India national badminton team

The India national badminton team represents India in international team badminton and is governed by the Badminton Association of India.[1] The men's team has 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 with three other teams, what is up to now the best performance in the Sudirman Cup and also repeated the performance in 2017.

India
AssociationBadminton Association of India
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentHimanta Biswa Sarma
BWF ranking
Current ranking5 Increase 2 (4 July 2023)
Highest ranking5 (4 July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1952)
Best resultChampions (2022)
Uber Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1957)
Best resultSemi-finals (1957, 2014, 2016)
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultSemi-finals (2023)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances14 (first in 1965)
Best resultRunner-up (1983)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultChampions (2024)

It is currently ranked 5th in the World. The team has won 3 medals at the Summer Olympics, 10 medals at the BWF World Championships, 10 medals at the Asian Games along with 25 medals at the Commonwealth Games.[2][3][4]

Championships medal summary

Individual
Tournaments1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Summer Olympics012
BWF World Championships149
Badminton World Cup101
World Games001
Badminton Asia Championships2016
Asian Games115
Commonwealth Games9513
South Asian Games24213

Team
TournamentsTeam1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Thomas CupM100
Uber CupF002
Sudirman CupX000
Badminton Asia ChampionshipsM011
Badminton Asia Team ChampionshipsM002
F100
Badminton Asia Mixed Team ChampionshipsX001
Asian GamesM013
F002
Commonwealth GamesM010
F001
X121
South Asian GamesM500
F500

Competitive record

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

Commonwealth Games
See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

South Asian Games
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup
See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000 Group stage 13th
2002 Group stage 9th
2004 Group stage 11th
2006 Group stage 8th
2007 Group stage 8th
2008 Fourth place 4th
2009 Group stage 7th
2010 Group stage 9th
2011 Group stage 6th
2012 Group stage 9th
2013 Group stage 14th
2014 Group stage 13th
2015 Group stage 9th
2016 Quarter-finals 8th
2017 Quarter-finals 6th
2018 Quarter-finals 6th
2019 Group stage 12th
2022 Group stage 13th
2023 Quarter-finals 7th
2024 To be determined
2025
2026

Asian Junior Team Championships
See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad
As of 2 January 2024

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Srikanth Kidambi (1993-02-07) 7 February 1993 24 - -
Lakshya Sen (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 19 - -
Prannoy H. S. (1992-07-17) 17 July 1992 7 - -
Sameer Verma (1994-10-22) 22 October 1994 64 - -
Kiran George (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 37 - -
Mithun Manjunath (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 61 - -
Priyanshu Rajawat (2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 28 - -
Subhankar Dey (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 154 - -
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (2000-08-13) 13 August 2000 - 1 -
Chirag Shetty (1997-07-04) 4 July 1997 - 1 -
Dhruv Kapila (2000-02-01) 1 February 2000 - 41 122
Arjun M. R. (1997-05-11) 11 May 1997 - 41 -
K. Sai Pratheek (2000-05-03) 3 May 2000 - 70 71
Krishna Prasad Garaga (2000-03-15) 15 March 2000 - 66 -
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala (2001-02-11) 11 February 2001 - 66 -
B. Sumeeth Reddy (1991-09-26) 26 September 1991 - 217 58
Ishaan Bhatnagar (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 - - 1478
Rohan Kapoor (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 - 967 42
Raghu Mariswamy (1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 115 - -
Ravikrishna PS (2002-10-23) 23 October 2002 - 68 -
Sankar Prasad Udayakumar (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 - 68 -
Manjit Singh Khwairakpam (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 - 185 372
Dingku Singh Konthoujam (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 - 233 178
Hariharan Amsakarunan (2003-05-18) 18 May 2003 - 73 174
Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi (2003-07-08) 8 July 2003 - 73 561
Suraj Goala (2002-08-03) 3 August 2002 - 182 376
Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy (2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 - 182 -
Chirag Sen (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 103 109 -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
P. V. Sindhu (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 11 405 -
Saina Nehwal (1990-03-17) 17 March 1990 209 - -
Malvika Bansod (2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 50 - -
Aakarshi Kashyap (2001-08-24) 24 August 2001 43 - -
Tasnim Mir (2005-05-13) 13 May 2005 70 - -
Anupama Upadhyaya (2005-02-12) 12 February 2005 86 - -
Ashmita Chaliha (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 47 - -
Unnati Hooda (2007-09-20) 20 September 2007 55 94 -
Anmol Kharb (2007-01-20) 20 January 2007 335 - -
Tanvi Sharma (2008-12-22) 22 December 2008 588 205 -
Aditi Bhatt (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 137 - -
Ashwini Ponnappa (1989-09-18) 18 September 1989 - 20 58
Treesa Jolly (2003-05-27) 27 May 2003 - 23 -
Gayatri Gopichand (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 - 23 -
Tanisha Crasto (2003-05-05) 5 May 2003 - 20 71
N. Sikki Reddy (1993-08-18) 18 August 1993 - 113 42
Rutaparna Panda (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 - 51 -
Shikha Gautam (1998-04-18) 18 April 1998 - 53 -
Arathi Sara Sunil (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 - 113 -
Ashwini Bhat K. (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 - 53 -
Tara Shah (2005-03-16) 16 March 2005 173 - -
Khushi Gupta (2001-06-03) 3 June 2001 - 602 744
Nila Valluvan (2001-05-26) 26 May 2001 - 891 690
Arul Bala Radhakrishnan (2002-03-30) 30 March 2002 - 135 233
Riza Mehreen (2003-01-23) 23 January 2003 - - -
Simran Singhi (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 - 67 -
Ritika Thaker (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 - 67 -
Shruti Mishra (2002-08-13) 13 August 2002 - 83 382
Priya Konjengbam (2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 - 83 135

Former notable players

Men

Women

References
  1. "No change in BAI: Prakash". The Indian Express. 30 July 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. "Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  3. "About BAI". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women". Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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