CWG 2022: Bronze medalist Saurav Ghoshal is Dinesh Karthik’s ‘sadhu bhai’, the journey was full of struggle

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connection with karthik

Saurav Ghoshal, who created history by winning the bronze medal, has a very special connection with the veteran player of the Indian cricket team, Dinesh Karthik. Actually, Sourav is the husband of Karthik’s sister-in-law Diya Pallikal. More interestingly, Dinesh Karthik’s wife Dipika Pallikal is also a part of the Indian squash players of the Commonwealth Games. However, she is yet to win a medal.

Congratulations from Karthik

Congratulations from Karthik

After winning the bronze medal, Dinesh Karthik also congratulated Saurav Ghoshal on social media and called him a champion player. The wicketkeeper-batsman tweeted, “India‘s first ever singles medalist in Commonwealth Games. He lost in the first round of the last Commonwealth Games, but waited 4 years to win a singles medal and along with fitness The faith and passion maintained. You are a real champion and an inspiration to all.”

Won medal in 2018 too

Won medal in 2018 also

Saurav Ghoshal won the silver medal in the mixed doubles event along with Dipika Pallikal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. At CWG 2022, world number 15 Ghosal defeated the number 24 player 11-6, 11-1 and 11-4. In a single game, Willstrop of England failed to put pressure on Sourav. After winning the bronze medal, Saurav Ghoshal became very emotional and tears also fell from his eyes.

Sourav and Diya got married in 2017

Sourav and Diya got married in 2017

Saurav Ghoshal and Diya Pallikal got married on 1 February 2017. Diya is a graphic designer by profession. For information, let us tell you that Sourav has been participating in the Commonwealth Games since 2010. In 2014, he had missed out on winning the medal by a narrow margin. After this, he was out of the top-32 in 2018, but he did not give up and kept working hard. He was away from his family for a long time to practice for CWG 2022.





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