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 Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2017 )
Best resultSemi-finals
(2023)
Asian Men's Championships
Appearances14 (first in 1965 )
Best resultSilver medal asia.svg (1983)
Asian Women's 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

Men's singles

World RankPlayer
10 Lakshya Sen
30 Prannoy H. S.
35 Kiran George
36 Priyanshu Rajawat
44 Sathish Karunakaran
46 Ayush Shetty
47 Srikanth Kidambi
59 Meiraba Maisnam
61 Tharun Manepalli
63 Rithvik Sanjeevi

Women's singles

World RankPlayer
12 PV Sindhu
27 Malvika Bansod
42 Anupama Upadhyaya
46 Aakarshi Kashyap
48 Rakshitha Ramraj
56 Tasnim Mir
58 Tanya Hemanth
60 Isharani Baruah
66 Anmol Kharb
70 Ashmita Chaliha
79 Unnati Hooda
89 Shriyanshi Valishetty
90 Devika Sihag
93 Samiya Farooqui

Men's doubles

World RankPlayer
7 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
45 K. Sai Pratheek
Krishna Prasad Garaga

Women's doubles

World RankPlayer
9 Treesa Jolly
Gayatri Gopichand
19 Tanisha Crasto
Ashwini Ponnappa
33 Rutaparna Panda
Swetaparna Panda
50 Shruti Mishra
Priya Konjengbam
74 Simran Singhi
Ritika Thaker

Mixed doubles

World RankPlayer
31 Sumeeth Reddy
N. Sikki Reddy
32 Aadya Variyath
Sathish Karunakaran
37 Tanisha Crasto
Dhruv Kapila
38 Rohan Kapoor
Ruthvika Gadde

Coaches

YearsCoachRoleRef(s)
2025–present Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Kim Her Doubles coach [5]
2025–present Flag of Indonesia.svg Irwansyah Adi PratamaWomen's singles coach [6]

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

YearHostPlayerCategoryMedal
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London Saina Nehwal Women's singlesBronze medal.svg
2016 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio P. V. Sindhu Women's singlesSilver medal.svg
2020 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo 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

YearRoundPosition
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

YearRoundPosition
1998 Runners-up2nd

Women's team

YearRoundPosition
1998 Semi-finals3rd

Asian Games

Asian Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPosition
2017 Quarter-finals
2019 Group stage
2023 Semi-finals3rd
2025 Quarter-finals6th
2027
2029

Men's team

YearRoundPosition
1962 Did not enter
1965 Semi-finals3rd
1969 Quarter-finals
1971 Round of 16
1976 Round of 16
1983 Runners-up2nd
1985 Quarter-finals
1987 Group stage
1989 Group stage
1993 Group stage
2016 Semi-finals4th
2018 Quarter-finals
2020 Semi-finals3rd
2022 Group stage6th
2024 Quarter-finals8th
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Women's team

YearRoundPosition
2016 Quarter-finals
2018 Quarter-finals
2020 Did not enter
2022 Group stage6th
2024 Champions1st
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

South Asian Games

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

Junior team record

World Junior Championships

YearRoundPosition
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

YearRoundPosition
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

YearRoundPosition
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

YearRoundPosition
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

References

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  2. "No change in BAI: Prakash". The Indian Express . 30 July 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women" . Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  4. "Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok" . Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  5. PTI (2025-01-13). "India Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag working on defence after reuniting with coach Tan Kim Her". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  6. "India Open: PV Sindhu, with new coach Irwansyah in her corner, says the fire is still there to win the big medals". The Indian Express. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.