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 first Indian badminton player to have won an Olympic medal when she won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, P.V. Sindhu became the first Indian to win a silver medal.

Current ranking

Men's singles

BWF Indian Top 10 Men's Singles Ranking
Rank Change Name Rating
10 1 Increase Srikanth Kidambi 53,886
21 1 Increase Ajay Jayaram 42,483
31 3 Decrease Prannoy Kumar 37,201
36 Steady B. Sai Praneeth 34,332
38 Steady Sameer Verma 33,850
75 1 Increase Anand Pawar 22,020
84 2 Increase Harsheel Dani 20,960
86 17 Decrease Parupalli Kashyap 20,090
93 1 Increase R. M. V. Gurusaidutt 18,870
117 Steady Subhankar Dey 15,600
Reference: BWF men's singles ranking, 25 August 2016

Women's singles

BWF Indian Top 10 Women's Singles Ranking
Rank Change Name Rating
9 4 Decrease Saina Nehwal 70,209
10 Steady P.V. Sindhu 63,099
78 1 Increase Tanvi Lad 21,370
83 1 Increase Gadde Ruthvika Shivani 20,314
97 3 Decrease Saili Rane 17,040
114 1 Increase P. C. Thulasi 15,052
168 Steady Rituparna Das 8,150
190 1 Increase Lalita Dahiya 6,950
230 Steady Anura Prabhudesai 5,020
238 Steady Rasika Raje 4,880
Reference: BWF women's singles ranking, 25 August 2016

Summer Olympics

Year Event Player Result
2016
Men's singles Srikanth Kidambi Quarter-finals
Women's singles P. V. Sindhu 2
Saina Nehwal Group Stage
Men's doubles Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy Group Stage
Women's doubles Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa Group Stage
2012
Men's singles Parupalli Kashyap Quarter-finals
Women's singles Saina Nehwal 3
Women's doubles Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa Group Stage
Mixed doubles Valiyaveetil Diju / Jwala Gutta Group Stage
2008
Men's singles Anup Sridhar Second Round
Women's singles Saina Nehwal Quarter-finals
2004
Men's singles Nikhil Kanetkar Round of 16
Abhinn Shyam Gupta Round of 32
Women's singles Aparna Popat Round of 16
2000
Men's singles Pullela Gopichand Third Round
Women's singles Aparna Popat First Round
1996
Men's singles Deepankar Bhattacharya Second Round
Women's singles P.V.V. Lakshmi Second Round

Former notable players

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

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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