In the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, he replaced Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen to become the number 1 shuttler in the world. Srikanth’s tally rose to 76,895 points after he won the mixed double gold medal in the Gold Coast Games in Australia. 1, no matter how these points are counted or, some would insinuate, managed, this is a huge breakthrough for Indian badminton. We’ve slipped badly when it comes to our erstwhile national sport, hockey, barely managing to keep our heads above the water. But we need a 100 budding or would-be Srikanths and 1000 aspiring or wannabe Srikanths to maintain dominance even in a relatively small sport like badminton.

Source: dna April 14, 2018 01:41 UTC