sports

India is home to a diverse population playing many different kinds of sports across the country. Cricket is the most popular sport in India. Field hockey is the most successful sport for India at Olympics in which India has won eight Olympic gold medals. Kabaddi is the most popular indigenous sport in the country. Other popular sports in India are badminton, football, basketball, chess, shooting, wrestling, boxing, tennis, squash, weightlifting, gymnastics, athletics and table tennis. Some indigenous sports are also popular in India such as Kho-kho, Kabaddi, Fighter kite, Polo and Gillidanda among others. There are some popular sports which have originated in India such as Chess, Snooker and Kabbadi. India has won Olympic medals in Badminton, Wrestling, Shooting, Weightlifting, Boxing and Tennis. India has also won World Cups in Cricket, Field Hockey and Kabbadi.

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MS Dhoni

Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I T20 Matches 90 338 95 297 Runs scored 4,876 10,415 1,546 6,075 Batting average 38.09 50.80 37.70 38.44 100s/50s 6/33 10/70 0/2 0/24 Top score 224 183* 56 79* Balls bowled 96 36 – 12 Wickets 0 1 – 0 Bowling average – 31.00 – – 5 wickets in innings – 0 – – 10 wickets in match – n/a – – Best bowling – 1/14 – –

 MS Dhoni;( born July 7, 1981) is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. An attacking right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest finishers in limited-overs cricket. He is also regarded as one of the best wicket-keepers in world cricket.He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in December 2004 against Bangladesh, and played his first Test a year later against Sri Lanka.

             Dhoni has been the recipient of many awards, including the ICC ODI Player of the Year award in 2008 and 2009 (the first player to win the award twice), the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2007, the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, in 2018. He was named as the captain of the ICC World Test XI in 2009, 2010 and 2013. He has also been selected a record 8 times in ICC World ODI XI teams, 5 times as captain. The Indian Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to receive this honour.                                                       

P.V.Sindhu

P.V.Sindhu

P.V.Sindhu(Pusarla Venkata Sindhu) (born on 5th July 1995) is an Indian professional badminton player. She became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal in Rio de Jeneiro(Brazil), and one of the two Indian badminton players to ever win an Olympic medal - the other being Saina Nehwal.
     
        Sindhu won silver in Women's singles at Commonwealth Games 2018. She was also a silver medalist at the 2017
BWF World Championship consecutively. She was also a silver medalist in Asian Games 2018, which were held in Indonesia.

Career record      :  293 Win, 120 Loss

Highest ranking   :  2 ( 7 April 2017 )

Handedness          :  Right

Coach                    :  Pullela Gopichand