From the ICC Cricket World Cup final to P V Sindhu's All England Championship gold in badminton, Business Standard brings you the top five sporting events that hooked fans in 2019
Win seen as sweet revenge after she lost to same rival in Glasgow
Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu won 22-20, 11-21, 21-18 in an hour and 22 minutes at the SK Handball Stadium
The Chinese Taipei world number two beat the Indian 21-16 21-16 in the quarterfinal, extending her head to head record to 12-5
Saina, the London Olympics bronze medallist, defeated eighth-seed South Korea's An Se Young 25-23, 21-12 in a match that lasted for 39 minutes.
Reigning world champion Sindhu, seeded sixth, took just 35 minutes to beat Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia 21-15 21-13 in the first round
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Sindhu scripted an incredible turnaround after being 9-18 down in the opening game to eventually outwit Bingjiao 21-19 21-19 in minutes and finish third in the group
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The 24 year-old Olympic silver medallist will face either 2013 world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand or 2017 winner Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the summit clash on Sunday
Intanon bounced back in the second game but Sindhu did not lose nerve and won it in a nail-biting finish to wrap up the match
PV Sindhu endorses 11 brands and is the face of a few public service campaigns
The Olympic silver medallist settled for another white metal following a 19-21 10-21 loss to Olympic champion Marin of Spain.
Sindhu clinched her fifth victory over the world number six Japanese
Sindhu failed to take a lead from there and eventually lost the first game 21-18 to Tai after making some unforced errors
Rio Olympics silver-medallist will be awarded the nation's third highest civilian award, for his contribution to the game
Sindhu had earlier also become the first Indian to win the Korea Super Series title
A year since she won the silver at Rio she has become the highest-paid endorser among woman athletes
India had one silver and four bronze in the World Championships before this edition
This has lifted India's spirit after Kidambi Srikanth's quarter-final exit in Glasgow