Savita Punia's Discipline Her Biggest Asset, Says Father Of 'The Wall'

Driving out around five hours north-west of Delhi, when the landscape sheds all pretence of the urbane and starts resembling something straight out of the movie Dangal or Sultan, is the home of one of India's newest sports stars. Christened 'The Wall' for her stellar role as goalkeeper in the national women's hockey team, 31-year-old Savita Punia's saves helped India beat Australia at the Tokyo Olympics to enter the semi-finals on Monday.