Sports icons of India ON 63RD Independence Day

India@63 finds itself embellished by sport stars that have won accolades for the country in various sporting categories. In hockey India found the wizardry of Dhyanchand, while in athletics, 'the flying Sikh' Milkha Singh kept the Indian flag flying high.

The 1983 World Cup win under the captaincy of Kapil Dev made cricket a rage in the country, overtaking hockey as the national game. Then cricket gave us Sachin Tendulkar, and from a rage the game turned into an overwhelming passion.
Off late, the likes of Abhinav Bindra, Vijender Singh and Saina Nehwal have continued to make India proud. MSN India takes a look at all the sports icons that have done India proud.

Sachin Tendulkar

 

Milkha Singh

 

Dhyanchand

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Milkha Singh

 

Kapil Dev

 

Abhinav Bindra

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Saina Nehwal

 

Vijender Singh

 

Geet Sethi

 

PT Usha

 

Baichung Bhutia

 

Pullela Gopichand

 

Sania Mirza

 

Mithali Raj

 

Karnam Malleswari

 

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

 

Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi

 

Vishwanathan Anand