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{{Short description|Badminton overview in India}}
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{{sport overview
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* [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All England Open]]: [[Prakash Padukone]], [[Pullela Gopichand]]
* [[Olympic Games]]: [[Saina Nehwal]], [[Pusarla Venkata Sindhu]]
* [[Commonwealth Games]]: [[Saina Nehwal]]}}
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'''Badminton''' is a popular sport in India. It is the second most played sport in India after [[cricket]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/04/12/badminton-emerges-second-most-played-sport-in-india/| publisher=sportskeeda| date=2012-04-12| title=Badminton second most played sport in India}}</ref> Badminton in India is managed by [[Badminton Association of India]].

Indian shuttlers [[Saina Nehwal]], [[Srikanth Kidambi]], and [[P. V. Sindhu|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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kidambi Srikanth becomes first Indian male shuttler to claim World No 1 spot after Prakash Padukone|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/kidambi-srikanth-becomes-first-indian-male-shuttler-to-claim-world-no-1-spot-in-bwf-rankings-4429043.html|website=Firstpost|date=12 April 2018|access-date=13 July 2018}}</ref> [[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]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Saina becomes World No. 1|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/superb-saina-scales-historic-world-no1-ranking/article7043530.ece|website=The Hindu|date=28 March 2015|access-date=13 July 2018|last1=Rao|first1=Rakesh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/olympics-2012/story/london-olympics-2012-saina-nehwal-wins-bronze-112296-2012-08-04|title=London Olympics: Super Saina wins India's maiden Olympic medal in badminton, claims bronze in playoff|website=www.indiatoday.in|date=4 August 2012|access-date=5 August 2021}}</ref> [[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]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 25, 2020|title=When PV Sindhu became Indian badminton's golden girl|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/indian-badminton-pv-sindhu-how-bwf-world-championships-gold-2019|url-status=live|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=[[Olympic Games]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=August 1, 2021|title=PV Sindhu joins select group of repeat medalists with Tokyo 2020 bronze|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/pv-sindhu-joins-select-group-of-repeat-medalists-with-tokyo-2020-bronze|url-status=live|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=[[Olympic Games]] }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jwala Gutta|url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429|website=Tournament Software|access-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701151719/http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429|archive-date=1 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other successful players include [[Aparna Popat]], [[Pullela Gopichand]], [[Syed Modi]], [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]], [[Parupalli Kashyap]], [[Prannoy Kumar]], [[Ashwini Ponnappa]], [[Chirag Shetty]], [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] and [[N. Sikki Reddy]].

== History ==
[[File:XIX Commonwealth Games-2010 Delhi Indian Badminton Team won the Silver Medal (Mixed Team), during the medal presentation ceremony, at Siri Fort Complex, in New Delhi on October 08, 2010.jpg|alt=|thumb|500x500px|[[India national badminton team| Indian National Badminton Team]] at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games]].]]
Padukone and Gopichand both won the [[All England Open Badminton Championships|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 Summer Olympics|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
[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|2016 Rio Olympics]] and the [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/jwala-gutta-ashwini-ponnappa-ousted-from-world-championships-710154.html|title = News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18}}</ref> Sindhu won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions. Nehwal won a silver at 2015 Championships.<ref name="london2012.com - Saina Nehwal">{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nehwal-saina-1108092/|title=Saina Nehwal|work=[[london2012.com]]|access-date=2 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.is/20130103182707/www.london2012.com/athlete/nehwal-saina-1108092/|archive-date=3 January 2013}}.</ref>
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 BWF World Junior Championships|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 Asian Junior Badminton Championships|2012]] and [[2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|2018]].

{| class="wikitable"
!Player Name
!Discipline
!Best ranking
|-
|[[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 national badminton team|India]]
|Team
|6
|}

== Summer Olympics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[B. Sai Praneeth]] || Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| '''[[P. V. Sindhu]]'''
| style="background:#c96;" align="center" |{{brca}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] / [[Chirag Shetty]] || Group Stage
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Srikanth Kidambi]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| '''[[P. V. Sindhu]]'''
| style="background:silver;" align="center" |{{sica}}
|-
| [[Saina Nehwal]] || Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Manu Attri]] / [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]] || Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] || [[Jwala Gutta]] / [[Ashwini Ponnappa]] || Group Stage
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Parupalli Kashyap]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || '''[[Saina Nehwal]]'''
| style="background:#c96;" align="center" |{{brca}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] || [[Jwala Gutta]] / [[Ashwini Ponnappa]] || Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] || [[Valiyaveetil Diju]] / [[Jwala Gutta]] || Group Stage
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Anup Sridhar]] || Second Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Saina Nehwal]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Nikhil Kanetkar]] || Round of 16
|-
| [[Abhinn Shyam Gupta]] || Round of 32
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Aparna Popat]] || Round of 16
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Pullela Gopichand]] || Third Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Aparna Popat]] || First Round
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]] || Second Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[P.V.V. Lakshmi]] || Second Round
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]] || Third Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Madhumita Bisht]] || Second Round
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]] / [[U. Vimal Kumar]] || First round
|}

== Summer Paralympics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
|-
| rowspan="10" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's singles SL3]] || [[Pramod Bhagat]] || style="background:gold;" align="center" |{{goca}}
|-
| [[Manoj Sarkar]] || style="background:#c96;" align="center" |{{brca}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL4|Men's singles SL4]] || [[Tarun Dhillon]] || align="center" |{{small|4}}
|-
| [[Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj]] || style="background:silver;" align="center" |{{sica}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6|Men's singles SH6]] || [[Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)|Krishna Nagar]] || style="background:gold;" align="center" |{{goca}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL4|Women's singles SL4]] || [[Parul Parmar]] || Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SU5|Women's singles SU5]] || [[Palak Kohli]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's doubles SL3–SU5|Women's doubles SL3–SU5]] || [[Parul Parmar]] / [[Palak Kohli]] || Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed doubles SL3–SU5|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5]] || [[Pramod Bhagat]] / [[Palak Kohli]] || align="center" |{{small|4}}
|}

==Total medals won by Indian Shuttlers in Major tournaments==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Competition
! Gold
! Silver
! Bronze
! Total
|-

|[[Badminton at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|0
|1
|2
|3
|-
|[[Badminton at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]]
|2
|1
|1
|4
|-
|[[BWF World Championships|World Championships]]
|1
|3
|6
|10
|-
|[[Uber Cup]]
|0
|0
|2
|2
|-
|[[Badminton Asia Championships|Asia Championships]]
|1
|0
|15
|16
|-
|[[Badminton Asia Team Championships|Asia Team Championships]]
|0
|1
|2
|3
|-
|[[Badminton at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
|0
|1
|9
|10
|-
|[[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|7
|7
|11
|25
|-
| Total || '''11''' || '''14''' || '''48''' || '''73'''
|-
|}

== Former notable players ==
* [[Prakash Padukone]]
* [[Dinesh Khanna]]
* [[Syed Modi]]
* [[Pullela Gopichand]]
* [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|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==
{{Reflist}}

{{Badminton in India}}
{{Sport in India}}

[[Category:Badminton in India| ]]

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