10 Most Glamorous Sportswomen Of Indian Origin
The are plenty of women who not only do really well in their respective sports, but also score very highly on the glamour quotient. Here are the top 10 most glamorous women in Indian sports:
1. Akansha Singh
Akanksha Singh is the captain of the India women’s national basketball team. In 2010, Akanksha was awarded the Most Valuable Player in India’s first Professional Basketball league, MBPL 2010. She is one of the most skilled ball handlers in the country right now. Akanksha has been given the ‘Best Player’ award in many national and state championships.
2 Ashwini Ponnappa :
Ashwini Ponnappa is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines
3. Tania Sachdev :
She is an Indian chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster
4. Prachi Tehlan
Saina Nehwal : Indian badminton player who is currently ranked No. 2 in the world by Badminton World Federation Women's Singles 2015
7. Sania Mirza
Sania was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2005 US Open. She won the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open, where she was paired with Mahesh Bhupathi, thus becoming the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.
8. Dipika Pallikal
Indian squash player. She is the first Indian woman to break into the top 10 in the WSA rankings.
9. Jwala Gutta
Jwala Gutta is a badminton ace of mixed Chinese-Indian origin who has won the National Badminton Championship seven times. Her first international badminton event was in 2002, when she played at the Uber Cup tournament. She won the 2006 Sri Lanka International Satellite tournament and in 2007 she won the Cyprus International Badminton tournament. She even won the Pakistan Challenge International tournament and the Indian International Badminton tournament. She is popular amongst her fans due to her dynamism and agility.
10. Sunitha Rao
Sunitha Rao is a former American tennis player of Indian background. Rao has 8 career titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit and has reached 7 finals in singles. Sunitha has played for India at the Fed Cup and 2008 Summer Olympics.
1. Akansha Singh
Akanksha Singh is the captain of the India women’s national basketball team. In 2010, Akanksha was awarded the Most Valuable Player in India’s first Professional Basketball league, MBPL 2010. She is one of the most skilled ball handlers in the country right now. Akanksha has been given the ‘Best Player’ award in many national and state championships.
2 Ashwini Ponnappa :
Ashwini Ponnappa is an Indian badminton player who represents the country at the international badminton circuit in both the women's and mixed doubles disciplines
3. Tania Sachdev :
She is an Indian chess player, who holds the titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster
4. Prachi Tehlan
She is an Indian netball and basketball player
5. Sharmila Nicollet
Do you remember this 23-year-old lass? She finished a whopping 14 shots at the end of the 2010-11 Hero Honda Women’s Professional Golf Tour of India on 6th August, 2010. In 2009, she was the winner of this event. She is also the youngest Indian golfer to qualify for the Ladies European Tour. Nicollet was the champion at the Hero-KGA tournament in 2012. She has a total of 11 wins on the Women’s Golf Association of India tour.
6. Saina Nehwal
7. Sania Mirza
Sania was the first Indian woman to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament, at the 2005 US Open. She won the mixed doubles event at the 2009 Australian Open, where she was paired with Mahesh Bhupathi, thus becoming the first Indian woman to win a Grand Slam title.
8. Dipika Pallikal
Indian squash player. She is the first Indian woman to break into the top 10 in the WSA rankings.
9. Jwala Gutta
Jwala Gutta is a badminton ace of mixed Chinese-Indian origin who has won the National Badminton Championship seven times. Her first international badminton event was in 2002, when she played at the Uber Cup tournament. She won the 2006 Sri Lanka International Satellite tournament and in 2007 she won the Cyprus International Badminton tournament. She even won the Pakistan Challenge International tournament and the Indian International Badminton tournament. She is popular amongst her fans due to her dynamism and agility.
10. Sunitha Rao
Sunitha Rao is a former American tennis player of Indian background. Rao has 8 career titles on the ITF Women’s Circuit and has reached 7 finals in singles. Sunitha has played for India at the Fed Cup and 2008 Summer Olympics.










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