Newly-crowned national champions Chetan Anand and Aparna Popat will spearhead India's challenge in the ensuing SAF Games and Thomas and Uber Cup badminton tournaments.
Anand will lead the ten-member men's squad for the Thomas Cup, to be held in Kaula Lumpur from February 17 to 24, while Aparna will lead the eight-member women's team for Uber Cup, Badminton Association of India president V K Verma announced on Thursday.
The BAI selection committee, which met in Hyderabad, also picked an eight-member men's and women's team, also to be led by Anand and Popat respectively, for the SAF Games, scheduled to be held in Islamabad in March.
Teams:
Thomas Cup: Chetan Anand (skipper), Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Arvind Bhat, Sachin Ratti, JBS Vidyadhar, Jaseel P ismail, Rupesh Kumar, Marcose Bristow, V Diju and Sanave Thomas.
Uber Cup: Aparna Popat (skipper), Trupti Murgunde, Manjush Kanwar, BR Meenakshi, G Jwala, Sruti Kurien, Fatima Md. and Saina Nehwal.
Coaches: Vimal Kumar, Madhumita Bisht and Hadi Sugianto.
SAF Games:
Men: Chetan Anand (skipper), Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Utsav Mishra, M Duggal, Rupesh Kumar, Marcose Bristow, JBS Vidyadhar and Jaseel P Ismail.
Women: Aparna Popat (skipper), Trupti Murgunde, Krishna Deka Raja, Saina Nehwal, G Jwala, Sruthi Kurien, Fatima Md and Aparna Balan.
Coach: Leroy D'Sa.
