Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2022: Unnati Hooda to spearhead India’s challenge

The
prestigious
continental
event
will
see
Under
15
and
Under
17
shuttlers
from
Asia
do
battle
with
the
final
set
to
be
held
on
Sunday
(December
4).

The
Odisha
Open
champion
Unnati
will
lead
the
charge
in
the
U-17
women’s
singles
alongside
Jiya
Rawat
and
Anmol
Kharb
whereas
Tanvi
Sharma,
who
topped
the
trials,
will
compete
in
the
women’s
U-15
singles
along
with
Ishita
Negi,
Suhasi
Verma
and
Sampriti
Pal.

India’s
Tasnim
Mir
and
Tara
Shah
had
clinched
gold
and
silver
medal
respectively
in
the
U-15
women’s
singles
in
the
last
edition
of
the
championships,
held
in
2019.
The
prestigious
continental
event
will
be
conducted
after
a
two-year
break,
forced
due
to
the
pandemic.

The
players
have
been
selected
through
the
selection
trials
which
took
place
in
Hyderabad
last
month.

Mohammad
Ali
Mir,
Gnana
Dattu,
Abhinav
Garg
and
Anish
Thoppani
will
be
the
players
to
watch
out
for
in
the
U-15
men’s
singles.

Dhruv
Negi,
on
the
other
hand,
will
shoulder
the
responsibility
in
the
U-17
men’s
singles
along
with
Ansh
Negi,
Prajwal
Sonawane
and
Neer
Nehwal.

As
a
part
of
their
preparations
ahead
of
the
tournament,
the
selected
players
also
participated
in
a
12-day
national
camp
in
Raipur
from
November
14-25.

In
the
doubles
section,
pair
of
Arsh
Mohammad
and
Sanskar
Saraswat,
and
Divyam
Arora
and
Mayank
Rana
will
be
India’s
best
bet
in
the
men’s
U-17
category
while
Arjun
Birajdar
and
Aryan
Birajdar
will
compete
in
the
men’s
U-15
along
with
the
pair
of
Bjorn
Jaison
and
Aatish
Sreenivas
PV.

Vennala
K
and
Shriyanshi
Valishetty
will
play
in
the
U-17
women’s
doubles
category
along
with
the
pair
of
Navya
Kanderi
and
Rakshita
Sree
S.
Aanya
Bisht
and
Siddhi
Rawat,
and
Tanvi
Andluri
and
Durga
Kandrapu
are
part
of
the
women’s
U-15
doubles
team.

Indian
squads
are
as
follows:

Source:
BFI
Release