India’s star badminton player Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s father R Kasi Viswanatham died of a heart attack on Thursday. Satwik is currently in Delhi and was to participate in the 43rd PSPB Inter-Unit Badminton Tournament. But now he will return to Andhra Pradesh. The sad thing is that he was to receive the Khel Ratna Award today.
Indian shuttler Satwiksairaj Rankireddy's father R Kasi Viswanatham passed away of cardiac arrest on Thursday morning.
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R Kasi Viswanatham was a retired physical education teacher and was set to join Satwik for Khel Ratna award ceremony on Thursday. #Badminton pic.twitter.com/WUa69KP5kV
Satvik has achieved great success with Chirag
Let us tell you that Satwik Rankireddy has formed a doubles pair with Chirag Shetty and has achieved a lot of success at the international level. This pair will play together in the 2022 Asian Games, 2022 Commonwealth Games and 2023 Asian Championships.
Satwiksairaj holds a Guinness world record
The pair is the only Indian doubles pair to be ranked No. 1 in the BWF World Rankings and win a BWF World Tour Super 1000 title. Satwiksairaj also set a Guinness World Record in badminton two years ago when one of his smashes clocked a speed of 565 km/h.
