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India is a country not only noted for its vast traditional culture but also for the prowess showed by the nationals when it comes to sports and physical competitions. Sports and games have been in vogue in the Indian sub-continent right from the Vedic times. Cricket has become one of the most sought after sports in India.

It can be best found when the roads and the shops go dry when an IPL match is in progress in some other corner of the country. Chess is another game that India boasts of as its invention. Hockey the national game of India which is equally known the world around. Of late tennis, badminton, weight lifting and shooting have gained popularity in the country, thanks to the players in these sports entering the international arena like the olympics and the like.

Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal was born on 17 March 1990 in Dhindar, Hisar, Haryana. She showed to the globe that India cannot be under-estimated in the Badminton game...     more...
Saina Nehwal

Anju Bobby George
Anju Bobby George was born on 19th April 1977. She is 35 years old Indian athlete who was born in Changanassery that is located in Kerala, India...    more...
Anju Bobby George

Dhyan Chand
Dhyan Chand was born on 29th August 1905 in Prayag. He was an Indian field hockey player far and wide well thought-out to be the supreme player of all time...    more...
Dhyan Chand

Karnam Malleswari
Karnam Malleswari was born on born June 1, 1975 at Srikakulam located in Andhra Pradesh. She is an Indian weightlifter. As an initiative she participated in the 'National Junior weight lifting championship', and came First.In the year 1992 she participated in the Asian championship which was held in Thailand...    more...
Karnam Malleswari

Leander Paes
Leander was born on 17 June 1973 in Goa, India. Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian proficient tennis contestant who at present features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. Leander was born to Vece Paes and Jennifer Paes and was brought up in Kolkata. He did his education at La Martiniere...     more...
Leander Paes

Mahesh Bhupathi
Mahesh Bhupathi was born on 7 June 1974 in Chennai, India. He is a one-off in the Indian sporting development. In a profession with a leg on each side for more than a decade, Bhupathi has delivered a number of astonishing performances...    more...
Mahesh Bhupathi

Mary Kom
Mary Kom was born on 1st March 1983 in Kangathei situated in Churachanpur district of Manipur. Her father and mother called Mangte Tonpa Kom and Mangte Akham Kom, worked in jhum fields...     more...
Mary Kom

Sreejesh Ravindran
Sreejesh Parattu Ravindran was born on 8th May 1988. He is an Indian hockey team member. He took the role as the goalkeeper of Indian team at the 2010 Hockey World Cup...    more...
Sreejesh Ravindran

INDIAN CRICKET CELEBRITIES

Gautam Gambhir
Gautam Gambhir was born on 14 October 1981, in Delhi is an Indian Cricketer a batsman. He has been an associate of the Indian National Cricket squad from the time when 2003...  more...
Gautam Gambhir

Harbhajan Singh
Harbhajan Singh full name Harbhajan Singh Plaha was intuitive on 3 July 1980 in Jalandhar; Punjab, India in a Ramgarhia Sikh family is an Indian cricketer. A professional bowler...    more...
Harbhajan Singh

Irfan Khan Pathan
Irfan Khan Pathan was born on October 27, 1984 in Baroda, Gujarat, India is an Indian cricketer who made his first appearance for India in late-2003 and was a center member...    more...
Irfan Khan  Pathan

Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was born on July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Bihar currently in Jharkhand is an Indian cricketer and the recent skipper of the Indian national cricket squad...     more...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Munaf Musa Patel
Munaf Musa Patel was born on 12 July 1983, Ikhar, Gujarat , India is an Indian cricketer who has also participated in the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat Mumbai Cricket squad and Maharashtra cricket squad.Intuitive to a Muslim family...     more...
Munaf Musa Patels

Rahul Sharad Dravid
Rahul Sharad Dravid was born on 11 January 1973 is a cricketer in the Indian national panel, of which he has been a standard member ever since 1996. He was selected ...     more...
Rahul  Sharad Dravid

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 is an Indian cricketer extensively gazed at as one of the best batsmen in the history of cricket...    more...
Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly was born on 8 July 1972 is an ex- Indian cricketer, and captain of the Indian national squad. Born into a well heeled family, Ganguly was introduced...    more...
Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Sreesanth
Sreesanth was born on February 6, 1983 in Kothamangalam, Kerala, India, is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-arm rapid-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed back...more...
Sreesanth

Suresh Kumar Raina
Suresh Kumar Raina was born on 27 November 1986 is an Indian cricketer from Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh.His folks come from a town of Rainwear, in Jammu & Kashmir... more...
Suresh Kumar Raina

Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag was born on 20 October 1978, lovingly well-known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of present cricket, is one of the leading batsmen ...more...
Virender Sehwag

Yuvraj Singh Bhandal
Yuvraj Singh Bhandal was born on 12 December 1981 in a Jatt Sikh folks is an Indian cricketer, and the son of ex- Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh... more...
Yuvraj Singh Bhandal

Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble was born on 17 October 1970 in Bangalore; Karnataka is a ex- Indian cricketer and skipper of the Indian Test cricket side. He is a right-arm leg spin Leg Break googly....     more...
Anil Kumble

Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin was born on 8 February 1963, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh also acknowledged as Azhar, is an Indian politician and former cricketer....more...
Azharuddin

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar also known as Chandra was born on May 17, 1945 in Mysore is an ex- Indian cricketer who is expert in leg spin. Well thought-out,...  more...
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

Bishan Singh Bedi
Bishan Singh Bedi was born on 25 September 1946 in Amritsar, is an Indian ex- cricketer who was first and foremost a slow left-arm mainstream bowler. He played Test ...more...
Bishan Singh Bedi

Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu was born on 31 October 1895 also well-known as CK, was an Indian cricketer who served up as India's initial Test captain. He was born in Nagpur...     more...
Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar was born on 6 April 1956 in Rajapur; Maharashtra is an Indian cricketer and cricket bureaucrat. He was one of the trendiest batsmen of his time,...more...
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar was born on 6 April 1956 in Rajapur; Maharashtra is an Indian cricketer and cricket bureaucrat. He was one of the trendiest batsmen of his time,...more...
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar

Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath
Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath was born on 12 February 1949 in Bhadravathi; Karnataka, India is an ex- Indian cricketer. He was one of India's optimum batsmen... more...
Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath

Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj born on 6 January 1959, Chandigarh Punjab, India, well known as Kapil Dev, is a past Indian cricketer.Born in a Punjabi family to Ram Lal Nikhanj...  more...
Kapil Dev

Kiran More
Kiran Shankar Murat More was born on September 4, 1962 in Baroda; Gujarat, India was the wicket-keeper for the Indian cricket squad from 1984 to 1993...more...
Kiran More

Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Krishnamachari Srikkanth was born on December 21, 1959 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and India is an ex- skipper of the Indian Cricket squad and the up to date chairman ...     more...
Krishnamachari Srikkanth

Lala Amarnath
Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj generally acknowledged as Lala Amarnath; was born on 11 September 1911 was an Indian Test cricketer. Lala Amarnath attained India's initial Test...    more...
Nanik Amarnath Bhardwaj

V.V.S Laxman
Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman was born on 1 November 1974, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, at times condensed to Venkatsai Laxman but normally recognized...   more...
V.V.S Laxman

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi was born on January 5, 1941in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, dotingly called Tiger has been an Indian Cricket player...     more...
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi

Navjot Singh Sidhu
Navjot Singh Sidhu was born in Patiala, in the malwa area of Punjab. Sidhu was nominated to the Lok Sabha as the element from Amritsar in 2004 on a Bharatiya Janata ...   more...
Navjot Singh Sidhu

Polly Umrigar
Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar was born on 28 March 1926 was an Indian cricketer. He participated in first-class cricket for Bombay and Test cricket in the Indian ...    more...
Polly Umrigar

Prasanna
Pahlan Ratanji "Polly" Umrigar was born on 28 March 1926 was an Indian cricketer. He participated in first-class cricket for Bombay and Test cricket in the Indian ...    more...
Prasanna

Syed Kirmani
Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani was born on December 29, 1949 in Madras participated in cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper...    more...
Syed Kirmani

Vijay Samuel Hazare
Vijay Samuel Hazare was born on 11 March 1915 December 2004 was an Indian cricket player from the state of Maharashtra. He leaded the Indian cricket squad in 14...    more...
Vijay Samuel Hazare