{"id":311368,"date":"2023-04-19T12:25:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/19\/hs-prannoy-pv-sindhu-to-lead-indian-team-in-sudirman-cup-badminton-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T12:25:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:25:47","slug":"hs-prannoy-pv-sindhu-to-lead-indian-team-in-sudirman-cup-badminton-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/19\/hs-prannoy-pv-sindhu-to-lead-indian-team-in-sudirman-cup-badminton-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu to lead Indian team in Sudirman Cup | Badminton News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: The Indian badminton team has been announced for the 2023 <!-- -->Sudirman Cup<!-- --> with the return of <!-- -->Satwiksairaj Rankireddy<!-- --> bolstering the men&#8217;s doubles squad for the tournament to be played in Suzhou, China from May 14-21.<br \/>World No. 9 <!-- -->HS Prannoy<!-- --> and former world champion and two-time Olympic medallist <!-- -->PV Sindhu<!-- --> will spearhead the Indian team which have been grouped in Group C along with Malaysia, Chinese Taipei and Australia.<br \/>The senior national selection committee, which met in New Delhi on Tuesday, followed the guidelines announced on January 3, 2023 to select a balanced squad with an aim to clinch a first-ever medal in the Mixed Team Championships.<\/p>\n<p>Indian men had created history last year by winning the prestigious Thomas Cup and hopes of a potential podium finished were raised further following the bronze winning performance in the Asian Mixed Team championships earlier this year.<br \/>&#8220;Sudirman Cup is a prestigious tournament and the selectors have picked the best squad after studying the domestic and international results. We are confident that this team will challenge for a medal this year,&#8221; said Badminton Association of India secretary Sanjay Mishra.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"badminton man\" msid=\"99616100\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99616100,width-600,resizemode-4\/99616100.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>India&#8217;s first task will be to make it to the knock-out stage from a potentially tricky group.<br \/>The experienced Ashwini Ponnappa and new partner Tanisha Castro will provide back up to the All England semi-finalists Gayatri Gopichand and <!-- -->Treesa Jolly<!-- -->.<br \/>Kidambi Srikanth and reigning senior national women\u2019s singles champion Anupama Upadhyaya will be the other singles players in the squad.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Indian team:<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\">Men&#8217;s singles: <\/span>HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth (Reserve: Lakshya Sen)<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Women&#8217;s singles: <\/span>PV Sindhu, Anupama Upadhyaya (Reserve: Aakarshi Kashyap)<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Men&#8217;s doubles: <\/span>Satwiksairaj Rankireddy\/Chirag Shetty, MR Arjun\/Dhruv Kapila<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Women&#8217;s doubles: <\/span>Gayatri Gopichand\/Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Ponnappa\/Tanisha Crasto<br \/><span class=\"strong\">Mixed doubles: <\/span>Tanisha Crasto\/Sai Pratheek<\/div>\n<p><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n      var scripts = [\n      'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js',\n      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