The badminton team followed up its outstanding success at the Tokyo Olympics with a good showing at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this year. Indian badminton players are known for frequently shining on the singles court. Some of the best Indian female badminton players are:
PV Sindhu
The current best women's badminton player in India is without a doubt PV Sindhu. She is still the nation's torchbearer for badminton. The eighteenth-ranked player in the world, with the highest carer ranking of two, is a 29-year-old from Hyderabad who is now being taught by former South Korean star Park Tae-sang.
At the biggest sporting event in the world, Sindhu has received awards twice. In 2016, she won her first Olympic medal, a silver one in Rio. She enhanced her Olympic performance by winning the bronze in Tokyo 2020. Also, in 2018 and 2022, she won back-to-back gold medals in the Commonwealth Games. She won a gold in Basel during the 2019 World Championship, which was her most recent victory.
Saina Nehwal
One of the best-known Indian female badminton champions is Saina Nehwal. Despite a decline in her career after 2018, Nehwal is still well-known in the sport. Nehwal, a Hyderabad native, like many of her professional badminton teammates, is taught by Puella Gopichand.
Nehwal is the only female Indian badminton player and second Indian badminton player overall to attain a career best world ranking of 1. Her most recent victory in a significant competition was in Gold Coast, where she won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games. She is one of the few people to have won an Olympic medal in the twenty-first century, and she also won bronze at the Olympics in London in 2012.
Malvika Bansod
The young and promising badminton player Malvika Bansod is from Maharashtra. She is rated 22nd in the world right now and is 23 years old. She is under Sanjay Mishra's tutelage.
Although she does not have many awards to her name at the highest level, Bansod has four BWF International Challenge or Series championships and one World Tour second-place result to her name.
Aakarshi Kashyap
Aakarshi Kashyap joins the list of rising best Indian female badminton players. The 23-year-old, who is presently rated 49th in the world, is from Durg, Chhattisgarh. She is gradually making her way into the action of important competitions.
At the Birmingham Commonwealth Games earlier this year, Kashyap was a member of the mixed team that competed in the event, and she assisted the team in winning silver. At the 2019 South Asian Games, she also took home gold in the team competition.
Anupama Upadhyaya
Yet another young person with a bright future is Anupama Upadhyaya. Upadhyaya, who is only 20 years old, is presently rated 44th in the world, one spot off her career-best position. She attends Bengaluru's Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy.
Upadhyaya has not yet participated in a top-level medal competition. In contrast to her lone BWF Junior International title, she also holds two BWF International Challenge or Series titles.
Ashmita Chaliha
Another prominent name on this list goes to Ashmita Chaliha. The 25-year-old, who is now ranked 49th in the world, is a resident of Assam. Edwin Iriawan is instructing her.
Chaliha's most notable accomplishment to date is her gold medal at the South Asian Championships. She won gold in both the women's team competition and the singles competition. Also, she has won two BDF International Challenge and Series championships.
Tanya Hemanth
Tanya Hemanth, who is 21 years old, is very promising. The young woman from Bengaluru is currently ranked 77th in the world.
Some of Hemanth's most notable accomplishments as a young person have occurred at the junior varsity level. She's won two BWF Junior International championships. Along with her junior titles, she also holds a BWF International Challenge or Series victory.
Samiya Imad Farooqui
Tanya Hemanth and Samiya Imad Farooqui are both 21 years old. Puella Gopichand, a former Indian badminton player, trained the Hyderabad-based girl. Farooqui is placed 58 in world rankings.
Farooqui has established her dominance on the junior circuit thus far. 2017 saw her win the Under-15 Asian Championships. She is now prepared to face off against her senior-level rivals.
Ira Sharma
The ninth person on this list is a talented young artist named Ira Sharma. She is only 25 years old and is currently rated 90th in the world, just ahead of her two Indian countrymen. She is currently at her highest career rank.
Tasnim Mir
The second player on this list who is 19 years old is Tasnim Mir. She is from Gujarat and is now ranked 62 in the world.
Mir has won a number of junior awards. Over the course of three years, she won the BWF Junior International seven times. She also holds two BWF International Challenge Series championships, both of which she won earlier this year.
The Indian female badminton champions have repeatedly created history in the international circuit, with the young talents often beating higher ranked international competitors. It is only a matter of time that the top Indian female shuttlers dominate the cream of the world rankings in badminton.
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