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Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore played Table Tennis with women journalists on International Women's Day.
Updated : Mar 08, 2019, 10:58 PM IST
Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore celebrated the International Women's Day in unique fashion as he was seen playing Table Tennis with women journalists in New Delhi on Friday.
Rathore visited the Indian Women's Press Corps on the occasion of Women's Day for informal interaction. He also took part in table tennis mixed double's match.
Sitanshu Kar, Director General of Press Information Bureau, tweeted; "MoS I&B @Ra_THORe showcases some snazzy table-tennis skills at the Indian Women's Press Corps today, at an informal interaction with women journalists on the occasion of #WomensDay today...."
Game, set and match to the ladies !!
— Sitanshu Kar (@DG_PIB) March 8, 2019
MoS I&B @Ra_THORe showcases some snazzy table-tennis skills at the Indian Women's Press Corps today, at an informal interaction with women journalists on the occasion of #WomensDay today.... pic.twitter.com/rTlBBKVKMN
It seems Rathore and his partner won the match as well.
A ‘sporting’ I&B Minister joins women journalists for a game of table tennis on the occasion of #InternationalWomensDay . He and his champ partner, @abantika77 won @Ra_THORe pic.twitter.com/GWaYbYiU6w
— Poulomi Saha (@PoulomiMSaha) March 8, 2019
Rathore, an Olympic medal winner in shooting, is also a good table tennis player. Back in January, Rathore started off a new #5MinuteAur challenge for the Khelo India campaign with a video. In that videi, Rathore was seen playing table tennis with both hands.