NEW DELHI: Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal along side Kidambi Srikanth will lead a strong Indian contingent on the 2019 Sudirman Cup combined team championship, to be played in Nanning, China from May 19 to 26.
Four-time World Championships medallist Sindhu received a silver within the 2016 Rio Olympics while Saina received a bronze medal within the 2012 London Olympics.
Srikanth is lately ranked 8th on the earth some of the males's singles shuttlers.
India have been seeded 8th in this edition of the tournament. Last yr at Gold Coast, Australia, India had reached the quarterfinals.
India have been positioned in difficult Group D alongside hosts China and Malaysia and can want to end in best two within the league stage to achieve the knock-out stage.
India had defeated Malaysia within the combined team layout to win the Commonwealth Games gold in Gold Coast remaining yr and the absence of former international number one Lee Chong Wei is a superb news for the contingent.
The 13-member Indian contingent additionally contains in-form Sameer Verma besides witnessing the go back of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who used to be out of motion due to an harm, and can function within the males's doubles tournament along side Chirag Shetty.
India squad:
Men: Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Manu Atri, B Sumeeth Reddy, Pranaav Jerry Chopra.
Women: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy, Poorvisha S Ram, J Meghana.
Four-time World Championships medallist Sindhu received a silver within the 2016 Rio Olympics while Saina received a bronze medal within the 2012 London Olympics.
Srikanth is lately ranked 8th on the earth some of the males's singles shuttlers.
India have been seeded 8th in this edition of the tournament. Last yr at Gold Coast, Australia, India had reached the quarterfinals.
India have been positioned in difficult Group D alongside hosts China and Malaysia and can want to end in best two within the league stage to achieve the knock-out stage.
India had defeated Malaysia within the combined team layout to win the Commonwealth Games gold in Gold Coast remaining yr and the absence of former international number one Lee Chong Wei is a superb news for the contingent.
The 13-member Indian contingent additionally contains in-form Sameer Verma besides witnessing the go back of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who used to be out of motion due to an harm, and can function within the males's doubles tournament along side Chirag Shetty.
India squad:
Men: Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Manu Atri, B Sumeeth Reddy, Pranaav Jerry Chopra.
Women: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy, Poorvisha S Ram, J Meghana.
Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth to lead India at Sudirman Cup
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