Parth Jindal, along with Daddy Sajjan, rooted for Sindhu at Rio

PV Sindhu’s weapon was a racquet. Sajjan and Parth Jindal were armed with the tri-colour. And together with the cheers and the flags of other supporters in the stands in Rio, it resulted in a glorious milestone for India. Sindhu won her semifinal in straight games to reach the women’s badminton final at the Olympics.

From courtside, Parth tweeted a picture of him with father Sajjan holding aloft the Indian flag. The caption read: “Was there again - @ Pvsindhu1 you beauty - on to the finals come on India @sajjanjindal59 – woohoooooooooo”.

Was there again - @Pvsindhu1 you beauty - on to the finals come on India @sajjanjindal59 - woohoooooooooo pic.twitter.com/JHB4kwzdoA

— Parth Jindal (@ParthJindal11) August 18, 2016

Sangita Jindal is also in Rio with her husband and son. Speaking to ET Panache in Mumbai a few days ago, she had said, “We are going to Rio on August 15 to support our contingent.”

Parth, though, has been in Rio with Mustafa Ghouse, CEO, JSW Sports, for about two weeks, tweeting enthusiastically about the various events. He is mixing work with fandom at the Games. As the head of the Jindal Group’s sports initiatives, he had to deal with the ban on one of the athletes supported by them– Narsingh Yadav. But that did not stop him from rooting for Sindhu.

Sindhu faced Spain's Carolina Marin in the finals, becoming the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal. The 21-year-old has earned a place in the pantheon of Indian sport. And the Jindals were witness to sporting history.