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Indian squash team feels like a family: Dipika Pallikal

<p>CWG gold-winning squash ace says team support in Glasgow did the trick for her and Joshna Chinappa who are otherwise very lonely on the professional circuit</p>

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India squash ace Dipika Pallikal during a promotional event in Chennai recently. Pic/PTI

India squash ace Dipika Pallikal during a promotional event in Chennai recently. Pic/PTI

New Delhi: India's squash ace Dipika Pallikal said that having the whole team and family supporting her and doubles partner Joshna Chinappa courtside spurred them on to win gold at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games recently.

This picture of the Indian squash team at the Glasgow CWG was tweeted by Dipika Pallikal
This picture of the Indian squash team at the Glasgow CWG was tweeted by Dipika Pallikal 

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Pallikal-Chinappa beat England's Jenny Duncalf and Laura Massaro 11-6, 11-8 to give India its first CWG medal in squash last week. Both Indians play squash professionally, but representing the country is a different feeling, said Pallikal.

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