Teen sensation P V Sindhu and national champion K Srikanth will spearhead the Indian challenge at the 200,000 US Dollar Asian Badminton championship. The event gets underway at Gimcheon, Korea, today.Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal who won a bronze at the 2010 edition, has given the tournament a miss this time.The Olympic bronze-medallist has decided to take rest to focus on the Thomas and Uber Cup next month. In the women's singles, 18-year-old Sindhu, who won the Malaysia Open and Macau Open last year, will start her campaign against Cheung Ngan Yi. But she has a tough task ahead as she is likely to meet Japan's Eriko Hirose in the next round. In men's singles, seventh seed K Srikanth will face two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion, Lin Dan, who is set to play only his second tournament this year. The Chinese, also known as 'Super Dan', made a successful return to international badminton as he won the China Masters in Jiangsu last week, beating compatriot Houwei Tian in straight games. Srikanth will be leaving for Korea along with the team tonight. Among other Indians in the fray, Parupalli Kashyap will be upagainst Malaysia's Goh Soon Huat, while RMV Gurusaidutt will square off against Phetpradab Khosit of Thailand in anothermen's singles match. In doubles, Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will take on the Malaysian pair of Low Juan Shen and Heg Nelson Wei Keat, while Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra will clash withChinese combo of Zhang Wen and Wang Yilv in men's doubles competition. Commonwealth Games gold-medallists, Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta will face off against Singapore's Fu Mingtian and Neo Yu Yan Vanessa in the women's doubles competition of the Continental Championships.