India national badminton team

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The India national badminton team is the representative of India in international men's and women's badminton team tournaments. It is governed by the Badminton Association of India.[1] The men's team won the Thomas Cup in 2022, while the women's team have been semi-finalists at the Uber Cup in 2014 and 2016. The team competed in the 2011 Sudirman Cup and shared the fifth rank and also repeated the performance in 2017.

The Indian team is currently 8th in the world rankings.[2] The players have won 3 medals at the Summer Olympics, 14 at the World Championships, 7 at the Asian Games, 18 at the Asian Championships and 25 at the Commonwealth Games.[3]

Coaches[edit | edit source]

Years Coach Role Ref
2020–present South Korea Park Tae-sang NCE Coach [4]
2025–present Malaysia Tan Kim Her Doubles Coach [5]
2025–present Indonesia Irwansyah Adi Pratama Women's Singles Coach [6]

Medal table[edit | edit source]

Individual[edit | edit source]

Tournament Template:World1 Template:World2 Template:World3 Total
Olympic Games 0 1 2 3
World Championships 1 4 10 15
Asian Games 1 1 5 7
Asian Championships 2 0 16 18
Commonwealth Games 9 5 13 27
South Asian Games 24 21 3 48
Defunct
World Games 0 0 1 1
World Cup 1 0 1 2
Total 38 32 51 121

Team[edit | edit source]

Tournament Team Template:World1 Template:World2 Template:World3 Total
Thomas Cup M 1 0 3 4
Uber Cup F 0 0 3 3
Sudirman Cup X 0 0 0 0
Commonwealth Games M 0 1 0 1
F 0 0 1 1
X 1 2 1 4
Asian Games M 0 1 3 4
F 0 0 2 2
Asian Team Championships M 0 1 3 4
F 1 0 0 1
Asian Mixed Team Championships X 0 0 1 1
South Asian Games M 5 0 0 5
F 5 0 0 5
Total 13 5 17 35

Current rankings[edit | edit source]

As of December 2025

Men's singles[edit | edit source]

World Rank Player
10 Lakshya Sen
32 Ayush Shetty
34 Srikanth Kidambi
36 Prannoy H. S.
39 Tharun Mannepalli
41 Kiran George
53 Priyanshu Rajawat
62 Mithun Manjunath
65 Manraj Singh
66 Sankar Subramanian
76 Rithvik Sanjeevi
91 Saneeth Dayanand
96 Alap Mishra
98 Sathish Karunakaran

Women's singles[edit | edit source]

World Rank Player
19 P. V. Sindhu
28 Unnati Hooda
39 Tanvi Sharma
44 Rakshitha Ramraj
47 Anupama Upadhyaya
49 Malvika Bansod
53 Isharani Baruah
55 Tasnim Mir
56 Anmol Kharb
57 Shriyanshi Valishetty
58 Aakarshi Kashyap
66 Devika Sihag
68 Tanya Hemanth
80 Shreya Lele
87 Ashmita Chaliha
93 Ira Sharma
94 Mansi Singh

Men's doubles[edit | edit source]

World Rank Players
3 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
44 Pruthvi Roy
Sai Pratheek K.
129 Arjun M. R.
Hariharan Amsakarunan

Women's doubles[edit | edit source]

World Rank Players
13 Treesa Jolly
Gayatri Gopichand
47 Shruti Mishra
Priya Konjengbam
50 Rutaparna Panda
Swetaparna Panda
51 Simran Singhi
Kavipriya Selvam

Mixed doubles[edit | edit source]

World Rank Players
18 Tanisha Crasto
Dhruv Kapila
36 Rohan Kapoor
Ruthvika Gadde
45 Aadya Variyath
Sathish Karunakaran
46 Ashith Surya
Amrutha Pramuthesh

Highest rankings[edit | edit source]

Note: Active players in bold

Player Discipline Highest
Prakash Padukone
Srikanth Kidambi 		MS 1
Saina Nehwal WS 1
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty 		MD 1
Treesa Jolly
Gayatri Gopichand 		WD 9
Jwala Gutta
Valiyaveetil Diju 		XD 6
India Team 5

Top 10 rankers[edit | edit source]

Note: Active players in bold

Player Best Ranking Olympic Games World Championship
Gold Silver Bronze Template:World1 Template:World2 Template:World3
Men's Singles
Prakash Padukone 1 — — — — — 1
Srikanth Kidambi 1 — — — — 1 —
Lakshya Sen 6 — — — — — 1
Prannoy H. S. 6 — — — — — 1
B. Sai Praneeth 10 — — — — — 1
Women's Singles
Saina Nehwal 1 — — 1 — 1 1
P. V. Sindhu 2 — 1 1 1 2 2
Men's Doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty 		1 — — — — — 2
Women's Doubles
Treesa Jolly
Gayatri Gopichand 		9 — — — — — —
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		10 — — — — — 1
Mixed Doubles
Jwala Gutta
Valiyaveetil Diju 		6 — — — — — —

Individual record[edit | edit source]

Olympic Games[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton at the Summer Olympics
Year Host Player Category Medal
2012 United Kingdom London Saina Nehwal Women's singles Bronze
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
2020 Japan Tokyo P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze

World Championships[edit | edit source]

Year Player(s) Category Medal
1983 Prakash Padukone Men's singles Template:World3
2011 Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Template:World3
2013 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World3
2014 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World3
2015 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:World2
2017 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World2
Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:World3
2018 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World2
2019 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World1
B. Sai Praneeth Men's singles Template:World3
2021 Srikanth Kidambi Men's singles Template:World2
Lakshya Sen Men's singles Template:World3
2022 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Template:World3
2023 Prannoy H. S. Men's singles Template:World3
2025 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Template:World3

Super Series / World Tour Finals[edit | edit source]

Year Player Category Medal
2009 Jwala Gutta
Valiyaveetil Diju 		Mixed doubles Template:World2
2011 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:World2
2017 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World2
2018 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World1
2021 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World2

Asian Games[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton at the Asian Games
Year Player(s) Category Medal
1982 Syed Modi Men's singles Template:Asia3
Leroy D'Sa
Pradeep Gandhe 		Men's doubles Template:Asia3
Leroy D'Sa
Kanwal Thakar Singh 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia3
2018 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:Asia2
Saina Nehwal Template:Asia3
2022 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Template:Asia1
Prannoy H. S. Men's singles Template:Asia3

Asian Championships[edit | edit source]

Year Player(s) Category Medal
1965 Dinesh Khanna Men's singles Template:Asia1
Suresh Goel Men's singles Template:Asia3
Meena Shah Women's singles Template:Asia3
Sarojini Apte Women's singles Template:Asia3
Owen Roncon
Sarojini Apte 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia3
A. I. Sheikh
Achala Karnik 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia3
1969 Dinesh Khanna Men's singles Template:Asia3
1976 Prakash Padukone Men's singles Template:Asia3
2000 Pullela Gopichand Men's singles Template:Asia3
2007 Anup Sridhar Men's singles Template:Asia3
2010 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:Asia3
2014 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:Asia3
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Template:Asia3
2016 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:Asia3
2018 Prannoy H. S. Men's singles Template:Asia3
Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:Asia3
2022 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:Asia3
2023 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Template:Asia1

Commonwealth Games[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games
Year Player(s) Category Medal
1966 Dinesh Khanna Men's singles Template:World3
1978 Prakash Padukone Men's singles Template:World1
Ami Ghia
Kanwal Thakar Singh 		Women's doubles Template:World3
1982 Syed Modi Men's singles Template:World1
1998 Aparna Popat Women's singles Template:World2
Pullela Gopichand Men's singles Template:World3
2002 Aparna Popat Women's singles Template:World3
2006 Chetan Anand Men's singles Template:World3
2010 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:World1
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Template:World1
Parupalli Kashyap Men's singles Template:World3
2014 Parupalli Kashyap Men's singles Template:World1
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Template:World2
Gurusai Dutt Men's singles Template:World3
P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World3
2018 Saina Nehwal Women's singles Template:World1
Srikanth Kidambi Men's singles Template:World2
P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World2
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Template:World2
Ashwini Ponnappa
N. Sikki Reddy 		Women's doubles Template:World3
2022 Lakshya Sen Men's singles Template:World1
P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Template:World1
Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Template:World1
Srikanth Kidambi Men's singles Template:World3
Treesa Jolly
Gayatri Gopichand 		Women's doubles Template:World3

South Asian Games[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton at the South Asian Games
Year Player(s) Category Medal
2004 Chetan Anand Men's singles Template:Asia1
Trupti Murgunde Women's singles Template:Asia1
Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Marcos Bristow 		Men's doubles Template:Asia1
Jwala Gutta
Shruti Kurien 		Women's doubles Template:Asia1
Jaseel P. Ismail
Jwala Gutta 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia1
Abhinn Shyam Gupta Men's singles Template:Asia2
B. R. Meenakshi Women's singles Template:Asia2
Jaseel P. Ismail
JBS Vidyadhar 		Men's doubles Template:Asia2
Fathima Nazneen
Manjusha Kanwar 		Women's doubles Template:Asia2
Marcos Bristow
Manjusha Kanwar 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia2
2006 Chetan Anand Men's singles Template:Asia1
2006 Trupti Murgunde Women's singles Template:Asia1
2006 Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Sanave Thomas 		Men's doubles Template:Asia1
2006 Jaseel P. Ismail
Jwala Gutta 		Women's doubles Template:Asia1
2006 Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia1
2010 Chetan Anand Men's singles Template:Asia1
2010 Sayali Gokhale Women's singles Template:Asia1
2010 Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Sanave Thomas 		Men's doubles Template:Asia1
2010 Aparna Balan
Shruti Kurien 		Women's doubles Template:Asia1
2010 Valiyaveetil Diju
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia1
2016 Srikanth Kidambi Men's singles Template:Asia1
2016 Ruthvika Gadde Women's singles Template:Asia1
2016 Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy 		Men's doubles Template:Asia1
2016 Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa 		Women's doubles Template:Asia1
2016 Pranav Chopra
N. Sikki Reddy 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia1
2019 Siril Verma Men's singles Template:Asia1
2019 Ashmita Chaliha Women's singles Template:Asia1
2019 Krishna Prasad Garaga
Dhruv Kapila 		Men's doubles Template:Asia1
2019 Dhruv Kapila
Meghana Jakkampudi 		Mixed doubles Template:Asia1

Senior team record[edit | edit source]

Sudirman Cup[edit | edit source]

Year Round Position
1989 Withdrew
1991 Group stage 19th
1993 Group stage 18th
1995 Group stage 20th
1997 Group stage 19th
1999 Group stage 16th
2001 Group stage 17th
2003 Group stage 16th
2005 Group stage 18th
2007 Group stage 18th
2009 Group stage 17th
2011 Quarter-finals N/A
2013 Group stage 10th
2015 Group stage 10th
2017 Quarter-finals N/A
2019 Group stage 12th
2021 Group stage 12th
2023 Group stage 11th
2025 Group stage 11th
2027 To be determined
2029

Commonwealth Games[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Mixed team[edit | edit source]

Year Round Position
1978 Group stage N/A
1982 Group stage N/A
1986 Did not enter
1990 Group stage N/A
1994 Did not enter
2002 Group stage N/A
2006 Third place 3rd
2010 Runners-up 2nd
2014 Fourth place 4th
2018 Champions 1st
2022 Runners-up 2nd
2026 Event not held
2030 To be determined
2034 To be determined

Men's team[edit | edit source]

Year Round Position
1998 Runners-up 2nd

Women's team[edit | edit source]

Year Round Position
1998 Semi-finals 3rd

Asian Games[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton at the Asian Games

Asian Championships[edit | edit source]

Mixed team[edit | edit source]

Year Round Position
2017 Quarter-finals N/A
2019 Group stage N/A
2023 Semi-finals 3rd
2025 Quarter-finals 6th
2027
2029

Men's team[edit | edit source]

Year Round Position
1962 Did not enter
1965 Semi-finals 3rd
1969 Quarter-finals N/A
1971 Round of 16 N/A
1976 Round of 16 N/A
1983 Runners-up 2nd
1985 Quarter-finals N/A
1987 Group stage N/A
1989 Group stage N/A
1993 Group stage N/A
2016 Semi-finals 4th
2018 Quarter-finals N/A
2020 Semi-finals 3rd
2022 Group stage 6th
2024 Quarter-finals 8th
2026 Quarter-finals 8th
2028 To be determined
2030

Women's team[edit | edit source]

Year Round Position
2016 Quarter-finals N/A
2018 Quarter-finals N/A
2020 Did not enter
2022 Group stage 6th
2024 Champions 1st
2026 Quarter-finals 7th
2028 To be determined
2030

South Asian Games[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton at the South Asian Games

Note: Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior team record[edit | edit source]

World Junior Championships[edit | edit source]

See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Position
2000 Group stage 13th
2002 Group stage 9th
2004 Group stage 11th
2006 Group stage 8th
2007 Group stage 8th
2008 Semi-finals 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
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 Group stage 13th
2023 Quarter-finals 7th
2024 Quarter-finals 6th
2025 Semi-finals 3rd

Asia Junior Championships[edit | edit source]

See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

Note: Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Notable former players[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "No change in BAI: Prakash". The Indian Express. 30 July 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women". Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "PV Sindhu's sweet birthday wish for former coach and 'big brother' Park Tae Sang: 'Please eat some sugar today…'". The Indian Express. 2025-06-20. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
  5. ↑ PTI (2025-01-13). "India Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag working on defence after reuniting with coach Tan Kim Her". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
  6. ↑ "India Open: PV Sindhu, with new coach Irwansyah in her corner, says the fire is still there to win the big medals". The Indian Express. 2025-01-13. Retrieved 2025-01-13.

External links[edit | edit source]

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