‘Hero-style, hates to lose’: Meet 17-year-old shuttler who clinched a rare win over China
ANMOL KHARB loves a good one-liner, and doesn’t particularly care about traditional festivals if they come in the way of her badminton practice. On Diwali, she demanded to know from coach Kusum Singh why she couldn’t pack in a morning training session when all the revelry and fireworks happen in the evening. And on Rakshabandhan, she coolly declared, “I’ll protect myself. I don’t need rakhi.”At Shah Alam in Malaysia on Wednesday, though, the 17-year-old playing India’s fifth match and third singles gave her teammates and coaches plenty of reasons to break into noisy celebrations. Tied at 2-2, Anmol kept an icy cool temperament and hit consistent winners to defeat Chinese Wu Luo Yu 22-20, 14-21, 21-18 and nick a rare 3-2 team victory against China at the Badminton Asia Team Championships...