India's athletes, on one page.

Inderjit Singh Bindra

Inderjit Singh Bindra (1941 or 1942 — 25 January 2026), also known as I. S. Bindra, was an Indian cricket administrator who was the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1993 to 1996.

Indrajeet Patel

Indrajeet Patel (born 15 January 1994) is an Indian long-distance runner who competes in distances ranging from 3000 metres to the half marathon. He won the national title in the 10,000 metres in 2012. He was the 5000 metres champion at the 2014 All-India Inter-State Championships and is twice a winner at the Mumbai Half Marathon.

Indrajit Kumar

Indrajit Kumar (born 21 October 1987) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Bihar in the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy on 20 November 2018.

Indrani Roy

Indrani Roy (born 5 September 1997) is an Indian cricketer. She plays for the Jharkhand women's cricket team in domestic tournaments in India. Roy started playing cricket at the age of 15, and cites MS Dhoni as her idol.

Indravijaysinhji

Rajkumar Shri Indravijaysinhji Dilawarsinhji Jadeja (24 April 1915 – 14 June 1981) was an Indian cricketer. A descendant of the ruling family of Nawanagar State, and a nephew of Ranjitsinhji, who played Test cricket for England, Indravijaysinhji was introduced to cricket at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot where most of his family had been educated. He went on to play Ranji Trophy matches for Western India, Nawanagar, and Saurashtra, captaining Nawanagar.

Indu Puri

Indu Puri (born 14 September 1953) is a former Indian international female Table tennis sportsperson in the 1970s and 1980s. She won the National women's singles title a record eight times. Her highest rankings have been: international 63 (1985), Asian 8, and Commonwealth (2), she was the first Indian woman to beat a world champion, beating Pak Yung-Sun of North Korea in the 1978 Asian Table Tennis Championships at Kuala Lumpur.

Indu Roy

Indu Bhushan Roy (born 5 November 1961) is an Indian former cricketer. He played 31 first-class matches for Bengal between 1987 and 1994.

Indumathi Kathiresan

Indumathi Kathiresan (born 5 June 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the India women's national football team.

Inunganbi Takhellambam

Inunganbi Takhellambam (born 24 January 1999) is an Indian judoka from Manipur. She competes in the middleweight −70 kg weight class.

Iqbal Abdulla

Sayed Iqbal Abdulla (born 2 December 1989) is an Indian cricketer who bowls orthodox spin and is a left-handed lower order batsmen. He plays for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy, and used to play for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. The major teams he has played in are: India A, India Green in the Challenger Trophy, India Under-19 cricket team, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai cricket team and Kerala cricket team.

Iqbal Siddiqui

Iqbal Siddiqui (born 26 December 1974) is a former Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He made his debut for Maharashtra in the 1992-93 Ranji Trophy.

Iqbaljit Singh Grewal

Iqbaljit Singh Grewal (born 4 November 1959) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Iqlas Naha

V. P Iqlas Naha (born 11 October 1994) is an Indian cricketer who represents Puducherry in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm fast-medium.

Iqra Rasool

Iqra Rasool (born 15 August 2000) is an Indian cricketer and also known as 'Baramulla's supergirl'. She hails from Dangiwacha, Rafiabad located in North Kashmir and represented Jammu and Kashmir at the U-19 and U-23 level. ’ (Hope.

Iresh Saxena

Iresh Saxena (born 14 March 1984) is an Indian former cricketer who played for Bengal. He made his first-class debut against Madhya Pradesh at Gwalior, 10–13 November 2008. He was signed by Kolkata Knight Riders for the Indian Premier League.

Irfan Khan

Irfan Khan (born 2 July 1988) is an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Services. He played in six first-class, ten List A, and twenty-one Twenty20 matches between 2009 and 2016.

Irfan Kolothum Thodi

Naib subedar Irfan Kolothum Thodi (born 8 February 1990) is an Indian athlete and Indian Army junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) from Malappuram, Kerala. Irfan had competed in the Federation Cup at Patiala, clocking a personal best of 1:2:09 in 2012. At the London 2012 Olympics, he set the Indian national record in the 20 km walk with a timing of 1:20:21 and ranked 10th.

Irfan Pathan

Irfan Pathan (born 27 October 1984) is an Indian cricket commentator, analyst and former player. He was a bowling all-rounder and member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup and 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Beginning his career as a fast-medium swing and seam bowler, Pathan broke into the national team soon after turning 19, and evoked comparisons with Pakistan's Wasim Akram with his promising performances and prodigious swing.

Irom Prameshwori Devi

Prameshwori Devi Irom (Meitei: Irom Prameshwori Devi, born 1 May 1989) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Sethu. She also formerly represented the India women's national team.

Irungbam Surkumar Singh

Surkumar Singh Irungbam (Meitei: Irungbam Surkumar Singh, born 21 March 1983) is an Indian footballer who played for the India national football team as a defender. Graduated out of the prestigious Tata Football Academy in 2000, he played for the Kolkata giants East Bengal, and later for United Sikkim in the 2nd Division of I-League. After impressing at under-16 level while playing for Manipur under-16 despite being only 13, Surkumar was hired by Tata Football Academy.

Isaac Monsoor

Isaac Mansoor (30 May 1929 – July 2006) was an Indian swimmer. He competed in men's 100 metre freestyle and the water polo tournaments at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Isha Lakhani

Isha Lakhani (born 29 April 1985) is an Indian former professional tennis player.

Ishaan Bhatnagar

Ishaan Bhatnagar (born 2 February 2002) is an Indian badminton player.

Ishan Debnath

Ishan Debnath (Bengali: ঈশান দেবনাথ; born 7 June 1991) is an Indian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Ishan Malhotra

Ishan Malhotra (born 22 May 1984 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir) is an Indian former cricketer who played for the Chandigarh Lions in the Indian Cricket League (ICL) having previously represented Punjab cricket team. He also played for the Maratha Arabians in the Abu Dhabi T10 league. He was a bowling all-rounder, who batted right-handed and played for Punjab between 2001 and 2007 before switching to the ICL.

Ishan Pandita

Ishan Pandita (born 26 May 1998) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the India national team and Indian Super League club FC Goa.

Ishan Porel

Ishan Porel (Bengali: ঈশান পোড়েল; born 5 September 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Bengal in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017. He made his first-class debut for Bengal in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on 9 November 2017.

Ishank Jaggi

Ishank Jaggi (born 27 January 1989) is an Indian cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a leg-break bowler who plays for Jharkhand. He was born in Bacheli.

Isharani Baruah

Isharani Baruah (born 4 January 2004) is an Indian badminton player.

Ishfaq Ahmed

Ishika Chaudhary

Ishika Chaudhary (born 15 April 2000) is an Indian field hockey player and a member of Indian women hockey team. She hails from Madhya Pradesh. She plays for Indian Oil Corporation Limited in the domestic hockey tournaments.

Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Ishpreet Singh Chadha (Hindi: इशप्रीत सिंह चढ्ढा, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season.

Ishtiaq Elahi

Ishtiaq Elahi (born 7 March 1998) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Jammu and Kashmir in the 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 6 February 2018.

Ishwar Chaudhary

Ishwar Chaudhary (born 10 July 1988) is an Indian cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Gujarat in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy on 23 November 2008. Ahead of the 2018–19 Ranji Trophy, he transferred from Gujarat to Sikkim.

Ishwar Pandey

Ishwar Chand Pandey (born 15 August 1989) is an Indian former cricketer who played for Madhya Pradesh. He was a right-arm medium-fast bowler who was the leading wicket-taker of the 2012–13 Ranji Trophy. He played for India A and was selected in the Indian Test and ODI squads for the New Zealand tour of 2014.

Israil Gurung

Israil Gurung (born 2 April 1989) is an Indian football coach and former player.

Israr Azim

Israr Azeem Khan (born 2 August 1990) is an Indian cricketer who played for Uttar Pradesh. He made his first class debut in the 2015–16 Ranji Trophy on 15 October 2015. He made his List A debut on 10 December 2015 in the 2015–16 Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Issac Vanmalsawma

Issac Vanmalsawma Chhakchhuak (born 15 September 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Ivan Jacob

Ivan Jacob (15 July 1925 – 5 February 2009) was an Indian sprinter. He competed in the men's 400 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Jacob won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1954 Asian Games.

Ivana Maria Furtado

Ivana Maria Furtado (born 16 March 1999) is a chess prodigy from Goa, India. She won the Under-8 World Youth Chess Championship twice in a row in 2006 and 2007, and won second place in the 2009 Under-10. Her FIDE Elo rating as of March 2019 is 2139, and she holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM).

Ivaturi Shivram

Ivaturi Shivram (born 23 July 1954) is a former Indian cricket umpire. He stood in nine ODI games from 1994 to 2002.

Ivor Mendonca

Leon Ivor Mendonca (13 July 1934 – 14 June 2014) was a Guyanese cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1962.

J Kousik

Jagatheesan Kousik (born 23 May 1995) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Tamil Nadu in domestic cricket. He is an all-rounder who bats right-handed and bowls right arm medium pace.

J. Arunkumar

Jagadeesh Arunkumar (born 18 January 1975) is an Indian cricket coach and former player. He served as head coach of the United States national cricket team from 2020 to 2022. He played for Karnataka from 1993 to 2008 as a right-handed opening batsman and also played one Indian Premier League (IPL) season for Royal Challengers Bangalore.

J. G. Greig

John Glennie Greig (24 October 1871 — 24 May 1958) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket administrator, British Army officer, racquets and tennis player, and Roman Catholic priest. Greig's military career spanned from 1892 to 1921, beginning with his commissioning into the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and eventual transfer to the British Indian Army. In British India, he held the appointments of aide-de-camp and military secretary to the Governor of Bombay.

J. Krishnaswamy

Jagannath Krishnaswamy (1932 – 6 November 1981), better known as "Kittu", was a former footballer who represented India as a forward at the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he scored once. He was vice-captain of the national team.

Jaahnavi Sriperambuduru

Jaahnavi Sriperambuduru is an Indian mountaineer and motivational speaker. She is on her mission to climb the highest peaks of all seven continents known as the Seven Summits and also to reach the farthest point on the globe "The South Pole" and "The North Pole". She is on her pursuit for the Grand Slam to become the youngest Girl in the World in her Phase I climbs.

Jabamani Tudu

Jabamani Tudu (born 10 April 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Indian Women's League club Nita and the India women's national football team.