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Indian idols

Young guns blazed gloriously in 2005, stealing the limelight from seasoned campaigners. Their fighting spirit and charisma bowled over even their illustrious rivals. Majestic in victory and dignified in defeat, they won hearts wherever they played

 


Simply Sania: She took the tennis world by storm with her attitude and power-packed game, Match-winners: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (left) and Irfan Pathan embodied the new face of Indian cricket: confident, aggressive and flamboyant Track queen: Manjit Kaur won the 400m and 4x400m gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championship and was rewarded with a promotion by the Punjab Police

(Left to right) Simply Sania: She took the tennis world by storm with her attitude and power-packed game, Match-winners: Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Irfan Pathan embodied the new face of  Indian cricket: confident, aggressive and flamboyant Track queen: Manjit Kaur won the 400m and 4x400m gold medals at the Asian Athletics Championship and was rewarded with a promotion by the Punjab Police


Narain Karthikeyan and Viswanathan Anand  


Shiv Kapur Mahesh Bhupathi Mary Pierce


Jhanu Hansda

Mithali Raj
Big stride: Led by Mithali Raj, the Indian women’s cricket team reached the final of the World Cup, their best-ever performance, and thumped England in a home series
Pankaj Advani Sahaj Grover (left) and N. Srinath
DOUBLE DELIGHT: Teenager Pankaj Advani became the first Indian to win both the points and time format titles at the World Billiards Championship.
 		Wunderkinds: Sahaj Grover (left) and N.Wunderkinds: Sahaj Grover and N. Srinath won the under-10 and under-12 chess world titles, respectively Srinath won the under-10 and under-12 chess world titles, respectively.


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