Chirag Shetty and Satwik Rankireddy pull out of Sudirman Cup on medical grounds, also doubtful for Thomas Cup

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were a part of the 12-member Indian team announced by the Badminton Association of India for this month’s Sudirman Cup in Finland. The Sudirman Cup will be played in Finland from September 26 to October 3 (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSSudirman Cup will be the first BWF tournament to be held in 2021 from Sept. 26In Chirag and Satwik’s absence, the onus will be on Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun at the Sudirman CupSudirman Cup will see India competing against defending champions China, Thailand and hosts Finland in Group AChirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have withdrawn from the men’s doubles event at the upcoming Sudirman Cup on medical grounds and are also doubtful for the subsequent Thomas Cup, the Badminton Association of India confirmed on Wednesday.

The World no.10 pair was part of the 12-member Indian team announced by the BAI for the prestigious event to be held from September 26 to October 3 in Finland.“Chirag and Satwik have withdrawn on medical grounds as the former is not well,” a BAI source told PTI.“It is also uncertain if they will participate in the Thomas Cup which will be held after the Sudirman Cup. It will be subject to Chirag’s recovery from illness.”The nature of illness couldn’t be ascertained as neither Chirag nor Satwik answered calls.The Thomas and Uber Cup will be held from October 9 to 17 at Aarhus in Denmark.Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu had already requested not to be considered for the two events citing post Olympics recovery.The Sudirman Cup will be the first BWF tournament to be held this year since the world body was forced to cancel or reschedule a number of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In Chirag and Satwik’s absence, the onus will be on Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun, who were the top-ranked doubles pair in the selection trials, to win India the men’s doubles matches in the tournament, which comprises two singles and three doubles ties in a rubber.The squad also comprises Kidambi Srikanth, B Sai Praneeth, women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy and youngsters such as Malvika Bansod, Aditi Bhatt, Tanisha Crasto, Rutuparna Panda.The biennial tournament will see the Indian team competing against defending champions China, Thailand and hosts Finland in Group A.Click here for IndiaToday.in’s complete coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.

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