Badminton superstar as well as loving father to daughter Deepika – Prakash Padukone and retired batsman Rahul Dravid recently launched the Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence in Bengaluru. Sporting legends like shooter Abhinav Bindra, chess champion Vishwanathan Anand, and billiards expert Geet Sethi also graced the event and spoke about the importance of a high tech sports faculties in India.

Mr. Padukone’s daughter, Deepika was also present along with her rumoured partner Ranveer Singh. Deepika gave a warm and emotional speech about her father and Ranveer gave us a peek into the event with a series of selfies on his Insta stories, posing with the renowned sportsmen.

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Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence[PDCSE]—this is by far the BEST thing that could’ve happened to Indian Sport! Congratulations! #PrakashPadukone #RahulDravid #VivekKumar

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