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COVER STORY
Year 2017
Top Indian Sports
Persons
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India’s sports fans cherished a year where
Indian athletes left their mark on the world
stage. Kidambi Srikanth took Indian badminton
to rare heights, winning four Super Series
titles this year. He is the first Indian to achieve
the feat.
P V Sindhu continued her good run,
winning three titles and emerging
runner-up thrice. In cricket, it was
business as usual for Virat Kohli who
dominated Tests, ODIs and T20s,
scoring runs aplenty. The bowlers only
got some relief in December when
the run machine took time off to get
married. There was no stopping for
Pankaj Advani who added another
couple of world titles to his kitty. He
has an awesome 18 world titles in all.
Young golf prodigy Shubhankar Sharma
stamped his mark among seasoned
campaigners, winning three titles. Shub
won his maiden European Tour title at
the Joburg Open in December to qualify
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for the Open Championship next July
where he will play alongside his idol
Tiger Woods
Some of the sports stars
who brought laurels
to our country in 2017
include:
1- Kidambi Srikanth:
It was a dream year for Srikanth who
became the first Indian and only the
fourth shuttler in the world to win four
Super Series tournaments in a calendar
season.