India national badminton team

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India
AssociationBadminton Association of India
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentHimanta Biswa Sarma
BWF ranking
Current ranking5 Increase 2 (4 July 2023)
Highest ranking5 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1952)
Best resultChampions (2022)
Uber Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1957)
Best resultSemi-finals (1957, 2014, 2016)
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultSemi-finals (2023)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances14 (first in 1965)
Best resultRunner-up (1983)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultChampions (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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Participation in Badminton Asia Championships

Men's team

Year Result
1962 Did not enter
1965 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
1969
1971
1976
1983 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
1985
1987
1989
1993 Division 2
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Participation in the Asian Games

Participation in the Commonwealth Games

Participation in the South Asian Games

Year Men's team Women's team
2004 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
2010 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
2016 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Group stage - 13th of 24
South Africa 2002 Group stage - 9th of 23
Canada 2004 Group Y2 - 11th of 20
South Korea 2006 Group W2 - 8th of 28
New Zealand 2007 Group W2 - 8th of 25
India 2008 Group Y - Fourth place of 21
Malaysia 2009 Group Y1 - 7th of 21
Mexico 2010 Group Z2 - 9th of 24
Taiwan 2011 Group X1 - 6th of 22
Japan 2012 Group W2 - 9th of 30
Thailand 2013 Group Z1 - 14th of 30
Malaysia 2014 Group Z2 - 13th of 33
Peru 2015 Group A2 - 9th of 39
Spain 2016 Group G2 - 8th of 52
Indonesia 2017 Group D - 6th of 44
Canada 2018 Group E - 6th of 39
Russia 2019 Group E - 12th of 43
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled
China 2021 Cancelled
Spain 2022 Group B - 13th of 37
United States 2023 Quarter-finalist - 7th of 38

Asian Junior Team Championships

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Srikanth Kidambi (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31) 24 - -
Lakshya Sen (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 22) 19 - -
Prannoy H. S. (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 31) 7 - -
Sameer Verma (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 29) 64 - -
Kiran George (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24) 37 - -
Mithun Manjunath (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 25) 61 - -
Priyanshu Rajawat (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22) 28 - -
Subhankar Dey (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 30) 154 - -
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 23) - 1 -
Chirag Shetty (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 26) - 1 -
Dhruv Kapila (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24) - 41 122
Arjun M. R. (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 26) - 41 -
K. Sai Pratheek (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 23) - 70 71
Krishna Prasad Garaga (2000-03-15) 15 March 2000 (age 24) - 66 -
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala (2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23) - 66 -
B. Sumeeth Reddy (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 32) - 217 58
Ishaan Bhatnagar (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22) - - 1478
Rohan Kapoor (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26) - 967 42
Raghu Mariswamy (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 26) 115 - -
Ravikrishna PS (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 21) - 68 -
Sankar Prasad Udayakumar (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 21) - 68 -
Manjit Singh Khwairakpam (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23) - 185 372
Dingku Singh Konthoujam (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23) - 233 178
Hariharan Amsakarunan (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 20) - 73 174
Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi (2003-07-08) 8 July 2003 (age 20) - 73 561
Suraj Goala (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 21) - 182 376
Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 21) - 182 -
Chirag Sen (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 25) 103 109 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
P. V. Sindhu (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 28) 11 405 -
Saina Nehwal (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34) 209 - -
Malvika Bansod (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 22) 50 - -
Aakarshi Kashyap (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 22) 43 - -
Tasnim Mir (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 18) 70 - -
Anupama Upadhyaya (2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 (age 19) 86 - -
Ashmita Chaliha (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 24) 47 - -
Unnati Hooda (2007-09-20) 20 September 2007 (age 16) 55 94 -
Anmol Kharb (2007-01-20) 20 January 2007 (age 17) 335 - -
Tanvi Sharma (2008-12-22) 22 December 2008 (age 15) 588 205 -
Aditi Bhatt (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21) 137 - -
Ashwini Ponnappa (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 34) - 20 58
Treesa Jolly (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 20) - 23 -
Gayatri Gopichand (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 21) - 23 -
Tanisha Crasto (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 20) - 20 71
N. Sikki Reddy (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 30) - 113 42
Rutaparna Panda (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 24) - 51 -
Shikha Gautam (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26) - 53 -
Arathi Sara Sunil (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 29) - 113 -
Ashwini Bhat K. (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24) - 53 -
Tara Shah (2005-03-16) 16 March 2005 (age 19) 173 - -
Khushi Gupta (2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 (age 22) - 602 744
Nila Valluvan (2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 22) - 891 690
Arul Bala Radhakrishnan (2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 22) - 135 233
Riza Mehreen (2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 21) - - -
Simran Singhi (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22) - 67 -
Ritika Thaker (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23) - 67 -
Shruti Mishra (2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 (age 21) - 83 382
Priya Konjengbam (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23) - 83 135

Former notable players

Men

Women

References

  1. ^ "No change in BAI: Prakash". The Indian Express. 30 July 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. ^ "About BAI". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women". Retrieved 18 February 2024.

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