Today is shuttler Saina Nehwal’s birthday and though the lass has not been in her best form for a while now, she is not short of fans.
Her list of achievements is very impressive if you just count,
- Olympic Bronze medalist
- Former World No.1
- Twice World Championship medalist
- Commonwealth Games Winner
- World Junior Champion
- All England Silver medalist
So, the whoswho of the Indian sporting fraternity to actors and politicians everyone is jostling for space on her super busy timeline today. A quick look at her Twitter timeline shows it is bursting with good wishes and congratulatory notes posted from Indians all over the world.
One of the first ones to Tweet his good wishes was none other than, Sachin Tendulkar who wrote,
Happy birthday, @NSaina! An inspiration to millions out there. Your contribution towards the sport has been immense. May you continue to reach greater heights of success in your life. pic.twitter.com/zssqu4sc3k
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 17, 2018
The Andhra CM, N Chandrababu Naidu wrote,
Warm birthday wishes to the badminton champion @NSaina. May God bless you with health and many more inspirational achievements.
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) March 17, 2018
Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee tweeted,
Wishing @NSaina a very happy birthday
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 17, 2018
The legendary athlete PT Usha wrote,
A very happy birthday to you @NSaina 💜 god bless you. Sending you lots of love and power. Wishing you all the happiness and success.
— P.T. Usha (@PTUshaOfficial) March 17, 2018
Gymnast Dipa Karmakar Tweeted,
Happy birthday @NSaina 🤗 sending you loads of love and warm wishes.
— Dipa Karmakar (@DipaKarmakar) March 17, 2018
Ex_Indian cricket skipper Saurav Ganguly wrote,
Wishing the pride of our nation, @NSaina a very happy birthday. Keep up your great work 👍
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) March 17, 2018
Another favorite Indian sportsperson and the skipper of the Indian women’s cricket team, Mithali Raj tweeted,
Happy Birthday @NSaina 🙂 have a wonderful year!
— Mithali Raj (@M_Raj03) March 17, 2018
Bollywood too was amply represented. Since a biopic of the star badminton player and one of India’s favorite daughters’ is on anvil, the actor playing her onscreen, Shraddha Kapoor was one of the first to send her wishes,
Happy birthday!!! @NSaina
Wish you all things wonderful!
You make us all so proud
Lots of love 🎈🎂❤— Shraddha (@ShraddhaKapoor) March 17, 2018
Others to wish the jetsetting player were, Dia Mirza,
Happy Birthday! Be blessed and may your dreams come true ❤🤗
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) March 17, 2018
Designer Masaba Gupta posted a picture with her muse,
Happy birthday my champ @NSaina ❤
Keep shuttling like a boss & here’s wishing your achievements surpass all your dreams! Tons of love and a big, big hug.#AlwaysMakingUsProud #GirlPower #SHEroes pic.twitter.com/90QKjzyRU9— Masaba Mantena (@MasabaG) March 17, 2018
Riteish Deshmukh tweeted,
Happy Birthday @NSaina -have a super successful year ahead –
— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) March 17, 2018
Her response to this deluge of love was the sweetest tweet of them all,
Thank u all so much for the birthday wishes 😘😘👍 pic.twitter.com/udBwDXQwXR
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) March 17, 2018
No wonder her pictures with her humble parents who have nurtured and supported her through all ups and downs has garnered more than 13,000 likes so far. We wish this extraordinary sportsperson and an inspiration to many girls all over the country a very happy birthday and hope to see her conquer shuttling arenas all over the world.