Pullela Gopichand isn’t burdening himself with the pressure to unearth the ‘next Sindhu or Saina’. He developed two Olympic medallists from scratch, starting 20 years ago. He watched them deliver on most part of their potential, fritter some away, but elevate Indian badminton to another plane nevertheless, and has moved on to the next task at hand. He believes no coach can get stuck in trying to churn out remakes of past greats – Saina’s natural strength, Sindhu’s easy reach and power, can’t be cloned. But not having a rangy or untiring talent rise on the horizon, is no excuse to keep waiting endlessly for a precocious, physically built specimen to show up and play messiah to Indian women’s singles. “It doesn’t work that way,” he realistically says. With one firm eye on global developments, and another warily scanning the Indian scene, Gopichand declares, “Our best chance is not one brilliant player. It is packing the Top 30 with 6-7 good players, and attacking every tournament like a pack, and targeting titles.” Having minutely observed …