4 Indoor gaming champions of India

 Throughout the years, the sport has been polished and has emerged into the glance of everybody majorly occupying outdoor activities. However, in a time when the crowd gushes over players on the field running behind a ball under the sky, indoor games have gained equal importance as outdoor ones.

Indoor games entertain us no matter what the outside weather is and it keeps up to the time assigned without any procrastination. Indoor games develop the overall personality of the player as well as encourage other people to participate and get involved. Also, it is very essential to know that just like any other fast-growing and evolving players of other outdoor sports, Indoor gaming champs have been regarded with many awards and rewards for their impeccable wit and talent.

Nevertheless, this variant of sports has evolved many players who need innate intelligence, vision and intense thinking caps to put on and carry themselves along with the game. These 4 indoor gaming champions have framed the true meaning of sportsmanship and have emerged successfully competing amongst the best.

Viswanathan Anand, Chess


Chess is a game that requires stupendous patience and agility clubbed with smartness and attention to beat the competitor. While this game has become quite regarded, the top Indian player who gave a neck to neck competition and appeared successfully has constantly been Viswanathan Anand who is popularly known as ‘Vishy.’ This Chess Grandmaster and former World Chess Champion became the first-ever Indian to win the FIDE in 2000. This undisputed champion is strongest rapid player of his generation who started playing chess at the age of six and won numerous awards because of his excellence.

Sharath Kamal, Table Tennis


He is definitely the best professional table tennis player that the country has ever produced! Sharath is currently ranked 30th in the world and broke Kalesh Mehta’s record of eight National Championship medals by winning the Senior National Championship nine times. He also won US Open Table Tennis Men’s championships in Michigan. This ardent player of table tennis also holds the medal of 2006 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.

 Mary Kom, Boxing


She is undoubtedly the best Indian Olympic boxer who emerged from the Indian state of Manipur. This woman became World Amateur Boxing Champion six times breaking the world record. Magnificent Mary qualified the 2012 Summer Olympics winning the bronze medal and got ranked as No.1 AIBA World Women’s Ranking Light-weight category. This lady was also nominated by the President of India as a member of Rajya Sabha in 2016 and later she won the gold medal in Asian Boxing Championship. Anything said is less for this Meethoi Leima (exceptional lady as conferred by the government of Manipur) since she is the epitome of magnificence.

Pankaj Arjan Advani, Snooker


Pankaj Advani is another exemplary indoor gaming champion of Indian billiards and snooker. He received the title of world champion 21 times achieving a hat-trick in English billiards. He also holds the World Asian and National Championship titles simultaneously. This pioneer of snooker became a professional in 2012 winning the 2014 IBSF World 6 Red Snooker.

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