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nPratima Singh isna talented basketball player. She is currently a member of Indian Women NationalnBasketball Team. She is known for her strong defending skills on the courtnapart from her ability to jump high. It is quite unfortunate the general masses came to know about her only after she got married with Ishant Sharma. In the sports arena, she has brought more repute to India than that of Ishant Sharma.
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nThere are twonfamilies in India where you can see the power of Indian girls. The first isnMahavir Singh Phogat and his three daughters. They have done exceptionally wellnas a wrestler at international level games. Aamir Khan starrer Danggal is basednon Phogat family. The other is the Singh Family of Varanasi where Pratima Singhnwas born. It should be noted that Pratima is the youngest of five sisters. Shenhas also one brother. And, all of these six siblings have played basketball atnnational and international level. Particularly, the five sisters have madenIndia proud in their chosen field. They are collectively known as SinghnSisters.
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nPratima Singhnwas in news for her relationship with cricketer Ishant Sharma. The couple isngoing to be married in December.
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nProfile ofnPratima Singh
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nPratima Singhnwas born on 6th February, 1990 in Varanasi. She did her initialnschooling from Varanasi and later shifted to Delhi with her family. It wasnnatural for her to show interest in the Basketball as three of her eldernsisters were already creating ripples across the country with their skills onnthe Basketball court.
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nPratima stolenthe lime light while studying in the Delhi University. She played brilliantlynin the Inter-University tournament and in no time started to be considered anworthy member of the national team where four of her sisters were alreadynplaying.
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nSisters ofnPratima Singh
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nFollowing arenfour sisters of Pratima, or well, four sister-in-law of Ishant Sharma:
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n– nPriyankanSingh (currently, a Basketball Coach)
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n– nDivyanSingh (U-16 Basketball Coach)
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n– nPrashantinSingh (Captain of Indian Basketball Women Team)
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n– nAkankshanSingh (Member of Indian Women Basketball Team)
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nNeedless to say,nPratima Singh is also a member of the national team.
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nParents ofnPratima Singh
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nThe name ofnPratima parents are Gauri Shanker Singh and Urmila Singh. Her brother’s name isnVikram Solanki. Needless to say, her father is one of the most proud fathers ofnIndia, and particularly for the achievements of his daughters.
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nBoyfriend ofnPratima Singh
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nPratima Singhngot into in a relationship for the first time when Ishant Sharma proposed hernand she accepted it after discussing with her sisters. Ishant was her firstnboyfriend who is soon going to become her husband.
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