: Badminton: Lakshya Sen, Malvika Bansod to lead Indian charge at Asia Team Championships #IndiaNEWS India Open champion Lakshya Sen and Syed Modi International finalist Malvika Bansod are set to lead

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Badminton: Lakshya Sen, Malvika Bansod to lead Indian charge at Asia Team Championships #IndiaNEWS
India Open champion Lakshya Sen and Syed Modi International finalist Malvika Bansod are set to lead India’s charge at the Badminton Asia Team Championships to be played at Shah Alam, Malaysia, from February 15 to 20.The Badminton Association of India announced a new-look team for the continental team championship, giving importance to the performances in the two All India Ranking tournaments played in Chennai and Hyderabad last month.The players were selected on the basis of aggregate ranking points scored in the two events.“We have been considering domestic tournaments for selection for a while now and selecting players in the top-25 world ranking directly. But with most senior players recovering from Covid and injury, it is a good opportunity for us to give the bench strength opportunities to make their mark in the tournament,� BAI secretary Ajay Singhania said in a statement.The men’s team had won the bronze medal in the last edition of the tournament in Manila, Philippines while the women’s team was withdrawn due to the pandemic as most players were not willing to travel then.The men’s doubles charge will be led by Kerala’s PS Ravi Krishna and Udaykumar Shankarprasad, who also impressed with their performance against the experienced Malaysian combination of Ong Yew...Read more

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