Episode 48. 75 Legendary women of India - Anitha Pauldurai

At the tender age of 19, Anitha Pauldurai became the youngest ever to captain India’s senior Basketball team. She captained the Indian team for 8 years and represented India at many big-ticket events like Asian Championship, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. She also led India to a silver medal finish at the Asian Indoor Games in 2009.

 

Playing for 18 years, Anitha has a record of 30 medals in national championships. Though she took a break in 2015 for her family, Anitha made a comeback in 2017 to play for the country. She was indeed the first woman basketball player to do so. For her huge contribution to this sport,

 

 

 

Newsbharati mentions Padma Shri awardee Anitha Pauldurai