India national badminton team

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India
File:Flag of India.svg
AssociationBadminton Association of India[1]
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentHimanta Biswa Sarma
BWF ranking
Current ranking8 (April 2025)
Highest ranking5 (July 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1991)
Best resultQuarter-finals
(2011, 2017)
Thomas Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1952)
Best resultFile:Simple gold cup.svg Champions
(2022)
Uber Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1957)
Best resultFile:Simple bronze cup.svg Semi-finals
(1957, 2014, 2016)
Asian Mixed Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2017)
Best resultFile:Simple bronze cup.svg Semi-finals
(2023)
Asian Men's Championship
Appearances14 (first in 1965)
Best resultFile:Simple silver cup.svg Runners-up
(1983)
Asian Women's Championship
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultFile:Simple gold cup.svg Champions
(2024)

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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Coaches

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Years Coach Role Ref
2020–present South Korea Park Tae-sang NCE Coach [5]
2025–present Malaysia Tan Kim Her Doubles Coach [6]
2025–present Indonesia Irwansyah Adi Pratama Women's Singles Coach [7]

Medal table

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Individual

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Tournament Gold Silver Bronze 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

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Tournament Team Gold Silver Bronze 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
F 0 0 2 2
Asian Team Championships M 0 1 3 4
F 1 0 0 1
Asian Mixed Team Championships X 0 0 1 1
South Asian Games M 5 0 0 5
F 5 0 0 5
Total 13 5 17 35

Current rankings

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As of December 2025

Men's singles

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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

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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

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

Women's doubles

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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

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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

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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

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Note: Active players in bold

Player Best Ranking Olympic Games World Championship
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
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

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Olympic Games

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See also: Badminton at the Summer Olympics
Year Host Player Category Medal
2012 United Kingdom London Saina Nehwal Women's singles Bronze
2016 Brazil Rio de Janeiro P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
2020 Japan Tokyo P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Bronze

World Championships

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

Super Series / World Tour Finals

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

Asian Games

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See also: Badminton at the Asian Games
Year Player(s) Category Medal
1982 Syed Modi Men's singles Bronze
Leroy D'Sa
Pradeep Gandhe 		Men's doubles Bronze
Leroy D'Sa
Kanwal Thakar Singh 		Mixed doubles Bronze
2018 P. V. Sindhu Women's singles Silver
Saina Nehwal Bronze
2022 Chirag Shetty
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 		Men's doubles Gold
Prannoy H. S. Men's singles Bronze

Asian Championships

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

Commonwealth Games

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

South Asian Games

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

Senior team record

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Sudirman Cup

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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 —
2013 Group stage 10th
2015 Group stage 10th
2017 Quarter-finals —
2019 Group stage 12th
2021 Group stage 12th
2023 Group stage 11th
2025 Group stage 11th
2027 To be determined
2029

Commonwealth Games

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See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

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Year Round Position
1978 Group stage —
1982 Group stage —
1986 Did not enter
1990 Group stage —
1994 Did not enter
2002 Group stage —
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

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Year Round Position
1998 Runners-up 2nd

Women's team

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Year Round Position
1998 Semi-finals 3rd

Asian Games

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See also: Badminton at the Asian Games

Asian Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Round Position
2017 Quarter-finals —
2019 Group stage —
2023 Semi-finals 3rd
2025 Quarter-finals 6th
2027
2029

Men's team

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Year Round Position
1962 Did not enter
1965 Semi-finals 3rd
1969 Quarter-finals —
1971 Round of 16 —
1976 Round of 16 —
1983 Runners-up 2nd
1985 Quarter-finals —
1987 Group stage —
1989 Group stage —
1993 Group stage —
2016 Semi-finals 4th
2018 Quarter-finals —
2020 Semi-finals 3rd
2022 Group stage 6th
2024 Quarter-finals 8th
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Women's team

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Year Round Position
2016 Quarter-finals —
2018 Quarter-finals —
2020 Did not enter
2022 Group stage 6th
2024 Champions 1st
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

South Asian Games

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See also: Badminton at the South Asian Games

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

Junior team record

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World Junior Championships

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See also: BWF World Junior Championships
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
2022 Group stage 13th
2023 Quarter-finals 7th
2024 Quarter-finals 6th
2025 Semi-finals 3rd

Asia Junior Championships

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See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

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

Notable former players

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See also

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References

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