An exciting month of sports ahead of us. Here are the sports event to watch in October.
Cricket
Indian Men’s team will be playing 3 T20s against Bangladesh at home and then will start their 3 match Test Series against New Zealand.
T20 Series: India v Bangladesh – 6 Oct, 9 Oct, 12 Oct
Test Series: India v New Zealand
1st Test: 16-20 Oct (Bangalore)
2nd Test: 24-28 Oct (Pune)
On the Women’s Cricket side, the marquee event is Women’s T20 World Cup.
2024 ICC T20 Women’s World Cup: 3-20 October in UAE
Format: 2 Groups of 5 teams -> SF -> Final
India’s group stage matches:
4 Oct, 7:30 PM – India v New Zealand
6 Oct, 3:30 PM – India v Pakistan
9 Oct, 7:30 PM – India v Sri Lanka
13 Oct, 7:30 PM – India v Australia
Badminton
3 big events scheduled on the BWF World Tour:
Artic Open (BWF 500): 8-13 Oct
Denmark Open (BWF 750): 15-20 Oct
Hylo Open (BWF 300): 29 Oct – 3 Nov
Table Tennis
WTT Feeder Doha: 3-6 Oct
WTT Champions Montpellier: 22-27 Oct
WTT Feeder Cagliari: 22-27 Oct
WTT Contender Muscat: 27 Oct – 2 Nov
WTT Feeder Kosovo: 28 Oct – 1 Nov
WTT Feeder Venezuela: 30 Oct – 3 Nov
The biggest event in Table Tennis in October is the 2024 Asian Championship to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan between 6-13 October.
Tennis
On the ATP World Tour, following events are scheduled:
Shanghai Masters (ATP 1000): 30 Sept – 7 Oct
Almaty Open (ATP 250): 14-20 Oct
European Open (ATP 250): 14-20 Oct
Stockholm Open (ATP 250): 14-20 Oct
Swiss Open (ATP 500): 21-27 Oct
Vienna Open (ATP 500): 21-27 Oct
Paris Masters (ATP 1000): 26 Oct – 3 Nov
Track Cycling
The 2024 Track Cycling World Championship will take place between 16-20 October in Denmark. India will be represented by 6 Track Cyclists.
Wrestling
2024 World Wrestling Championships will take place in Albania between 28-31 October.
Football
Indian Men’s Football team will be playing 2 friendlies:
9 Oct: Vietnam v India
12 Oct: India v Lebanon
Archery
The 2024 Archery World Cup final will take place in Mexico on 19-20 October.
Shooting
The 2024 ISSF World Cup final will take place in New Delhi between 15-17 October.
Golf
The Ladies European Tour will be in India.
Hero Women’s India Open: 24-27 October
Hockey
Germany Men’s Tour of India:
23-24 October: 2 Match Series
Wishing all Indian athletes success!