PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will be headlining the Indian contingent at the upcoming BWF World Championships 2026 in New Delhi. The tournament is scheduled to take place from August 17-23. India, who are also hosts, will have a 10-member contingent. Sindhu, who won the World C’ship title in 2019 and bagged silver in 2017 and 2018, will be the star attraction in the women’s singles draw.
India also have two direct entries in each category at the tournament this year. In men’s singles, other than Lakshya, even Ayush Shetty has qualified. Meanwhile, Unnati Hooda will join Sindhu in women’s singles.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are India’s strongest medal prospects in men’s doubles. Meanwhile, Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun took India’s second men’s doubles spot.
In the women’s doubles category, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will also be in action and are ranked 30th. Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi will join them.
In mixed doubles, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto qualified in 21st position. The second Indian berth was claimed by Rohan Kapoor and Raghvika Shivani Gadde.
Meanwhile, the reserve list consists of many Indian names, including Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Tanvi Sharma, Anmol Kharb, Malviya Bansod and Tasnim Mir.
Indian team at the 2026 BWF World Championships-
Men’s singles:
Lakshya Sen,Ayush Shetty
Women’s singles:
PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda
Men’s doubles:
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan / MR Arjun
Women’s doubles:
Treesa Jolly / Gayatri Gopichand Pullela, Kavipriya Selvam / Simran Singhi
Mixed doubles:
Dhruv Kapila / Tanisha Crasto, Rohan Kapoor / Ruthvika Shivani Gadde
Reserves-
Men’s singles:
Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Tharun Mannepalli, Kiran George, Mithun Manjunath
Women’s singles:
Tanvi Sharma, Isharani Baruah, Devika Sihag, Rakshitha Sree Ramraj, Anmol Kharb, Anupama Upadhyaya, Malvika Bansod, Tanya Hemanth, Tasnim Mir, Shriyanshi Valishetty
Women’s doubles:
Priya Konjengbam/Shruti Mishra, Ashwini Bhat K./Shikha Gautam, Rutaparna Panda/Swetaparna Panda
Mixed doubles:
Ashith Surya/Amrutha Pramuthesh, Dhruv Rawat/Maneesha K., Mohit Jaglan/Lakshita Jaglan.
