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BAI announces team for CWG, Asiad and Thomas & Uber Cup

BAI announces team for CWG, Asiad and Thomas & Uber Cup

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Following six days of action at the selection trials at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) has announced the Indian contingents for the upcoming Thomas & Uber Cup, the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games. For the Commonwealth Games, the men’s team consists of Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and B Sumeeth Reddy, while PV Sindhu is set to lead the women’s squad which has Aakarshi Kashyap, Treesa Jolly, Gayatri P and Ashwini Ponappa alongside her. Sumeet Reddy and Ponappa made the cut into the men’s and women’s squads respectively for the Commonwealth Games after their top-place finish in the mixed doubles category. The 14-year-old teenage sensation from Rohtak, Unnati Hooda, definitely caught the selectors’ eyes as she secured a place for the Asian Games as well as the Uber Cup by finishing third in the women’s singles after Kashyap and Ashmita Chaliha, who claimed first and second positions respectively. Hooda is the youngest Indian badminton player to be part of the Asian Games squad.