Assam Shuttler Isharani In Indian Squad In BWF World Junior Badminton

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GUWAHATI: Assam shuttler Isharani Baruah included in the Indian squad which will participate in the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships to be held at Santander, Spain from October 17.

The Indian team for the prestigious tournament, to be held after a gap of two years following the Covid pandemic, was selected after a thorough selection process that included two All India Ranking tournaments and a selection trial in Raipur. Isharani will play in the Girl's Doubles.

India has so far won one gold, three silver and five bronze medals in the competition with reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya Sen being the last Indian to stand on the podium to receive the boys singles bronze medal in 2018.

Indian squad: Boy's Singles: Bharat Raghav, Sankar Muthusamy S, Ayush Shetty

Girl's Singles: Unnati Hooda, Rakshitha Sree S, Anupama Upadhyaya (HAR)

Boy's Doubles: Arsh Mohammad/Abhinav Thakur, Nicholas Nathan Raj/Tushar Suveer

Girl's Doubles: Isharani Baruah/Devika Sihag, Shreya Balaji/Srinidhi N.

Mixed Doubles: Samarveer/Radhika Sharma, Vighnesh Thathineni/Sri Sai Sravya Lakkamraju

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