India national badminton team

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.^[2] 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.

India

Association	Badminton Association of India [1]
Confederation	Badminton Asia
President	Himanta Biswa Sarma
BWF ranking
Current ranking	8 (April 2025)
Highest ranking	5 (July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	16 (first in 1991)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances	13 (first in 1952)
Best result	Champions (2022)
Uber Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 1957)
Best result	Semi-finals (1957, 2014, 2016)
Asian Mixed Championship
Appearances	3 (first in 2017)
Best result	Semi-finals (2023)
Asian Men's Championship
Appearances	14 (first in 1965)
Best result	Runners-up (1983)
Asian Women's Championship
Appearances	4 (first in 2016)
Best result	Champions (2024)

The Indian team is currently 8th in the world rankings.^[3] 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.^[4]

Coaches

Years	Coach	Role	Ref
2020–present	Park Tae-sang	NCE Coach	[5]
2025–present	Tan Kim Her	Doubles Coach	[6]
2025–present	Irwansyah Adi Pratama	Women's Singles Coach	[7]

Medal table

Individual

Tournament				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

Tournament	Team				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

As of August 2025

Men's singles

World Rank	Player
20	Lakshya Sen
31	Ayush Shetty
34	Prannoy H. S.
38	Kiran George
41	Tharun Mannepalli
42	Srikanth Kidambi
44	Priyanshu Rajawat
49	Sathish Karunakaran
53	Sankar Subramanian
54	Rithvik Sanjeevi
56	Manraj Singh
86	B. M. Rahul Bharadwaj
90	Meiraba Maisnam
97	Tarun Reddy Katam
98	Alap Mishra

Women's singles

World Rank	Player
14	P. V. Sindhu
29	Malvika Bansod
30	Unnati Hooda
39	Anupama Upadhyaya
40	Rakshitha Ramraj
45	Tanvi Sharma
46	Aakarshi Kashyap
47	Anmol Kharb
60	Shriyanshi Valishetty
61	Tasnim Mir
62	Isharani Baruah
71	Tanya Hemanth
76	Devika Sihag
78	Ira Sharma
87	Shreya Lele
97	Mansi Singh

Men's doubles

World Rank	Players
9	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
33	Hariharan Amsakarunan Ruban Kumar
35	Pruthvi Roy K. Sai Pratheek

Women's doubles

World Rank	Players
12	Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand
39	Rutaparna Panda Swetaparna Panda
41	Shruti Mishra Priya Konjengbam
46	Simran Singhi Kavipriya Selvam

Mixed doubles

World Rank	Players
17	Tanisha Crasto Dhruv Kapila
31	Rohan Kapoor Ruthvika Gadde
35	Aadya Variyath Sathish Karunakaran
40	Ashith Surya Amrutha Pramuthesh

Highest rankings

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

Note: Active players in bold

Player	Best Ranking	Olympic Games			World Championship
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	—	—	—	—	—	1
Women's Doubles
Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand	9	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	10	—	—	—	—	—	1
Mixed Doubles
Jwala Gutta Valiyaveetil Diju	6	—	—	—	—	—	—

Individual record

Olympic Games

See also: Badminton at the Summer Olympics

Year	Location	Player	Category	Medal
2012	London, England	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
2020	Tokyo, Japan	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles

World Championships

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

Asian Games

See also: Badminton at the Asian Games

Year	Player(s)	Category	Medal
1982	Syed Modi	Men's singles
	Leroy D'Sa Pradeep Gandhe	Men's doubles
	Leroy D'Sa Kanwal Thakar Singh	Mixed doubles
2018	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles
	Saina Nehwal
2022	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles
	Prannoy H. S.	Men's singles

Asian Championships

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

Commonwealth Games

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

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

South Asian Games

See also: Badminton at the South Asian Games

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

Team record

Thomas Cup Year Round Position 1949 Did not qualify 1952 Second round 3rd 1955 Second round 3rd 1958 Did not qualify 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 First round inter-zone 5th 1976 Did not qualify 1979 Semi-finals 3rd 1982 Did not qualify 1984 1986 1988 Group stage 8th 1990 Did not qualify 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 Group stage 7th 2002 Did not qualify 2004 2006 Quarter-finals — 2008 Did not qualify 2010 Quarter-finals — 2012 Did not qualify 2014 Group stage 11th 2016 Group stage 13th 2018 Group stage 10th 2020 Quarter-finals 5th 2022 Champions 1st 2024 Quarter-finals 8th 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Uber Cup Year Round Position 1957 First round 3rd 1960 First round 5th 1963 Did not qualify 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 Quarter-finals — 2012 Did not qualify 2014 Semi-finals 4th 2016 Semi-finals 4th 2018 Group stage 11th 2020 Quarter-finals 8th 2022 Quarter-finals 8th 2024 Quarter-finals 7th 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Sudirman Cup

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	—
2013	Group stage	10th
2015	Group stage	10th
2017	Quarter-finals	—
2019	Group stage	12th
2021	Group stage	12th
2023	Group stage	11th
2025	Group stage	11th
2027	To be determined
2029

Commonwealth Games

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Position
1978	Group stage	—
1982	Group stage	—
1986	Did not enter
1990	Group stage	—
1994	Did not enter
2002	Group stage	—
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

Year	Round	Position
1998	Runners-up	2nd

Women's team

Year	Round	Position
1998	Semi-finals	3rd

Asian Games

See also: Badminton at the Asian Games

Men's team Year Round Position 1962 Did not enter 1966 Withdrew 1970 Did not enter 1974 Third place 3rd 1978 Quarter-finals — 1982 Semi-finals 4th 1986 Semi-finals 4th 1990 Did not enter 1994 1998 2002 2006 Group stage 9th 2010 Round of 16 — 2014 Round of 16 — 2018 Quarter-finals — 2022 Runners-up 2nd 2026 To be determined 2030 2034 2038

Women's team Year Round Position 1962 Did not enter 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 Semi-finals 4th 1986 Quarter-finals 5th 1990 Did not enter 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Round of 16 — 2014 Semi-finals 3rd 2018 Quarter-finals — 2022 Quarter-finals — 2026 To be determined 2030 2034 2038

Asian Championships

Mixed team

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

Men's team

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

Women's team

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

South Asian Games

See also: Badminton at the South Asian Games

Men's team Year Round Pos 2004 Champions 1st 2006 Champions 1st 2010 Champions 1st 2016 Champions 1st 2019 Champions 1st 2026 To be determined

Women's team Year Round Pos 2004 Champions 1st 2006 Champions 1st 2010 Champions 1st 2016 Champions 1st 2019 Champions 1st 2026 To be determined

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

Notable former players

• Prakash Padukone
• Pullela Gopichand
• Saina Nehwal
• Jwala Gutta
• Syed Modi
• Parupalli Kashyap
• Ami Ghia
• Aparna Popat
• P. V. V. Lakshmi
• Madhumita Bisht
• Kanwal Thakar Singh
• Dinesh Khanna
• Leroy D'Sa
• U. Vimal Kumar
• Chetan Anand
• B. Sai Praneeth

See also

• Badminton in India

References

1. "About BAI". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
2. "No change in BAI: Prakash". The Indian Express. 30 July 1997. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
3. "Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women". Retrieved 18 February 2024.
4. "Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok". Retrieved 3 February 2023.
5. "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.
6. 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.
7. "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

• Indian Badminton team wins gold
• Indian Badminton Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Badminton association of India (official site)