5 Shuttlers Who Made This Period A Golden Age of Badminton in India

BENGALURU: The recent trends in sports in India couldn’t have been brighter. With Saina Nehwal being crowned world’s No.1, and other set of badminton players gaining international repute, the game is becoming more promising than ever in India. More and more badminton players have been gaining popularity in India with quite a fan following. A vivid reader of The Better India, Niharika Jadeja writes that it is Saina and other greats like PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and others who make this time period the ‘Golden Age of Badminton.’

At the moment there are five outstanding badminton players who represent India in the top twenty world badminton rankings. Here are those champs—

Saina Nehwal

Be it the Olympics or any other International Championships, she has achieved some remarkable feats. Saina brought back the brightness which Indians lost after India’s loss in the ICC World Cup, by gaining the title of World No.1 for a while. She is also India’s first No.1 woman shuttler. Saina Nehwal is the one name the Badminton world knows today, she is perhaps the one who can take forth the legacy of Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand.

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