Selection trials for Asian Games badminton squad to take place from May 4-7

Selection trials for Asian Games badminton squad to take place from May 4-7

The trials will be broadcasted live on BAI’s YouTube channel.

As reported by Khel Now earlier, World Championship medallists Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen will face off against their young challengers at the badminton selection trials for the upcoming Asian Games to be held at the Jwala Gutta Academy in Hyderabad from May 4-7, 2023.

The Badminton Association of India has been conducting selection trials for major team championships since last year with top-ranked players in the BWF world ranking being picked directly.

The Asian Games in Hangzhou, China to be played from September 23-October 8, 2023 will have separate team championships for men and women followed by the individual events in which India can have a maximum of two entries per event.Nine men’s singles players and eight women’s singles players have entered the trials for three spots each while there are four entries each in men’s and mixed doubles and three in women’s doubles.