Sonu Kumar rides the Pickleball wave
In the small town of Dhanbad, a little boy picked up a padel as a means to kill time with his friends. Little did he know at the time that the lesser known sport would take him on a life-changing journey. Jharkhand-based Pickleball professional Sonu Kumar Vishwarma might have had an unlikely inception into the sport, but he has now made a name for himself. The 22-year-old just finished his first season with the Chennai Super Champs at the World Pickleball League, and while the team might have had a rough time, Sonu is here to stay. Unlikely beginning Sonu Kumar’s pickleball journey began unconventionally, on the rooftop of an inoperable hospital in Dhanbad. At a time when the sport had little recognition in India, he and his friends built a makeshift court and played purely for the love of the game. “When I started pickleball, it wasn’t much of a craze, but somehow, I got attached to the sport and started playing it for fun,” he said, in an interview with The Bridge. What …
