India national badminton team

Indian national badminton team

India
BWF ranking

Association	Badminton Association of India
Confederation	Badminton Asia
President	Himanta Biswa Sarma
Current ranking	9 (October 2024)
Highest ranking	5 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1991)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1952)
Best result	(2022)
Uber Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1957)
Best result	Semi-finals (1957, 2014, 2016)
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	3 (first in 2017)
Best result	Semi-finals (2023)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances	14 (first in 1965)
Best result	(1983)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 2016)
Best result	(2024)

The India national badminton team represents India in international badminton team tournaments. It is governed by the Badminton Association of India. 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.

The Indian team is currently ranked 9th in the World. 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.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	Birth date and age	Ranking of event
Name	Birth date and age	MS	MD	XD
Srikanth Kidambi	(1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 (age 31)	24	—	—
Lakshya Sen	(2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 23)	14	—	—
Prannoy H. S.	(1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 (age 32)	7	—	—
Sameer Verma	(1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 (age 30)	64	—	—
Kiran George	(2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)	37	—	—
Mithun Manjunath	(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26)	61	—	—
Priyanshu Rajawat	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22)	28	—	—
Subhankar Dey	(1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 31)	154	—	—
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	(2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 (age 24)	—	1	—
Chirag Shetty	(1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 (age 27)	—	1	—
Dhruv Kapila	(2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 (age 24)	—	41	77
Arjun M. R.	(1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 (age 27)	—	41	—
K. Sai Pratheek	(2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 (age 24)	—	70	71
Krishna Prasad Garaga	(2000-03-15) 15 March 2000 (age 24)	—	66	—
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala	(2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 (age 23)	—	66	—
B. Sumeeth Reddy	(1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 (age 33)	—	217	58
Ishaan Bhatnagar	(2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22)	—	—	1478
Rohan Kapoor	(1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 27)	—	967	42
Raghu Mariswamy	(1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 26)	115	—	—
Ravikrishna PS	(2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 (age 22)	—	68	—
Sankar Prasad	(2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22)	—	68	—
Manjit Singh Khwairakpam	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23)	—	185	372
Dingku Singh Konthoujam	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)	—	233	178
Hariharan Amsakarunan	(2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 (age 21)	—	73	174
Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi	(2003-07-08) 8 July 2003 (age 21)	—	73	561
Suraj Goala	(2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 (age 22)	—	182	376
Pruthvi Roy	(2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 22)	—	182
Chirag Sen	(1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 26)	103	109	—
Rithvik Sanjeevi			—	—

Women's team

Name	Birth date and age	Ranking of event
Name	Birth date and age	WS	WD	XD
P. V. Sindhu	(1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 29)	11	405	—
Malvika Bansod	(2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 23)	50	—	—
Aakarshi Kashyap	(2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 (age 23)	43	—	—
Tasnim Mir	(2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 (age 19)	70	—	—
Anupama Upadhyaya	(2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 (age 19)	86	—	—
Ashmita Chaliha	(1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 25)	47	—	—
Unnati Hooda	(2007-09-20) 20 September 2007 (age 17)	55	94	—
Anmol Kharb	(2007-01-20) 20 January 2007 (age 17)	99	—	—
Tanvi Sharma	(2008-12-22) 22 December 2008 (age 16)	588	205	—
Aditi Bhatt	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21)	137	—	—
Ashwini Ponnappa	(1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 (age 35)	—	20	58
Treesa Jolly	(2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 (age 21)	—	23	—
Gayatri Gopichand	(2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 21)	—	23	—
Tanisha Crasto	(2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 (age 21)	—	20	71
N. Sikki Reddy	(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 (age 31)	—	113	42
Rutaparna Panda	(1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 (age 25)	—	51	—
Rakshitha Ramraj	(2007-04-04) 4 April 2007 (age 17)	61	282	—
Shikha Gautam	(1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 (age 26)	—	53	—
Arathi Sara Sunil	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30)	—	113	—
Ashwini Bhat K.	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24)	—	53	—
Tara Shah	(2005-03-16) 16 March 2005 (age 19)	173	—	—
Khushi Gupta	(2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 (age 23)	—	602	744
Nila Valluvan	(2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 (age 23)	—	891	690
Arul Bala Radhakrishnan	(2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 (age 22)	—	135	233
Riza Mehreen	(2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 (age 21)	—	—	—
Simran Singhi	(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	—	67	—
Ritika Thaker	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 23)	—	67	—
Shruti Mishra	(2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 (age 22)	—	83	382
Priya Konjengbam	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23)	—	83	135
Shriyanshi Valishetty

Medal table

Individual

Tournament				Total
Olympic Games	0	1	2	3
World Championships	1	4	9	14
World Games	0	0	1	1
World Cup	1	0	1	2
Commonwealth Games	9	5	13	27
Asian Games	1	1	5	7
Asian Championships	2	0	16	18
South Asian Games	24	21	3	48
Total	14	32	50	96

Team

Tournament	Team				Total
Thomas Cup	M	1	0	0	1
Uber Cup	F	0	0	2	2
Sudirman Cup	X	0	0	0	0
Commonwealth Games	M	0	1	0	1
	F	0	0	1	1
	X	1	2	1	4
Asian Games	M	0	1	3	4
Asian Games	F	0	0	2	2
Asian Team Championships	M	0	0	2	2
Asian Team Championships	F	1	0	0	1
Asian Mixed Team Championships	X	0	0	1	1
South Asian Games	M	5	0	0	5
South Asian Games	F	5	0	0	5
Total		13	5	13	31

Individual record

Olympic Games

Year	Player(s)	Category
2012	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles
2016	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2020	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles

World Championships

Year	Player(s)	Category
1983	Prakash Padukone	Men's singles
2011	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles
2013	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2014	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2015	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles
2017	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2017	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles
2018	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2019	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2019	B. Sai Praneeth	Men's singles
2021	Srikanth Kidambi	Men's singles
2021	Lakshya Sen	Men's singles
2022	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles
2023	Prannoy H. S.	Men's singles

Asian Games

Year	Player(s)	Category
1982	Syed Modi	Men's singles
Leroy D'Sa Pradeep Gandhe	Men's doubles
Leroy D'Sa Kanwal Thakar Singh	Mixed doubles
2019	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
Saina Nehwal
2022	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles
Prannoy H. S.	Men's singles

Asian Championships

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

Commonwealth Games

Year	Player(s)	Category
1966	Dinesh Khanna	Men's singles
1978	Prakash Padukone	Men's singles
1978	Ami Ghia Kanwal Thakar Singh	Women's doubles
1982	Syed Modi	Men's singles
1998	Aparna Popat	Women's singles
1998	Pullela Gopichand	Men's singles
2002	Aparna Popat	Women's singles
2006	Chetan Anand	Men's singles
2010	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles
	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles
	Parupalli Kashyap	Men's singles
2014	Parupalli Kashyap	Men's singles
	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles
	Gurusai Dutt	Men's singles
	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2018	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles
	Srikanth Kidambi	Men's singles
	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles
	Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy	Women's doubles
2022	Lakshya Sen	Men's singles
	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles
	Srikanth Kidambi	Men's singles
	Treesa Jolly Gayathri Gopichand	Women's doubles

South Asian Games

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Senior team record

Thomas Cup

Year	Round	Pos
1949	Did not qualify
1952	Second round	3rd
1955	Second round	3rd
1958	Did not qualify
1961
1964
1967
1970
1973	First round inter-zone	5th
1976	Did not qualify
1979	Semi-finals	3rd
1982	Did not qualify
1984
1986
1988	Group stage	8th
1990	Did not qualify
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000	Group stage	7th
2002	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Quarter-finals	-
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Quarter-finals	-
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Group stage	11th
2016	Group stage	13th
2018	Group stage	10th
2020	Quarter-finals	5th
2022	Champions	1st
2024	Quarter-finals	8th
2026	To be determined
2028
2030

Uber Cup

Year	Round	Pos
1957	First round	3rd
1960	First round	5th
1963	Did not qualify
1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010	Quarter-finals	-
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Semi-finals	4th
2016	Semi-finals	4th
2018	Group stage	11th
2020	Quarter-finals	8th
2022	Quarter-finals	8th
2024	Quarter-finals	7th
2026	To be determined
2028
2030

Sudirman Cup

Year	Round	Pos
1989	Withdrew
1991	Group stage	19th
1993	Group stage	18th
1995	Group stage	20th
1997	Group stage	19th
1999	Group stage	16th
2001	Group stage	17th
2003	Group stage	16th
2005	Group stage	18th
2007	Group stage	18th
2009	Group stage	17th
2011	Quarter-finals	-
2013	Group stage	10th
2015	Group stage	10th
2017	Quarter-finals	-
2019	Group stage	12th
2021	Group stage	12th
2023	Group stage	11th
2025	To be determined
2027	To be held
2029	To be held