India will be fielding its biggest and strongest team at the World Badminton Championships to be held at Gelora Bung Karno in Jakarta, Indonesia from August 10. It is for the first time that India will have two players within the top 5 — Saina Nehwal, World no 2 and Kidambi Srikanth, World No 3. Olympic bronze medallist Saina reached the quarter-finals five times, but failed to win a medal at the world meet. In the men's singles, third seed Srikanth, who won two titles this season at Swiss Open and India Super Series, will face Michael Fariman of Australia in the first round, while Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, will square up against Erik Meijs of The Netherlands.
News On AIR | July 28, 2015 7:34 PM
India to field biggest ever team at World Badminton C'ship