Past Masters Of Indian Badminton

Past Masters of Indian Badminton: Sarojini, Sunila and Sanjeevani Apte - a tale of three sisters who ruled the Nationals

Watching Natekar play was inspiration enough, but the urge to excel at the sport was fuelled even further when the girls saw their cousin Manik Apte playing and representing Maharashtra in the Nationals.

Past Masters of Indian Badminton: Dinesh Khanna – game's ultimate returning machine

The returning machine was a regular in India squads from 1961 until 1976, including all the five Thomas Cup campaigns played during these 15 years. He captained the national squad and helped it enter the final rounds of the 1972 Thomas Cup.

Past Masters of Indian Badminton: Damayanti Tambay's endless wait and a career curtailed by love

Damayanti's aviator husband, Flt-Lt Vijay Tambay, was lost in action during a skirmish on India’s north-western border during the Indo-Pakistan conflict of 1971, and his body was never found

Past Masters of Indian Badminton: Suresh Goel, India’s most creative strokemaker of all time

In our series Past Masters of Indian Badminton, we take a look a the great Suresh Goel who mesmerised the fans in 1960s with his delectable stokes and finesse

Past Masters of Indian Badminton: Ami Ghia, the wonder woman who punched above her weight

Ami Ghia's trademark traits were her fabulous courtcraft, shuttle control, and line judgment, all of which offset her relative lack of speed on the court