India national badminton team

Indian national badminton team

India

Association| Badminton Association of India
Confederation| Badminton Asia
President| Himanta Biswa Sarma
BWF ranking
Current ranking| 5  2 (4 July 2023)
Highest ranking| 5 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances| 16 (first in 1991)
Best result| Quarter-finals (2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances| 13 (first in 1952)
Best result| Champions (2022)
Uber Cup
Appearances| 8 (first in 1957)
Best result| Semi-finals (1957, 2014, 2016)
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances| 3 (first in 2017)
Best result| Semi-finals (2023)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances| 14 (first in 1965)
Best result| Runner-up (1983)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances| 4 (first in 2016)
Best result| Champions (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[edit]

### Individual[edit]

Tournaments |  |  |

|
|
|

Summer Olympics | 0 | 1 | 2
BWF World Championships | 1 | 4 | 9
Badminton Asia Championships | 2 | 0 | 16
Asian Games | 1 | 1 | 5
Commonwealth Games | 9 | 5 | 13
South Asian Games | 24 | 21 | 3

### Team[edit]

Tournaments | Team |  |  |

|
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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[edit]

Thomas Cup

| Year | Result

|

1952 |  Final round
1955 |  Final round
1973 | First round − 5th
1979 |  Semi-finalist
1988 | Group stage − 8th
2000 | Group stage − 7th
2006 | Quarter-finalist
2010 | Quarter-finalist
2014 | Group stage − 11th
2016 | Group stage − 13th
2018 | Group stage − 10th
2020 | Quarter-finalist
2022 |  Champions
2024 | Qualified

Uber Cup

| Year | Result

|

1957 |  Final round
1960 | First round − 5th
2010 | Quarter-finalist
2014 |  Semi-finalist
2016 |  Semi-finalist
2018 | Group Stage − 11th
2020 | Quarter-finalist
2022 | Quarter-finalist
2024 | Qualified

Sudirman Cup

| Year | Result

|

1991 | 19th − Group 5 Promoted
1993 | 18th − Group 4 Relegated
1995 | 20th − Group 5
1997 | 19th − Group 3
1999 | 16th − Group 3
2001 | 17th − Group 3
2003 | 16th − Group 3
2005 | 18th − Group 3
2007 | 18th − Group 3
2009 | 17th − Group 3 Promoted
2011 | Quarter-finalist
2013 | Group stage − 10th
2015 | Group stage − 10th
2017 | Quarter-finalist
2019 | Group stage − 12th
2021 | Group stage − 12th
2023 | Group stage − 11th

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

## Participation in Badminton Asia Championships[edit]

Men's team Year | Result

|

1962 | Did not enter
1965 |  Semi-finalist
1969 |
1971 |
1976 |
1983 |  Runner-up
1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1993 | Division 2

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

## Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships[edit]

Men's team

| Year | Result

|

2016 |  Semi-finalist
2018 | Quarter-finalist
2020 |  Semi-finalist
2022 | Group stage
2024 | Quarter-finalist

Women's team

| Year | Result

|

2016 | Quarter-finalist
2018 | Quarter-finalist
2020 | Withdrew
2022 | Group stage
2024 |  Champions

Mixed team

| Year | Result

|

2017 | Quarter-finalist
2019 | Group stage
2023 |  Semi-finalist

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

## Participation in the Asian Games[edit]

Men's team

| Year | Result

|

1974 |  Bronze
1982 |  Bronze
1986 |  Bronze
2006 | Group stage
2010 | First round
2014 | Round of 16
2018 | Quarter-finalist
2022 |  Silver

Women's team

| Year | Result

|

1982 |  Bronze
1986 | Quarter-finalist
2010 | First round
2014 |  Bronze
2018 | Quarter-finalist
2022 | Quarter-finalist

## Participation in the Commonwealth Games[edit]

Men's team

| Year | Result

|

1998 |  Silver

Women's team

| Year | Result

|

1998 |  Bronze

Mixed team

| Year | Result

|

2006 |  Bronze
2010 |  Silver
2014 | Fourth place
2018 |  Gold
2022 |  Silver

## Participation in the South Asian Games[edit]

Year | Men's team | Women's team

|
|

2004 |  Gold |  Gold
2006 |  Gold |  Gold
2010 |  Gold |  Gold
2016 |  Gold |  Gold
2019 |  Gold |  Gold

## Junior competitive record[edit]

### Suhandinata Cup[edit]

Year  | Result

|

2000 | Group stage - 13th of 24
2002 | Group stage - 9th of 23
2004 | Group Y2 - 11th of 20
2006 | Group W2 - 8th of 28
2007 | Group W2 - 8th of 25
2008 | Group Y - Fourth place of 21
2009 | Group Y1 - 7th of 21
2010 | Group Z2 - 9th of 24
2011 | Group X1 - 6th of 22
2012 | Group W2 - 9th of 30
2013 | Group Z1 - 14th of 30
2014 | Group Z2 - 13th of 33
2015 | Group A2 - 9th of 39
2016 | Group G2 - 8th of 52
2017 | Group D - 6th of 44
2018 | Group E - 6th of 39
2019 | Group E - 12th of 43
2020 | Cancelled
2021 | Cancelled
2022 | Group B - 13th of 37
2023 | Quarter-finalist - 7th of 38

### Asian Junior Team Championships[edit]

See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

#### Men's team[edit]

| Year  | Result

|

2002 |
2004 |
2005 |

#### Women's team[edit]

| Year  | Result

|

2002 |  Semi-finalist
2004 |
2005 |

#### Mixed team[edit]

| Year  | Result

|

2006 |
2007 |
2008 | Group stage
2009 | Quarter-finalist
2010 | Quarter-finalist
2011 |  Semi-finalist
2012 | Group stage
2013 | Group stage
2014 | Group stage
2015 | Quarter-finalist
2016 | Quarter-finalist
2017 | Group stage
2018 | Quarter-finalist
2019 | Quarter-finalist
2023 | Quarter-finalist

## Players[edit]

### Current squad[edit]

As of 2 January 2024

#### Men's team[edit]

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  | \-  | \-
B. Sai Praneeth |  (1992-08-10) 10 August 1992 (age 31) | 109  | \-  | \-
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 23) | \-  | 66  | \-
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala |  (1992-09-06) 6 September 1992 (age 31) | \-  | 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 22) | \-  | 185  | 372
Dingku Singh Konthoujam |  (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 22) | \-  | 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[edit]

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 33) | 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 20) | \-  | 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 25) | \-  | 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 18) | 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 21) | \-  | 135  | 233
Riza Mehreen |  (2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 21) | \-  | \-  | \-
Simran Singhi |  (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 21) | \-  | 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 22) | \-  | 83  | 135

## Former notable players[edit]

### Men[edit]

* Prakash Padukone
* Syed Modi
* Dinesh Khanna
* Leroy D'Sa
* U. Vimal Kumar
* Pullela Gopichand
* Chetan Anand

### Women[edit]

* Ami Ghia
* Madhumita Bisht
* Kanwal Thakar Singh
* Aparna Popat
* P.V.V. Lakshmi
* Jwala Gutta
* Shruti Kurien

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Indian Badminton team wins gold
* Indian Badminton Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
* Badminton association of India (official site)

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* Prakash Padukone ‡
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* Prannoy H. S.
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