| JAIRAJ | Identify the surname of this Indian who conceptualised and produced the biopic, Saina. (6) |
| RACKET | Piece of equipment for Saina Nehwal or Lin Dan |
| NEHWAL | Badminton pro Saina |
| FLAHERTY | Robert J ___, American filmmaker who directed and produced the 1922 documentary film Nanook of the North |
| HIDEO | Kojima who directed and produced the video game "Death Stranding" |
| SOFIA | _ Coppola, directed, wrote and produced The Bling Ring (5) |
| BUMRAH | Identify the surname of this Indian cricketer who recently joined a very select group of bowlers to have taken 100 international wickets in all three formats of the game. (6) |
| NARINE | Identify the surname of this West Indian who recently became the first bowler to take 600 wickets in all T20s. (6) |
| NANDA | Identify the surname of this Indian athlete who won women's 200m gold in the 2016 South Asian Games, bronze at the 4x100m relay in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and participated in the 200m in the 20 |
| MADRAS | Now known as Chennai, the former name of this Indian city lives on in a style of curry |
| KOHLI | Identify the surname of this Indian cricketer who won the Player of the Series award in the recently held ODI series against South Africa. (5) |
| SHARMA | Indian who led the 2018 Wgcmexico Championship after rounds 2 and 3 (6) |
| RAJPUT | The Indian who is Zimbabwe's cricket head coach. (6) |
| ASHWIN | Indian who has dismissed both father and son in Tests. (6) |
| KAMBLI | Indian who scored two centuries as his team won a series in Sri Lanka for the first time in 1993 (6) |
| RANA | Identify the surname of this Indian cricketer who scored 35 in the second T20I vs Australia, coming in at 49 for 5. (4) |
| BOPANNA | Identify the surname of this Indian tennis doubles specialist who announced retirement recently. (7) |
| TAGORE | Indian who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature |
| RUPAL | Identify the first name of this Indian athlete who won the 4x400m women's relay and 4x400m mixed relay golds and silver in 400m at the 2025 Asian Athletic Championships in Gumi, in May 2025. (5) |
| PAWNEE | Indian who's always in hock? |
