Badminton

National champion and top pair dropped by BAI

Chetan Anand dropped from the Indian side - BAI

National champion Chetan Anand and the top women’s pair of Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien were severely penasiled for their anti-federation stance as the Badminton Association of India (BAI) dropped them from the Sudirman Cup championship in June.

The erason was that they did not attend the ongoing camp in Hyderabad and also did not show up for selection trials.

India will now participate with an under-strength side for the World Team championship in Glasgow, Scotland, from June 10-17.

P Kashyap replaces Chetan Anand whereas Ashwin Ponappa and Nitya Sosale will replace the duo.

Anup Sridhar, Rupesh Kumar, Sanave Thomas and V Diju make up the men’s squad, while Saina Nehwal, Aditi Mutatkar and Aparna Balan make up the women’s team as per previous selection apart from the above mentioned changes.