Two-time Olympics medallist PV Sindhu and Paris Olympics semi finalist Lakshya Sen will lead a 14-member strong Indian team for the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships to be played in Qingdao, China from February 11-16, 2025.
India had bagged the bronze medal in the last edition of the championships held in Dubai in 2023 and will be hoping to change the colour in their latest outing.
The national selectors have given importance to the world rankings and current form of the players while selecting the squad that will have HS Prannoy and Malvika Bansod as the second men’s and women’s singles players respectively.
“The Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships is a prestigious event where the depth and quality of teams is tested. We did well by winning the bronze medal two years ago, but the target this year is to reach the finals, and then anything is possible, and we will go all out” said Badminton Association of India secretary general Sanjay Mishra.
India also has a strong outfit in doubles with former world no. 1 combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty leading the men’s doubles charge while the women’s doubles duties will be shouldered by Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly or Olympians Ashwini Ponnappa, and Tanisha Crasto.
Tanisha will also have the responsibility of playing mixed doubles alongside Dhruv Kapila with Sathish Kumar K and Adya Variyath being the second combination in the squad.
India Squad
Men: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila, MR Arjun, Sathish Kumar K
Women: PV Sindhu, Malvika Bansod, Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto, Adya Variyath
