Sunder Deodhar (married name Sunder Patwardhan) is a female

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player from India. She is the daughter of India's cricket player

D. B. Deodhar Dinkar Balwant Deodhar (14 January 1892 – 24 August 1993) was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948. Cricket career Deodhar was born in Poona (now Pune), British India. He was a professor of Sanskrit at Pune ...

Career

Sunder Deodhar won her first

national title A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, indi ...

in 1942 in the women's doubles with her sister

Tara Deodhar Tara Deodhar (born 1924) is a badminton and tennis player from India. She is the daughter of India's cricket legend D. B. Deodhar. Education In 1946, Deodhar studied at the University of Wisconsin. Career Tara Deodhar won her first national titl ...

. Between 1942 and 1954 the Deodhar sisters, Suman, Sunder, and Tara, dominated the

Indian National Badminton Championships The Indian National Badminton Championships is a tournament organized to crown the best badminton players in India since 1934. Until the 1960s, foreign players could compete in the championships, which is why the winners' lists includes Malaysians ...

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Indian female badminton players Indian national badminton champions Living people Sportswomen from Maharashtra Marathi people 20th-century Indian women 20th-century Indian people Year of birth missing (living people) Racket sportspeople from Maharashtra {{India-badminton-bio-stub