India national badminton team

Template:Infobox 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.^[1] 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.

The Indian team is currently 8th in the world rankings.^[2] 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.^[3]

Coaches

Years	Coach	Role	Ref
2020–present	Template:Flagicon Park Tae-sang	NCE Coach	^[4]
2025–present	Template:Flagicon Tan Kim Her	Doubles Coach	^[5]
2025–present	Template:Flagicon Irwansyah Adi Pratama	Women's Singles Coach	^[6]

Medal table

Individual

Tournament	Template:World1	Template:World2	Template:World3	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	Template:World1	Template:World2	Template:World3	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
Asian Games	F	0	0	2	2
Asian Team Championships	M	0	1	3	4
Asian Team Championships	F	1	0	0	1
Asian Mixed Team Championships	X	0	0	1	1
South Asian Games	M	5	0	0	5
South Asian Games	F	5	0	0	5
Total		13	5	17	35

Current rankings

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Men's singles

World Rank	Player
10	Lakshya Sen
32	Ayush Shetty
34	Srikanth Kidambi
36	Prannoy H. S.
39	Tharun Mannepalli
41	Kiran George
53	Priyanshu Rajawat
62	Mithun Manjunath
65	Manraj Singh
66	Sankar Subramanian
76	Rithvik Sanjeevi
91	Saneeth Dayanand
96	Alap Mishra
98	Sathish Karunakaran

Women's singles

World Rank	Player
19	P. V. Sindhu
28	Unnati Hooda
39	Tanvi Sharma
44	Rakshitha Ramraj
47	Anupama Upadhyaya
49	Malvika Bansod
53	Isharani Baruah
55	Tasnim Mir
56	Anmol Kharb
57	Shriyanshi Valishetty
58	Aakarshi Kashyap
66	Devika Sihag
68	Tanya Hemanth
80	Shreya Lele
87	Ashmita Chaliha
93	Ira Sharma
94	Mansi Singh

Men's doubles

World Rank	Players
3	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
44	Pruthvi Roy Sai Pratheek K.
129	Arjun M. R. Hariharan Amsakarunan

Women's doubles

World Rank	Players
13	Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand
47	Shruti Mishra Priya Konjengbam
50	Rutaparna Panda Swetaparna Panda
51	Simran Singhi Kavipriya Selvam

Mixed doubles

World Rank	Players
18	Tanisha Crasto Dhruv Kapila
36	Rohan Kapoor Ruthvika Gadde
45	Aadya Variyath Sathish Karunakaran
46	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
Player	Best Ranking	Template:OG1	Template:OG2	Template:OG3	Template:World1	Template:World2	Template:World3
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	—	—	—	—	—	2
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

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Year	Host	Player	Category	Medal
2012	Template:Flagicon London	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:OG3
2016	Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:OG2
2020	Template:Flagicon Tokyo	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:OG3

World Championships

Year	Player(s)	Category	Medal
1983	Prakash Padukone	Men's singles	Template:World3
2011	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles	Template:World3
2013	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World3
2014	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World3
2015	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:World2
2017	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World2
2017	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:World3
2018	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World2
2019	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World1
2019	B. Sai Praneeth	Men's singles	Template:World3
2021	Srikanth Kidambi	Men's singles	Template:World2
2021	Lakshya Sen	Men's singles	Template:World3
2022	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles	Template:World3
2023	Prannoy H. S.	Men's singles	Template:World3
2025	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles	Template:World3

Super Series / World Tour Finals

Year	Player	Category	Medal
2009	Jwala Gutta Valiyaveetil Diju	Mixed doubles	Template:World2
2011	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:World2
2017	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World2
2018	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World1
2021	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World2

Asian Games

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Year	Player(s)	Category	Medal
1982	Syed Modi	Men's singles	Template:Asia3
	Leroy D'Sa Pradeep Gandhe	Men's doubles	Template:Asia3
	Leroy D'Sa Kanwal Thakar Singh	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia3
2018	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:Asia2
2018	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
2022	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles	Template:Asia1
2022	Prannoy H. S.	Men's singles	Template:Asia3

Asian Championships

Year	Player(s)	Category	Medal
1965	Dinesh Khanna	Men's singles	Template:Asia1
	Suresh Goel	Men's singles	Template:Asia3
	Meena Shah	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
	Sarojini Apte	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
	Owen Roncon Sarojini Apte	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia3
	A. I. Sheikh Achala Karnik	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia3
1969	Dinesh Khanna	Men's singles	Template:Asia3
1976	Prakash Padukone	Men's singles	Template:Asia3
2000	Pullela Gopichand	Men's singles	Template:Asia3
2007	Anup Sridhar	Men's singles	Template:Asia3
2010	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
2014	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
2014	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles	Template:Asia3
2016	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
2018	Prannoy H. S.	Men's singles	Template:Asia3
2018	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
2022	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:Asia3
2023	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles	Template:Asia1

Commonwealth Games

Template:See also

Year	Player(s)	Category	Medal
1966	Dinesh Khanna	Men's singles	Template:World3
1978	Prakash Padukone	Men's singles	Template:World1
1978	Ami Ghia Kanwal Thakar Singh	Women's doubles	Template:World3
1982	Syed Modi	Men's singles	Template:World1
1998	Aparna Popat	Women's singles	Template:World2
1998	Pullela Gopichand	Men's singles	Template:World3
2002	Aparna Popat	Women's singles	Template:World3
2006	Chetan Anand	Men's singles	Template:World3
2010	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:World1
	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles	Template:World1
	Parupalli Kashyap	Men's singles	Template:World3
2014	Parupalli Kashyap	Men's singles	Template:World1
	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles	Template:World2
	Gurusai Dutt	Men's singles	Template:World3
	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World3
2018	Saina Nehwal	Women's singles	Template:World1
	Srikanth Kidambi	Men's singles	Template:World2
	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World2
	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles	Template:World2
	Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy	Women's doubles	Template:World3
2022	Lakshya Sen	Men's singles	Template:World1
	P. V. Sindhu	Women's singles	Template:World1
	Chirag Shetty Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	Men's doubles	Template:World1
	Srikanth Kidambi	Men's singles	Template:World3
	Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand	Women's doubles	Template:World3

South Asian Games

Template:See also

Year	Player(s)	Category	Medal
2004	Chetan Anand	Men's singles	Template:Asia1
	Trupti Murgunde	Women's singles	Template:Asia1
	Rupesh Kumar K. T. Marcos Bristow	Men's doubles	Template:Asia1
	Jwala Gutta Shruti Kurien	Women's doubles	Template:Asia1
	Jaseel P. Ismail Jwala Gutta	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia1
	Abhinn Shyam Gupta	Men's singles	Template:Asia2
	B. R. Meenakshi	Women's singles	Template:Asia2
	Jaseel P. Ismail JBS Vidyadhar	Men's doubles	Template:Asia2
	Fathima Nazneen Manjusha Kanwar	Women's doubles	Template:Asia2
	Marcos Bristow Manjusha Kanwar	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia2
2006	Chetan Anand	Men's singles	Template:Asia1
2006	Trupti Murgunde	Women's singles	Template:Asia1
2006	Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas	Men's doubles	Template:Asia1
2006	Jaseel P. Ismail Jwala Gutta	Women's doubles	Template:Asia1
2006	Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia1
2010	Chetan Anand	Men's singles	Template:Asia1
2010	Sayali Gokhale	Women's singles	Template:Asia1
2010	Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas	Men's doubles	Template:Asia1
2010	Aparna Balan Shruti Kurien	Women's doubles	Template:Asia1
2010	Valiyaveetil Diju Ashwini Ponnappa	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia1
2016	Srikanth Kidambi	Men's singles	Template:Asia1
2016	Ruthvika Gadde	Women's singles	Template:Asia1
2016	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	Men's doubles	Template:Asia1
2016	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	Women's doubles	Template:Asia1
2016	Pranav Chopra N. Sikki Reddy	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia1
2019	Siril Verma	Men's singles	Template:Asia1
2019	Ashmita Chaliha	Women's singles	Template:Asia1
2019	Krishna Prasad Garaga Dhruv Kapila	Men's doubles	Template:Asia1
2019	Dhruv Kapila Meghana Jakkampudi	Mixed doubles	Template:Asia1

Senior team record

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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	Did not qualify
2006	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2008	Did not qualify
2010	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
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	Qualified
2028	To be determined
2030	To be determined

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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	Template:N/a
2012	Did not qualify
2014	Semi-finals	3rd
2016	Semi-finals	3rd
2018	Group stage	11th
2020	Quarter-finals	8th
2022	Quarter-finals	8th
2024	Quarter-finals	7th
2026	Qualified
2028	To be determined
2030	To be determined

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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	Template:N/a
2013	Group stage	10th
2015	Group stage	10th
2017	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2019	Group stage	12th
2021	Group stage	12th
2023	Group stage	11th
2025	Group stage	11th
2027	To be determined
2029	To be determined

Commonwealth Games

Template:See also

Mixed team

Year	Round	Position
1978	Group stage	Template:N/a
1982	Group stage	Template:N/a
1986	Did not enter
1990	Group stage	Template:N/a
1994	Did not enter
2002	Group stage	Template:N/a
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

Men's team

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

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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	Template:N/a
2014	Semi-finals	3rd
2018	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2022	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2026	To be determined
2030
2034
2038

Template:Col-end

Asian Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Position
2017	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2019	Group stage	Template:N/a
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	Template:N/a
1971	Round of 16	Template:N/a
1976	Round of 16	Template:N/a
1983	Runners-up	2nd
1985	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
1987	Group stage	Template:N/a
1989	Group stage	Template:N/a
1993	Group stage	Template:N/a
2016	Semi-finals	4th
2018	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2020	Semi-finals	3rd
2022	Group stage	6th
2024	Quarter-finals	8th
2026	Quarter-finals	8th
2028	To be determined
2030	To be determined

Women's team

Year	Round	Position
2016	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2018	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2020	Did not enter
2022	Group stage	6th
2024	Champions	1st
2026	Quarter-finals	7th
2028	To be determined
2030	To be determined

South Asian Games

Men's team

Year	Round	Template:Tooltip
2004	Champions	1st
2006	Champions	1st
2010	Champions	1st
2016	Champions	1st
2019	Champions	1st
2026	To be determined

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Women's team

Year	Round	Template:Tooltip
2004	Champions	1st
2006	Champions	1st
2010	Champions	1st
2016	Champions	1st
2019	Champions	1st
2026	To be determined

Template:Col-end Note: Red border indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior team record

World Junior Championships

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Year	Round	Position
2000	Group stage	13th
2002	Group stage	9th
2004	Group stage	11th
2006	Group stage	8th
2007	Group stage	8th
2008	Semi-finals	4th
2009	Group stage	7th
2010	Group stage	9th
2011	Group stage	6th
2012	Group stage	9th
2013	Group stage	14th
2014	Group stage	13th
2015	Group stage	9th
2016	Quarter-finals	8th
2017	Quarter-finals	6th
2018	Quarter-finals	6th
2019	Group stage	12th
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Group stage	13th
2023	Quarter-finals	7th
2024	Quarter-finals	6th
2025	Semi-finals	3rd

Asia Junior Championships

Men's team

Year	Round	Position
1997	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
1998	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
1999	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2000	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2001	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2002	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2004	Round of 16	Template:N/a
2005	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a

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Women's team

Year	Round	Position
1997	Round of 16	Template:N/a
1998	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
1999	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2000	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2001	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2002	Semi-finals	3rd
2004	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2005	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a

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Mixed team

Year	Round	Position
2006	Round of 16	Template:N/a
2007	Group stage	Template:N/a
2008	Group stage	Template:N/a
2009	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2010	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2011	Semi-finals	3rd
2012	Group stage	Template:N/a
2013	Group stage	Template:N/a
2014	Group stage	Template:N/a
2015	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2016	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2017	Group stage	Template:N/a
2018	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2019	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2023	Quarter-finals	Template:N/a
2024	Quarter-finals	6th
2025	Quarter-finals	6th

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

Notable former players

References

↑ No change in BAI: Prakash. The Indian Express(30 July 1997). Retrieved 5 March 2012.
↑ Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
↑ Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
↑ 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.
↑ India Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag working on defence after reuniting with coach Tan Kim Her, PTI. sportstar.thehindu.com(2025-01-13). Retrieved 2025-01-13.
↑ 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

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[iej97-1] No change in BAI: Prakash. The Indian Express(30 July 1997). Retrieved 5 March 2012.

[2] Badminton Asia Team Championships 2024: Anmol Kharb seals historic title for India women. Retrieved 18 February 2024.

[3] Badminton: Coaches behind India's maiden Thomas Cup triumph in Bangkok. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[4] 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.

[5] India Open 2025: Satwik-Chirag working on defence after reuniting with coach Tan Kim Her, PTI. sportstar.thehindu.com(2025-01-13). Retrieved 2025-01-13.

[6] 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.

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