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Why, before Satwik-Chirag, India struggled to find a world-beating men’s doubles pair

25/08/2023 10:09 PM | Click to read full article

It was the parallel game at great speed that would hit them like a blitzing storm in the face, recalls Jaseel Ismail, one of India’s finest doubles names from the past. Now 50, Ismail remembers Indian men’s doubles pairings trying to assert their own game – fairly decent angled attacks and defence with great control from the backcourt – but coming a cropper. There are many reasons why Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty took so long to emerge.

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