Eighteen-year-old Sawai Padmanabh Singh, a member of the erstwhile royal family of Jaipur has been selected in the Indian Polo team. Singh is the youngest ever polo player to represent India in a World Cup match. The XI World Cup Zonal Play Offs are scheduled to be held in Iran from 29 June to 7 July this year.
An elated Polo Player said “It is indeed gratifying to learn that I have been selected in the Indian Polo team to represent for the World Cup. I am further inspired to do my utmost for contributing to the game of polo and keeping the long-standing legacy of Jaipur for this game alive.” He studied at Mayo College in Ajmer and Millfield School in London where he excelled himself in the game of polo.
Interestingly last time India had won the World Cup was in France in 1957 under the captainship of late Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur. It is also to be noted that the present World Cup is now known as ‘Jaipur World Cup’. It was presented by late Sawai Bhawani Singh in Buenos Aires in 1982.
Incidentally, Padmanabh Singh is the second player from the erstwhile Jaipur Royal Family to represent the country in the World Cup. He is the Brand Ambassador for the leading and prestigious Argentinean leisure polo-centric company, La Martina.
Padmanabh Singh with an outstanding polo skills and performance in the past few years his handicap has risen to +2. The other players selected in the team are: Lt. Col. Ravi Rathore (+5); Abhimanuyu Pathak (+5); Angad Kalaan (+4); Siddhant Sharma (+3) and Pranav Kapur (+2). The team will leave for conditioning cum coaching programme shortly.
Published 21 May 2017, 11:52 IST