The Badminton Association of India has announced a 39-member squad for the Asia Junior Championships in China. The tournament will be held between August 20-25 in Chengdu. The Indian contingent departed for China after a preparatory camp at the National Centre for Excellence in Guwahati.
BAI announces contingent for Asia Junior Championships
Shuttlers Gnana Dattu and Tanvi Reddy Andluri will lead India’s contingent in the U17 category while Shyam Bindiganavile and Tanvi Patri will be the top singles players in the U-15 category. The selection of the players happened after extensive trials in Bengaluru. India bagged a gold, silver and bronze each in the last edition of the tournament.
“India is fielding one of the biggest squads for the Badminton Asia Championships and I am confident that we can win sizable medals. The players and the coaches have put in a lot of work in the camp and our players are now ready to make a mark in the competition,” BAI secretary Sanjay Mishra said.
India squad for U15 Championships
Boys Singles: Shyam Bindiganavile, Shashank Vanamala, Prangan Choudhary, Pushkar Sai
Girls Singles: Tanvi Patri, Shaina Manimuthu, Gatha Suryawanshi, Hithaishree L Rajaiah
Boys Doubles: Rahul Kadapakula/Vedant Pahwa, Shashwat Chaudhary/Shaurya Chaudhary
Girls Doubles: Shaina Manimuthu/Aikya Shetty, Nidhi Atmaram/Selvasamruddhi Selvaprbhu
Mixed Doubles: Sahid Ibrahim Peer/Dheeshitha Singha Gopinath Singh, Kaveyugan KA/Anushka Jennifer AS
India squad for U17 Championships
Boys Singles: Gnana Dattu TT, Prateek Koundilya, Dev Ruparelia, Abhinav Garg
Girls Singles: Tanvi Reddy Andluri, Adarshini Shri NB, Parul Choudhary, Durga Isha Kandrapu
Boys Doubles: Bjron Jaison/Aathish Sreenivas PV, Abhinav Kandari/Yogansh Singh
Girls Doubles: Annaya Bisht/Angel Punera, Diya Bheemaiah B/Baruni Parshwal
Mixed Doubles: Showrya Kiran J/Keerthy Manchala, Manish Reddy/Deepak Raj Aditi.
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