India's best Men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj & Chirag are in their best world rank No.5. Though they are 6K to 12K ranking points behind the Indonesian pairs in the top 2 and 4, the upcoming BWF 750 India Open 2023 starts on 17th January and BWF 500 Indonesian Masters 2023 starts on 24th January will help them to stabilize their position in top 5.
In Men's Singles, Pronnoy edges to his career-best, and Indian star walls Saipraneeth, Sameer Verma, Subhankar Dey, and Sourabh Verma slip down drastically.
The victory from Bangladesh International Challenge helps Mithun Manjunath to reach his career-best 35th rank in Men's Singles BWF World Ranking. World Junior No. 2 Sankar Muthusamy is nearing top 100 and India National No.1 Men's Doubles duo Hariharan and Rubankumar reached their best rank of 127 and gained 53 plus positions in the last two weeks and eyes on the top 100.
Players & Pairs
in the Top 16
05
in the Top 16 -50
22
In the Top 100
57
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Badmintonscholar presents the analysis of the Indian players' World Rank on Week 51, 20 Dec 2022, and discusses the perspectives of the players to represent the country in the Summer Olympics Paris 2024.
Treesa and Gayatri is emerging as India's best Women's doubles pair.
Paris 2024
Paris qualification period will start from May 1 in 2023 to April 28 in 2024.
Rule 1: During the qualification period, the player should be ranked between 1-250 in the BWF Race to Paris Ranking list of 28 April 2024.
Rule 2: There will be at least two athletes from each of the five BWF Continental Confederations. Though India is an Asian Country, players cannot enjoy the continental quota.
Rule 3: During the qualification period, the country's top player will qualify if they are in the top 35 in the Race to Paris Ranking list.
Rule 4:During the qualification period, the country's top two players will qualify if they are in the top 16 in the Race to Paris Ranking list.
Indian Men's Singles contingent is stronger because of its distribution and depth. Lakshya, Kidambi, and Prannoy are contesting stronger to ensure 2 berths for the next Summer Olympics Paris 2024.
The promising young players just completed their junior circuit and entered into the top 100, Priyanshu Rajawat, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam, and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran are promising a strong tail of the Indian Men's Singles Contingent.
World Top 100 Men's Singles Indian Players - 15%
7, Lakshya SEN
9, PRANNOY H. S.
11, KIDAMBI Srikanth
34, Mithun Manjunath - Career Best
46, Kiran George - Career Best
39, Sai Praneeth
47, Sameer Verma
50, Parupalli Kashyap
51, Priyanshu Rajawat - Career Best
63, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam
66, Kartikey Gulshan Kumar - Career Best
88, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran
91, Subhankar Dey
93, Chirag Sen
100, Rahul Yadav Chittaboina
In contrast to the Men's Singles, other categories of the Indian side need more focus and fuel to identify potential players and pairs to qualify for Olympics from the top 16 ranks slot.
The minimum and a possible number of players/pairs that can represent a country in the Olympics is 5, each one for a category. At the same time, if two players/pairs from a country are in the top 16 of each category, the Maximum probability is 10 players/pairs. If the same world ranking positions are considered now, India can represent only 6 players/pairs in Paris 2024.
Malvika Bansod and Aakarshi Kashyap trail behind PV Sindhu to reach top 16 mark.
Top 100 Women's Singles Indian Players - 15%
6, PV Sindhu
32, Malvika Bansod - Career Best
33, Saina Nehwal
35, Aakarshi Kashyap - Career Best
45, Ashmita Chaliha - Career Best
51, Anupama Upadhyaya
56, Tasnim MIR - Career Best
58, Imad Farooqui SAMIYA - Career Best
66, IRA Sharma - Career Best
61, TANYA HEMANTH - Career Best
68, GADDE Ruthvika Shivani
73, SMIT TOSHNIWAL
85, Rituparna DAS
93, Aditi BHATT
97, Keyura Mopati - Career Best
While Saina struggles to keep her momentum, identifying the next players to join Sindhu in the top 16 to qualify for Paris is a challenge for India. Malvika Bansod and Aakarshi Kashyap are in the top 50 and give confidence.
Similarly in Men's Doubles, next to Satwik and Chirag, Arjun and Dhruv is pushing toward the rank 16 mark. The other 5 pairs are in the top 100, it will be a challenge for them to manage Indonesia, China, and other Asian counterparts.
Indian duo Chirag Satwik is in the Career Best Rank No.5.
Top 100 Men's Doubles Indian Players - 09%
5, Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY Chirag SHETTY - Career Best
24, M.R. ARJUN DHRUV KAPILA
35, Krishna Prasad GARAGA Vishnuvardhan Goud PANJALA
44, Ishaan BHATNAGAR Sai PRATHEEK.K
54, P.S RAVIKRISHNA Sankar Prasad UDAYAKUMAR - Career Best
59, Shyam PRASAD S. Sunjith (Jr) - Career Best
77, Achutaditya Rao DODDAVARAPU Venkata Harsha Vardhan Rayudu VEERAMREDDY - Career Best
81, Vasantha Kumar HANUMAIAH RANGANATHA Ashith SURYA
96, Himanshu MITTAL Shubham SHARMA
93, Manjit Singh KHWAIRAKPAM Dingku Singh KONTHOUJAM - Career Best
Top 100 Women's Doubles Indian Players - 09%
Trisha Jolly and Gayatri cruised into the top 20 and emerged as a propitious Women's doubles Indian pair. Though it has only 09 pairs in the top, Women's Doubles is the weak zone of the Indian contingent. This week most of all the pairs have progressed to their best positions and two new pairs entered the top 100.
18, Treesa JOLLY, Gayatri Gopichand Pullela
24, Ashwini PONNAPPA REDDY Sikki
33, Ashwini BHAT K.Shikha GAUTAM - Career Best
44, Haritha MANAZHIYIL H Ashna ROY - Career Best
50, Simran SINGHI Ritika THAKER - Career Best
83, Rutaparna PANDA Swetaparna PANDA - Career Best
86, Palak ARORA Unnati HOODA - Career Best
99, Ramya VENKATESH APEKSHA NAYAK - Career Best
100, Rudrani JAISWAL JAMALUDEEN Anees Kowsar - Career Best
Mixed Doubles is another zone in which India has to concentrate more. Only 08 pairs are in the top 100 and no one is in or nearer to the top 16. Ishaan Bhatnagar & Tanisha Crasto gives confidencethe by inching toward top 20.
Top 100 Mixed Doubles Indian Players - 08%
21, Ishaan Bhatnagar Tanisha Crasto - Career Best
45,Venkat Gaurav PRASAD Juhi DEWANGAN
59, REDDY B. Sumeeth Ashwini PONNAPPA
75, Rohan KAPOOR REDDY Sikki - Career Best
78, M.R. ARJUN Treesa JOLLY - Career Best
89, Akshan SHETTY Simran SINGHI - Career Best
95, Ayush MAKHIJA Deeksha CHOUDHARY - Career Best
99, Nithin H.V. S RAM Poorvisha - Career Best
No. of World Top 16 Indian Players - 05
Men's Singles 03
Women's Singles 01
Men's Doubles 01
Women's Doubles 00
Mixed Doubles 00
The top 16 players will get sufficient support from SAI, BAI, and Sponsors to be on the top ranking. They are the probable contingent for the Summer Olympics Paris 2024.
No. of World Top 17 to 50 Indian Players - 22
Men's Singles 05
Women's Singles 04
Men's Doubles 03
Women's Doubles 05
Mixed Doubles 05
Players in the top 50 world ranking will get sufficient sponsorship and fund from SAI and BAI to participate in more BWF tournaments.
Even though they are in World's Top 50, they require to participate in the National Selection Trials of Core Group and major international tournaments. They are directly eligible to participate in the National Selection Trials of Core Group and major international tournaments.
No. of World Top 100 Indian Players - 57
Men's Singles 15
Women's Singles 15
Men's Doubles 09
Women's Doubles 09
Mixed Doubles 08
These players will get a qualification and main draw entry for BWF 100 and 300 tournaments which will boost their World ranking further. These players have to focus on their National circuits too to qualify for the selection trials for Core Group of the year to get funds from BAI and SAI.
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