<img title="Saina Nehwal" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2015/jul/29Saina-Nehwal-1.jpg" alt="Saina Nehwal" width="670" height="780" /> Saina Nehwal
India badminton star Saina Nehwal is always&nbsp;up for a match &mdash; even when she is injured.
Nehwal, currenly recuperating from a knee injury, which she suffered at the Rio Olympics, has called upon actor Saiyami Kher for a game. Kher, who is originally from Nasik and made her Bollywood debut recently in 'Mirzya', is a former junior national level badminton player and has also played cricket at the state level.
Recently, Hazel-eyed&nbsp;24-year-old Saiyami took to Twitter to reveal that she had played against Saina in a badminton tournament. &ldquo;Jr. Open Nationals in Thane where everyone was dreading having @NSaina in the same draw! 3 &amp; 2 of the toughest points I&rsquo;ve earned in my life,&rdquo; Saiyami posted in reference to a match she played with India&rsquo;s top shutter during her junior days.
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Jr. Open Nationals in Thane where everyone was dreading having <a href="https://twitter.com/NSaina">@NSaina</a> in the same draw!3 &amp; 2 of the toughest points iv earned in my life :) <a href="https://t.co/xiaaNuythv">https://t.co/xiaaNuythv</a>
&mdash; Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaiyamiKher/status/794757725355839488">November 5, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Saina immediately responded with the idea of playing a match
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Haha&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009c&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0098&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009cnice to know this Saiyami .... Let us have a match again.Congratulations for the new movie &eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008d&eth;&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u009f&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u0091&Acirc;&Acirc;u00c2u008d <a href="https://t.co/RfwZETaJTw">https://t.co/RfwZETaJTw</a>
&mdash; Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) <a href="https://twitter.com/NSaina/status/794833943828664320">November 5, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Saiyami while thanking Saina for the opportunity, joked that she could win two points if the badminton ace played as a leftie.
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Thankyou <a href="https://twitter.com/NSaina">@NSaina</a> :) Would love to play. I think I'll manage 2 points if you play with your left hand! <a href="https://t.co/jUYoQqmpKk">https://t.co/jUYoQqmpKk</a>
&mdash; Saiyami Kher (@SaiyamiKher) <a href="https://twitter.com/SaiyamiKher/status/795142538436845568">November 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
Saina was two years Saiyami's senior and they had faced off in the under-16 category at the National Junior badminton tournament.
Saina Nehwal had once revealed that she wanted actress Deepika Padukone to portray her if a a biopic was made on herself. Will she change her opinion now? Will Saiyami get to play Saina in the biopic? Only time will tell.
<img title="Saiyami Kher" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2016/jan/01-Saiyami-Kher.jpg" alt="Saiyami Kher" width="670" height="806" /> Saiyami Kher
Saiyami has acting lineage though, and not a sporting one. She is the granddaughter of late yesteryear actress Usha Kiran, who acted in Hindi and Marathi films. Her grandmom is best remembered for films like Daag (1952) with Dilip Kumar and Patita (1953), which starred Dev Anand. Usha Kiran was also the Sheriff of Mumbai in the late 1990s. Saiyami's parents, Adwait Kher and Uttara Mhatre (a beauty pageant winner) were well-known models in the eighties. Her aunt is actress Tanvi Azmi, sister-in-law to Shabana Azmi.

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