India will be sending a 39-member squad to the Badminton Asia (U-15/U-17) junior championships in Chengdu, China, from August 20-25 with an aim to create a strong pool of players ahead of next year's World Junior Championship, which the country is hosting. (More Badminton News)
The Indian contingent, which was picked after extensive selection trials in Bengaluru, will be led 𓄧by Gnana Dattu and Tanvi Reddy Andluri in the U-17 category, while Shyam Bindiganavile and Tanvi Patri willᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ be the top singles players in the U-15 category.
In the last edition of the BAC championship, which was held in the same city, India had bagged one gold, one silver and one bronze with Bornil Changmai standing atop the U-⛄15 boy's singles podium.
The Indian contingent left for Chengdu on Saturday after an extensive preparatory camp at the National Centre of Excellence in Guwahati under 🐓the watchful eyes of the Indian🐟 and foreign coaches.
Speaking about the team's chances, Badminton Association of India (BAI) secretary Sanjay Mishra said, "India is fielding one of the biggest squads for the Badminton Asia Champio🦄nships and I am confident that we can win sizable 🎃medals.
"The players and the coaches have put in a lot of work in th♔e camp and our players are now ready to make a mark in the competition."
Shaina Manimuthu will be the only player to 𒈔be involved in two events as she will be p🌌laying in the girls U-17 singles and girls doubles with Aikya Shetty.
India Junior Badminton Championships Squad
U-15
🎃Boys Singles: Shyam Bindiganavile, Shashank Vanamala, Prangan Choudhary, Pushkar Sai
Girls Singles: Tanvi Patri𒁃, Shaina Manimuthuꦰ, Gatha Suryawanshi, Hithaishree L Rajaiah
Boys Doubles: Rahul Kadapakula/Vedant Pahwa, Shashwat Chaudhary/S🌺haurya Chaudhary
Girls Doubles: ꦐShaina Manimuthu/Aikya Shetty, Nidhi Atmaram/Selvasamruddhi Selvaprbhu
Mixed Doubles: Sahid Ibrahim Peer/Dheeshitha Sꦯingha Gopinath Singh, Kaveyugan K꧅A/Anushka Jennifer AS
U-17:
Boys Singles: Gnana Dattu TT, Prateek Koundilya, Dev Ruparelia, Abhinav ♎Garg
Girls Singles: Tanv🦂i Reddy Andluri, Adarshini Shri NB, Parul Choudhary, Durga Isha Kandrapu
Boys Dou🃏bles: Bjron Jaison/Aathish Sreenivas PV, Abhinav Kandari/Yogansh Singh
Girls Doubles: Annaya Bisht/Angel Punera, Diya ♏Bheemaiah B/Baruni Pꦰarshwal
Mixed Doubles: Showrya Kiran J/Ke🌃erthy Manchala, Manis⛄h Reddy/Deepak Raj Aditi.
