Badminton in India

Badminton in India

Badminton was invented in India in the mid 1800s
Country India
Governing body Badminton Association of India
National team India
International competitions

Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is the second most played sport in India after Cricket.[1] Badminton in India is managed by Badminton Association of India.

Indian women's singles player Saina Nehwal was ranked first in the world in 2015.[2] Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand, both won the All England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively.[3] Saina is also the lone Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal when she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Notable players

Current players

  1. Saina Nehwal
  2. Srikanth Kidambi
  3. Parupalli Kashyap
  4. P.V. Sindhu
  5. Jwala Gutta
  6. Valiyaveetil Diju
  7. Ashwini Ponnappa
  8. Ajay Jayaram
  9. Sourabh Varma
  10. Prannoy Kumar

Former players

  1. Prakash Padukone
  2. Syed Modi
  3. Pullela Gopichand
  4. Chetan Anand
  5. Aparna Popat
  6. U. Vimal Kumar
  7. Sanave Thomas

References

  1. ↑ "Badminton second most played sport in India". sportskeeda. 2012-04-12.
  2. ↑ "BWF - BWF World Ranking - Overview". Bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  3. ↑ dillesport.dk


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