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India national badminton team

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India
AssociationBadminton Association of India[1]
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentHimanta Biswa Sarma
BWF ranking
Current ranking9 (October 2024)
Highest ranking5 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals
(2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1952)
Best result (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 resultSilver (1983)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best result (2024)

The India national badminton team represents India in international badminton team tournaments. It is governed by the Badminton Association of India.[2] The men's team 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 while also repeating the performance in 2017.

The Indian team is currently ranked 9th in the World.[3] They has won 3 medals at the Summer Olympics, 10 medals at the BWF World Championships, 10 medals at the Asian Games and 25 medals at the Commonwealth Games.[4]

Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

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Name Birth date and 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 23) 14 — —
Prannoy H. S. (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 32) 7 — —
Sameer Verma (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 30) 64 — —
Kiran George (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24) 37 — —
Mithun Manjunath (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26) 61 — —
Priyanshu Rajawat (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22) 28 — —
Subhankar Dey (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 31) 154 — —
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 24) — 1 —
Chirag Shetty (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 27) — 1 —
Dhruv Kapila (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24) — 41 77
Arjun M. R. (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 27) — 41 —
K. Sai Pratheek (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 24) — 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 33) — 217 58
Ishaan Bhatnagar (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22) — — 1478
Rohan Kapoor (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 27) — 967 42
Raghu Mariswamy (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 26) 115 — —
Ravikrishna PS (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 22) — 68 —
Sankar Prasad (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22) — 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 21) — 73 174
Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi (2003-07-08) 8 July 2003 (age 21) — 73 561
Suraj Goala (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22) — 182 376
Pruthvi Roy (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 22) — 182
Chirag Sen (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 26) 103 109 —
Rithvik Sanjeevi — —

Women's team

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Name Birth date and age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
P. V. Sindhu (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 29) 11 405 —
Saina Nehwal (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 (age 34) 209 — —
Malvika Bansod (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 23) 50 — —
Aakarshi Kashyap (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 23) 43 — —
Tasnim Mir (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 19) 70 — —
Anupama Upadhyaya (2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 (age 19) 86 — —
Ashmita Chaliha (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 25) 47 — —
Unnati Hooda (2007-09-20) 20 September 2007 (age 17) 55 94 —
Anmol Kharb (2007-01-20) 20 January 2007 (age 17) 99 — —
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 35) — 20 58
Treesa Jolly (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 21) — 23 —
Gayatri Gopichand (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 21) — 23 —
Tanisha Crasto (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 21) — 20 71
N. Sikki Reddy (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 31) — 113 42
Rutaparna Panda (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 25) — 51 —
Rakshitha Ramraj (2007-04-04) 4 April 2007 (age 17) 61 282 —
Shikha Gautam (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26) — 53 —
Arathi Sara Sunil (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30) — 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 23) — 602 744
Nila Valluvan (2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 23) — 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 22) — 83 382
Priya Konjengbam (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23) — 83 135

Medal table

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Individual

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Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Total
Olympic Games 0 1 2 3
World Championships 1 4 9 14
World Games 0 0 1 1
World Cup 1 0 1 2
Commonwealth Games 9 5 13 27
Asian Games 1 1 5 7
Asian Championships 2 0 16 18
South Asian Games 24 21 3 48
Total 14 32 50 96

Team

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Tournament Team Gold Silver Bronze Total
Thomas Cup M 1 0 0 1
Uber Cup F 0 0 2 2
Sudirman Cup X 0 0 0 0
Commonwealth Games M 0 1 0 1
F 0 0 1 1
X 1 2 1 4
Asian Games M 0 1 3 4
F 0 0 2 2
Asian Team Championships M 0 0 2 2
F 1 0 0 1
Asian Mixed Team Championships X 0 0 1 1
South Asian Games M 5 0 0 5
F 5 0 0 5
Total 13 5 13 31

Individual record

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Olympic Games

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See also: Badminton at the Summer Olympics
Year Player(s) Category Medal
2012 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Bronze
2016 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
2020 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze

World Championships

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Year Player(s) Category Medal
1983 Prakash Padukone Men's singles Bronze
2011 Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Bronze
2013 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze
2014 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze
2015 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Silver
2017 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
Saina Nehwal Women's singles Bronze
2018 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
2019 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Gold
B. Sai Praneeth Men's singles Bronze
2021 Srikanth Kidambi Men's singles Silver
Lakshya Sen Men's singles Bronze
2022 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Bronze
2023 Prannoy H. S. Men's singles Bronze

Asian Games

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See also: Badminton at the Asian Games
Year Player(s) Category Medal
1982 Syed Modi Men's singles Bronze
Leroy D'Sa
Pradeep Gandhe 		Men's doubles Bronze
Leroy D'Sa
Kanwal Thakar Singh 		Mixed doubles Bronze
2019 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
Saina Nehwal Bronze
2022 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Gold
Prannoy H. S. Men's singles Bronze

Asian Championships

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Year Player(s) Category Medal
1965 Dinesh Khanna Men's singles Gold
Suresh Goel Men's singles Bronze
Meena Shah Women's singles Bronze
Sarojini Apte Women's singles Bronze
Owen Roncon
Sarojini Apte 		Mixed doubles Bronze
A. I. Sheikh
Achala Karnik 		Mixed doubles Bronze
1969 Dinesh Khanna Men's singles Bronze
1976 Prakash Padukone Men's singles Bronze
2000 Pullela Gopichand Men's singles Bronze
2007 Anup Sridhar Men's singles Bronze
2010 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Bronze
2014 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Bronze
2016 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Bronze
2018 Prannoy H. S. Men's singles Bronze
Saina Nehwal Women's singles Bronze
2022 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze
2023 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Gold

Commonwealth Games

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See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games
Year Player(s) Category Medal
1966 Dinesh Khanna Men's singles Bronze
1978 Prakash Padukone Men's singles Gold
Ami Ghia
Kanwal Thakar Singh 		Women's doubles Bronze
1982 Syed Modi Men's singles Gold
1998 Aparna Popat Women's singles Silver
Pullela Gopichand Men's singles Bronze
2002 Aparna Popat Women's singles Bronze
2006 Chetan Anand Men's singles Bronze
2010 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Gold
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Gold
Parupalli Kashyap Men's singles Bronze
2014 Parupalli Kashyap Men's singles Gold
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Silver
Gurusai Dutt Men's singles Bronze
P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze
2018 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Gold
Srikanth Kidambi Men's singles Silver
P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Silver
Ashwini Ponnappa
N. Sikki Reddy 		Women's doubles Bronze
2022 Lakshya Sen Men's singles Gold
P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Gold
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Gold
Srikanth Kidambi Men's singles Bronze
Treesa Jolly
Gayathri Gopichand 		Women's doubles Bronze

South Asian Games

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See also: Badminton at the South Asian Games

Senior team record

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Commonwealth Games

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See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
1978 Group stage -
1982 Group stage -
1986 Did not enter
1990 Group stage -
1994 Did not enter
2002 Group stage -
2006 Third place 3rd
2010 Runners-up 2nd
2014 Fourth place 4th
2018 Champions 1st
2022 Runners-up 2nd
2026 Event not held -
2030 To be determined
2034 To be determined

Men's team

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Year Round Pos
1998 Runners-up 2nd

Women's team

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Year Round Pos
1998 Semi-finals 3rd

Asian Games

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See also: Badminton at the Asian Games

Asian Championships

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South Asian Games

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See also: Badminton at the South Asian Games
** Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior team record

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World Junior Championships

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See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000 Group stage 13th
2002 Group stage 9th
2004 Group stage 11th
2006 Group stage 8th
2007 Group stage 8th
2008 Fourth place 4th
2009 Group stage 7th
2010 Group stage 9th
2011 Group stage 6th
2012 Group stage 9th
2013 Group stage 14th
2014 Group stage 13th
2015 Group stage 9th
2016 Quarter-finals 8th
2017 Quarter-finals 6th
2018 Quarter-finals 6th
2019 Group stage 12th
2022 Group stage 13th
2023 Quarter-finals 7th
2024 Quarter-finals 6th
2025 To be determined

Asia Junior Championships

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See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
2006 Round of 16 -
2007 Group stage -
2008 Group stage -
2009 Quarter-finals -
2010 Quarter-finals -
2011 Semi-finals 4th
2012 Group stage -
2013 Group stage -
2014 Group stage -
2015 Quarter-finals -
2016 Quarter-finals -
2017 Group stage -
2018 Quarter-finals -
2019 Quarter-finals -
2023 Quarter-finals -
2024 Quarter-finals 6th

Boys' team

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Year Round Pos
1997 Quarter-finals -
1998 Quarter-finals -
1999 Quarter-finals -
2000 Quarter-finals -
2001 Quarter-finals -
2002 Quarter-finals -
2004 Round of 16 -
2005 Quarter-finals -

Girls' team

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Year Round Pos
1997 Round of 16 -
1998 Quarter-finals -
1999 Quarter-finals -
2000 Quarter-finals -
2001 Quarter-finals -
2002 Semi-finals 4th
2004 Quarter-finals -
2005 Quarter-finals -
** Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Notable former players

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Men

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Women

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See also

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References

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