Indian team for the upcoming badminton events of the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 will be spearheaded by Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu, world No. 3 Kidambi Srikanth and ace shuttler Saina Nehwal. India are the top seeds for the team event in Gold Coast.

Mixed team event which will starts on April 5, where will see world No 3 Srikanth in action, while world No 11 HS Prannoy will be backing his compatriot up in the men’s singles department.

In women’s singles event both Sindhu and Saina will represent the nations in the category, as the team will pin hopes of a medal on the event.

The dependable pair of Chirag Shetty and Saiwik Sairaj will look to grab some eyes in their debut performance at the Commonwealth Games, while Pranaav Jerry Chopra will pair up with Sikki Reddy for the mixed doubles clashes.

In the women’s doubles event, the pair of Sikki Reddy and Ashwini Ponappa will look to continue their impressive performances as Ashwini will look to emulate her 2010 gold medal winning run with her new partner.

Anup Narang, general secretary of Badminton Association of India (BAI), said after the selection committee meeting in Kolkata that“I feel we have strong chance to win the competition this year as our players have surged through the rankings and will give it their best shot at this prestigious event to bring laurels for the country”.

The Indian team have been put up in Group A against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Scotland, which makes their path a bit easy to pass on to the knockout phase of the tournament.

After the winners in the mixed team event are decided by April 9, all players will move onto their respective individual events from April 10 and try to make their mark on the podium on April 14 and 15.

“It was tough to choose these players but after a long discussion we have chosen the ten best players to compete in the Commonwealth Games and we are positive that they will make the country proud,” Narang said.

Team list:

Men: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Chirag Shetty, Satwik Sairaj, Pranaav Jerry Chopra

Women: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Ashwini Ponappa, Sikki Reddy, Ruthvika Shivani Gaade.

The Commonwealth Games will be held from April 4 to 15.

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