The new love of business leaders, business interest: Padel and pickleball
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Both padel and pickleball are expensive sports. For example, a pickleball racket can cost up to Rs 45,000 and building a court for it can cost you over Rs 10 lakh. (PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK)
There is a padel court at the JSW Group office in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex. There is also a similar court at the Jindal family home in Mahabaleshwar and Vijaynagar. And all because Parth Jindal, the founder of JSW Sports and Inspire Institute of Sports and the next generation of the Jindal family, is an avid padel player.
He is one of many from the top echelons of the Indian corporate sector who have fallen in love with padel and pickleball. During the recent Monsoon Pickleball Championship, many people from India Inc were seen, including a