These sports legends and icons have given India plenty of memorable sporting memories with their achievements and successes. If you feel there are names that have been inadvertently missed, please mention those in the Comments section.
Sachin Tendulkar smiles at the presentation after the Lord's
bicentenary match between the MCC and Rest of the world at Lords Cricket
ground in London.
Sushil Kumar celebrates winning the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Sania Mirza eyes a ball prior to return it to Poland's Agnieszka
Radwanska in the French Open.
Saina Nehwal plays a return to Lindaweni Fanetri of Indonesia
during their Uber Cup.
India's gold medalist Abhinav Bindra competing in the men's 10m Air
Rifle final at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Billiards
player Pankaj Advani plays a shot during the final match of the
International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Championship
(Time format) in Bangalore. Advani defeated nine-time champion Mike
Russell in the final of the World Professional Billiards tournament.
Prakash Padukone holds his Legend Honour award poses with his wife
at the Sahara Indian Sports Awards in Mumbai.
Sunil Gavaskar arrives at BCCI headquarters for
an Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council meeting in Mumbai.
Vijender Singh poses during a preview for the upcoming Hindi film "Fugly".
Anju Bobby George competes during the women's long jump
qualification round at the "Bird's Nest" National Stadium during the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
India's 1958 Commonwealth Games 400m gold medal winner Milkha Singh is
pictured in the grounds of Buckingham Palace in central London, on
October 29, 2009. Queen Elizabeth II and Indian President Pratibha Patil
started the build-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi as
they launched the baton relay Thursday at Buckingham Palace. British and
Indian sports stars carried the baton through central London on the
start of its journey to the Indian capital.
Indian tennis player Leander Paes shouts during a training session in
Moscow on March 4, 2010 in preparation for the Russian-India Davis Cup
tennis 1st round competition.
Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi returns a shot during a training
session in preparation for the Russia-India
Davis Cup tennis 1st round competition.
Bhaichung Bhutia celebrates the goal against Sri Lanka during
the 14th Nehru Cup International Football Tournament at Ambedkar stadium
in New Delhi.
Chess world champion Viswanathan Anand poses during the Alekhine
Memorial chess tournament in Paris.
