Badminton in India

Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is the second most played sport in India after cricket.[1] Badminton in India is managed by Badminton Association of India.

Badminton in India
Badminton developed in British India in the mid-1800s
CountryIndia
Governing bodyBadminton Association of India
National team(s)India
International competitions

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Srikanth Kidambi, and Pusarla Venkata Sindhu are ranked amongst top-10 in current BWF rankings. Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to achieve world no. 1 spot in the game and after him Srikanth Kidambi made it to the top spot as male player for the second time in April 2018 [2] and Saina Nehwal is the first female player from India to achieve World no. 1 spot in April 2015.[3] The most successful doubles player from India is Jwala Gutta, who is the only Indian to have been ranked in the top-10 of two categories. She peaked at no. 6 with Valiyaveetil Diju in mixed doubles and at no. 10 with Ashwini Ponnappa in women's doubles.[4] Other successful players include Aparna Popat, Pullela Gopichand, Syed Modi, Chetan Anand, Parupalli Kashyap, Prannoy Kumar, Ashwini Ponnappa, Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and N. Sikki Reddy.

History
Indian badminton's leading women's pair of Jwala Gutta (left) and Ashwini Ponnappa, 2010.

Padukone and Gopichand both won the All England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to ever win the prestigious title. Nehwal won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the first for the country in badminton, and in the next edition in Rio 2016 Pusarla won the 2nd medal in badminton for India, winning a silver in the Women's singles. India has won medals at the BWF World Championships as well, with Padukone winning in 1982. The doubles pairing of Gutta and Ponnappa became the first women to win a medal when they won the bronze in 2011.[5] Pusarla won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions. Nehwal won a silver at 2015 Championships.[6] Next, Pusarla won silver at 2017 and 2018 consecutive editions. Saina Nehwal won bronze in 2017. Pusarla won Gold at 2019 BWF World Championships and become First Indian to finish top of the podium. B. Sai Praneeth become medal winner in men's singles after 36 years. He clinched bronze in 2019 edition so India first time win medals in two different categories in same BWF Badminton championship. India never returned empty handed in world championship since 2011. Saina is the only gold medalist for India in BWF World Junior Championships, won in 2008, where as Pusarla and Lakshya Sen are the only gold medalists in Badminton Asia Junior Championships in their respective category for the country, won in 2012 and 2018.

Player Name Discipline Best ranking
P. V. Sindhu Women Singles 2
Srikanth Kidambi Men's Singles 1
Saina Nehwal Women's Singles 1
Jwala Gutta and V. Diju Mixed Doubles 6
Prannoy Kumar Men's Singles 8
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa Women's Doubles 10

Current ranking

Men's singles
BWF Indian Top 10 Men's Singles Ranking
RankChangeNameRating
10 0 B. Sai Praneeth58,567
12 0 Srikanth Kidambi54,799
25 0 Parupalli Kashyap42,940
27 0 Prannoy H. S.41,135
29 1 Lakshya Sen40,227
30 1 Sourabh Verma39,579
31 1 Sameer Verma39,419
45 0 Subhankar Dey33,095
Reference: BWF men's singles ranking, 25 February 2020, Top 50

Women's singles
BWF Indian Top 10 Women's Singles Ranking
RankChangeNameRating
6 0 P.V. Sindhu72,914
18 0 Saina Nehwal50,207
79 1 Ashmita Chaliha19,945
85 1 Riya Mookerjee19,300
89 16 Mugdha Agrey19,160
100 0 Rituparna Das17,300
Reference: BWF women's singles ranking, 25 February 2020, Top 100

Summer Olympics
YearEventPlayerResult
2016
Men's singlesSrikanth KidambiQuarter-finals
Women's singles P. V. Sindhu
Saina NehwalGroup Stage
Men's doublesManu Attri / B. Sumeeth ReddyGroup Stage
Women's doublesJwala Gutta / Ashwini PonnappaGroup Stage
2012
Men's singlesParupalli KashyapQuarter-finals
Women's singlesSaina Nehwal
Women's doublesJwala Gutta / Ashwini PonnappaGroup Stage
Mixed doublesValiyaveetil Diju / Jwala GuttaGroup Stage
2008
Men's singlesAnup SridharSecond Round
Women's singlesSaina NehwalQuarter-finals
2004
Men's singles Nikhil KanetkarRound of 16
Abhinn Shyam GuptaRound of 32
Women's singlesAparna PopatRound of 16
2000
Men's singlesPullela GopichandThird Round
Women's singlesAparna PopatFirst Round
1996
Men's singlesDeepankar BhattacharyaSecond Round
Women's singlesP.V.V. LakshmiSecond Round

Former notable players
  1. Prakash Padukone
  2. Syed Modi
  3. Pullela Gopichand
  4. Chetan Anand
  5. Aparna Popat
  6. U. Vimal Kumar
  7. Sanave Thomas

References
  1. "Badminton second most played sport in India". sportskeeda. 12 April 2012.
  2. "Kidambi Srikanth becomes first Indian male shuttler to claim World No 1 spot after Prakash Padukone". Firstpost. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  3. "Saina becomes World No. 1". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  4. "Jwala Gutta". Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  5. http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/jwala-gutta-ashwini-ponnappa-ousted-from-world-championships-710154.html
  6. "Saina Nehwal". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012..
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