1.0Views On Newshttps://viewsonnewsonline.comviewsonnewshttps://viewsonnewsonline.com/author/viewsonnews/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="XB9cF5M02m"><a href="https://viewsonnewsonline.com/lakshya-sen-badminton-p-v-sindhu-italy-byjus-qatar-world-cup/">Lakshya Sen ‘arrives’</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://viewsonnewsonline.com/lakshya-sen-badminton-p-v-sindhu-italy-byjus-qatar-world-cup/embed/#?secret=XB9cF5M02m" width="600" height="338" title="“Lakshya Sen ‘arrives’” — Views On News" data-secret="XB9cF5M02m" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://viewsonnewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/lakshya2.jpg494613Lakshya Sen was not the typical badminton player on whom punters would have put their money on in any international event. Surely, he was world junior champion and an upcoming star, but the fact that he could not even make the Indian team for the Thomas Cup ensured long odds on his attaining any reasonable height as would, say, P V Sindhu.