Treesa Jolly & Gayatri's HYLO Open Bronze accelerates them to their career-best World No.19, and the pair is emerging as India's promising Women's doubles players and anticipating better performance in the upcoming Bahrain International Challenge 2022. Aakarshi Kashyap, Malvika Bansod, Kiran George, Priyanshu Rajawat, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam, and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran are participating in the Bahrain International Challenge 2022 and their performances will impact the rank positions next week.
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Badmintonscholar presents the analysis of the Indian players' World Rank on Week 48, 29 Nov 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.
Sameer Verma, Sai Praneeth, and Sourabh Varma may surprise and penetrate into the top 16 if they perform better during the qualification period.
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%
6, Lakshya SEN - Career Best
11, KIDAMBI Srikanth
12, PRANNOY H. S.
34, Sameer Verma
38, Sai Praneeth
41, Mithun Manjunath
49, Parupalli Kashyap
51, Kiran GEORGE - Career Best
52, Priyanshu Rajawat - Career Best
60, Sourabh VERMA
61, Meiraba Luwang MAISNAM - Career Best
70, Subhankar DEY
80, Sathish Kumar KARUNAKARAN - Career Best
95, Kartikey GULSHAN KUMAR
90, Chirag SEN
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 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%
5, PV Sindhu
32, Saina Nehwal
35, Malvika Bansod - Career Best
36, Aakarshi Kashyap - Career Best
53, Anupama Upadhyaya
57, Ashmita Chaliha
61, Imad Farooqui SAMIYA
63, IRA Sharma
66, TANYA HEMANTH
70, Tasnim MIR
73, SMIT TOSHNIWAL
79, GADDE Ruthvika Shivan
88, Rituparna DAS
91, Aditi BHATT
88, Sri Krishna Priya KUDARAVALLI
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.7.
Top 100 Men's Doubles Indian Players - 11%
7, Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY Chirag SHETTY - Career Best
23, M.R. ARJUN DHRUV KAPILA
35, Krishna Prasad GARAGA Vishnuvardhan Goud PANJALA
42, Ishaan BHATNAGAR Sai PRATHEEK.K
56, P.S RAVIKRISHNA Sankar Prasad UDAYAKUMAR - Career Best
61, Shyam PRASAD S. Sunjith (Jr) - Career Best
78, Vasantha Kumar HANUMAIAH RANGANATHA Ashith SURYA
79, ATTRI Manu, Reddy B Sumith
89, Achutaditya Rao DODDAVARAPU Venkata Harsha Vardhan Rayudu VEERAMREDDY - Career Best
92, Manjit Singh KHWAIRAKPAM Dingku Singh KONTHOUJAM - Career Best
93, Himanshu MITTAL Shubham SHARMA - Career Best
Top 100 Women's Doubles Indian Players - 07%
Trisha Jolly and Gayatri cruised into the top 20 and emerged as a propitious Women's doubles Indian pair. Though it has only 07 pairs in the top, Women's Doubles is the weak zone of the Indian contingent.
19, Treesa JOLLY, GAYATRI GOPICHAND PULLELA - Career Best
16, Ashwini PONNAPPA REDDY Sikki
36, Ashwini BHAT K.Shikha GAUTAM - Career Best
49, Haritha MANAZHIYIL H Ashna ROY - Career Best
56, Simran SINGHI Ritika THAKER - Career Best
92, Palak ARORA Unnati HOODA
97, Rutaparna PANDA Swetaparna PANDA
Mixed Doubles is the another area in which India has to concentrate more. Only 6 pairs are in the top 100 and no one is in or nearer to the top 16. Among these top 6 pairs, Men's and Women's doubles experts, Satwik, Aswhini, Sikki, and Dhruv are part. Though they are close to the world's top 16, they will concentrate on Doubles.
Top 100 Mixed Doubles Indian Players - 09%
24, Ishaan BHATNAGAR Tanisha CRASTO - Career Best
45,Venkat Gaurav PRASAD Juhi DEWANGAN
59, REDDY B. Sumeeth Ashwini PONNAPPA
69, DHRUV KAPILA REDDY Sikki
90, M.R. ARJUN Treesa JOLLY
85, Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY Ashwini PONNAPPA
94, THANDRANGI Hema Nagendra Babu Srivedya GURAZADA
99, Rohan KAPOOR REDDY Sikki
100, Akshan SHETTY Simran SINGHI
No. of World Top 16 Indian Players
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
Men's Singles 04
Women's Singles 03
Men's Doubles 03
Women's Doubles 03
Mixed Doubles 02
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 Development and major international tournaments.
No. of World Top 100 Indian Players
Men's Singles 15
Women's Singles 15
Men's Doubles 11
Women's Doubles 06
Mixed Doubles 09
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.
