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Badminton star Lakshya Sen could not believe his eyes when legendary cricketer Sunil Gavaskar reached the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru to meet him and the young players.
The 73-year-old Gavaskar, a member of India's 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team, arrived at the academy on Thursday during his regular visit to the city.
PPBA co-founder, director and head coach Vimal Kumar said, “He had a meeting in Bengaluru and decided to meet the young budding buddies of the academy. Badminton and cricket are his two favorite sports. Stayed here together for about an hour."
I was thrilled that my hero from school days visited our center yesterday and interacted with the youngsters… Sunil Gavaskar and Prakash Padukone are some of the self taught heroes of Indian Sport!
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— Vimal Kumar (@vimalkumar_u) February 3, 2023
Gavaskar later posted his photo with Lakshya Sen on Instagram and captioned it, "Lakshya Sen, my new badminton hero after Prakash Padukone."
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The great cricketer Gavaskar has praised Padukone many times during cricket commentary and he considers him one of the great players of India.
Sen was among India's best performing players in 2022.
He said that he too was surprised to see her.
Sen said, "It feels great to hear such things from such a big player. To be honest, I was also quite surprised."
What an honor it was to meet the 'Little Master'.
Surreal.
A legend for generations 🙏 #Sunilgavaskarpic.twitter.com/xEiuoevcvC
— Lakshya Sen (@lakshya_sen) February 2, 2023
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