ASIA MIXED TEAM C’SHIPS

NEW DELHI, Jan 22: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and World Championships bronze winner Lakshya Sen will lead a 14-member Indian team for the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Chammpionship to be held in Qingdao, China from February 11-16.
India had clinched a bronze medal in the last edition of the competition in Dubai in 2023.
The strong Indian team will also have star doubles players Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. The women’s doubles pairing could be either Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly or Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto.
Tanisha will also pair up with Dhruv Kapila in mixed doubles while Sathish Kumar K and Adya Variyath will be the second combination.
Men’s: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Dhruv Kapila, MR Arjun, Sathish Kumar K.
Women’s: PV Sindhu, Malvika Bansod, Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Ponnappa, Tanisha Crasto, Adya Variyath.(PTI)