to its first ever Gold Medal at Incheon. In the final he bounced back from a game down to eke out a 6-11 11-7 11-6 12-14 11-9 win over former world no. 7, Ong Beng Hee in a gruelling 88-minute clash to give India a healthy 2-0 lead Ghosal also remains the first Indian player to claim a place in the world’s top 10 during the 2018-19 campaign. Saurav Ghosal has been named as the Professional Squash Association’s (PSA) Men’s President as one of three new additions to the PSA’s Board of Directors, which were officially confirmed at the association’s annual AGM on Wednesday December 22, 2021. In August 2022, Ghosal became the first Indian men's squash singles medalist at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games after he beat 2018 reigning champion James Willstrop of England in straight sets in the bronze medal playoff to take the bronze medal. He defeated Shamil Wakeel of Sri Lanka 11-4, 11-4, 11-6 in the second round, beat David Baillargeon of Canada 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 in the third round. In the quarter-final, he recovered from a defeat in the second set to see off Scotland’s Greg Lobbon 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-3 before falling to New Zealand’s world no. 2 and eventual gold medallist Paul Coll 9-11, 4-11, 1-11 in the semi-final. Personal life Saurav married Diya Pallikal (sister of Dipika Pallikal Karthik) on 1 February 2017. References External links Newspaper articles on Saurav's PSA Otters win Saurav's interview in DNA Articles on Saurav on Cyrus Poncha's squash Blog Rediff interview "Asiad: Men’s squash team gets historic gold, women grab silver" Indian male squash players Recipients of the Arjuna Award 1986 births Living people Racket sportspeople from Kolkata Asian Games medalists in squash Squash players at the 2002 Asian Games Squash players at the 2006 Asian Games Squash players at the 2010 Asian Games Squash players at the 2014 Asian Games Squash players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Squash players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Squash players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for India Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for India Commonwealth Games medallists in