The Chennai-based PKL franchise opted for an overhaul and picked a number of young players in the auction ahead of the eighth season of the league, which the coach said was done after a lot of thought.
Srikanth, seeded 12th in the showpiece tournament, sent Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands packing with a 21-8 21-7 in a quarterfinal match that lasted just 26 minutes.
The top-seeded Tai Tzu beat Sindhu 21-17 21-13 in an energy-sapping match that lasted 42 minutes.
In the overall list, Sachin is ahead of former US president Donald Trump, Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and also present India captain Virat Kohli.
The world number 7 Indian defeated her Thai opponent Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-14, 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinal match.
Terming India's first Olympic gold in athletics 'as a hugely important moment', Coe advised the country to use it in raising the profile of the sport.
Prannoy joined two other Indians, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the showpiece tournament.
Reigning World Champion PV Sindhu defeated Slovakia's Martina Repiska in straight games 21-7, 21-9 to reach the last-16 round of BWF World Championships in Huelva (Spain) on Tuesday.
Defending World Champion PV Sindhu will start her BWF World Championships' women's singles campaign on Tuesday when she takes on Martina Repiska in the 2nd round of the tournament.
India's HS Prannoy fought back to win 13-21, 21-18, 21-19 against Hong Kong's NG Ka Long Angus in his men's singles match.
Popy Hazarika had also won a silver, in the women's 59kg, with a total lift of 189kg (84+105).
Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support under TOPS at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry.
The 39-year-old Commonwealth Games gold medallist paddler tweeted alongside a picture of him on a hospital bed.
PHL, under the aegis of Handball Federation of India, had earlier unveiled Garvit Gujarat and Golden Eagles Uttar Pradesh as the first two teams of the league.
India's two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu will look to bring her best to the fore on the big stage when she begins her title defence at the BWF World Championships beginning here on Sunday.
Jasveer Singh, Punit Kumar, Gurmeet Singh and Charanjeet Singh clinched the silver with a timing of 6:51.661s in the men's coxless fours final.
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Indian rowers Arjun Lal Jat and Ravi won the gold medal in the men's double sculls event while Parminder Singh bagged a silver in the men's single sculls competition at the Asian Rowing Championships.
Sindhu has been in impressive form as she claimed her second silver medal at the season-ending World Tour Finals after three successive semifinals finish at the French Open, Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open.
Cricket, which has featured at the Olympics just once in 1900 Paris Games, weightlifting and modern pentathlon have failed to make the cut for the LA Games.
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