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B. Kalyanasundaram
B. Kalyanasundaram (born 12 August 1947) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who represented Tamil Nadu and Kerala. He later worked as a selector for Tamil Nadu Cricket Association and the director of Chennai Super Kings Ltd.
B. P. Govinda
Billimoga Puttaswamy Govinda (born 4 March 1951) was an Indian field hockey player who played as a forward, and a former captain of the Indian national team.
B. R. Meenakshi
B. R. Meenakshi (born 20 September 1979) is an Indian badminton player.
B. R. Sankeerth
B. R. Sankeerth (born 22 December 1997) is an Indian-born Canadian badminton player. Sankeerth started playing badminton when he was young in Karnataka, India. He had shown his potential as a badminton player by finishing as a runner-up at the U-13 SBM State-ranking junior badminton championship.
B. Ramprakash
BowlerBhaskaran Ramprakash (born 18 December 1966 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is a retired Indian first class cricketer, who played for Kerala. He was a right arm off-break bowler and a right-handed middle order batsman. He played 64 first class matches, and took 233 wickets including 16 five wicket hauls.
B. S. Chandrasekhar
BowlerBhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar (informally Chandra; born 17 May 1945) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a leg spinner. S. Prasanna, Bishen Singh Bedi and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan constituted the Indian spin quartet that dominated spin bowling during the 1960s and 1970s.
B. Sathianathan
Sathianathan s/o R. Bhaskran (9 May 1958 – 18 July 2023), also known as Coach Sathia, was a Malaysian football coach and player. His final coaching role was with Sarawak United in the Malaysia Super League, having previously coached the Malaysia and the under-23 team.
B. Sumeeth Reddy
B. Sumeeth Reddy (born 26 September 1991) is an Indian former badminton player. He was part of Indian team that clinched the gold medals in the 2016 and 2019 South Asian Games, and also claimed the men's doubles gold with Manu Attri in 2016. Reddy competed at the 2014 Asian Games, 2018 Asian Games; and at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event, the first Indian to make it to Men's doubles event at the Olympics (along with Manu Attri) He retired from playing in March 2025 and became a doubles coach.
B. V. Satyanarayan
Bondata Venkata Satyanarayan (9 May 1935 – 23 April 2004) was an Indian athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.
B. Vijayakrishna
BowlerBharanaiah Vijayakrishna (12 October 1949 – 17 June 2021) was an Indian cricketer who played for Karnataka. In his fifteen-year career as a left arm spinner and a left handed batsman, he played 80 first class matches in which he scored over 2000 runs and took 194 wickets.
Baba Aparajith
All-rounderBaba Aparajith (born 8 July 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder. He is a right-handed batsman and off break bowler, who plays first-class cricket for Kerala having previously represented Tamil Nadu. He played for the India Under-19 cricket team in the 2012 Under-19 World Cup.
Baba Indrajith
BatterBaba Indrajith (born 8 July 1994) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Tamil Nadu cricket team. Indrajith is a right hand batsman and legbreak bowler and an occasional wicket-keeper. He plays first-class cricket for Tamil Nadu.
Baba Prithvirajendar Singh Bedi
Baba Prithvirajendar Singh Bedi (born 1967) is an Indian professional skeet shooter and has represented India at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 in Australia and in Glasgow in 2014. He has represented India in several world cups and Asian shooting championships.
Babina Devi Lisham
Babina Devi Lisham (Meitei: Lisham Babina Devi, 1 February 2005) is an Indian professional footballer from Manipur who plays as a midfielder for the Indian Women's League club Sethu and the India women's national football team.
Babita Kumari
Babita Kumari Phogat (born 20 November 1989) is a former Indian professional wrestler and a politician from the state of Haryana. She is a multiple Commonwealth Games medalist, winning the gold medal in 2014 Commonwealth Games, and silver medals at the 2010 and 2018 Commonwealth Games. When she won the 2014 Commonwealth gold medal, she became the second Indian women wrestler to win a Commonwealth gold after her sister Geeta Phogat, who had won it in 2010.
Babita Mandlik
BatterBabita Mandlik (born 16 July 1981) is an Indian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 3 One Day International and 2 Twenty20 Internationals for India from 2003 to 2010. She has played state cricket for Madhya Pradesh, Railways and Delhi.
Baboo Nimal
Baburao Narsanna Nimal (17 February 1905 – 20 February 1998) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Indian team which won the gold medal at the 1936 Olympic Games. He played all the matches in the Olympics (including the final) as a Center Half.
Babu Lall
Babu Lall (c. 1924 – 16 May 1953) was an Indian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Babu Mani
Babu Mani (c. 1963 – 19 November 2022) was an Indian footballer who played for India as a forward in the 1984 AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Mohun Bagan. He also played for East Bengal under the coaching of Syed Nayeemuddin.
Babul Datta
This is a list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A or Twenty20 cricket for Tripura cricket team. The team plays in Indian domestic cricket and was granted first-class status in 1985.
Babul Phukan
Babul Phukan (1 May 1968 – 14 December 2013) was an Indian footballer from Assam.
Baburao Yadav
BatterBaburao Algu Yadav (born 6 November 1982) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Vidarbha cricket team and Railways cricket team and for Ahmedabad Rockets and Hyderabad Heroes in Indian Cricket League . He is right-hand batsman who can bowl right-arm medium pace. He was born at Chandrapur.
Bachendri Pal
Bachendri Pal (born 24 May 1954) is an Indian mountaineer. She is the first Indian woman to climb the summit of the world's highest mountain, Mount Everest. She is a recipient of the third highest civilian award in India, Padma Bhushan.
Badathala Adisekhar
Badathala Adisekhar (born 14 April 1964) is an Indian weightlifter. He competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
Badre Alam
Badre Alam (born 7 May 1992) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Mumbai.
Bahadur Kapadia
Bahadur Edulji Kapadia (9 April 1900 – 1 January 1973) was an Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1920 to 1935.
Bahadur Prasad
Bahadur Prasad Singh (born 1 September 1965) is a former Indian middle distance runner. He held the national record in 5000 metres. 70) in Birmingham, England, on 27 July 1992, when finishing second behind Jack Buckner at the 1992 AAA Championships.
Bahadur Singh
Bahadur Singh Sagoo (born 7 May 1973) is an Indian former shot putter who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri.
Bahadur Singh Chauhan
Bahadur Singh Chauhan, born on 8 February 1946 in a Sikh Rajput family is a former Indian shot putter. Between 1973 and 1985 he won three gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the Asian Games and Championships. He placed 15th at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and was honoured with Arjuna award and Padma Shri.
Bajrang Lal Takhar
Bajrang Lal Takhar (born 5 January 1981) is a retired Indian rower and coach. He is the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in rowing at the Asian Games. Previously, he won a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
Bakshish Singh
Bakshish Singh (14 June 1928 – 21 September 1970) was an Indian field hockey player who won the gold medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He studied at Khalsa College, Amritsar and served in the Punjab Police from 1948 to 1961. He was also part of the team that won the silver medal in the 1958 Asian Games.
Bal Dani
All-rounderHemachandra Tukaram "Bal" Dani (24 May 1933 – 19 December 1999) was an Indian Test cricketer. Bal Dani was predominantly a right-handed batsman. He could also bowl medium pace and later turned to off and leg breaks.
Bal Kadbet
Balkrishna V. Kadbet (4 December 1925 – 26 June 2010) was an Indian cricketer who played 11 first-class matches for Associated Cement Company between 1961 and 1971. After attending Poddar College, where he captained the cricket team, Kadbet joined Associated Cement Company, working there in administration and playing in the company cricket team for more than 25 years.
Bal Pandit
Bal Jagannath Pandit (24 July 1929 – 17 September 2015) was an Indian cricketer, writer and broadcaster.
Bala Murali
Krishna Swamy Bala Murali (born 31 May 1969) is a former Indian cricket umpire. He stood in three ODI games from 1994 to 1997.
Balachandra Akhil
BowlerBalachandra Akhil (born 7 October 1977) is an Indian former cricketer and cricket commentator who played for Karnataka . He is a right-handed middle-order batsman a medium-fast bowler . he was a part of the Karnataka Under-19 team for the 1995 Cooch Behar Trophy and became a part of the Karnataka State cricket team in 1998.
Balaidas Chatterjee
Balaidas Chatterjee (Bengali: বলাইদাস চ্যাটার্জি; 10 March 1900 – 1974) was an Indian footballer and football manager, who played predominantly as defender. He became the first head coach of the India national team and guided them at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. During his playing days, Chatterjee played for Mohun Bagan in various domestic competitions.
Balaji Guttula
Balaji Guttula (born 20 May 1979) is an Indian chess player holding FIDE Master and FIDE Trainer title. He achieved his peak rating of 2320 in 2005 and was conferred with the title of FIDE Master in 2009. He has coached and mentored many students like Kush Bhagat, Shiven Khosla, and Suhaani Lohia in a coaching career spanning over two decades.
Balaji Rao
Wandavasi Dorakanti Balaji Rao (born 4 March 1978) is an Indian-Canadian former cricketer who played 10 One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals for Canada between 2008 and 2011. Earlier in his career, he made appearances for the India national under-19 cricket team.
Balasundra Vajravelu
Balasundra Vajravelu (died 28 June 2007) was an Indian association football player who played in the 1948 Olympics.
Balbir Singh
Balbir Singh Grewal (born 21 September 1945), also known as Balbir Singh (Railways), is a retired Indian field hockey player. He played for Railways in the Indian Senior National Hockey Championship. He was part of the Indian teams that won the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games and silver medal at the 1970 Asian Games.
Balbir Singh Kular
Colonel Balbir Singh Kular, VSM (born 5 April 1945) is an Indian field hockey player (half-back). His surname is also spelled as Kullar or Khullar. Balbir Singh was born in the Sansarpur village of the Jalandhar district, and later settled in the Jalandhar city.
Balbir Singh Kullar
Sardar Balbir Singh Kullar (8 August 1942 – 28 February 2020) was an Indian field hockey player and a Punjab Police officer. Alternative spellings of his last name include Khullar. Balbir Singh was born in the Sansarpur village of the Jalandhar district.
Balbir Singh, Sr.
Balbir Singh Dosanjh (10 October 1924 – 25 May 2020), known as Balbir Singh Sr., was an Indian field hockey player and coach. He won three Olympic gold medals with India, at London 1948, Helsinki 1952 and Melbourne 1956.
Balchander Anirudh
Balchander Anirudh (born 2 September 1994) is an Indian first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad. He made his Twenty20 debut for Hyderabad in the 2016–17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 29 January 2017.
Baldeep Singh
Baldeep Singh (born 17 August 1982) is an Indian footballer who plays for Air India as a defender in I-League. He is often referred to as "Baldeep Singh Senior" to avoid confusion with another former JCT player Baldeep Singh "Junior".
Baldeep Singh
Baldeep Singh (born 6 February 1987 in Hoshiarpur, Punjab) is an Indian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Baldev Singh
Baldev Singh (born c. 1920) was an Indian athlete. He competed in the men's long jump and the men's decathlon at the 1948 Summer Olympics.