India national badminton team
Association | Badminton Association of India |
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Confederation | Badminton Asia |
President | Himanta Biswa Sarma |
BWF ranking | |
Current ranking | 5 2 (4 July 2023) |
Highest ranking | 5 (4 July 2023) |
Sudirman Cup | |
Appearances | 16 (first in 1991) |
Best result | Quarter-finals (2011, 2017) |
Thomas Cup | |
Appearances | 13 (first in 1952) |
Best result | Champions (2022) |
Uber Cup | |
Appearances | 8 (first in 1957) |
Best result | Semi-finals (1957, 2014, 2016) |
Asian Mixed Team Championships | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 2017) |
Best result | Semi-finals (2023) |
Asian Men's Team Championships | |
Appearances | 14 (first in 1965) |
Best result | Runner-up (1983) |
Asian Women's Team Championships | |
Appearances | 4 (first in 2016) |
Best result | Champions (2024) |
The India national badminton team represents India in international team badminton and is governed by the Badminton Association of India.[1] The men's team has won the Thomas Cup in 2022, while the women's team have been semifinalists twice at the Uber Cup in 2014 and 2016. The Indian team competed in the 2011 Sudirman Cup and shared the fifth rank with three other teams, what is up to now the best performance in the Sudirman Cup and also repeated the performance in 2017.
It is currently ranked 5th in the World. The team has won 3 medals at the Summer Olympics, 10 medals at the BWF World Championships, 10 medals at the Asian Games along with 25 medals at the Commonwealth Games.[2][3][4]
Championships medal summary
Individual
Tournaments | |||
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Summer Olympics | 0 | 1 | 2 |
BWF World Championships | 1 | 4 | 9 |
Badminton World Cup | 1 | 0 | 1 |
World Games | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Badminton Asia Championships | 2 | 0 | 16 |
Asian Games | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Commonwealth Games | 9 | 5 | 13 |
South Asian Games | 24 | 21 | 3 |
Team
Tournaments | Team | |||
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Thomas Cup | M | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Uber Cup | F | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Sudirman Cup | X | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Badminton Asia Championships | M | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Badminton Asia Team Championships | M | 0 | 0 | 2 |
F | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships | X | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Asian Games | M | 0 | 1 | 3 |
F | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Commonwealth Games | M | 0 | 1 | 0 |
F | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
X | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
South Asian Games | M | 5 | 0 | 0 |
F | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Participation in BWF competitions
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- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Participation in Badminton Asia Championships
Year | Result |
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1962 | Did not enter |
1965 | Semi-finalist |
1969 | |
1971 | |
1976 | |
1983 | Runner-up |
1985 | |
1987 | |
1989 | |
1993 | Division 2 |
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships
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Participation in the Asian Games
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Participation in the Commonwealth Games
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Participation in the South Asian Games
Year | Men's team | Women's team |
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2004 | Gold | Gold |
2006 | Gold | Gold |
2010 | Gold | Gold |
2016 | Gold | Gold |
2019 | Gold | Gold |
Junior competitive record
Suhandinata Cup
Year | Result |
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2000 | Group stage - 13th of 24 |
2002 | Group stage - 9th of 23 |
2004 | Group Y2 - 11th of 20 |
2006 | Group W2 - 8th of 28 |
2007 | Group W2 - 8th of 25 |
2008 | Group Y - Fourth place of 21 |
2009 | Group Y1 - 7th of 21 |
2010 | Group Z2 - 9th of 24 |
2011 | Group X1 - 6th of 22 |
2012 | Group W2 - 9th of 30 |
2013 | Group Z1 - 14th of 30 |
2014 | Group Z2 - 13th of 33 |
2015 | Group A2 - 9th of 39 |
2016 | Group G2 - 8th of 52 |
2017 | Group D - 6th of 44 |
2018 | Group E - 6th of 39 |
2019 | Group E - 12th of 43 |
2020 | Cancelled |
2021 | Cancelled |
2022 | Group B - 13th of 37 |
2023 | Quarter-finalist - 7th of 38 |
Asian Junior Team Championships
Men's team
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Women's team
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Mixed team
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Players
Current squad
- As of 2 January 2024
Men's team
Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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MS | MD | XD | ||
Srikanth Kidambi | 7 February 1993 | 24 | - | - |
Lakshya Sen | 16 August 2001 | 19 | - | - |
Prannoy H. S. | 17 July 1992 | 7 | - | - |
Sameer Verma | 22 October 1994 | 64 | - | - |
Kiran George | 11 February 2000 | 37 | - | - |
Mithun Manjunath | 28 June 1998 | 61 | - | - |
Priyanshu Rajawat | 1 February 2002 | 28 | - | - |
Subhankar Dey | 6 June 1993 | 154 | - | - |
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy | 13 August 2000 | - | 1 | - |
Chirag Shetty | 4 July 1997 | - | 1 | - |
Dhruv Kapila | 1 February 2000 | - | 41 | 122 |
Arjun M. R. | 11 May 1997 | - | 41 | - |
K. Sai Pratheek | 3 May 2000 | - | 70 | 71 |
Krishna Prasad Garaga | 15 March 2000 | - | 66 | - |
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala | 11 February 2001 | - | 66 | - |
B. Sumeeth Reddy | 26 September 1991 | - | 217 | 58 |
Ishaan Bhatnagar | 2 February 2002 | - | - | 1478 |
Rohan Kapoor | 16 September 1997 | - | 967 | 42 |
Raghu Mariswamy | 14 February 1998 | 115 | - | - |
Ravikrishna PS | 23 October 2002 | - | 68 | - |
Sankar Prasad Udayakumar | 3 August 2002 | - | 68 | - |
Manjit Singh Khwairakpam | 17 March 2001 | - | 185 | 372 |
Dingku Singh Konthoujam | 28 March 2001 | - | 233 | 178 |
Hariharan Amsakarunan | 18 May 2003 | - | 73 | 174 |
Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi | 8 July 2003 | - | 73 | 561 |
Suraj Goala | 3 August 2002 | - | 182 | 376 |
Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy | 13 July 2002 | - | 182 | - |
Chirag Sen | 22 July 1998 | 103 | 109 | - |
Women's team
Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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WS | WD | XD | ||
P. V. Sindhu | 5 July 1995 | 11 | 405 | - |
Saina Nehwal | 17 March 1990 | 209 | - | - |
Malvika Bansod | 15 September 2001 | 50 | - | - |
Aakarshi Kashyap | 24 August 2001 | 43 | - | - |
Tasnim Mir | 13 May 2005 | 70 | - | - |
Anupama Upadhyaya | 12 February 2005 | 86 | - | - |
Ashmita Chaliha | 18 October 1999 | 47 | - | - |
Unnati Hooda | 20 September 2007 | 55 | 94 | - |
Anmol Kharb | 20 January 2007 | 335 | - | - |
Tanvi Sharma | 22 December 2008 | 588 | 205 | - |
Aditi Bhatt | 16 January 2003 | 137 | - | - |
Ashwini Ponnappa | 18 September 1989 | - | 20 | 58 |
Treesa Jolly | 27 May 2003 | - | 23 | - |
Gayatri Gopichand | 4 March 2003 | - | 23 | - |
Tanisha Crasto | 5 May 2003 | - | 20 | 71 |
N. Sikki Reddy | 18 August 1993 | - | 113 | 42 |
Rutaparna Panda | 7 May 1999 | - | 51 | - |
Shikha Gautam | 18 April 1998 | - | 53 | - |
Arathi Sara Sunil | 1 October 1994 | - | 113 | - |
Ashwini Bhat K. | 10 January 2000 | - | 53 | - |
Tara Shah | 16 March 2005 | 173 | - | - |
Khushi Gupta | 3 June 2001 | - | 602 | 744 |
Nila Valluvan | 26 May 2001 | - | 891 | 690 |
Arul Bala Radhakrishnan | 30 March 2002 | - | 135 | 233 |
Riza Mehreen | 23 January 2003 | - | - | - |
Simran Singhi | 11 April 2002 | - | 67 | - |
Ritika Thaker | 17 January 2001 | - | 67 | - |
Shruti Mishra | 13 August 2002 | - | 83 | 382 |
Priya Konjengbam | 17 March 2001 | - | 83 | 135 |
Former notable players
Men
- Prakash Padukone
- Syed Modi
- Dinesh Khanna
- Leroy D'Sa
- U. Vimal Kumar
- Pullela Gopichand
- Chetan Anand
- B. Sai Praneeth
Women
References
- ^ "No change in BAI: Prakash". The Indian Express. 30 July 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
- ^ "Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "About BAI". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women". Retrieved 18 February 2024.