See photos: When Akshay Kumar played badminton with PV Sindhu

After shuttler PV Sindhu clinched a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, Bollywood’s Khiladi Akshay Kumar dug from the archives a special photograph in which he is seen playing badminton with her.

After shuttler PV Sindhu clinched a silver medal at the Rio Olympics, Bollywood’s Khiladi Akshay Kumar dug from the archives a special photograph in which he is seen playing badminton with her.

Akshay Kumar and P V Sindhu during a PBL exhibition match in New Delhi on Jan 17, 2016.(IANS)

Akshay and Sindhu were partners during a match for the Premier Badminton League in the capital earlier in 2016. As a team, they played against Abhishek Bachchan and Jwala Gutta.

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“Always knew you were an achiever. You managed to convert a cricket obsessed nation to watch badminton. PV Sindhu. Proud,” Akshay captioned the image which he posted on his Twitter account on Saturday.

Hailing the sportswoman, Akshay also tweeted: “Every cloud has a silver lining indeed! First Olympic silver in Badminton for India! Thank you. Huge respect”.

Sindhu bagged the silver medal in the women’s singles competition of the Rio Olympics.