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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]].
'''Badminton''' is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the [[Badminton Association of India]] which is associated with [[Badminton Asia]] and [[Badminton World Federation]].


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]].
Indian shuttlers [[Prakash Padukone]], [[Srikanth Kidambi]], [[Jwala Gutta]], [[Saina Nehwal]], [[P. V. Sindhu]], [[Lakshya Sen]], [[H. S. Prannoy]], [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] and [[Chirag Shetty]] have all ranked in the world's top ten.
 
[[Prakash Padukone]] was the first player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot in the game, after which [[Srikanth Kidambi]] became the second male player to make it to the top spot 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]] was the first female player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot, which she did 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 World Champion, which she achieved 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|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|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=[[Olympic Games]] }}</ref> One of the most successful Indian doubles player is [[Jwala Gutta]], who was the only Indian to have rank in the top 10 of two categories. She peaked at #6 with [[Valiyaveetil Diju]] in mixed doubles and at #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 [[Pullela Gopichand]], [[Aparna Popat]], [[Syed Modi]], [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]], and [[Parupalli Kashyap]].


== History ==
== 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]].]]
{{For|detailed record|India national badminton team}}
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  
[[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|200px| [[India national badminton team|Indian National Badminton Team]] at the [[2010 Commonwealth Games|Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games]].]]
[[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>
[[Prakash Padukone]] and [[Pullela Gopichand]] both won the [[All England Open Badminton Championships|All England Open]] in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to win the prestigious title.
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]].
 
[[Saina Nehwal]] won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympic Games]], the first Olympic medal for the country in badminton. [[P. V. Sindhu]] won the second and the third Olympic medals 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 several medals at the [[BWF World Championships]] as well, with [[Prakash Padukone]] winning the first in 1982. The doubles pairing of [[Jwala Gutta]] and [[Ashwini 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> [[P. V. Sindhu]] then won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions, the first Indian player to do so. [[Saina Nehwal]] won a first-ever silver at the 2015 Championships, and then a bronze in 2017.<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.today/20130103182707/www.london2012.com/athlete/nehwal-saina-1108092/|archive-date=3 January 2013}}.</ref>  
[[P. V. Sindhu]] won silver in consecutive editions in 2017 and 2018. Sindhu then went on to win the gold at the [[2019 BWF World Championships]] and become the first Indian to ever finish on top of the podium. At the same edition, [[B. Sai Praneeth]] medalled in the men's singles after 36 years, clinching the bronze. As a result, for the first time, India won medals in two different disciplines in the same [[BWF World Championships]] edition. In 2021, [[Lakshya Sen]] won the bronze medal in men's singles while [[Srikanth Kidambi]] won the silver, the first time India had two medallists in the same edition in the men's singles discipline. In 2022, [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] and [[Chirag Shetty]] won India's first World Championship medal in the men's doubles, a bronze. Till date, India has never returned empty handed from the World Championships since 2011.
 
At the [[BWF World Junior Championships]], [[Saina Nehwal]] is the only gold medalist for India, which she achieved in [[2008 BWF World Junior Championships|2008]]. At the [[Badminton Asia Junior Championships]], [[P. V. Sindhu]] and [[Lakshya Sen]] are the only gold medalists for India, winning in their respective categories in [[2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships|2012]] and [[2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships|2018]] respectively.
 
==Medal table==
{{For|medal record|India national badminton team}}


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==World rankings==
!Player Name
{{See|India national badminton team}}
!Discipline
 
!Best ranking
==Olympic Games==
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! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024]]
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Lakshya Sen]]
| 4th
|-
| [[Prannoy H. S.]]
| Round of 16
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[P. V. Sindhu]]
| Round of 16
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
| [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]]<br>[[Chirag Shetty]]
| Quarter Finals
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
| [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]<br>[[Tanisha Crasto]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=3|[[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]]
| {{OG3}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
| [[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]]<br>[[Chirag Shetty]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Srikanth Kidambi]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
! [[P. V. Sindhu]]
| {{OG2}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[Saina Nehwal]]
| Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
| [[Manu Attri]]<br>[[B. Sumeeth Reddy]]
| Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
| [[Jwala Gutta]]<br>[[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=4|[[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]]
| {{OG3}}
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]]
| [[Jwala Gutta]]<br>[[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
| Group Stage
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]]
| [[Valiyaveetil Diju]]<br>[[Jwala Gutta]]
| Group Stage
|-
| rowspan=2|[[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=3|[[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Nikhil Kanetkar]]
| Round of 16
|-
|-
|[[Saina Nehwal]]
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|Women's Singles
| [[Abhinn Shyam Gupta]]
|1
| Round of 32
|-
|-
|[[P. V. Sindhu]]
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|Women's Singles
| [[Aparna Popat]]
|2
| Round of 16
|-
|-
|[[Prakash Padukone]]
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
|Men's Singles
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|1
| [[Pullela Gopichand]]
| Third Round
|-
|-
|[[Srikanth Kidambi]]
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|Men's Singles
| [[Aparna Popat]]
|1
| First Round
|-
|-
|[[Prannoy Kumar]]
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]
|Men's Singles
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|8
| [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]]
| Second Round
|-
|-
|[[Jwala Gutta]] and [[V. Diju]]
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|Mixed Doubles
| [[P. V. V. Lakshmi]]
|6
| Second Round
|-
|-
|[[Satwiksairaj Rankireddy]] and [[Chirag Shetty]]
| rowspan=3|[[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
|Men's Doubles
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|7
| [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]]
| Third Round
|-
|-
|Jwala Gutta and [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
|Women's Doubles
| [[Madhumita Bisht]]
|10
| Second Round
|-
|-
|[[India national badminton team|India]]
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]]
|Team
| [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]]<br>[[U. Vimal Kumar]]
|6
| First Round
|}
|}


== Summer Olympics ==
==Paralympic Games==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]
| rowspan=16|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics|2024]]
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's singles SL3]]
| [[Manoj Sarkar]]
| Group stage
|-
! [[Kumar Nitesh|Nitesh Kumar]]
| {{PG1}}
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL4|Men's singles SL4]]
! [[Suhas Yathiraj]]
| {{PG2}}
|-
| [[Sukant Kadam]]
| 4th
|-
| [[Tarun Dhillon]]
| Group stage
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[B. Sai Praneeth]] || Group Stage
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6|Men's singles SH6]]
| [[Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)|Krishna Nagar]]
| Group stage
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]
| [[Sivarajan Solaimalai]]
| '''[[P. V. Sindhu]]'''
| Group stage
| 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=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL3|Women's singles SL3]]
| [[Manasi Joshi]]
| Group stage
|-
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
| [[Mandeep Kaur (para badminton)|Mandeep Kaur]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Srikanth Kidambi]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL4|Women's singles SL4]]
| [[Palak Kohli]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]]  
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SU5|Women's singles SU5]]
| '''[[P. V. Sindhu]]'''
! [[Thulasimathi Murugesan]]
| style="background:silver;" align="center" |{{sica}}
| {{PG2}}
|-
|-
| [[Saina Nehwal]] || Group Stage
! [[Manisha Ramadass]]
| {{PG3}}
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Manu Attri]] / [[B. Sumeeth Reddy]] || Group Stage
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SH6|Women's singles SH6]]
! [[Nithya Sre Sivan|Nithya Sivan]]
| {{PG3}}
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] || [[Jwala Gutta]] / [[Ashwini Ponnappa]] || Group Stage
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Mixed doubles SL3–SU5|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5]]
| [[Kumar Nitesh|Nitesh Kumar]]<br>[[Thulasimathi Murugesan]]
| Group stage
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
| [[Suhas Yathiraj]]<br>[[Palak Kohli]]
| Group stage
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Parupalli Kashyap]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
| [[Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Mixed doubles SH6|Mixed doubles SH6]]
| [[Sivarajan Solaimalai]]<br>[[Nithya Sre Sivan|Nithya Sivan]]
| 4th
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || '''[[Saina Nehwal]]'''
| rowspan=9|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]]
| style="background:#c96;" align="center" |{{brca}}
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's singles SL3]]
! [[Pramod Bhagat]]
| {{PG1}}
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's doubles|Women's doubles]] || [[Jwala Gutta]] / [[Ashwini Ponnappa]] || Group Stage
! [[Manoj Sarkar]]
| {{PG3}}
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles|Mixed doubles]] || [[Valiyaveetil Diju]] / [[Jwala Gutta]] || Group Stage
| rowspan=2|[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL4|Men's singles SL1]]
| [[Tarun Dhillon]]
| 4th
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
! [[Suhas Yathiraj]]
| {{PG2}}
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Anup Sridhar]] || Second Round
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SH6|Men's singles SH6]]
! [[Krishna Nagar (para-badminton)|Krishna Nagar]]
| {{PG1}}
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Saina Nehwal]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL4|Women's singles SL4]]
| [[Parul Parmar]]
| Group stage
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SU5|Women's singles SU5]]
| [[Palak Kohli]]
| Quarter-finals
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's doubles SL3–SU5|Women's doubles SL3–SU5]]
| [[Nikhil Kanetkar]] || Round of 16
| [[Parul Parmar]]<br>[[Palak Kohli]]
| Group stage
|-
|-
| [[Abhinn Shyam Gupta]] || Round of 32
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Mixed doubles SL3–SU5|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5]]
| [[Pramod Bhagat]]<br>[[Palak Kohli]]
| 4th
|}
 
==National award recipients==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:12%" | Year
! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient
! scope="col" style="width:22%" | Award
! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Aparna Popat]] || Round of 16
| style="text-align:center;" |2000–2001
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela|Gopichand}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Male
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2010
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saina|Nehwal}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Pullela Gopichand]] || Third Round
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2016
! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. V.|Sindhu}}
| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna || Female
|- {{anchor|AA}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1961
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nandu M. |Natekar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Aparna Popat]] || First Round
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1962
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Meena |Shah|dab=badminton}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1965
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dinesh |Khanna}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]] || Second Round
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1967
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Suresh |Goel}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[P.V.V. Lakshmi]] || Second Round
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1969
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dipu |Ghosh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1970
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Damayanti |Tambay}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|Men's singles]] || [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]] || Third Round
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1971
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sobha |Morthy|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's singles|Women's singles]] || [[Madhumita Bisht]] || Second Round
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1972
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prakash |Padukone}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1974
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raman |Ghosh}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1975
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Devinder |Ahuja|nolink=1}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1976
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ami |Ghia}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kanwal Thakar |Singh}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Syed |Modi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Madhumita |Bisht}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1982
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Partho |Ganguli}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |1999
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela |Gopichand}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2000
! scope="row" | {{sortname|George |Thomas|dab = badminton}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2004
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Abhinn Shyam |Gupta}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2005
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Aparna |Popat}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles|Men's doubles]] || [[Deepankar Bhattacharya]] / [[U. Vimal Kumar]] || First round
|}


== Summer Paralympics ==
| style="text-align:center;" |2006
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chetan |Anand|dab = badminton}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
! Year !! Event !! Player !! Result
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2007
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anup |Sridhar}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics|2020]]
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2009
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saina |Nehwal}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL3|Men's singles SL3]] || [[Pramod Bhagat]] || style="background:gold;" align="center" |{{goca}}  
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2011
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jwala |Gutta}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| [[Manoj Sarkar]] || style="background:#c96;" align="center" |{{brca}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Parupalli |Kashyap}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's singles SL4|Men's singles SL4]] || [[Tarun Dhillon]] || align="center" |{{small|4}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2012
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashwini |Ponnappa}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| [[Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj]] || style="background:silver;" align="center" |{{sica}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2013
! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. V. |Sindhu}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| [[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}}
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2014
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Valiyaveetil |Diju}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SL4|Women's singles SL4]] || [[Parul Parmar]] || Group Stage
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2015
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Srikanth |Kidambi}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's singles SU5|Women's singles SU5]] || [[Palak Kohli]] || '''Quarter-finals'''
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2018
! scope="row" | {{sortname|N. Sikki |Reddy}}
| Arjuna Award || Female
|-
|-
| [[Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's doubles SL3–SU5|Women's doubles SL3–SU5]] || [[Parul Parmar]] / [[Palak Kohli]] || Group Stage
 
| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|B. Sai |Praneeth}}
| Arjuna Award || Male
|-
|-
| [[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==
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satwiksairaj |Rankireddy}}
! Competition
| Arjuna Award || Male
! Gold
! Silver
! Bronze
! Total
|-
|-


|[[Badminton at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|0
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chirag |Shetty}}
|1
| Arjuna Award || Male
|2
|3
|-
|-
|[[Badminton at the Summer Paralympics|Paralympic Games]]
 
|2
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
|1
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lakshya |Sen}}
|1
| Arjuna Award || Male
|4
|-
|-
|[[BWF World Championships|World Championships]]
 
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |2022
|3
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prannoy |H. S.}}
|6
| Arjuna Award || Male
|10
|-
|-
|[[Uber Cup]]
 
|0
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|0
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pradeep Shrikrishna|Gandhe|nolink=1}}
|2
| Dhyan Chand Award || Male
|2
|-
|-
|[[Badminton Asia Championships|Asia Championships]]
 
|1
| style="text-align:center;" |2020
|0
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Trupti|Murgunde}}
|15
| Dhyan Chand Award || Female
|16
|-
|-
|[[Badminton Asia Team Championships|Asia Team Championships]]
 
|0
| style="text-align:center;" |2017
|1
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|G. S. S. V.|Prasad|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}
|2
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|3
|-
|-
|[[Badminton at the Asian Games|Asian Games]]
 
|0
| style="text-align:center;" |2000
|1
! scope="row" | {{sortname|S. M.|Arif}}
|9
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|10
|-
|-
|[[Badminton at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
 
|7
| style="text-align:center;" |2009
|7
! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela|Gopichand}}
|11
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|25
|-
|-
| Total || '''11''' || '''14''' || '''48''' || '''73'''
 
|-
| style="text-align:center;" |2019
! scope="row" | {{sortname|U. Vimal|Kumar}}
| Dronacharya Award || Male
|}
|}


== Former notable players ==
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Prakash Padukone]]
|+ Key
* [[Dinesh Khanna]]
|-
* [[Syed Modi]]
|{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}
* [[Pullela Gopichand]]
|}
* [[Chetan Anand (badminton)|Chetan Anand]]
* [[Aparna Popat]]
* [[Nikhil Kanetkar]]
* [[U. Vimal Kumar]]
* [[Sanave Thomas]]
* [[P. V. V. Lakshmi]]


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:Badminton in India| ]]
[[Category:Badminton in India| ]]
[[Category:Sport in India]]

Latest revision as of 16:32, 30 August 2025


Main article: India national badminton team
Badminton in India
Country India
Governing bodyBadminton Association of India
National team(s)India national badminton team
National competitions
National Championships (1934–present)
Club competitions
Premier Badminton League (2016–present)
International competitions

Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.

Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.

Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot in the game, after which Srikanth Kidambi became the second male player to make it to the top spot in April 2018.[1] Saina Nehwal was the first female player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot, which she did in April 2015, and the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games.[2][3]

P. V. Sindhu is the first Indian to become the World Champion, which she achieved in 2019, and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.[4][5] One of the most successful Indian doubles player is Jwala Gutta, who was the only Indian to have rank in the top 10 of two categories. She peaked at #6 with Valiyaveetil Diju in mixed doubles and at #10 with Ashwini Ponnappa in women's doubles.[6]

Other successful players include Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat, Syed Modi, Chetan Anand, and Parupalli Kashyap.

History[edit | edit source]

For detailed record, see India national badminton team.
Indian National Badminton Team at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand both won the All England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to win the prestigious title.

Saina Nehwal won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the first Olympic medal for the country in badminton. P. V. Sindhu won the second and the third Olympic medals 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 several medals at the BWF World Championships as well, with Prakash Padukone winning the first in 1982. The doubles pairing of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa became the first women to win a medal when they won the bronze in 2011.[7] P. V. Sindhu then won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions, the first Indian player to do so. Saina Nehwal won a first-ever silver at the 2015 Championships, and then a bronze in 2017.[8] P. V. Sindhu won silver in consecutive editions in 2017 and 2018. Sindhu then went on to win the gold at the 2019 BWF World Championships and become the first Indian to ever finish on top of the podium. At the same edition, B. Sai Praneeth medalled in the men's singles after 36 years, clinching the bronze. As a result, for the first time, India won medals in two different disciplines in the same BWF World Championships edition. In 2021, Lakshya Sen won the bronze medal in men's singles while Srikanth Kidambi won the silver, the first time India had two medallists in the same edition in the men's singles discipline. In 2022, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won India's first World Championship medal in the men's doubles, a bronze. Till date, India has never returned empty handed from the World Championships since 2011.

At the BWF World Junior Championships, Saina Nehwal is the only gold medalist for India, which she achieved in 2008. At the Badminton Asia Junior Championships, P. V. Sindhu and Lakshya Sen are the only gold medalists for India, winning in their respective categories in 2012 and 2018 respectively.

Medal table[edit | edit source]

For medal record, see India national badminton team.

World rankings[edit | edit source]

Further information: India national badminton team

Olympic Games[edit | edit source]

Year Event Player Result
2024 Men's singles Lakshya Sen 4th
Prannoy H. S. Round of 16
Women's singles P. V. Sindhu Round of 16
Men's doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty 		Quarter Finals
Women's doubles Ashwini Ponnappa
Tanisha Crasto 		Group Stage
2020 Men's singles B. Sai Praneeth Group Stage
Women's singles P. V. Sindhu Bronze
Men's doubles Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty 		Group Stage
2016 Men's singles Srikanth Kidambi Quarter-finals
Women's singles P. V. Sindhu Silver
Women's singles Saina Nehwal Group Stage
Men's doubles Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy 		Group Stage
Women's doubles Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Group Stage
2012 Men's singles Parupalli Kashyap Quarter Finals
Women's singles Saina Nehwal Bronze
Women's doubles Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Group Stage
Mixed doubles Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta 		Group Stage
2008 Men's singles Anup Sridhar Second Round
Women's singles Saina Nehwal Quarter Finals
2004 Men's singles Nikhil Kanetkar Round of 16
Men's singles Abhinn Shyam Gupta Round of 32
Women's singles Aparna Popat Round of 16
2000 Men's singles Pullela Gopichand Third Round
Women's singles Aparna Popat First Round
1996 Men's singles Deepankar Bhattacharya Second Round
Women's singles P. V. V. Lakshmi Second Round
1992 Men's singles Deepankar Bhattacharya Third Round
Women's singles Madhumita Bisht Second Round
Men's doubles Deepankar Bhattacharya
U. Vimal Kumar 		First Round

Paralympic Games[edit | edit source]

Year Event Player Result
2024 Men's singles SL3 Manoj Sarkar Group stage
Nitesh Kumar Template:PG1
Men's singles SL4 Suhas Yathiraj Template:PG2
Sukant Kadam 4th
Tarun Dhillon Group stage
Men's singles SH6 Krishna Nagar Group stage
Sivarajan Solaimalai Group stage
Women's singles SL3 Manasi Joshi Group stage
Mandeep Kaur Quarter-finals
Women's singles SL4 Palak Kohli Quarter-finals
Women's singles SU5 Thulasimathi Murugesan Template:PG2
Manisha Ramadass Template:PG3
Women's singles SH6 Nithya Sivan Template:PG3
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 Nitesh Kumar
Thulasimathi Murugesan 		Group stage
Suhas Yathiraj
Palak Kohli 		Group stage
Mixed doubles SH6 Sivarajan Solaimalai
Nithya Sivan 		4th
2020 Men's singles SL3 Pramod Bhagat Template:PG1
Manoj Sarkar Template:PG3
Men's singles SL1 Tarun Dhillon 4th
Suhas Yathiraj Template:PG2
Men's singles SH6 Krishna Nagar Template:PG1
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 		4th

National award recipients[edit | edit source]

Year Recipient Award Gender
2000–2001 Pullela Gopichand Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Male
2010 Saina Nehwal Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
2016 P. V. Sindhu Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Female
1961 Nandu M. Natekar Arjuna Award Male
1962 Meena Shah Arjuna Award Female
1965 Dinesh Khanna Arjuna Award Male
1967 Suresh Goel Arjuna Award Male
1969 Dipu Ghosh Arjuna Award Male
1970 Damayanti Tambay Arjuna Award Female
1971 Sobha Morthy Arjuna Award Female
1972 Prakash Padukone Arjuna Award Male
1974 Raman Ghosh Arjuna Award Male
1975 Devinder Ahuja Arjuna Award Male
1976 Ami Ghia Arjuna Award Female
1977–1978 Kanwal Thakar Singh Arjuna Award Female
1980–1981 Syed Modi Arjuna Award Male
1982 Madhumita Bisht Arjuna Award Female
1982 Partho Ganguli Arjuna Award Male
1999 Pullela Gopichand Arjuna Award Male
2000 George Thomas Arjuna Award Male
2004 Abhinn Shyam Gupta Arjuna Award Male
2005 Aparna Popat Arjuna Award Female
2006 Chetan Anand Arjuna Award Male
2007 Anup Sridhar Arjuna Award Male
2009 Saina Nehwal Arjuna Award Female
2011 Jwala Gutta Arjuna Award Female
2012 Parupalli Kashyap Arjuna Award Male
2012 Ashwini Ponnappa Arjuna Award Female
2013 P. V. Sindhu Arjuna Award Female
2014 Valiyaveetil Diju Arjuna Award Male
2015 Srikanth Kidambi Arjuna Award Male
2018 N. Sikki Reddy Arjuna Award Female
2019 B. Sai Praneeth Arjuna Award Male
2020 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Arjuna Award Male
2020 Chirag Shetty Arjuna Award Male
2022 Lakshya Sen Arjuna Award Male
2022 Prannoy H. S. Arjuna Award Male
2020 Pradeep Shrikrishna Gandhe Dhyan Chand Award Male
2020 Trupti Murgunde Dhyan Chand Award Female
2017 G. S. S. V. Prasad + Dronacharya Award Male
2000 S. M. Arif Dronacharya Award Male
2009 Pullela Gopichand Dronacharya Award Male
2019 U. Vimal Kumar Dronacharya Award Male
Key
   + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Kidambi Srikanth becomes first Indian male shuttler to claim World No 1 spot after Prakash Padukone". Firstpost. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Rao, Rakesh (28 March 2015). "Saina becomes World No. 1". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "When PV Sindhu became Indian badminton's golden girl". Olympic Games. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "PV Sindhu joins select group of repeat medalists with Tokyo 2020 bronze". Olympic Games. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jwala Gutta". Tournament Software. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18".
  8. ↑ "Saina Nehwal". london2012.com. Retrieved 2 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link).
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