Prannoy to lead Indian badminton team in Asia Mixed Team Championships
World No. 24 H S Prannoy will lead a 13-member Indian badminton team at the Tong Yun Kai Cup 2019, the second edition of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships to be held at Hong Kong from March 19-24.
In the absence of top shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, all of whom have been rested, Prannoy has been entrusted with the responsibility to lead a young Indian team.
The troika of Saina, Sindhu and Srikanth have been rested ahead of the upcoming India Open.
In its bid to give exposure to talented youngsters, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) has selected seven young shuttlers in the women's squad for the upcoming event, to be headed by Assam's wonderkid Ashmita Chaliha.
The 19-year-old prodigy from Assam already has a couple of BWF titles under her name and even reached the semi-finals of the Nationals this year.
She will be supported by Nagpur shuttler Vaishnavi Bhale, who was in last year's Uber Cup team. Bhale too proved her credentials by grabbing .