Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 20 (ANI): Team India began their Asian Games 2026 marketing campaign in ladies’s badminton with a 3-0 win over Kazakhstan. The crew reached the quarterfinals with this victory on Sunday.
India can be dealing with Japan within the quarterfinals on September 22 and can be on the lookout for a medal.
India’s two-time Olympic medalist and former world champion PV Sindhu began on a fantastic word for India, with a two-game win towards Kamila Smagulova by simple margins of 21-7, 21-9.
Later, teen Unnati Hooda doubled India’s lead with a simple win towards Alissa Kuleshova, 21-7, 21-10.
The 17-year-old star Tanvi Sharma accomplished India’s sweep by beating Diana Namenova 21-5, 21-10, thrashing the Kazakhs in a one-sided tie.
Team India has a gold, two silver and 10 bronze medals within the Asian Games within the sport, making it a complete of 13 medals. The Indian ladies’s crew could be eyeing India’s second-ever gold, with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty having gained India’s first-ever badminton gold within the 2022 version at Hangzhou.
Indian badminton crew at Asian Games 2026-Lakshya Sen (males’s singles, males’s crew)-Ayush Shetty (males’s singles, males’s crew)-HS Prannoy (males’s crew)-Kidambi Srikanth (males’s crew)-Tharun Mannepalli (males’s crew)-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (males’s doubles, males’s crew)-Chirag Shetty (males’s doubles, males’s crew)-Hariharan Amsakarunan (males’s doubles, males’s crew)-MR Arjun (males’s doubles, males’s crew)-Dhruv Kapila (blended doubles, males’s crew)-PV Sindhu (ladies’s singles, ladies’s crew)-Unnati Hooda (ladies’s singles, ladies’s crew)-Devika Sihag (ladies’s crew)-Tanvi Sharma (ladies’s crew)-Isharani Baruah (ladies’s crew)-Treesa Jolly (ladies’s doubles, ladies’s crew)-Gayatri Gopichand (ladies’s doubles, ladies’s crew)-Kavipriya Selvam (ladies’s doubles, ladies’s crew)-Simran Singhi (ladies’s doubles, ladies’s crew)-Tanisha Crasto (blended doubles, ladies’s crew). (ANI)