Young guns of Indian badminton, including Sourabh Varma and Arundhati Pantawane, will begin their campaign at the Malaysian Grand Prix Gold, starting with the qualifiers in Johor Bahru, today. Top Indian shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap, have decided to skip the event after back-to-back tournaments. In their absence, other young crops to lead the Indian challenge will be H S Prannoy, Sai Praneeth and RMV Gurusaidutt.