TOP OF THEIR GAME

With yet another medal haul, squash players Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal Karthik are proving that good things can come in threes

- Shail Desai

As Joshna Chinappa and Saurav Ghosal geared up for the WSF World Doubles Squash Championship in early April, they did, of course, want to progress in the tournament and improve on their previous performances. But they shared another, more personal goal: They hoped to get their common partner, Dipika Pallikal Karthik, ready for the highest level of the sport again. Pallikal Karthik last played the US Open in 2018. After delivering twin boys in October 2021, she was now looking to make a comeback.