New Delhi: Focused on finishing on the podium in both men and women events, India will be fielding a strong team boasting of a former world champion and multiple world championship medallists in the forthcoming Badminton Asia Team Championships to be played in Qingdao, China, from February 3-8, 2026.

India are the defending champion in the women’s category, while the men’s team has collected two bronzes in the past.

Selected on the basis of ranking, performance, and experience, the women’s team will once again be led by former world champion and two-time Olympic medallist, PV Sindhu, while the core of the men’s team is made up of the squad that clinched the 2022 Thomas Cup crown, headlined by Lakshya Sen and the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pairing.

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