Overview

• Nehal announced the decision on Instagram on July 13 and asked supporters to respect their privacy during this transition.
• The couple trained together at Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad before marrying in December 2018 after more than a decade together.
• Kashyap, a 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist and former world No. 6, has not yet issued a public statement on the separation.
• Nehal, India’s first Olympic badminton medallist and former world No. 1, expressed gratitude for their shared memories and well-wishes for the future.
• Both figures reshaped Indian badminton’s profile through Nehal’s 2012 Olympic bronze and Kashyap’s historic Commonwealth gold.