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India celebrates National Sports Day is celebrated each year on 29th August. It is celebrated to mark the birthday of Dhyan Chand, the legendary hockey player who won three gold medals in the Olympics for India. While we have amazing sports people from India who are spreading and making India’s name proud on a world stage, there are five actresses who we believe would also do great work if they were sports personalities and not actors. Here are a list of five of them who have been playing some form of sport for years and have honed their skills at the game.
Deepika Padukone – Badminton & Baseball
The Padmaavati of Bollywood Deepika Padukone’s fitness secret lies in the game of Badminton. Daughter to ace badminton player Prakash Padukone, Deepika has also played badminton on a National level. However, not everyone is aware that she is also a state-level baseball player. When she isn’t shooting she has been seen playing badminton and training in the game. Her sister is also a competitive golfer, clearly Deepika has it in her genes to be a sports star, in another life, maybe audiences would’ve seen her play the women’s doubles with PV Sindhu, but in this life we love the Cocktail actress and her acting skills.
Taapsee Pannu – Squash
The Soorma actress Taapsee Pannu has always been obsessed with the game of Squash ever since she began playing it a few years ago. She never misses out on training when she isn’t shooting or promoting her films. The actress has even mentored a few kids from her club on a few tricks of the game. Taapsee is often seen teaming up with the co-actors of her films to play friendly matches of squash.
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