Asia Badminton Team Championship- Lakshya Sen & Malvika Bansod to lead: India Open champion Lakshya Sen and Syed Modi International finalist Malvika Bansod will lead the Indian men’s and women’s teams in the Badminton Asia Team Championships to be played at Shah Alam, Malaysia from February 15-20.
Asia Badminton Team Championship: No Sindhu, Saina & Srikanth, Lakshya Sen & Malvika Bansod to lead India attack in Asia team championship
The Badminton Association of India announced a new-look team for the continental team championship giving importance to the performances in the two All India Ranking tournaments played in Chennai and Hyderabad last month, selecting players on the basis of aggregate ranking points scored in the two events. “We have been considering domestic tournaments for selection for a while now and selecting players in the top-25 world ranking directly. But with most senior players recovering from Covid and injury it is a good opportunity for us to give the bench strength opportunities to make their mark in the tournament,” Badminton Association of India secretary Ajay Singhania said in a statement.
Asia Badminton Team Championship: The men’s team had won the bronze medal in the last edition of the tournament in Manila, Philippines while the women’s team was withdrawn due to the Covid pandemic as most players were not willing to travel then.
The men’s doubles charge will be led by Kerala’s PS Ravi Krishna and Udaykumar Shankarprasad, who also impressed with their performance against the experienced Malaysian combination of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi at the India Open.
Asia Badminton Team Championship: No Sindhu, Saina & Srikanth, Lakshya Sen & Malvika Bansod to lead India attack in Asia team championship
Asia Badminton Team Championship: The combination of Simran Singhi and Khushi Gupta along with the experienced Aarthi Sara Sunil and Riza Mahreen would look to make a mark in women’s doubles.
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Asia Badminton Team Championship TEAMS:
Men: Singles: Lakshya Sen, Mithun Manjunath, Kiran George, Raghu M
Doubles: PS Ravi Krishna/UdayKumar ShankarPrasad, Amsakarunan Hariharan/Ruban Kumar, Dingku Singh Konthoujam/Manjit Singh Khwairakpam
Women: Singles: Malvika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap, Ashmita Chaliha, Tara Shah
Doubles: Simran Singhi/Khushi Gupta, V Nila/Arubala, Aarthi Sara Sunil/Riza Mahreen.
Asia Badminton Team Championship: No Sindhu, Saina & Srikanth, Lakshya Sen & Malvika Bansod to lead India attack in Asia team championship
