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Sports Minister Gill asks Gopichand, ‘Who are you?’

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Posted: Aug 19, 2008 at 1954 hrs IST

New Delhi, August 19: Sport Minister M S Gill on Tuesday failed to recognise former All England Champion and National Badminton Coach Pullela Gopichand when along with Olympian Saina Nehwal he went to meet him in his office.

While Gill greeted Saina heartily, he could not recognise Gopichand who was standing next to Saina and asked him who he was.

“Who are you?” Gill asked Gopichand, leaving him with no other option but to spell out his name.

Gopichand is only the second Indian after Prakash Padukone to win the All England Open Champion in 2001 and we hope Gill was only joking when he asked him his name.

Gill had invited Saina to his office after her return from Beijing Olympics, where she reached quarter finals of the women single’s badminton competition.

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