India’s no. 33 males’s singles shuttler Manraj Singh and ladies’s singles shuttler Rakshitha Sree S. will lead the 19-member robust Indian contingent on the upcoming Dutch Junior Worldwide 2023 and German Junior 2023.
Badminton Affiliation of India had carried out a 4 day lengthy choice trials course of to choose the shuttlers for the yr’s first two main Junior Worldwide Grand Prix occasions scheduled from March 1-12. The choice trials have been held in Larger Noida from January 24 to 27 to finalise the names.
Manraj Singh topped the lads’s singles class adopted by Ayush Shetty, Lokesh Reddy Okay. and Gagan.
Whereas, rising ladies’s singles shuttler Rakshitha Sree S. will lead ladies’s singles group together with India no. 25 Shreya Lele, Jiya Rawat and India no. 24 Aalisha Naik.
“This can be a good bunch of rising Indian shuttlers. They’ve been doing properly at junior circuit and so they have proved their mettle at choice trials as properly to seal their place within the squad. All of them have potential to complete on the rostrum. I hope they do properly at these occasions and extra to return,” stated Sanjay Mishra, Secretary, Badminton Affiliation of India.
In the meantime, Bhavya Chhabra-Param Choudhary will shoulder the lads’s doubles duty with in-form Divyam Arora-Mayank Rana making it to the group as 2nd pair.
Ladies’s doubles duo Vennala Okay.-Shreyanshi Valishetty who additionally represented India lately at Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2022 might be eager to place up impactful performances together with Vaishnavi Khadkekar-Sania Sikkandar.
Whereas, Arulmurugan R.-Srinidhi N. alongside Sathwik Reddy Okay.-Vaishnavi Khadkekar are India’s finest guess in combined doubles class.
The Dutch Junior Worldwide 2023 will kick off from March 1 in Haarlem whereas the German Junior 2023 will start from March 8 in Berlin.
Indian squad
Males’s singles: Manraj Singh, Ayush Shetty, Lokesh Reddy Okay., Gagan
Ladies’s singles: Rakshitha Sree S., Shreya Lele, Jiya Rawat, Aalisha Naik
Males’s doubles: Bhavya Chhabra/Param Choudhary, Divyam Arora/Mayank Rana
Ladies’s doubles: Vennala Okay./Shreyanshi Valishetty, Vaishnavi Khadkekar/Sania Sikkandar
Blended doubles: Arulmurugan R./Srinidhi N., Sathwik Reddy Okay./Vaishnavi Khadkekar