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Akshay Kumar shares his badminton moment with PV Sindhu

India Blooms News Service | | Aug 20, 2016, at 10:13 pm

Mumbai, Aug 20 (IBNS): As Indian badminton sensation PV Sindhu won silver at the Rio Olympics, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar shared an old picture with her on his Twitter page.

He thanked the young badminton player for making the 'cricket obsessed nation' watch her final match on Friday.

Sharing the picture, Kumar tweeted: "Always knew u were an achiever.U managed to convert a cricket obsessed nation to watch badminton @Pvsindhu1! #proud."

Sindhu lost the final match of the women's singles event at the Rio Olympics to settle for silver.

Image: Akshay Kumar Twitter page

#PV Sindhu #Akshay Kumar #Olympics #Rio #PV Sindhu silver

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