Badminton Sr National C’ship: From PV Sindhu to Kidambi Srikanth, all top shuttlers set to participate

Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and all other star shuttlers would play in the Badminton Senior National Championship to be held in Nagpur in November, Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday.

“I am happy to share with you that after many years, you will see entire senior players playing nationals in Nagpur. So I presume that will be considered a very good beginning for Badminton in India,” he told reporters.

“The seniors have not been able to participate in National Championship for some time now due to their schedules and other reasons,” he said. “Apart from our commitments, Super Series, World Cup, whatever, along with that, let’s also build our national as a very good product,” Sarma said.

Sarma, who was here to attend the GST Council Meeting, interacted with chief national coach Pullela Gopichand, Saina, Sindhu, Srikanth and others on issues concerning the game. He gave away cheques worth Rs 10 lakh and Rs 5 lakh to Sindhu and Saina respectively on the occasion for winning medal at the recently concluded World Championship at Glasgow.

Heaping praise on Gopichand, Sindhu, Saina, Shrikant for their “exceptional performance” in recent times, Sarma said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and …read more