On this Special Conversation NDTV feature Sakshi Malik, India’s first Female Olympic Medalist in Wrestling; Aakash Chopra, Former Indian Test Cricketer; Aneesh Madani, the Head of Sports Partnerships, Twitter India; and Prem Panicker, Senior Cricket Journalist and Former Editorial Director, Rediff and Managing Editor, Yahoo India.
#Rio2016 was the most trended hashtag and among the top 10 most trended topics in India in 2016, 7 came from the world of sport. The Golden Tweet or most retweeted/liked tweet came from Virat Kohli when he defended Anushka Sharma against trolls. Sakshi Malik and Dipa Karmakar were among the top 3 new entrants on Twitter in 2016.