Teenage sensation Saina Nehwal will lead a 12-member junior team at the Asian Junior badminton championships in Kuala Lampur from July 3-9.
Saina, seeded second in the tournament, has a bye in the first round.
The team is scheduled to leave for Malaysia later tonight.
The 16-year-old girl from Hyderabad reached the pre-quarter-finals in the previous edition but with a recent Grand Prix title -- Philippines Open -- under her belt, the world no 42 is looking to make a mark on the junior circuit.
World No 39 and top seed in the tournament, Korea's Jang Soo Young and third seed Xing Aiying of Singapore could pose a challenge for the Indian starlet.
"Our team is quite good and we are expecting to win a few titles there. Saina has a good chance in the singles as she s the second seed," coach Sanjiv Sachdeva said.
"In the team competition we will face Indonesia in the first round, They are a good side but we can beat them," he added.
Team:
Boys: Jishnu Sanyal, Akshay Dewalkar, Srujan Nandaluri, Arun Nandaluri, Ram C Vijay, Arun Vishnu
Girls: Saina Nehwal, Ruth Misa, Ashwini Ponnappa, Sosali Nitya, Gayatri Vartak, Nischita.
Coach: Sanjiv Sachdeva
Manager: S Balachandran.
