Sports have gained a lot of importance in India over recent years. That is all because of great sportspeople who keep on encouraging young talents to play and work harder in a particular sport.
Virat Kohli – Without a doubt, the number one in the list has to be the sportsperson loved by every Indian. With over 84 million followers on Instagram, Virat is loved for both his looks and fitness as well as the way he bats. His relationship with actress Anushka Sharma is another thing that makes him popular.
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PV Sindhu – After she won the Olympic Silver medal in Rio 2016 Olympics, She instantly gained appreciation and fame from all over the world. Even though she lost to world number one to win the silver medal, she received a lot of patting on the back for her efforts. Recently she even won the World Badminton Championship of 2019.
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Mary Kom – Women’s boxing was never on the map of sports played in India until Mary Kom represented her nation on an international level in Boxing. She became even more famous after Priyanka Chopra depicted her in her Biopic named ‘Mary Kom’ which shows how much she had to struggle to get where she is.
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Sunil Chettri – Football is presumably India’s most underrated sport, however, Indian football skipper Sunil Chhetri has outperformed the great Bhaichung Bhutia in height and insights. He is very much into his 30s currently yet gives no indications of easing back down, practically without any assistance hauling the Indian football team during that time with some Asian titles. He even has scored more international goals than the legendary Messi.
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Sania Mirza – Sania Mirza is probably the best Women tennis player the country has witnessed. She along with Martina Hingis dominated the doubles circuit for a long time and has also become World number 1 doubles player in women’s tennis. She has handled the job well of representing India in the world of tennis and still continues to participate in doubles tennis after quitting the form of singles tennis.
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