| SHARDUL | First name of the Indian cricketer with Narendra as the middle name. (7) |
| MAYANK | The first name of the Indian cricketer with Anurag as the middle name. (6) |
| BRIAN | West Indian cricketer with the greatest number of Test runs, ... Lara |
| CONNEMARA | The Indian cricketer "Ranji" was called the "maharajah of ____" after buying Ballynahinch Castle in County Galway |
| MANDEEP | ... Singh, the name of the Indian hockey forward found inside Ramandeep. (7) |
| BANGKOK | City where the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh took place. (7) |
| BEZWADA | What is the former name of the Indian city where the Prakasam barrage, a long road bridge, crosses t |
| VIDETTE | BC... ___ Lake (Located in this nature area north of Kamloops is what monks regard as the 'Centre of the Universe') |
| FONDANT | From the French for "melting", a sugar paste for icing fancies and other cakes, or used as the centre of chocolate-covered creams (7) |
| MITFORD | see 48dn, English socialite and devotee of Adolf Hitler who had the middle name Valkyrie |
| BRADMAN | Legendary cricketer with a 90-year-old record for most runs in a Test series by a captain.(last name) (7) |
| HICKORY | Wood, cricketer with no runs, opening for Yorkshire (7) |
| DEEPTI | First name of the Indian all-rounder who was the top buy at the WPL 2026 auction. (First name) |
| KYNAN | Identify the first name of the Indian sportsperson who won the bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup shotgun mixed team event held in Nicosia, Cyprus in May 2025. (5) |
| BROOK | Harry is the first name and Cherrington the middle name of this prolific batsman. (5) |
| MADRAS | The former official name of the Indian city of Chennai (6) |
| CALCUTTA | Former name of the Indian city that contains the tomb of Mother Teresa (8) |
| ROHIT | First name of the Indian cricket captain who broke a record in the recent ODI series. |
| NOBLE | This kind of Eightfold Path (also known as the Middle Way) is taken by followers of Buddha |
| COPERNICUS | Polish mathematician and astronomer, 1473-1543, who formed a model of the solar system with the sun as the centre (10) |