Indian sport has always been irresistibly drawn to legacy. The idea that greatness can flow through bloodlines—that the son will carry forward the genius of the father—has a certain poetic charm. It offers continuity in a country that reveres its sporting icons almost mythically. But peel away the romance and a harsher truth emerges: in Indian sport, legacy is less a gift and more a weight. And more often than not, it is a weight too heavy to carry.   Consider the towering fi