Category: New Age Sport

“My reason for living is pickleball.”This is one of the first things Sunil Valavalkar tells me. Despite working full time as a director at GTL Ltd., India’s largest network services provider, he is also the founder of AIPA, the All India Pickleball Association.

Well the name may not ring a bell, but it sure is an intriguing name for a fairly new international sport to hit the Indian shores.Pickleball originated in the mid 1960’s on the Brainsbridge Island of the coast of Seattle. It was started as a simple