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Team India's newly appointed head coach Rahul Dravid has pointed out his strategy in managing the squad, saying that training an Under-19 team and a result-oriented international one is different; there has to be a balance in making a team for the future and winning games.

Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid-led Indian cricket team landed in Johannesburg on Thursday evening for the team's upcoming 3-match series in Centurion, starting December 26 in a bid to win their first Test series in South Africa.

Badminton is a popular sport in India. One of the biggest events for this sport is the Premier Badminton League with players from around the world playing for the participating franchises. So, let's take a look at what the PBL entails.

India's Pro Kabaddi League started in 2014. This premier sporting event was inspired by the success of kabaddi in the 2006 Asian Games. Pro Kabaddi League has a franchisee model, and each team owner has paid roughly INR 1.5 crore to join the league. Pro Kabaddi's Season 8 was postponed due to the pandemic and was advanced to December 2021. Currently, all the matches of this kabaddi event are telecast by Star Sports, the sporting arm of Fox News.

Also called the Hero Super League, the Indian Super League is India's premier football league. Organized by the All India Football Federation, the ISL was founded on 21 October 2013.

The I-League, which began in 2007, is a professional league for Indian men's association football clubs. Since then, the tournament has featured 21 clubs and remains India's top football league, although the start of the Indian Super League is creating some concerns. The National Football League (NFL) was established in India in 1996 to professionalize the sport. The I-League, however, was founded after 11 seasons and swiftly surpassed the National Football League as the country's primary football league. I-League's purpose was to professionalize and popularize the sport so that it could be enjoyed by people throughout the country. In six out of the eight tournaments held so far, a team from Goa has won the competition and only twice has a team from outside Goa won the tournament.

The Khel Ratna Award, or Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, is India's highest honour an Indian athlete can hope to receive. This award was originally named after the former Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi. However, the Indian government renamed it after Major Dhyan Chand a few years ago.

The India Open Badminton Tournament was first founded in 1973. It ran intermittently until 1997. A total of 6 tournaments were held in 1973, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985 and 1997. Since 2008 it has been run as an annual event, although in different formats. From 2011, all the India Open badminton matches have taken place in the Siri Sports Complex in Delhi. 

The Indian Open Golf is an annual property of the Indian Golf Union. Launched in 1964, this event became part of the Asian Golf Circuit in 1970. In 1998, the Indian Open Golf affiliated to the rival Omega Circuit. Since 2015, this tournament has been recognized by the European Tour.

The Chennai Open is part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) circuit. This hard court tennis championship has been held every year since 1996. At present, it is the only tour-level tennis event held in India. It has featured some of the best players in the game, such as Rafael Nadal and Carlos Moya.