Who Are T.T.V. Namboori, S.Viswanadh? Why Do some of India Players Have Unfamiliar Names at Asian Games?
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Who are T.T.V. Namboori, S.Viswanadh? Why do some of India players have unfamiliar names at Asian Games?
India defeated Pakistan at the Asian Games 2026 to clinch the gold medal. They produced a dominant show with the bat, followed by some nervous time in the field, but the bowling unit did enough to clinch a 19-run win at the Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin. Meanwhile, what was interesting at the Asian Games was the names of some of the players. For example, the fans were left confused seeing TTV Namboori, S Viswanadh and Mani Shanker in the playin…
Who is TTV Namboori? When India's Asian Games scorecard looked like a different team
India's Asian Games cricket scorecard had fans doing a double take: S Vishwanadh, TTV Namboori and W S Mani Sundar sounded like Cricket 07 throwbacks. Except they were actually Sanju Samson, Tilak Varma and Washington Sundar.
During the semi-final between India and Sri Lanka at the Asian Games, the players' names appeared on the scorecards with different names. S. Vishwanath, T.T.V. Namboodiri, and W.S. Mani Shankar appeared on the scorecards. Was this a broadcasting error? Let's find out why this happened.
Nishin: India won the gold medal by defeating Pakistan by 19 runs in the Asian Games cricket final. This is India's second consecutive Asian Games gold. Chasing a target of 212 runs set by India, Pakistan scored 192 runs for the loss of six wickets.
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