When we talk about Indian football, the name of Sunil Chhetri immediately cops up in the mind of football fans of the country. He is the most admired footballer of India. At present, Chhetri has been leading the Blue Tigers from the front. Known as ‘Bhai’ by his teammates, the charismatic Indian striker Chhetri tied the knot with Sonam Bhattacharya, the daughter of former Indian footballer Subrata Bhattacharya, in 2017. Early life Sunil Chhetri was [...]
Rohit Sharma is an Indian cricketer and is currently the Indian ODI and T20 teams’ vice-captain. He also serves as the captain of the IPL team Mumbai Indians. He has a number of records under his name. Rohit Sharma has scored 3 double-centuries in ODIs, in addition, to the centuries in T20 and Test formats too. Due to his hard-hitting ability, he is also famously known as ‘The Hitman.’ He gained recognition right from [...]
Zaheer Khan is an outstanding former Indian cricketer and was an important fast bowler of the Indian national cricket team since 2000 till 2014. He was a potential weapon in Team India’s formidable pace attack. He started his cricket career by playing for Baroda. The cricketer is known for many things including his ability to move the ball both ways off the wicket, swing the old ball at some pace and reverse swing with the [...]
Clouds could not hide the glory of the Sun, Storms could not hinder the courage of a Woman. Mithali Dorai Raj is the captain and the skipper of Indian Women’s International Cricket team in Tests and ODI. The Indian Women’s Cricket team performed brilliantly in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017. Born in Jodhpur on December 3rd 1982 to Dorai Raj and Leela Raj she started to play the game at a tender age of [...]
Harmanpreet Kaur made her One Day International debut in 2009 at the age of 20. She was part of the Indian’s Women’s Cricket team in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017. The Indian team performed brilliantly throughout 2017 Women’s World Cup. Harmanpreet Kaur scored an unbeatable 177 runs off 115 balls against Australia in the semifinal of 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup. She is the record holder of the highest individual score for India in [...]
E.A.S. Prasanna is a former Indian Test cricketer who served Indian cricket well with his spin bowling wizardry. His full name is Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna and he was born on 22nd May, 1940 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Due to his passion for the sport of cricket, Prasanna steadily climbed the ladder of success in Indian cricket. Despite taking a break from cricket to complete his engineering degree, E.A.S. Prasanna made a strong comeback in 1967 to [...]
C.P.S. Chauhan is a former Indian cricketer and presently a Member of Parliament. Chauhan is regarded amongst the finest opening batsman in Indian cricket. His full name is Chetandra Pratap Singh Chauhan and he was born on 21st July, 1947 in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Chetan’s father was an army officer who, due to his transfer, moved with his family to Poona in Maharashtra. There, Chauhan pursued his bachelor’s degree at Wadia College in Poona, and went [...]
Bula Chowdhury is one of the most famous long-distance swimmers of India. In competitive swimming also she has made her mark. When she was just 9 years of age, she became famous by winning six gold medals in many events of her age group. Some of her records at the national level are yet to be equaled. In 1984 she set a national 100m butterfly record of 1:06.19sec. During the Seoul Asian Games in 1986, [...]
Viswanathan Anand (The living legend of Chess) was born on December 11, 1969 in Chennai. His awesome speed has earned him the nickname “Lightning Kid.” In March 2007, Anand won the Morelia-Linares Super Grandmasters chess tournament. He showed his genius early on as a child when he won the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship in 1983 at the age of fourteen. In 1984, Anand went on to become the youngest Indian to win the International Master [...]
Virender Sehwag is a famous Indian cricketer and a significant member of the Indian National cricket team since 1999. Nicknamed ‘Veeru’ by teammates and fans alike, Virendar Sehwag was born on 20th October, 1978 in Delhi. Born into a joint family, Sehwag is the son of Krishan and Krishna Sehwag. He did his schooling from Arora Vidya School but since childhood, his prime interest remained cricket, which he developed over the years playing thrilling domestic [...]
