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Rupesh Kumar
Rupesh Kumar K. T. (born 31 August 1979) is an Indian badminton player from Kerala, born in Sirpur, Telangana.
Rupinder Pal Singh
Rupinder Pal Singh (born 11 November 1990) is an Indian former field hockey player, who represented the India national field hockey team. He plays as a fullback and is known for his abilities as one of the best drag flickers in the world. He represented India in the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow, 2014 Asian Games at Incheon, 2016 Olympic Games held at Rio de Janeiro, and at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, held at Gold Coast, Australia.
Rushabh Rathod
Rushabh Rathod (born 25 July 1994) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Vidarbha in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 25 February 2017. He made his Twenty20 debut for Vidarbha in the 2018–19 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on 27 February 2019.
Rushmi Chakravarthi
Rushmi Chakravarthi (Telugu: రుష్మి చక్రవర్తి; born 9 October 1977) is an Indian former professional tennis player. She won a record 52 ITF titles, the highest number set by an Indian female player. She turned professional, after playing in the first round of the WTA Tour tournament Sunfeast Open, held at Kolkata in September 2005.
Rusi Jeejeebhoy
Rusi Ardeshir Jeejeebhoy (born 2 December 1942) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Bengal between 1965 and 1973. Jeejeebhoy was born into a Parsi family and was educated at Calcutta Boys' School and the University of Calcutta.
Rusi Modi
Rustomji Sheriyar Modi (11 November 1924 – 17 May 1996) was an Indian cricketer who played for the India national cricket team from 1946 to 1952. Modi belonged to Parsi community. His test career started at Lord's in India's first test in England in their tour of England in 1946.
Rusi Surti
All-rounderRusi Framroze Surti (25 May 1936 – 13 January 2013) was an Indian cricketer who played in 26 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He was a left-arm medium pace and left-arm spin bowler and a lower-order batsman. Surti was also a popular professional for Haslingden in the Lancashire League in 1959.
Rustam Sarang
Rustam Sarang (born 12 December 1988) is an Indian weightlifter who placed seventh in the Men's 62 kg weight class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Glasgow.
Rustom Cooper
Rustom Sorabji "Rusi" Cooper (14 December 1922 – 31 July 2023) was an Indian first-class cricketer and lawyer.
Rustomji Jamshedji
BowlerRustomji Jamshedji Dorabji Jamshedji (18 November 1892 – 5 April 1976) was an Indian Test cricketer of the 1930s. Jamshedji was a little left-arm spinner who played a single Test for India. He made his debut at the age of 41 years and 27 days and is still the oldest Indian on his Test debut.
Rutaparna Panda
Rutaparna Panda (born 7 May 1999) is an Indian badminton player. She was selected to be part of the Indian team for the 2018 Asian Games. Here, she and her partner Arathi Sara Sunil were defeated in the round of 32 by the Thai doubles team.
Ruthvika Shivani
Ruthvika Shivani Gadde (Telugu: గద్దె రుత్విక శివాని; born 26 March 1997) is an Indian badminton player who plays mixed doubles. She trains at the Gopichand Badminton Academy.
Rutuja Bhosale
Rutuja Sampatrao Bhosale (born 27 March 1996) is an Indian tennis player. She made her debut for India Fed Cup team in 2012, the same year, she achieved her highest junior ranking of world No. 55. Bhosale, the former Indian number one in the WTA doubles rankings, attended Texas A&M University and graduated with a degree in Human Resources and Tourism management in 2017.
Rutuja Pisal
Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (born 28 November 2002) is an Indian field hockey player from Maharashtra. She plays for the India women's national field hockey team as a forward. She plays for Union Bank of India and Hockey Maharashtra in the domestic tournaments.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
BatterRuturaj Dashrat Gaikwad (born 31 January 1997) is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India national cricket team. He is a right-handed top order batter. He captained the Indian team that won the gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games.
Ruturaj Sinh Sisodia
Rituraj Rajeev Singh (born 19 October 1990) is an Indian cricketer who plays first-class cricket for Rajasthan. He is from Jaipur, Rajasthan. Rituraj made his debut for Rajasthan in 2011/12 season.
Ryan Ninan
Ryan Behanan Ninan (born 19 November 1985) is an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka, Goa and Royal Challengers Bangalore. He moved to Melbourne in January 2014 for higher education and has been representing Kingston Hawks CC in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition since then. He was granted Australian permanent resident status in July 2017 and Cricket Australia, Cricket Victoria and Greg Chappell were instrumental in it being approved.
Ryan Williams
Ryan Dale Williams (born 28 October 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for Indian Super League club Bengaluru FC. Born in Australia, and a former Australian international, he represents the India national team.
Rythym Sangwan
Rhythm Sangwan (born 29 November 2003) is an Indian sport shooter who usually competes in 10 meter air pistol and 25 meter pistol. She has won medals in Shooting World Cups and Shooting Championship at junior as well as at senior level. She won the gold as part of India team in the women’s 25m pistol team event at the Asian Games along with Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh.
S Sreesanth
BowlerShanthakumaran Nair Sreesanth (born 6 February 1983) is an Indian former cricketer and film actor who played all formats of the game for his country. He is a right-arm fast-medium-pace bowler and a right-handed tail-ender batsman. In first class cricket, he played for Kerala.
S. Abdul Hamid
S. Abdul Hamid (1907–22 October 1985), also known as Major S. A. Hamid, was a British Indian track and field athlete. Hamid ran in the 110 metres hurdles and the 400 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics at Amsterdam but did not progress from his heat in either race. He was also scheduled to run in the 400 metres and the 4 × 400 metres relay but did not start in either event.
S. Apoorva
Saikumar Apoorva (born 1981) also popularly known by her short name S. Apoorva also spelt as either S. Apoorwa or S. Appoorwa is an Indian carrom player and a defending carrom world champion in women's singles. She also currently works as a senior administrative officer in Life Insurance Corporation of India. She is also the first world champion in any sport to have emerged from the city of Hyderabad.
S. B. Kulkarni
Sudhakar Kulkarni (16 June 1937 – 30 May 2011) was an Indian cricket umpire. At the international level, he stood in one Test match, between India and Sri Lanka, in 1990, and five ODI games between 1986 and 1988.
S. Dhopade Swapnil
Swapnil Dhopade (born 5 October 1990) is an Indian chess grandmaster. In 2016, he became the first grandmaster from the Vidarbha region and the fifth from Maharashtra. 5/9 at the Isle of Man International Masters tournament.
S. Ilavazhagi
S. Ilavazhagi also known as S. Ilavazhaki (born 1984) is an Indian who has twice won the carrom world cup. She is considered one of the finest carrom players to have represented India at international level from Tamil Nadu state after A. Maria Irudayam.
S. K. Bansal
Shyam Kumar Bansal (born 7 July 1940) is an Indian former international cricket umpire. Besides umpiring in domestic matches, he officiated in six Test matches and 30 One Day Internationals from 1993 to 2001. He also umpired in one women's Test match, and two women's ODIs.
S. K. Girdhari
Surjuram Kahojia Girdhari (14 April 1920 – 15 April 2006) played first-class cricket in India from 1940 to 1960, and then played club cricket in England.
S. K. Kamaruddin
S. K. Kamaruddin (born 25 July 1992) is an Indian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Andhra in the 2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 6 March 2017.
S. K. Raghunatha Rao
S. K. Raghunatha Rao (10 November 1922 – 13 December 1991) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in seven Test matches between 1961 and 1967.
S. K. Sharma
S. K. Sharma (10 June 1952 – 17 April 2015) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in ten ODI games from 1993 to 2002.
S. K. Uthappa
Sannuvanda Kushalappa Uthappa (born 2 December 1993) is an Indian professional field hockey player who plays as an attacking midfielder for the India national team and Kalinga Lancers at the Hockey India League. S. K. Uthappa made his international debut in 2012 and has since made over 100 appearances for the national team. He was a part of the team that won silver at the 2016 Champions Trophy.
S. L. Akshay
S. L. Akshay (30 April 1987 – 24 May 2026) was an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka. He made his first-class debut in the 2011–12 Ranji Trophy. Akshay died of a heart attack on 24 May 2026, at the age of 39.
S. L. Narayanan
Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan (born 10 January 1998) is an Indian chess player. He earned the title of Grandmaster in 2015 and is the 41st Grandmaster from India. As of January 2026, he is ranked No.
S. N. Hanumantha Rao
S. N. Hanumantha Rao (4 September 1929 – 29 July 2013) was an Indian cricket umpire. At the international level, Rao stood in nine Test matches from 1978 to 1983 and two ODI games between 1981 and 1982. Rao made his first-class umpiring debut aged 29, in the 1958–59 edition of the Ranji Trophy.
S. R. Bose
Sukha Bose (1 November 1930 – 12 October 2008) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, between India and Pakistan, in 1983, and two ODI games, in 1983 and 1984.
S. R. Ramchandra Rao
S. R. Ramchandra Rao (16 September 1931 – 11 June 2017) was an Indian cricket umpire. In his international umpiring career, he stood in one Test match in 1987 and three ODI games between 1983 and 1987.
S. Ravindhron
S. Ravindhron (born 9 November 1952) is a former Indian cricket umpire. In his international umpiring career, he has only stood in one ODI game, in 1986.
S. S. Narayan
Shankar Subramaniam Narayan (12 November 1934 – 5 August 2021), also known as S. S. "Babu" Narayan, was a footballer who represented India as a goalkeeper at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games.
S. V. Kumaraswamy
S. V. Kumaraswamy (born 17 February 1918) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. England, in 1961.
S. V. Sunil
Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil (born 6 May 1989) is an Indian former field hockey player who played for the Indian national team. He represented India during the 2012 London Olympics and won silver with them at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. He received the Arjun Award in 2017.
S. Vasudevan
Santhanaraman Vasudevan, usually known as S. Vasudevan (born 12 December 1955 in Madras) is a former Tamil Nadu cricketer. He captained Tamil Nadu to a win in the 1987–88 Ranji Trophy.
S. Venkataraghavan
BowlerSrinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (born 21 April 1945), also known as Venkat, is an Indian former international cricketer and umpire. He was a right arm off break bowler and a lower order batter. He captained the Indian cricket team in test cricket and also at the first two ICC Cricket World Cups in 1975 and 1979.
S.P. Sethuraman
Sethuraman Panayappan Sethuraman (born 25 February 1993 in Chennai) is an Indian chess grandmaster.
Saad Bin Jung
Saad Bin Jung (born 26 October 1960) is a former Indian cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1978 to 1984. He is now a conservationist and lives in his village of Mangala near Bandipur in Karnataka, India, whilst his children manage his wildlife resort, The Bison, on the Kabini River in South India.
Saba Anjum Karim
Saba Anjum (born 12 June 1985) is an Indian former field hockey player, who has represented the India women's national field hockey team. She was the youngest of all participants in the hockey competition at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. She first played for India in the under-18 AHF Cup in 2000.
Saba Karim
WicketkeeperSyed Saba Karim (born 14 November 1967) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a wicket-keeper. Karim has also served in the corporate sector.
Sabari Karthik
Sabari Karthik (born 30 March 1990) is an Indian karateka. He has represented India in international karate tournaments, including the 16th 2010 Asian Games in China, the Malaysian Open (silver medal), and the first South Asian championship in Delhi.
Sabas Saleel
Shahabaz Saleel (born 31 May 1990) is an Indian footballer who plays for All India Sevens side Fifa Manjeri. Prior to now he played for Indian Football clubs Viva Kerala FC a first time and ONGC. He is known for his crossing ability, and his work ethic leadership.