India national badminton team

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India
Flag of India.svg
Association Badminton Association of India
Confederation Badminton Asia
President Himanta Biswa Sarma
BWF ranking
Current ranking5 Increase2.svg 2 (4 July 2023)
Highest ranking5 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1991 )
Best resultQuarter-finals (2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1952 )
Best resultChampions (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 resultRunner-up (1983)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2016 )
Best resultChampions (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.

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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

Individual

TournamentsGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Summer Olympics 012
BWF World Championships 149
Badminton World Cup 101
World Games 001
Badminton Asia Championships 2016
Asian Games 115
Commonwealth Games 9513
South Asian Games 24213

Team

TournamentsTeamGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Thomas Cup M100
Uber Cup F002
Sudirman Cup X000
Badminton Asia Championships M011
Badminton Asia Team Championships M002
F100
Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships X001
Asian Games M013
F002
Commonwealth Games M010
F001
X121
South Asian Games M500
F500

Participation in BWF competitions

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

Participation in Badminton Asia Championships

Men's team
YearResult
1962 Did not enter
1965 Bronze medal icon.svg Semi-finalist
1969
1971
1976
1983 Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
1985
1987
1989
1993 Division 2

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

Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships

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

Participation in the Asian Games

Participation in the Commonwealth Games

Participation in the South Asian Games

YearMen's teamWomen's team
2004 Gold medal icon.svgGoldGold medal icon.svgGold
2006 Gold medal icon.svgGoldGold medal icon.svgGold
2010 Gold medal icon.svgGoldGold medal icon.svgGold
2016 Gold medal icon.svgGoldGold medal icon.svgGold
2019 Gold medal icon.svgGoldGold medal icon.svgGold

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

YearResult
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2000 Group stage - 13th of 24
Flag of South Africa.svg 2002 Group stage - 9th of 23
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2004 Group Y2 - 11th of 20
Flag of South Korea.svg 2006 Group W2 - 8th of 28
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2007 Group W2 - 8th of 25
Flag of India.svg 2008 Group Y - Fourth place of 21
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2009 Group Y1 - 7th of 21
Flag of Mexico.svg 2010 Group Z2 - 9th of 24
Flag of the Republic of China.svg 2011 Group X1 - 6th of 22
Flag of Japan.svg 2012 Group W2 - 9th of 30
Flag of Thailand.svg 2013 Group Z1 - 14th of 30
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2014 Group Z2 - 13th of 33
Flag of Peru.svg 2015 Group A2 - 9th of 39
Flag of Spain.svg 2016 Group G2 - 8th of 52
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2017 Group D - 6th of 44
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2018 Group E - 6th of 39
Flag of Russia.svg 2019 Group E - 12th of 43
Flag of New Zealand.svg 2020 Cancelled
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2021 Cancelled
Flag of Spain.svg 2022 Group B - 13th of 37
Flag of the United States.svg 2023 Quarter-finalist - 7th of 38

Asian Junior Team Championships

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
MSMDXD
Srikanth Kidambi 7 February 1993 (age 31)24--
Lakshya Sen 16 August 2001 (age 22)19--
Prannoy H. S. 17 July 1992 (age 31)7--
Sameer Verma 22 October 1994 (age 29)64--
Kiran George 11 February 2000 (age 24)37--
Mithun Manjunath 28 June 1998 (age 25)61--
Priyanshu Rajawat 1 February 2002 (age 22)28--
Subhankar Dey 6 June 1993 (age 30)154--
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 13 August 2000 (age 23)-1-
Chirag Shetty 4 July 1997 (age 26)-1-
Dhruv Kapila 1 February 2000 (age 24)-41122
Arjun M. R. 11 May 1997 (age 26)-41-
K. Sai Pratheek 3 May 2000 (age 23)-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 32)-21758
Ishaan Bhatnagar 2 February 2002 (age 22)--1478
Rohan Kapoor 16 September 1997 (age 26)-96742
Raghu Mariswamy 14 February 1998 (age 26)115--
Ravikrishna PS 23 October 2002 (age 21)-68-
Sankar Prasad Udayakumar 3 August 2002 (age 21)-68-
Manjit Singh Khwairakpam 17 March 2001 (age 23)-185372
Dingku Singh Konthoujam 28 March 2001 (age 22)-233178
Hariharan Amsakarunan 18 May 2003 (age 20)-73174
Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi 8 July 2003 (age 20)-73561
Suraj Goala 3 August 2002 (age 21)-182376
Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy 13 July 2002 (age 21)-182-
Chirag Sen 22 July 1998 (age 25)103109-

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
P. V. Sindhu 5 July 1995 (age 28)11405-
Saina Nehwal 17 March 1990 (age 34)209--
Malvika Bansod 15 September 2001 (age 22)50--
Aakarshi Kashyap 24 August 2001 (age 22)43--
Tasnim Mir 13 May 2005 (age 18)70--
Anupama Upadhyaya 12 February 2005 (age 19)86--
Ashmita Chaliha 18 October 1999 (age 24)47--
Unnati Hooda 20 September 2007 (age 16)5594-
Anmol Kharb 20 January 2007 (age 17)335--
Tanvi Sharma 22 December 2008 (age 15)588205-
Aditi Bhatt 16 January 2003 (age 21)137--
Ashwini Ponnappa 18 September 1989 (age 34)-2058
Treesa Jolly 27 May 2003 (age 20)-23-
Gayatri Gopichand 4 March 2003 (age 21)-23-
Tanisha Crasto 5 May 2003 (age 20)-2071
N. Sikki Reddy 18 August 1993 (age 30)-11342
Rutaparna Panda 7 May 1999 (age 24)-51-
Shikha Gautam 18 April 1998 (age 25)-53-
Arathi Sara Sunil 1 October 1994 (age 29)-113-
Ashwini Bhat K. 10 January 2000 (age 24)-53-
Tara Shah 16 March 2005 (age 19)173--
Khushi Gupta 3 June 2001 (age 22)-602744
Nila Valluvan 26 May 2001 (age 22)-891690
Arul Bala Radhakrishnan 30 March 2002 (age 21)-135233
Riza Mehreen 23 January 2003 (age 21)---
Simran Singhi 11 April 2002 (age 21)-67-
Ritika Thaker 17 January 2001 (age 23)-67-
Shruti Mishra 13 August 2002 (age 21)-83382
Priya Konjengbam 17 March 2001 (age 23)-83135

Former notable players

Men

Women

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