Overview

• India’s top men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, have been ruled out of the Sudirman Cup 2025 due to sickness.
• The women’s doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly are also unavailable, recovering from shoulder injuries.
• Reserve duo Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi are expected to replace Satwik-Chirag, though official confirmation is pending.
• India is grouped in a challenging Group D alongside Indonesia, Denmark, and England, with matches beginning April 27 in Xiamen, China.
• The Sudirman Cup is a biennial mixed team championship, and India’s best performances were quarterfinal finishes in 2011 and 2017.