen won the Australian Open 2025 badminton tournament held in Sydney, securing his first BWF World Tour title of the year 2025.

• Lakshya Sen won the Australian Open 2025 badminton tournament in Sydney on 23 November 2025, securing the sixth BWF World Tour title of his career. Lakshya defeated 26th-ranked Japanese player Yushi Tanaka 21-15, 21-11 in the final match.
• The 2021 World Championship bronze medallist Lakshya last won the Super 300 title in Lucknow in 2024. However, since his victory at the Canada Open the same year, he had not been able to win a top-level crown, although he was the runner-up at the Hong Kong Super 500 in September.
• Lakshya became only the second Indian man to win the Australian Open title after Kidambi Srikanth in 2017.
• India’s top-ranked men’s singles badminton player Lakshya Sen, who is ranked 14th, secured an easy win in 38 minutes over Japan’s world number 26 Yushi Tanaka by 21-15, 21-11 in the BWF Super 500 tournament final. This was the first head-to-head meeting between the two shuttlers.
• Sen’s victory in Sydney is his first BWF World Tour title since last year’s Syed Modi International in December.
• His career includes two Super 100 titles in 2019 — the Dutch Open and the SaarLorLux Open — as well as the India Open Super 500 in 2022 and the Canada Open Super 500 in 2023.
• Sen also became only the second Indian badminton player to win a title on the BWF World Tour this year. Ayush Shetty won the US Open Super 300 title in June.

India Blind Cricket Team won the T20 World Cup

• India won the first Blind Women’s T20 World Cup by defeating Nepal by seven wickets in the final at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo on 23 November 2025. With this title, India defeated every opponent in this six-team event.
• Indian bowlers bowled tight lines, restricting Nepal to 114/5 in 20 overs. While chasing, the Indian batters reached 100 runs in the first 10 overs, ensuring that there was no remaining threat.
• Opener Phoola Saren played the match-winning innings. She scored 44 runs off 27 balls, including four boundaries.
• Because of her innings, India chased the target in the 13th over and claimed the title. Apart from her, Karuna K also scored 42 runs off 27 balls. Due to Saren’s outstanding performance, she was chosen Player of the Match.
• After creating history, India’s captain Deepika TC said that she is very proud of this victory. She said the entire team worked hard to win the title.
• India began its campaign with a dominant win over Sri Lanka. Against Australia, India won by 57 runs when the Australian team failed to chase the target of 293 runs.
• India overcame Pakistan’s challenge by completing the target of 136 runs in just 10.2 overs. In the semifinal, India defeated Australia by nine wickets and sealed the trophy with a one-sided win over Nepal.
• The World Cup, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, started on 11 November and was played in New Delhi, Bengaluru, and Colombo.