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The 24-year-old Duplantis, an Olympic and two-time world outdoor champion, cleared 6.05 metres to add a second world indoor title to his bulging resume.
Britain's Josh Kerr steamrolled to victory in the men's 3,000 to the delight of the crowd.
The middle-order batter bettered the record of Nepal's Kushal Malla by just one delivery.
The boy swam across the lake in one hour and 22 minutes and covered a distance of 3.5 kilometres from Thavanakkadavu in the Alappuzha district to Vaikom Beach.
Another Indian, Pushpendra Singh won the bronze medal with a throw of 62.06m.
Kipyegon, who was embraced by her fellow competitors after the race, has now broken three world records in just two months, including the 1500m and 5000m.
Afridi ended up with figures of 4/29 from in his quota of four overs. Despite his heroics, Birmingham Bears edged Nottinghamshire Outlaws by two wickets.
Faith Kipyegon broke the 5,000m world record, a week after becoming the fastest woman ever over 1,500m.
Kipyegon shaved almost an entire second off the previous mark of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia's Genzebe Dibaba in 2015.
Crouser is the only man ever to throw further than 23.50 metres and he punched the air as he sent one ricocheting off the back barrier, reaching the record-breaking mark on his fourth attempt at the Continental Tour Gold event.
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