Punjab: Home to a galaxy of stars

The first thing about Punjab that strikes you is its high calorie food, acres of greenery, and irresistible butter milk. We must acknowledge the fact that this land has produced many sport stars for both India and Pakistan, ranging from games like cricket, basketball, soccer, lawn tennis, athletics, field hockey, and many more.

Famous sporting personality from this region are Yuvraj Singh, Kapil Dev, Harbhajan Singh, Sukhwinder singh, Rajpal singh, Gagan Ajit Singh, Aisam-ul-haq Quereshi, Wasim Akram, Rehan Butt, Milkha Singh, Abhinav Bindra, Jeev Milkha Singh, etc.

Why does Punjab has produced so many sports personalities down the years?

1. Climate:- The climate of this land has been harsh, Summers are very hot and humid, while the winters equally harsh. This helps the sports player to acclumitise to the given conditions

2. Built:- Punjabis generally have a strong built and a good stamina, due to natural surrounding, and daily intake of dairy products. Khali is a prime example.

3. Never say die attitude:- I still remember Champions trophy 2003 match where Gagan scored goals from different angles, tremendous. Remember Natwest trophy final vs England? Yuvi played a wonderful hand to make India champions.

4.Infrastructure:- More or less the Infrastructure is same when compared with the different states, but facilities such as NIS patiala, Astro turfs, have given Punjab an edge with different states.

P.S the author is not a punjabi.