Thomas Cup squad reassembles for Asian Games; Sindhu-Unnati for individual; Treesa-Gayatri return | Badminton News
A full strength Men’s team squad has been named by the Badminton Association of India for the 20th Asian Games, set to take place in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4. India’s bronze winning Thomas Cup team gets a second shy at a team title, with the same personnel except Tharun Mannepalli slotting in place of Kiran George. India have unfinished business from Hangzhou where they lost 3-2 to China in men’s team final. Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth are the prominent singles names for the team which won silver in 2022. Sen and Ayush will get a chance to pick their first individual medal at the continental Games. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will defend their title, this time with a stronger second doubles in the form of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun. Mixed specialist Dhruv Kapila will also try and make the most of his upsurge of 2024. Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand return after Treesa suffered a collision with her XD partner and injured herself a day before …
