Overview
- PV Sindhu will head the women’s team that returns as defending champions in Qingdao, China.
- Lakshya Sen, India’s top-ranked men’s singles player at World No. 13, leads a lineup featuring Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Ayush Shetty and Tharun Mannepalli.
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty front the doubles unit, joined by Sai Pratheek K, Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Hariharan Amsakarunan.
- Women’s singles support comes from Unnati Hooda, Tanvi Sharma, Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj and Malvika Bansod, with doubles led by Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand alongside Priya Konjengbam, Shruti Mishra and Tanisha Crasto.
- BAI said the squads were chosen on form and experience, with secretary Sanjay Mishra backing both teams to contend for the crown.