A visual from PV Sindhu and Venkata Datta Sai's wedding ceremony in Udaipur. Photo: X/Neeraj Singh A visual from PV Sindhu and Venkata Datta Sai's wedding ceremony in Udaipur. Photo: X/Neeraj Singh Two-time Olympic medallist and Indian badminton bulwark PV Sindhu got married to fiance Venkata Datta Sai on Sunday, December 23, 2024. The wedding ceremony was held at a resort in Udaipurluck9, Rajasthan. (More Badminton News)
The pre-wedding events began on December 20, while a formal reception is slated to be held in Hyderabad on December 24. Sindhu and Venkata Datta Sai, a Hyderabad-based businessman who is an executive director at Posidex Technologies, had announced their engagement on social media on December 14.
"The two families knew each other but it was only a month ago that everything was finalised. This was the only possible window as her schedule will be hectic from January," Sindhu's father PV Ramana was quoted as saying in a PTI report earlier this month.
crystal slots"So that is the reason the two families decided to have the marriage ceremony on December 22. The reception will be held in Hyderabad on December 24. She will start her training soon after as the next season is going to be important," he added.
The first public picture from the wedding was shared by Union minister of culture and tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Jodhpur MP wrote: "Pleased to have attended the wedding ceremony of our Badminton Champion Olympian PV Sindhu with Venkatta Datta Sai in Udaipur last evening and conveyed my wishes & blessings to the couple for their new life ahead."
On the other hand, Japan is coming off a defeat at the hands of India's dominance, losing 1-4 to the Men in Blue. Japan's sole goal came from Matsumoto who scored with a lucky deflection to give his side their first and only goal of the game.
The Harmanpreet Singh-led side scored its first goal just in the second minute of the match via Sukhjeet Singh. This was in fact the first significant chance created in the match by any side.
Pleased to have attended the wedding ceremony of our Badminton Champion Olympian PV Sindhu with Venkatta Datta Sai in Udaipur last evening and conveyed my wishes & blessings to the couple for their new life ahead.@Pvsindhu1 pic.twitter.com/hjMwr5m76y
— Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (@gssjodhpur) December 23, 2024Sindhu is regarded as one of India's greatest athletes with five world championship medals, including a gold in 2019, apart from her silver and bronze at the Olympic Games. The champion badminton player won consecutive Olympic medals at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, and achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 2 in 2017.
She won the Syed Modi International last month to end a two-year-long title drought, and also broke ground recently for her own sports academy in Visakhapatnam.
Venkata Datta Sai is the son of GT Venkateshwar Raoluck9, who is the managing director at Posidex Technologies and had earlier served with the Indian Revenue Service. Sai's professional journey includes a stint at JSW, where he managed the organisation's Indian Premier League (IPL) team Delhi Capitals.