India national badminton team

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India
Flag of India.svg
Association Badminton Association of India [1]
Confederation Badminton Asia
President Himanta 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 Simple gold cup.svg (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 medal asia.svg (1983)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2016 )
Best result Simple gold cup.svg (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.

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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

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

NameBirth date and ageRanking of event
MSMDXD
Srikanth Kidambi 7 February 1993 (age 31)24
Lakshya Sen 16 August 2001 (age 23)14
Prannoy H. S. 17 July 1992 (age 32)7
Sameer Verma 22 October 1994 (age 30)64
Kiran George 11 February 2000 (age 24)37
Mithun Manjunath 28 June 1998 (age 26)61
Priyanshu Rajawat 1 February 2002 (age 22)28
Subhankar Dey 6 June 1993 (age 31)154
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 13 August 2000 (age 24)1
Chirag Shetty 4 July 1997 (age 27)1
Dhruv Kapila 1 February 2000 (age 24)4177
Arjun M. R. 11 May 1997 (age 27)41
K. Sai Pratheek 3 May 2000 (age 24)7071
Krishna Prasad Garaga 15 March 2000 (age 24)66
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala 11 February 2001 (age 23)66
B. Sumeeth Reddy 26 September 1991 (age 33)21758
Ishaan Bhatnagar 2 February 2002 (age 22)1478
Rohan Kapoor 16 September 1997 (age 27)96742
Raghu Mariswamy 14 February 1998 (age 26)115
Ravikrishna PS 23 October 2002 (age 22)68
Sankar Prasad 3 August 2002 (age 22)68
Manjit Singh Khwairakpam 17 March 2001 (age 23)185372
Dingku Singh Konthoujam 28 March 2001 (age 23)233178
Hariharan Amsakarunan 18 May 2003 (age 21)73174
Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi 8 July 2003 (age 21)73561
Suraj Goala 3 August 2002 (age 22)182376
Pruthvi Roy 13 July 2002 (age 22)182
Chirag Sen 22 July 1998 (age 26)103109
Rithvik Sanjeevi

Women's team

NameBirth date and ageRanking of event
WSWDXD
P. V. Sindhu 5 July 1995 (age 29)11405
Saina Nehwal 17 March 1990 (age 34)209
Malvika Bansod 15 September 2001 (age 23)50
Aakarshi Kashyap 24 August 2001 (age 23)43
Tasnim Mir 13 May 2005 (age 19)70
Anupama Upadhyaya 12 February 2005 (age 19)86
Ashmita Chaliha 18 October 1999 (age 25)47
Unnati Hooda 20 September 2007 (age 17)5594
Anmol Kharb 20 January 2007 (age 17)99
Tanvi Sharma 22 December 2008 (age 15)588205
Aditi Bhatt 16 January 2003 (age 21)137
Ashwini Ponnappa 18 September 1989 (age 35)2058
Treesa Jolly 27 May 2003 (age 21)23
Gayatri Gopichand 4 March 2003 (age 21)23
Tanisha Crasto 5 May 2003 (age 21)2071
N. Sikki Reddy 18 August 1993 (age 31)11342
Rutaparna Panda 7 May 1999 (age 25)51
Rakshitha Ramraj 4 April 2007 (age 17)61282
Shikha Gautam 18 April 1998 (age 26)53
Arathi Sara Sunil 1 October 1994 (age 30)113
Ashwini Bhat K. 10 January 2000 (age 24)53
Tara Shah 16 March 2005 (age 19)173
Khushi Gupta 3 June 2001 (age 23)602744
Nila Valluvan 26 May 2001 (age 23)891690
Arul Bala Radhakrishnan 30 March 2002 (age 22)135233
Riza Mehreen 23 January 2003 (age 21)
Simran Singhi 11 April 2002 (age 22)67
Ritika Thaker 17 January 2001 (age 23)67
Shruti Mishra 13 August 2002 (age 22)83382
Priya Konjengbam 17 March 2001 (age 23)83135

Medal table

Individual

TournamentGold medal world centered-2.svgSilver medal world centered-2.svgBronze medal world centered-2.svgTotal
Olympic Games 0123
World Championships 14914
World Games 0011
World Cup 1012
Commonwealth Games 951327
Asian Games 1157
Asian Championships 201618
South Asian Games 2421348
Total14325096

Team

TournamentTeamGold medal world centered-2.svgSilver medal world centered-2.svgBronze medal world centered-2.svgTotal
Thomas Cup M1001
Uber Cup F0022
Sudirman Cup X0000
Commonwealth Games M0101
F0011
X1214
Asian Games M0134
F0022
Asian Team Championships M0022
F1001
Asian Mixed Team Championships X0011
South Asian Games M5005
F5005
Total1351331

Individual record

Olympic Games

YearPlayer(s)CategoryMedal
2012 Saina Nehwal Women's singlesBronze medal.svg
2016 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesSilver medal.svg
2020 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesBronze medal.svg

World Championships

YearPlayer(s)CategoryMedal
1983 Prakash Padukone Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2011 Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Women's doublesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2013 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2014 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2015 Saina Nehwal Women's singlesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
2017 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Saina Nehwal Women's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2018 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
2019 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
B. Sai Praneeth Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2021 Srikanth Kidambi Men's singlesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Lakshya Sen Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2022 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Men's doublesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2023 Prannoy H. S. Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg

Asian Games

YearPlayer(s)CategoryMedal
1982 Syed Modi Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
Leroy D'Sa
Pradeep Gandhe
Men's doublesBronze medal asia.svg
Leroy D'Sa
Kanwal Thakar Singh
Mixed doublesBronze medal asia.svg
2019 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesSilver medal asia.svg
Saina Nehwal Bronze medal asia.svg
2022 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Men's doublesGold medal asia.svg
Prannoy H. S. Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg

Asian Championships

YearPlayer(s)CategoryMedal
1965 Dinesh Khanna Men's singlesGold medal asia.svg
Suresh Goel Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
Meena Shah Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
Sarojini Apte Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
Owen Roncon
Sarojini Apte
Mixed doublesBronze medal asia.svg
A. I. Sheikh
Achala Karnik
Mixed doublesBronze medal asia.svg
1969 Dinesh Khanna Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
1976 Prakash Padukone Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2000 Pullela Gopichand Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2007 Anup Sridhar Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2010 Saina Nehwal Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2014 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Women's doublesBronze medal asia.svg
2016 Saina Nehwal Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2018 Prannoy H. S. Men's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
Saina Nehwal Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2022 P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesBronze medal asia.svg
2023 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Men's doublesGold medal asia.svg

Commonwealth Games

YearPlayer(s)CategoryMedal
1966 Dinesh Khanna Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
1978 Prakash Padukone Men's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Ami Ghia
Kanwal Thakar Singh
Women's doublesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
1982 Syed Modi Men's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
1998 Aparna Popat Women's singlesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Pullela Gopichand Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2002 Aparna Popat Women's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2006 Chetan Anand Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2010 Saina Nehwal Women's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Women's doublesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Parupalli Kashyap Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2014 Parupalli Kashyap Men's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Women's doublesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Gurusai Dutt Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2018 Saina Nehwal Women's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Srikanth Kidambi Men's singlesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Men's doublesSilver medal world centered-2.svg
Ashwini Ponnappa
N. Sikki Reddy
Women's doublesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
2022 Lakshya Sen Men's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Men's doublesGold medal world centered-2.svg
Srikanth Kidambi Men's singlesBronze medal world centered-2.svg
Treesa Jolly
Gayathri Gopichand
Women's doublesBronze medal world centered-2.svg

South Asian Games

Senior team record

Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
1978 Group stage-
1982 Group stage-
1986 Did not enter
1990 Group stage-
1994 Did not enter
2002 Group stage-
2006 Third place3rd
2010 Runners-up2nd
2014 Fourth place4th
2018 Champions1st
2022 Runners-up2nd
2026 Event not held-
2030 To be determined
2034 To be determined

Men's team

YearRoundPos
1998 Runners-up2nd

Women's team

YearRoundPos
1998 Semi-finals3rd

Asian Games

Asian Championships

South Asian Games

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

Junior team record

World Junior Championships

YearRoundPos
2000 Group stage13th
2002 Group stage9th
2004 Group stage11th
2006 Group stage8th
2007 Group stage8th
2008 Fourth place4th
2009 Group stage7th
2010 Group stage9th
2011 Group stage6th
2012 Group stage9th
2013 Group stage14th
2014 Group stage13th
2015 Group stage9th
2016 Quarter-finals8th
2017 Quarter-finals6th
2018 Quarter-finals6th
2019 Group stage12th
2022 Group stage13th
2023 Quarter-finals7th
2024 Quarter-finals6th
2025 To be determined

Asia Junior Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2006 Round of 16-
2007 Group stage-
2008 Group stage-
2009 Quarter-finals-
2010 Quarter-finals-
2011 Semi-finals4th
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-finals6th

Boys' team

YearRoundPos
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

YearRoundPos
1997 Round of 16-
1998 Quarter-finals-
1999 Quarter-finals-
2000 Quarter-finals-
2001 Quarter-finals-
2002 Semi-finals4th
2004 Quarter-finals-
2005 Quarter-finals-
** Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Notable former players

Men

Women

See also

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