Badminton in India
Badminton in India | |
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Country | India |
Governing body | Badminton Association of India |
National team(s) | India |
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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.
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] Saina Nehwal is the first female player from India to achieve World no. 1 spot in April 2015 and the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games.[3][4] P. V. Sindhu is the first Indian to become the Badminton World Champion in 2019 and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.[5][6] 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.[7] 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[]
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. Sindhu won the second and the third Olympic medal in badminton for India, winning a silver and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics respectively. 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.[8] Sindhu won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions. Nehwal won a silver at 2015 Championships.[9] Next, Sindhu won silver at 2017 and 2018 consecutive editions. Nehwal won bronze in 2017. Sindhu 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. Nehwal is the only gold medalist for India in BWF World Junior Championships, won in 2008, where as Sindhu 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 |
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Saina Nehwal | Women's Singles | 1 |
P. V. Sindhu | Women's Singles | 2 |
Prakash Padukone | Men's Singles | 1 |
Srikanth Kidambi | Men's Singles | 1 |
Prannoy Kumar | Men's Singles | 8 |
Jwala Gutta and V. Diju | Mixed Doubles | 6 |
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty | Men's Doubles | 7 |
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa | Women's Doubles | 10 |
India | Team | 6 |
Summer Olympics[]
Summer Paralympics[]
Year | Event | Player | Result |
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2020 | |||
Men's singles SL3 | Pramod Bhagat | ||
Manoj Sarkar | |||
Men's singles SL4 | Tarun Dhillon | 4 | |
Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj | |||
Men's singles SH6 | Krishna Nagar | ||
Women's singles SL4 | Parul Parmar | Group Stage | |
Women's singles SU5 | Palak Kohli | Quarter-finals | |
Women's doubles SL3–SU5 | Parul Parmar / Palak Kohli | Group Stage | |
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 | Pramod Bhagat / Palak Kohli | 4 |
Total medals won by Indian Shuttlers in Major tournaments[]
Competition | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Olympic Games | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Paralympic Games | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
World Championships | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
Uber Cup | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Asia Championships | 1 | 0 | 15 | 16 |
Asia Team Championships | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Asian Games | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
Commonwealth Games | 7 | 7 | 11 | 25 |
Total | 11 | 15 | 49 | 75 |
Former notable players[]
- Prakash Padukone
- Dinesh Khanna
- Syed Modi
- Pullela Gopichand
- Chetan Anand
- Aparna Popat
- Nikhil Kanetkar
- U. Vimal Kumar
- Sanave Thomas
- P. V. V. Lakshmi
See also[]
- Badminton Association of India
- India national badminton team
- Indian National Badminton Championships
References[]
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- ^ "Kidambi Srikanth becomes first Indian male shuttler to claim World No 1 spot after Prakash Padukone". Firstpost. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ Rao, Rakesh (28 March 2015). "Saina becomes World No. 1". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "London Olympics: Super Saina wins India's maiden Olympic medal in badminton, claims bronze in playoff". www.indiatoday.in. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "When PV Sindhu became Indian badminton's golden girl". Olympic Games. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "PV Sindhu joins select group of repeat medalists with Tokyo 2020 bronze". Olympic Games. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Jwala Gutta". Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
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- ^ "Saina Nehwal". london2012.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2012..
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